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Software Developer Systems Software Jobs in McLean, VA, US
740+ software developer systems software jobs from 300+ companies hiring in McLean, VA, US.
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Junior Software Engineer
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Systems; experience with Python, Java, C++, Ruby, or JavaScript; experience leading all SDLC phases; data integration experience; ability to gather requirements and work with users; available for non-traditional hours.
Python, Java, C++, Ruby, JavaScript, SQL, AWS S3, AWS Lambda, AWS SQS, Django, R
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Software Engineer Lead
Herndon or Aurora
$135k-$216k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOEBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; minimum 12 years of experience; TS/SCI with clearance eligibility; proficiency in Java, C++, Python; Jira and Confluence experience; leadership of technical teams; experience with DevSecOps, cloud, and distributed systems.
Java, C++, Python, Jira, Confluence, DevSecOps, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud architectures (AWS, Azure)
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Senior Software Engineer – Backend
Arlington, Virginia, United States
$120k-$206k/yr HybridFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years backend experience with C#, ASP.NET Core, AWS, databases, and distributed systems.
C#, ASP.NET Core, Relational Databases, NoSQL, AWS, EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, Terraform, CloudFormation, Docker, Kubernetes
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Sr Software Engineer -Public Sector
McLean, Virginia, United States
$156k-$214k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOETop Secret/SCI clearance required; 6+ years software development; BS/MS/PhD in CS; distributed systems, concurrency, performance optimization; Java/Scala/Go/C++ proficiency; cloud experience; polygraph preferred.
Java, Scala, Go, C++
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Financial Software Systems Analyst
West Bethesda, Maryland, United States
HybridFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor's in STEM/Business/Data Science; 5+ years; MS Office & Python; DoD Secret clearance.
Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Python, Power BI, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), M Code (Power Query), Microsoft Office Suite
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Senior Software Engineer (Command & Control)
Santa Barbara or Arlington or Reston
$155k-$185k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor's in CS/Engineering; 5-8+ years backend experience; Python, API design; distributed systems; cloud (AWS); relational DBs.
Python, AWS, PostgreSQL, REST API, Docker, Kubernetes
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Senior Cloud Software Engineer
Louisville or Charlotte or Boston or Tampa or Dallas or Washington or Atlanta or New York City or Nashville or Chicago
$107k-$147k/yr RemoteFull Time
4+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent experience; 4+ years Salesforce development; OmniStudio, Apex, Flows, Lightning; integrate Salesforce with external systems.
OmniStudio, Apex, Flows, Lightning Components, Salesforce Health Cloud, MuleSoft, Salesforce APIs, Visualforce, Apex, UI frameworks, Azure DevOps, CI/CD
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Senior Software / Systems Engineering Manager - Simulation & Training (Onsite)
Sterling, Virginia, United States
$146k-$277k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOELead software and systems engineering team; requires STEM degree and 10+ years; active Secret clearance; on-site Sterling VA.
Microsoft Visual Studio, C/C++, C#, Python, Matlab/Simulink
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Evergreen: Principal Software Engineer
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
$160k-$187k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOEBachelor's degree and 10+ years of engineering experience; extensive experience with large systems and leading teams.
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Evergreen: Principal Software Engineer
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
$160k-$187k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOEBachelor's degree and 10+ years engineering experience; extensive experience with large systems and leading teams.
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2908 Software Integration Engineer
Fort Meade, Maryland, United States
OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOEActive Secret clearance; 8-10 years systems engineering; Agile; DevSecOps tools; scripting; Java stack; strong communication.
JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo, Jenkins, Python, Bash, Java, Spring MVC, jQuery, Thymeleaf, AJAX, Bootstrap, CSS
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Software Engineer Backend/Platform Systems I (Intern) – United States
San Jose or Seattle or New York or Knoxville or Boston or Alpharetta or Milpitas or Austin or Raleigh (RTP) or Fulton or Maynard or San Francisco or Dallas or Atlanta or Hillsboro
HybridFull Time
0+ YOECurrently enrolled in an undergraduate degree or certification program; proficient in C/C++, Java, or Go; experience with microservices, APIs, Linux, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
C++, Java, Go, Linux, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, AWS, Azure, GCP, pyTest, CI/CD, BGP, VLANs
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Software Developer
Columbia, Maryland, United States
$104k-$218k/yr OnsiteFull Time
14+ YOEDevelops and maintains software systems; requires UI/UX frontend, API, ReactJS, NodeJS, Java, Spring Boot, JavaScript, Docker/Podman, AWS, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Gradle; 14 years experience; BS in CS; substitution possible.
ReactJS, NodeJS, Java, Spring Boot, JavaScript, Docker/Podman, AWS, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Gradle
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Senior Software Engineer-.NET
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
$110k-$120k/yr HybridFull Time
3+ YOE3–5+ years .NET Framework (v4.8); strong C# and VB.NET; WinForms; SQL Server/ADO.NET; UI with Infragistics/DevExpress; enterprise/legacy systems.
