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Software Development Engineer - US Federal
$124K–$222K
USA.VA.Reston · Flex · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years in each of the three areas listed in the basic qualifications.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a computer-related field or equivalent work experience.
About the job
Develop and maintain metadata-driven business applications for U.S. federal customers, collaborating with product and QA teams and resolving reported issues.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with Product Managers and QA Engineers on functional design and requirements analysis; design and develop products in a metadata-driven environment.
- Build and maintain robust, efficient, maintainable code using object-oriented frameworks and class modeling; solve customer-reported issues.
- Mentor and learn from teammates through pair programming, code reviews, and hackathons.
What they ask for
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance at the TS/SCI w/CI Poly level.
- 4+ years of experience with UML, web application development, or SaaS technologies.
- 4+ years of design and development experience using an object-oriented language such as Java, Python, C#, or C++.
- 4+ years of experience designing and developing business applications.
Nice to have
- Active TS/SCI w/CI Poly clearance; DoD 8570/8140 compliance with at least IAT Level II certification, a current CE credential, and one approved specialty certification.
- 4+ years of software performance design and analysis experience; JSON, REST, or GraphQL experience is a plus.
Pay
$137,000 USD - $205,400 USD (base salary); $123,900 USD - $222,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
UML, SaaS, Java, Python, C#, C++, JSON, REST
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