Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Job Family: Software Engineer

City/State: Colorado Springs, CO USA

Type and Schedule: Full-Time, Salary/Exempt, on-site with limited remote work flexibility.

Annualized Salary Range: $135,000.00 - $165,000.00 commensurate with experience.

About Us:

Caliola is an award-winning woman-owned small business that is improving and protecting our Nation's way of life through secure collaboration and resilient communications. Our engineers, subject matter experts, and veterans are developing and delivering trusted solutions for mission-critical communications. We seek teammates who share our core values:

I3 for C3 - Insight, Innovation, and Integrity for Command, Control, and Communications

These values guide how we work every day. At Caliola, you will find technically challenging, mission-focused work within a flexible and collaborative culture that is uncommon in the defense industry. We offer flexible PTO, subsidized health insurance, 401(k) matching, professional development, and a competitive compensation structure designed to support long-term growth.

Position Description:

Caliola Engineering is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build software that solves complex, meaningful problems in support of mission-critical applications. You will work alongside a collaborative engineering team to turn advanced technical capabilities into intuitive, reliable products supporting missions such as communications planning, A-PNT, and secure mesh networking. This is a hands-on role for an experienced engineer who wants to own challenging problems, influence technical direction, and help shape how our software evolves. You will contribute directly to development while providing technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers, strengthening both the product and the team around you. Our stack includes TypeScript, Vue.js, and Nuxt on the frontend, Nitro and Node.js for backend services, and Tauri for desktop applications. If you enjoy building thoughtful software, solving problems where the answer is not always obvious, and seeing your work contribute to real-world mission impact, this role gives you the opportunity to do exactly that.

Essential Responsibilities:

UI Development

• Build responsive, reliable user interfaces that meet approved designs and technical requirements.
• Regularly contribute production-quality code and deliver functionality within agreed timelines.
• Develop and maintain reusable UI components aligned with Caliola's design system.

Technical Leadership

• Translate project requirements into technical requirements, development tasks, and project milestones.
• Help organize and prioritize development work using agile tools and practices, including leading or supporting agile meetings.
• Provide technical guidance to other developers through code reviews, collaboration, and reinforcement of development standards while working effectively across multidisciplinary engineering teams.

User Experience

• Implement intuitive workflows and interactions that support user and mission needs.
• Partner with UI/UX and stakeholders to understand requirements, communicate technical constraints, and develop effective solutions.
• Identify and help resolve usability issues throughout development.

Frontend Quality

• Write clean, maintainable, tested code that meets development standards.
• Define and implement appropriate unit and system testing.
• Identify and resolve defects, performance issues, and browser or device inconsistencies.