Application Developer

VTG is seeking a talented and experienced Application Developer to join our dynamic and innovative team in Chantilly, VA.

• Engineering Excellence: Design, build, and maintain high-quality software systems that are scalable, efficient, and reliable.
  
  
• Problem Solving: Use your superhuman analytical skills to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues.
  
  
• Innovation: Continuously innovate and push the boundaries of technology to develop cutting-edge software solutions.
  
  
• Collaboration: Work closely with fellow super-developers, product managers, and designers to bring ideas to life.
  
  
• Code Quality: Ensure your code is clean, maintainable, and adheres to best practices. Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers.
  
  
• Security: Implement robust security measures to protect software systems from vulnerabilities and cyber threats.
  
  
• User-Centric Design: Create software with the end-user in mind, ensuring an intuitive and seamless user experience.

• This Applications Developer will maintain and enhance an existing social media data exploitation platform. This Applications Developer will work within an existing team environment. Work will include developing enhancements to an existing service-based Java web application.

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Experience: Proven experience as an Applications Developer with a portfolio of successful projects.
• MUST have experience using TypeScript and React to build and maintain scalable front-end applications and have a solid understanding of component-based architecture, state management, and hooks.
• MUST have experience with MobX (or similar) state management libraries, an understanding of Node.js, familiarity with Elasticsearch, proficiency with relational databases (specifically Amazon RDS), and strong knowlege of version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.