Expedition Technology (EXP), is seeking motivated software engineers to join our Umbra team whose mission is to develop, deploy, and maintain the Training Data Storefront (TDS). TDS is the central repository of AI/ML annotations and models that serves the entire Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC). TDS plays a fundamental role in addressing today’s critical defense and intelligence problems.

On the Umbra team, you will experience the full lifecycle of modern software development; from Agile scrum meetings, designing new TDS features, developing new capabilities using the latest open-source frameworks, to directly working with end-users to ensure TDS is solving their mission needs. At EXP, your work will make an impact to the community from day one.

As a member of the Umbra team working on TDS you will:

• Design UI architecture, interface, and interaction flow of new web and on‐device software applications
• Collaborate on design and implementation of UI/UX strategy
• Breakdown complex requirements and concepts into well‐thought visual designs and workflows
• Mentor other engineers to improve the ability of the engineering teams to self-diagnose UI/UX issues and identify opportunities to improve human-machine interfaces
• Build and maintain a framework of modular web components that can be used in multiple products
• Create and evaluate interaction models, user task flows, screen designs, and UI details that promote ease of use and optimize the user experience

The qualifications you’ll need to succeed include:

• Bachelor's/Master’s degree or equivalent experience in computer science, software engineering, UI/UX development, or a related field
• Active US Government Top Secret w/SCI security clearance
• United States Citizenship 
• Experience with some front-end technologies and frameworks, such as HTML, CSS, React/Angulard/Vue or other major UI platforms (You don’t need to know all technologies listed, just some of them.)
• Experience coding in Javascript and Python
• Experience with REST APIs, experience with UI/UX design and integration with data-intensive backend systems
• Experience with Cloud applications – AWS preferred
• 3 years+ professional experience in a similar role
• Ability to work collaboratively with developers, engineers, and other teams to ensure that designs are successfully created and implemented to achieve the user goals
• Experience creating UI specs and wireframes; flexibility and willingness to move from idea, to whiteboard, to execution quickly and provide choices to stakeholders
• An understanding and working knowledge of source control repositories (Git preferred)
• A passion for new languages, technologies, and development practices

Why work at Expedition Technology? 

We are proud that our dynamic and collaborative culture along with our generous benefits package allowed us to earn a spot on the 2019, 2020 and the 2021 Washington Business Journal's Best Places to Work List. We are also a 2021 Top Workplace as named by the Washington Post.

We offer a robust benefits package designed to meet the varying needs of our team. Benefits include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance (company-paid through an Individual Benefit Account)
• Health Care Savings Account
• Paid Parental Leave
• Dependent Care Savings Account
• Tuition Reimbursement of up to $5250/year
• 401k with up to 12% company match
• Student Loan Repayment Assistance
• Conference attendance
• Free tickets to sporting and theater events
• Company-paid life, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• A supportive, collaborative culture that puts our people first
• Flexible work arrangements allowing you to choose where you work best (but must reside within driving distance of our Herndon, VA headquarters)
• Professional development, advancement, learning and growth opportunities

Who are we?  

Expedition Technology designs, develops, and delivers innovative, advanced signal, image, and multi-INT solutions for the defense and intelligence communities. We leverage advanced algorithms, platforms, and technologies to solve our customers’ most complex, demanding, and urgent C4ISR challenges. Our culture promotes individual growth and opportunity, prioritizes a collaborative team spirit, and invites the intellectually curious to creatively solve challenging problems. Headquartered in Northern Virginia’s high-tech corridor, EXP is a rapidly growing, privately held, employee-owned company that pushes the boundaries of what is possible every day. 

Interested in joining our team? Let’s explore together.

To learn more about EXP and discover why we are an award-winning workplace, visit our web site and follow us on LinkedIn.