Front-End UI Developer

Peraton is seeking a Front-End UI Developer. This is a hands-on development role serving as the technical bridge between UX Design and Development, transforming approved Figma designs and prototypes into polished, accessible, responsive, and functional user interfaces.

The role combines front-end development, UX/UI design skills, Figma proficiency, AI-assisted development, rapid prototyping, and emerging technology to ensure design intent is maintained through implementation.

The Front-End UI Developer is expected to operate within the UX team’s Raising the Bar standards, bringing commercial-grade quality, craftsmanship, communication, velocity, and attention to detail to every deliverable.

 

Hands-On UI Development

• Directly develop and implement production-quality front-end interfaces, not simply provide recommendations or development guidance.
• Translate high-fidelity Figma designs and interactive prototypes into functional UI code.
• Build responsive interfaces using HTML5, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Angular, or applicable modern frameworks.
• Support UI development across responsive web, native mobile/iOS, SharePoint, Sitecore, and enterprise platforms.
• Develop reusable UI components, interaction patterns, design tokens, and front-end design-system elements.
• Partner with backend engineering to integrate polished presentation layers with APIs, services, data, and enterprise systems.
• Conduct implementation reviews and directly correct UI inconsistencies when appropriate.

UX-to-Development Liaison

• Serve as the primary technical bridge between UX and development, protecting design intent throughout implementation.
• Work directly within Figma alongside UX designers to understand interaction behavior, responsive rules, component states, accessibility requirements, and design rationale.
• Identify technical considerations early enough to influence designs before development handoff.
• Ensure production interfaces accurately reflect approved designs across layout, typography, spacing, hierarchy, interaction, responsiveness, animation, and component behavior.
• Help eliminate the traditional gap between a polished UX prototype and the final developed product.

AI-Enabled Development

• Actively incorporate AI-assisted development tools into daily workflows to increase speed, quality, and delivery capacity.
• Use AI to accelerate code generation, refactoring, debugging, prototyping, documentation, accessibility evaluation, test creation, design-to-code workflows, and technical exploration.
• Use AI to rapidly transform concepts and Figma designs into functional prototypes and proofs of concept.
• Evaluate AI-generated code and output through human technical judgment, security requirements, accessibility standards, performance, and maintainability.
• Continuously evaluate emerging AI capabilities that can improve the UX-to-development workflow.

AI is expected to increase capability and velocity—not replace engineering judgment.

Rapid Prototyping & Emerging Technology

• Build functional prototypes supporting Phase Zero, Art of the Possible, usability testing, and stakeholder demonstrations.
• Rapidly explore new interaction models before significant development investment.
• Support experiences across native mobile/iOS, wearables, VR/XR, mixed reality, spatial computing, immersive technology, and emerging platforms.
• Collaborate with UX Architects and Designers to determine when emerging technology provides meaningful user or mission value.

Quality & Craft

• Deliver interfaces that meet the UX team’s commercial-grade quality standard.
• Maintain pixel-level attention to spacing, alignment, typography, responsive behavior, component consistency, states, motion, and interaction details.
• Benchmark implementation quality against leading commercial digital products.
• Ensure front-end experiences meet Section 508, WCAG, semantic markup, keyboard navigation, responsive design, and inclusive-design requirements.
• Treat accessibility, performance, responsiveness, and visual quality as part of development—not final QA activities.

Figma & Design Systems

• Work proficiently with Figma Auto Layout, components, variants, variables, Dev Mode, design tokens, responsive layouts, prototypes, and shared libraries.
• Maintain alignment between Figma design-system components and production UI components.
• Contribute reusable components and patterns rather than repeatedly solving the same UI problems.
• Maintain clean, scalable, documented component architecture supporting both UX and development teams.

Collaboration & Raising the Bar

• Participate in internal design and code reviews before client-facing delivery.
• Collaborate closely with UX Architects, UX Designers, researchers, accessibility specialists, developers, and technical architects.
• Communicate technical considerations clearly to both design and development teams.
• Demonstrate professional client presence when participating in demonstrations, technical discussions, and stakeholder reviews.
• Contribute to shared templates, patterns, documentation, and reusable team resources.
• Challenge implementations that do not meet established UX, accessibility, or quality standards.
• Take ownership of the quality of the presentation layer from Figma through implementation.

Required Skills

• 5 years with BS/BA or 9 years with a high school diploma. 
• 5+ years of professional experience in front-end development, UI engineering, UX engineering, or related disciplines.
• Strong hands-on proficiency with HTML5, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and responsive development.
• Experience with React, Angular, or comparable component-based frameworks.
• Strong proficiency working directly from Figma and modern design systems.
• Demonstrated UX/UI design skills and understanding of interaction design.
• Experience developing polished responsive web and mobile interfaces.
• Experience with SharePoint, Sitecore, or comparable enterprise platforms.
• Experience using AI-assisted coding, development, design, or rapid-prototyping tools.
• Experience developing reusable front-end components and design systems.
• Strong understanding of Section 508, WCAG, semantic HTML, keyboard accessibility, and accessible interaction patterns.
• Strong visual attention to detail and ability to recognize and correct inconsistencies between design and implementation.
• Ability to work effectively across UX, engineering, product, accessibility, and stakeholder teams.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

Preferred Skills

• Native iOS/mobile development or prototyping experience.
• Experience with wearables, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, Meta Quest, VR/XR, mixed reality, or spatial computing.
• Familiarity with Unity, Unreal Engine, or immersive development frameworks.
• Experience with USWDS or enterprise-scale design systems.
• API integration and modern application architecture experience.
• Experience creating functional prototypes for usability testing and Art of the Possible demonstrations.
• Experience with AI-enabled interfaces, conversational experiences, intelligent agents, or emerging interaction models.
• Government, healthcare, or enterprise product experience.

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.

$80,000 - $128,000. 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.