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Founding Full-stack / Product Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$130k-$300k/yr On-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Help us build a 100× better job search engine. We need a full-stack engineer with great taste, sharp fundamentals, and a track record of shipping polished product on React/Next.js plus a real backend (Firebase, Elasticsearch, Redis, Stripe).
React, Next.js, TypeScript, Firebase, Elasticsearch, Redis, Stripe
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Lead Software Engineer
McLean, Virginia, United States
$197k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Capital One
Capital OneNYSE: COF: Financial services offering credit cards, banking, and loans.
4+ YOELead software engineer with 4+ years of software engineering experience and cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP).
Java, Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, SQL, HTML/CSS, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, NoSQL, RDBMS, Lambda, Fargate
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Lead Software Engineer
Arlington, Virginia, United States
$161k-$266k/yr HybridFull Time
Mastercard
MastercardNYSE: MA: Global payment processing and financial technology service provider.
Lead software engineer with strong full-stack experience, cloud, DevOps, and AI-driven engineering mindset.
.NET, Java, React, JavaScript, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS, Azure, CI/CD, APIs, Docker, Kubernetes
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Lead Software Engineer
Fort Meade, Maryland, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Orbis Operations
Orbis Operations: Defense and intelligence firm providing situational awareness and training.
20+ YOELead software engineer with TS/SCI clearance; 20+ years SWE or 24 years experience; distributed systems, Big Data, NoSQL; DevOps, CI/CD, Kubernetes.
Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Git, NoSQL, Hadoop, HDFS, JSON, BSON, Prometheus, Grafana, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Redis
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Lead Software Engineer
Columbia, Maryland, United States
$150k-$155k/yr HybridFull Time
Stage Front
Stage Front: A technology platform providing ticketing inventory management and distribution solutions.
8+ YOE8+ years of professional software engineering; full-stack C#/.NET, ASP.NET Core, SQL Server, Azure; proven leade​rship; strong communication; mentoring; Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
C#, DotNet, ASP.NET Core, SQL Server, Azure
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Lead Software Developer
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
OnsiteFull Time
AnaVation
AnaVation: Providing technical engineering and cybersecurity solutions for federal agencies.
11+ YOELead software developer with active Secret clearance; 11+ years in secure, scalable enterprise apps; Bachelor's degree; strong cloud, security, and modernization skills.
JCAM, eMASS, Xacta, Archer, Cloud-native development, Backend development, Frontend engineering, Database engineering, Security engineering, API integration, DevOps, Infrastructure optimization, Enterprise software architecture, Automation, Data engineering and analytics
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Software Engineer, Lead
McLean, Virginia, United States
$87k-$198k/yr HybridFull Time
Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen HamiltonNYSE: BAH: Consulting and technology services for government and commercial clients
5+ YOE5+ years in software development; experience with Java/Kotlin/Python/JavaScript/TypeScript/C/C++/Golang; AI/ML; Agile team experience; TS/SCI clearance; Bachelor's in Engineering/Science/Technology; Masters preferred.
Java, Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, C/C++, Golang, AI/ML tools
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Lead Software Developer
Fort Meade, Maryland, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Lentech
Lentech: Provides mission-critical IT and engineering solutions for government agencies.
20+ YOEActive TS.SCI w/FSP through MD; 20 years software engineering; Java/JavaScript, Git, SQL, Python; Linux; SDLC; Agile; UI/UX; API; AWS; C#; front/back-end development.
Java, JavaScript, Git, SQL, Python, Web development, UI/UX, Angular, React, Vue.js, AWS, C#, MongoDB, Spring, OSGi, Perl, Lua, NGINX, Linux
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Lead Software Engineer-Embedded Computing Software-Onsite
Ashburn, Virginia, United States
$109k-$145k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Curtiss-Wright
Curtiss-WrightNYSE: CW: Engineers and manufactures critical components for aerospace and defense.
8+ YOESenior software engineer with embedded systems experience, DoD security, Linux, C/C++, and embedded software development.
C, C++, Linux, VxWorks, Python, LabVIEW, Git, JIRA, Confluence, DOORS, Yocto, Petalinux, GCC
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Software Engineer, Lead
Fort Meade or Laurel
$113k-$257k/yr HybridFull Time
Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen HamiltonNYSE: BAH: Provides technology and management consulting services to diverse organizations.
12+ YOELead full-stack developer with Python, React, Linux, and Git; TS/SCI with poly; 12+ years or 16+ years without degree; ability to work with customers.
