NASA Spacecraft Senior Full Stack Software Developer

The Lunar Gateway (LGW), a vital component of NASA's Artemis Program, will serve as a multi-purpose outpost orbiting the Moon that provides essential support for long-term human return to the lunar surface and as a staging point for deep space exploration.

CACI is looking for an experienced Senior Full Stack Software Developer to work on Test and Verification (T&V) capabilities for NASA's Lunar Gateway. Under direct supervision, this position involves end-to-end development: from database maintenance to front-end user interfaces, ensuring seamless integration across all systems.

• Database Maintenance: Maintain and update relational and non-relational databases to ensure seamless integration across all systems.
• Develop modern interfaces: Build intuitive, responsive, and scalable application using ReactJS to enable engineers, system managers, operators and Verification and Validation (V&V) teams to develop, update and eventually approve V&V artifacts.
• Implement data and Configuration management capabilities: Establish frameworks for tracking system configurations, V&V artifact versions in compliance with NASA standards.
• Engage in cross-disciplinary collaboration: Work alongside talented aerospace engineers, system architects, mission control teams and system managers. Drive innovation: Leverage modern development practices and tools to improve existing processes while ensuring scalability, security, performance and traceability of artifacts within our environment.
• Gain significant exposure to space systems engineering: Deepen your understanding of space systems, the verification and validation processes, tools and workflows that allow for prior and post launch V&V activities to take place and be managed.
• Requires a capable person with strong verbal and written communication skills. In addition to outstanding technical expertise, the individual must also possess strong customer relationship skills, have a positive team-player attitude, and be flexible and willing to take on new assignments and responsibilities as they arise.
• Finally, the most qualified candidate will be an articulate speaker able to communicate technical ideas in an effective manner, must share our passion for our Nation's Space Program, and share in the excitement of human-rated space vehicles.

This is a full-time onsite position based in Houston at the Johnson Space Center (JSC), TX. Remote work arrangements are not allowed for this position.

Qualifications

Required:

• U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident for access to US Government facilities.
• This position does not offer visa sponsorship or work authorization support.
• B.S. in Computer Science, software engineering or related field.
• Minimum of 5-10 years of full stack development experience.
• Strong experience with ReactJS and modern front-end frameworks.
• Proven track record of building and working with APIs, HTTP Request, web sockets and various other communication protocols.
• Experience with RESTful API development and integration.
• Back-end development experience (Node.js, Python).
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), including experience with modern syntax and best practices.
• Excellent people skills able to facilitate meetings with various stakeholders. Must be flexible, open to new challenges and shifts in priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Must possess strong technical expertise combined with strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with little supervision.
• Must be a highly responsible, team-oriented individual with strong work ethic. Must have advanced coordination and organization skills.
• Ability to work in a high-paced environment.
• Take ownership of assigned tasks and readily communication barriers.

Desired:

• Cloud hosted database solutions and integration with other internal company tools.
• Experience with SharePoint site web interface deployment.
• Experience with data management and configuration management practices.
• Experience building meaningful dashboards and data visualization, especially using Power BI.