NET Framework, C#, VB.NET, WinForms, SQL Server, ADO.NET, Infragistics, DevExpress, ActiveReports, Unity DI
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Full Stack Software Engineer (AWS Certification Required)
Laurel, Maryland, United States
$135k-$206k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOETop Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph required; 6+ years software development; Bachelor's in technical field; AWS cert; production systems experience; Kubernetes; Python; CI/CD; observability; DevOps; strong communication.
AWS, Kubernetes, Python, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code
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Lead Software Engineer, Frontend
Arlington or Boston
$115k-$160k/yr HybridFull Time
3+ YOE3+ years software engineering experience; proficiency in React and TypeScript; bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent; frontend testing experience; experience contributing to component libraries or design systems.
Cesium, React, TypeScript
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Ground Station Software Engineer (Staff to Senior Staff)
Chantilly or United States
$148k-$215k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOEBachelor's in CS/Software Eng; 10–15 yrs software engineering; leadership; avionics/GCS experience; aerospace domain; proficiency in modern UI and web/real-time systems.
TypeScript, C++, Python, C#, React, Node.js, Electron, Docker, Kubernetes, MAVLink, STANAG 4586, WebSocket, REST, Mapbox, MapLibre GL, Qt, WPF
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DevOps Software Engineer, Senior
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
$100k-$275k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOEActive TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph; 5+ years in DevOps tools, CI/CD; system administration; experience with Java, Groovy, Python, PowerShell, Bash, JavaScript; Windows and Linux; container platforms; strong communication; ability to work independently.
Java, Groovy, Python, PowerShell, Batch, Bash, JavaScript, AngularJS, Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Rhapsody, WebStorm, Git, CI/CD Tools, Docker, Kubernetes, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL Server
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Software Engineer II, AI
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
$144k-$160k/yr RemoteFull Time
Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering; 2+ yrs Generative AI; 3+ yrs cloud (AWS); 4+ yrs DevOps; 2+ yrs agentic systems; 3+ yrs distributed cloud-native; 4+ yrs programming (Python/Java/Rust/SQL/Node.js).
AWS, GitHub, Bitbucket, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Lambda, AWS EKS, S3, LangGraph, Python, Java, Rust, SQL, Node.js
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Senior Software Engineer (Auth & Identity)
Vienna or Remote
$100k-$155k/yr HybridFull Time
4+ YOEBackend-focused senior engineer for authorization and identity systems; 4+ years in auth, RBAC/ABAC, OAuth/OIDC/SAML; multi-tenant, distributed systems; cloud experience.
Python, Go, Java, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, AWS, Azure, GCP
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Principal Software Engineer - On-site (Germantown, MD, US, 20876)
Germantown, Maryland, United States
$131k-$203k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOELead architect for software and systems across product ecosystem; strong C/C++, real-time OS; 8+ years experience; occasional travel.
C/C++, Real-time operating systems, Matlab, Python, Linux, React, Node.js
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Consulting/Principal Software Engineer LNSSI
Washington or Virginia
$118k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
2+ YOE2-3 years Linux systems administration; scripting in SQL/BASH/PYTHON/PHP/PERL; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph; B.S. in Computer Science or MIS; experience with big data systems.
SQL, BASH, PYTHON, PHP, PERL, ECL, HPCC
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Senior Software Engineer, Backend - GTPN SF
San Francisco or Austin or New York or Washington DC or Toronto or Sao Paulo or Mexico City or Singapore
$200k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in software engineering; strong system architecture and leadership; fintech domain experience; data-driven decision making; collaborative and ownership mindset.
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Staff Software Engineer – Logs Management
Boston or New York or Remote - Colorado or Remote - DC or Remote - Massachusetts or Remote - New York or Remote - Ontario or Remote - Pennsylvania or Remote - Texas or Remote - Wisconsin
$234k-$300k/yr HybridFull Time
Senior backend engineer for logs management, scaling distributed systems, and leadership responsibilities.
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Senior Engineer, Software (Grade P11) (Reston, VA, US, 20191)
Reston, Virginia, United States
OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOESenior full-stack software engineer with 5+ years of experience in application development, design and deployment. Proficient in modern JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular), APIs, data systems, cloud-native architectures; strong SDLC/Agile experience; security-aware; able to mentor others.
React, Angular, TypeScript, Docker, Kubernetes, SQL, APIs, Cloud-native architectures, SDLC, Agile
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Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack
Herndon, Virginia, United States
$160k-$288k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years coding, 3+ years distributed systems, React/TypeScript, cloud-native stack, Bachelor’s in CS/Engineering, strong comms.
Java, Kotlin, Go, React, Next.js, TypeScript, Cloud (GCP, AWS), CI/CD
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Sr. AI Full Stack Software Engineer- Investments Technology
Baltimore or Washington
HybridFull Time, Contract
5+ YOEDesign, develop, and deploy autonomous AI systems; strong OO language experience; cloud-native architectures; strong problem solving; 5+ years in software development.
