UIUX Engineer
Job Location:
Reston, VA - USA
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Job Summary
The Leidos Intelligence Group has an opening for UI/UX Engineer in Reston Virginia. The successful candidate will work as a member of a government contractor team managing to design intuitive user-centric interfaces and AI-driven applications for both unclassified and classified federal environments. You will bridge design and front-end development translating complex mission data into accessible secure UI solutions while adhering to government regulatory and security protocols. The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in user experience design front-end development and usability principles with the ability to translate complex technical workflows into clean efficient and accessible interfaces. This individual will work closely with backend engineers product owners and end users to improve usability performance and overall user satisfaction. Work will be performed in a fast-paced high-energy environment inside a government facility.
Primary Responsibility
- Creating prototyping and coding seamless user interfaces for mission-critical government systems that leverage AI/ML technologies. Working seamlessly across unclassified and classified (TS/SCI) systems
- Ensure high-security software remains intuitive efficient and accessible for federal stakeholders and analysts.
- UI/UX Design & Implementation: Design and develop intuitive responsive user interfaces for web-based applications
- User Experience Optimization: Translate complex workflows into simple efficient user experiences that improve usability and adoption
- Front-End Development: Build and maintain front-end components using modern frameworks (e.g. React Angular or similar)
- Usability & Accessibility: Ensure applications meet usability standards and accessibility best practices
- Design Systems: Contribute to and maintain consistent design patterns components and style guides
- User Research & Feedback: Gather and incorporate user feedback to continuously improve interface design and functionality
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with backend engineers product teams and stakeholders to align UI/UX with system capabilities
- Performance Optimization: Improve front-end performance responsiveness and scalability
- Design intuitive interactions for AI/ML features such as predictive inputs machine-generated alerts and dynamic analytics dashboards.
- Create interfaces that streamline complex data visualization and integrate seamlessly with AI-driven capabilities.
- Collaborate heavily with back-end data science and AI/ML teams to ensure technical feasibility and smooth integration.
- Work fluidly across multiple security domains (NIPRNet SIPRNet and JWICS or equivalent classified networks).
Qualifications
- TS/SCI w/Polygraph
- Must be a US Citizen
- Typically requires BS degree and 12 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 13 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain. Experience may be exchanged for degree requirements.
- Ability to conduct user research stakeholder interviews and usability testing to deeply understand the needs of defense and intelligence personnel.
- Ability to translate user needs to create functionally designed interfaces that streamline complex data visualization and integrate seamlessly with AI-driven capabilities.
- Ability to lead end-to-end design initiatives including wireframing storyboarding user flows and high-fidelity prototypes.
- Strong experience with front-end technologies (JavaScript HTML CSS)
- Experience with modern UI frameworks (React Angular etc.)
- Demonstrated experience designing user-centered interfaces for complex applications
- Understanding of UX principles usability and interaction design
- Design intuitive interactions for AI/ML features such as predictive inputs machine-generated alerts and dynamic analytics dashboards.
- Collaborate heavily with back-end data science and AI/ML teams to ensure technical feasibility and smooth integration.
- Work fluidly across multiple security domains (NIPRNet SIPRNet and JWICS or equivalent classified networks).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with design tools (Figma Sketch Adobe XD)
- Experience with data visualization tools (e.g. Grafana or similar)
- Familiarity with REST APIs and backend integration
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and front-end deployment workflows
- Experience working in Agile environments
- Experience designing and developing intuitive user interfaces for data-driven GEOINT applications.
If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting:
June 24 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $131300.00 - $237350.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.
