Senior Front-End Engineer - Agentic AI

Peraton Labs is seeking a Senior Front-End Engineer to help design and build the user-facing experience for an Agentic AI platform that that enables secure, rapid development of AI-powered applications through natural language interfaces, agent builders, dashboards, and mission-level workflow orchestration.

 

This role will focus on creating intuitive, high-quality front-end experiences that make advanced platform capabilities accessible to developers, operators, and mission users. The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in modern front-end engineering, especially React-based application development, along with experience building data-rich interfacing, workflow-centric user experiences, and scalable UI architecture.

 

You will partner closely with Labs research scientists, engineers, and leadership to translate complex agentic and orchestration capabilities into usable, compelling product experiences.

 

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Design and build modern front-end applications for an Agentic AI platform using React and related technologies
• Develop user interfaces for dashboards, workflow orchestration, agent builders, prompt configuration, execution monitoring, and mission-level application interaction
• Create intuitive experiences that allow users to interact with AI-powered systems through natural language, structured controls, and visual workflow components
• Build reusable UI components, front-end frameworks, and design patterns that support rapid product development and consistency across applications
• Partner with backend, platform, and AI engineering teams to integrate APIs, real-time data, orchestration services, and agent execution outputs into responsive interfaces
• Develop front-end solutions for data visualization, status tracking, user feedback loops, approval workflows, and operational analytics
• Improve usability, performance, accessibility, responsiveness, and maintainability across product interfaces
• Help define front-end architecture, state management approaches, testing strategy, and engineering standards
• Contribute to product design discussions with strong input on interaction models, workflow usability, and user-centered design for complex technical systems
• Support secure UI patterns for authentication, authorization, experience tailoring, and controlled access to platform capabilities
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to a high-quality engineering culture

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 8+ years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree, 6+ years with a Master's degree, or 3+ years with a PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field
• Minimum of 3+ years of professional experience in front-end engineering, UI engineering, or full-stack software engineering with strong front-end focus
• Strong hands-on experience with React, modern JavaScript/TypeScript, and component-based front-end architecture
• Experience building data-rich dashboards, operational UIs, or workflow-centric product interfaces
• Strong knowledge of front-end application patterns including state management, API integration, performance optimization, and reusable component design
• Experience working with REST APIs, GraphQL, WebSockets, or other service integration approaches
• Experience with front-end testing and tools for quality, maintainability, and regression prevention
• Strong understanding of responsive design, usability, and accessibility best practices
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• US Citizenship is a requirement for this position

 

Desired Qualifications

• Experience building interfaces for AI-enabled products, copilots, workflow systems, or orchestration platforms
• Familiarity with Agentic AI concepts such as agent workflows, tool invocation, execution monitoring, and human-in-the-loop tasking
• Experience with dashboard libraries, visual workflow builders, or graph-based UI patterns
• Experience with enterprise authentication, RBAC-aware UI patterns, and secure application design
• Familiarity with design systems, reusable component libraries, and front-end platformization
• Experience supporting no-code or low-code product experiences
• Exposure to mission systems, operational platforms, or decision-support tooling
• Experience working in product environments where usability and speed-to-delivery are both critical

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

$112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.