Front End Software Engineer
Altamira Technology Corporation · Denver, CO
$140,000–$180,000from the description
Jul 21, 2026
Denver, CO
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A front-end software engineering role focused on building and maintaining web-based systems for national security customers. Day-to-day work involves translating user and analyst requirements into functional software, integrating continuous delivery practices, and collaborating with teammates through design sessions. The position suits engineers comfortable working across a broad range of languages and frameworks — including Java, Python, JavaScript, Angular, and React — who hold an active TS/SCI clearance.
Mid level · Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 4 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $140,636 (middle half $126,359–$175,118). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The qualifications section lists a broad 'experience in one or more of the following' technology list — the JD does not gate on ALL of these skills simultaneously, only on having experience with at least one. They are marked required because they appear under the Education and Experience (requirements) heading, but in practice the hiring bar is breadth across a subset, not mastery of every item.
React and ElasticSearch appear only in the narrative 'technologies we are currently using' stack description, not in the formal requirements block, so they are marked preferred.
Svelte is explicitly called out as 'preferred' in the requirements section.
CI/CD is referenced in the responsibilities section ('leverage continuous integration') but no specific tooling is named; marked preferred as a general capability signal.
A current CI (Counterintelligence) polygraph is listed as preferred, not required. TS/SCI is a hard gate.
The role is titled 'Front-End Software Engineer' but the JD describes full-stack work spanning backend languages (Java, Python), containerization, Kubernetes, ML, and databases — the alt SOC 15-1254 Web Developers was considered but 15-1252 Software Developers better fits the full-stack scope.
No overall years-of-experience floor is stated; seniority is assessed as Mid based on the scope described and the absence of any senior-level ownership or leadership language.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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