Senior Design Engineer

Quartermaster

Job Overview

Location

Arlington, VA

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Build and ship production-ready UI components from design specs, prioritizing performance, reusability, and scalability across the maritime intelligence web portal using React and TypeScript.
• Develop and maintain a living design system by synchronizing design tokens, component libraries, and documentation between Figma and code to ensure consistency across all maritime intelligence applications.
• Prototype novel interactions and data visualizations—including live sensor feeds, event timelines, and tracking dashboards—to validate new product concepts in real-time, interactive environments.
• Implement high-fidelity features such as map interfaces and radar overlays that preserve design intent while handling high-density, layered data in operationally critical environments.
• Create tooling and automation to streamline the design-to-development workflow between product designers and core engineering teams.
• Iterate on UI implementations based on direct feedback from operators, field testing, and performance metrics gathered from defense and government customers.
• Conduct and synthesize user research to inform technical design decisions, translating complex maritime workflows into clear, intuitive, and high-performance user journeys.
• Establish and enforce accessibility standards (WCAG), performance optimization guidelines, and responsive design practices across the entire front-end codebase.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with the Head of Product and CTO to align technical execution with operational needs in maritime surveillance and domain awareness.
• Ensure all interfaces are optimized for low-latency, high-reliability use in mission-critical scenarios where information clarity and software responsiveness are non-negotiable.
• Translate high-fidelity Figma designs into production code with precision, maintaining visual fidelity while adhering to engineering constraints in data-rich, real-time environments.
• Maintain deep alignment between design systems and front-end implementation, ensuring that component libraries evolve in tandem with product requirements and user feedback.
• Design and implement geospatial interfaces capable of rendering overlapping sensor data, AIS tracks, radar overlays, and video feeds with smooth performance on web platforms.
• Apply advanced UX principles including interaction design, information architecture, and cognitive load management to simplify complex maritime operational workflows.
• Contribute to the evolution of accessibility and performance benchmarks specific to defense and commercial maritime user bases.
• Participate in iterative design sprints that incorporate field data, operator input, and technical constraints to refine interface functionality and usability.
• Advocate for user-centered design practices grounded in real-world operational contexts, not theoretical aesthetics.
• Work in a distributed, asynchronous team environment with flexible hours and a startup culture that emphasizes autonomy and ownership.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in product design, UI/UX engineering, or front-end design engineering with a portfolio demonstrating mastery of data-rich web application interfaces
• Deep fluency in HTML, CSS/Tailwind, and modern JavaScript/TypeScript with hands-on experience building components in React
• Deep proficiency in Figma, including advanced component libraries, auto-layout, token management, and maintaining design-to-code consistency
• Strong visual design foundation in typography, color, layout, and hierarchy, especially for dense, operationally critical environments
• Experience designing and building geospatial or map-based interfaces with layered data visualizations and Canvas/WebGL rendering
• Comfort working in iterative processes incorporating user research, field feedback, and performance data to refine designs

🏖️ Benefits

• Distributed team environment working asynchronously
• Startup atmosphere with autonomy given to engineers
• In-office and flexible hours
• Mission-driven work supporting defense agencies, coast guards, and commercial maritime operators

Skills & Technologies

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Senior

Onsite

Degree Required

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About Quartermaster

Quartermaster.us is the official digital front door of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps, the nation’s 247-year-old logistics lifeline. Headquartered at Fort Lee, Virginia, the site trains 22,000 Soldiers and civilians in supply, fuel, food, water, parachute rigging, laundry, mortuary affairs, and aerial delivery. Visitors explore interactive Quartermaster Museum exhibits, enroll in professional courses, download doctrine, and discover how “The Providers” equip, sustain, and honor every warfighter from basic training to battlefield memorial services worldwide.

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