AWS, Azure, Java, Python, JavaScript, Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon Bedrock, AgentCore, OpenAI Codex, RAG
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Consulting/Principal Software Engineer LNSSI
Washington or Virginia
$118k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
2+ YOESecurity clearance TS/SCI with full-scope poly; BS in CS/MIS or related; 2-3 years Linux admin; scripting (SQL, Bash, Python, PHP, Perl); data analysis and scripting for big data systems
SQL, Bash, Python, PHP, Perl, ECL, HPCC, Kubernetes, AWS
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Full Stack Software Engineer
Columbia, Maryland, United States
OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE8 years of experience with a B.S. in a technical discipline or 4 additional years of experience in place of a degree; TS/SCI with Poly; production systems at scale; cloud AWS; Kubernetes; Python; observability; CI/CD; strong communication.
AWS, Kubernetes, Python, CI/CD, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, AI inference serving, vLLM, LiteLLM
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Forward Deployment Software Engineer
Reston, Virginia, United States
$200k-$288k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE7+ years in distributed systems; container orchestration; IaC (Terraform/Pulumi); CS fundamentals; Java/C++/Golang/Python; public cloud experience; TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance; US citizenship; advanced degree in CS.
Terraform, Pulumi, Kubernetes, Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), Java, C++, Go, Python
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Systems Engineer
Fairfax or Ashburn
HybridFull Time
Bachelor's degree in a technical field; experience with software requirements, design, and Agile; strong communication; eligibility for public trust clearance.
C++, Java, Python, RHEL
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Software Engineer, Backend - AI Practice Team
Houston or Knoxville or Washington
$90k-$150k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years backend development; Go and Python; cloud deployment; Kafka; distributed systems patterns; performance optimization; Docker/Kubernetes; Databricks.
Go, Python, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Databricks
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Software Security Engineer (Hybrid) - 26911 (Columbia, MD, Maryland, United States)
Columbia, Maryland, United States
$165k-$240k/yr HybridFull Time
15+ YOETS/SCI clearance; 15+ years systems/software engineering or 13+ with MS; AWS cloud architecture; RMF; microservices; RESTful APIs; Java; Linux; Git/Nexus/Maven; hybrid schedule and travel.
AWS, Kafka, Spark, Flink, Storm, MapReduce, Hadoop, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Solr, Spring, Guava, Linux, Git, Nexus, Maven, RMF
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Principal Software Engineer - Hybrid in MN or DC, remote elsewhere
Eden Prairie or Washington D.C. or United States
$135k-$231k/yr HybridFull Time
12+ YOELead architect for enterprise full-stack platforms; 12+ yrs software engineering; 8+ yrs distributed systems; 8+ yrs TypeScript/JavaScript or Python; 5+ yrs DevOps; 3+ yrs AI/ML integration; 1+ yrs AI-assisted tools.
React, Angular, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, FastAPI, Node.js, Docker, CI/CD
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Principal Software Engineer (Platform Architecture & Execution Model)
Seattle or McLean or United States
$240k-$290k/yr RemoteFull Time
12+ YOE12-15+ years building distributed systems; 10+ years running runtimes/workflow systems; security governance; observability; strong language skills; operating in regulated environments; influence architectural direction.
Go, Rust, Java, TypeScript, Kubernetes, CI/CD, IaC, Grafana
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Senior Software Engineer Content Management System
Memphis or McLean or Dallas
HybridFull Time
3+ YOESenior Software Engineer with 3+ years in web apps, Java, microservices, NoSQL, React, REST APIs; hybrid role near US offices; travel up to 10%.
Java, Spring, Microservices, NoSQL, Couchbase, MongoDB, Kafka, Redis, React, HTML, CSS, Jira, Confluence, Docker, Git
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Software Developer - SME
Herndon, Virginia, United States
$150k-$254k/yr OnsiteFull Time
16+ YOEBachelor's degree in CS or related field; 16+ years in enterprise software; proficient in C#/ .NET, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML/CSS; SQL and Git; experience with messaging systems; secure coding practices; strong communication.
C#/.NET, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, SQL, Git, Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Enterprise messaging systems
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Cyber Systems Engineer
Annapolis Junction or Washington
$160k-$190k/yr HybridFull Time
Design and deliver real-time data processing software for edge and backend systems; strong Rust, Python, Bash; security-focused engineering experience; capable of independent work.
Rust, Python, Bash, Linux, TCP/IP
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Senior Systems Engineer
Colorado Springs or Albuquerque or Laurel
$125k-$150k/yr RemoteFull Time
2+ YOETop Secret/SCI eligible, U.S. citizenship, BS in Engineering, 2+ years in aerospace software, Python and C++, experience in flight software and satellite missions.
Python, C++, Docker, Kubernetes, ROS, NATS, grpc, Ansys STK
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Principal Software Engineer (Platform Architecture & Execution Model)
Seattle or McLean
$240k-$290k/yr RemoteFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years distributed systems; 10+ years runtimes/workflows; durable execution, security governance, observability; modern languages (Go, Rust, Java, TypeScript); cloud-native stacks; regulated environments.
Go, Rust, Java, TypeScript, Kubernetes, Docker, Grafana, CI/CD, IaC
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