Python, JavaScript, React, Elasticsearch, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Git
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Interclypse Inc. - Lead Software Engineer
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Interclypse
Interclypse: Provides software engineering and cybersecurity solutions for government agencies.
3+ YOEBachelor’s degree in computer science or related field; 3+ years of software engineering experience.
.NET, SQL, IIS, AWS, React, Kubernetes, RESTful API, Elastic Stack
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Lead Software Engineer (Defense Tech)
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
$140k-$180k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition: Developing software and simulation infrastructure for autonomous vehicles.
5+ YOE5+ years software engineering; strong C++, Python; OS and hardware experience; security clearance eligible; U.S. citizenship.
C++, Python, Operating Systems
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Lead Software Engineer
Washington or United States
$190k-$250k/yr RemoteFull Time
Fundrise
Fundrise: Online platform for private real estate and venture investments.
8+ YOE3+ MgmtBachelor's degree or equivalent,8+ years software engineering experience,3+ years managing engineers,deep expertise in Java,Spring/Spring Boot,Hibernate,AWS and transactional DB design.
Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, AWS, ECS, CDK, S3, SQS, Lambda, DynamoDB, WAF
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Lead Software Engineer (Prime)
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
$196k-$245k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Intelliforce
Intelliforce: Provides engineering and technical solutions for the intelligence community.
20+ YOETop Secret clearance with Full Scope Poly, U.S. citizenship, 20 years software experience, bachelor's degree (or 4 extra years experience in lieu), strong Java/Spring, NiFi, Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, and observability tools.
Java, Spring, NiFi, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Grafana, Prometheus, Git, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Hadoop, Hive, Pig, HDFS, JSON, BSON
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Software Engineer II-Team Lead (AWS, Typescript)
Hartford or St. Paul or Hunt Valley
$120k-$199k/yr HybridFull Time
Travelers
TravelersNYSE: TRV: Provide property and casualty insurance for individuals and businesses.
6+ YOE1+ MgmtLead a team of software engineers; expertise in AWS and Typescript; 6+ years of programming; bachelor’s in CS; strong leadership and communication.
AWS, Typescript, JavaScript
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Software Engineer Lead
Herndon or Columbia
OnsiteFull Time
Freedom Technology Solutions Group
Freedom Technology Solutions Group: Provides geospatial and software engineering solutions for national security agencies.
4-6 years backend and frontend development; 6-8 years AWS/Linux; 2-3 years AI/ML; strong Python/Java; Agile; SQL/NoSQL; cloud and microservices; security clearance with polygraph; Docker/containers.
Python, Java, Angular, AWS, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, ElasticSearch, Solr/Lucene, OpenSearch, SQL, NoSQL, Jira, Confluence, GitHub, ETL, PyTorch, Keras, TensorFlow, Tableau, Pandas, D3.js, Gensim, spaCy, NLTK, Stanford CoreNLP, OCR, BERT, NER
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Lead Software Engineer
Springfield, Virginia, United States
HybridFull Time
Tetrad Digital Integrity
Tetrad Digital Integrity: Provides cybersecurity performance management software and specialized consulting services.
6+ YOETS/SCI clearance; Bachelor's with 6+ years or 15+ years experience in lieu of degree; 6+ years Python, DevSecOps/CI-CD, IaC (Terraform), containers; AWS (EC2, DynamoDB, ECS, SQS/SNS, IAM, Lambda, CDK); leadership; strong communication.
Python, GitLab, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, AWS CDK, EC2, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, Lambda
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Lead Software Engineer
Rockville or Tysons
$114k-$249k/yr HybridFull Time
FINRA
FINRA: Regulates brokerage firms and exchange markets in the United States.
7+ YOEBachelor's in CS or related; 7+ yrs exp; strong system design, OO, cloud, storage, DevOps/CI-CD, test automation, security.
Cloud, CI/CD, DevOps, Test automation, Security
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Lead Software Engineer
Basking Ridge or Minneapolis or Washington or United States
$113k-$193k/yr RemoteFull Time
UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth GroupNYSE: UNH: Provides health insurance and technology-enabled health care services.
8+ YOE8+ years software/data/ML engineering, 3+ years designing large-scale data/AI implementations; hands-on with Python, Java, .Net, SQL, Databricks, Spark, PyTorch/TensorFlow, LLMs/SLMs, cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP), vector DBs and RAG systems.
Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Python, Java, Scala, TypeScript, .Net, SQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Databrick, Databricks, Microsoft Power BI, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, Llama models, Claude, Spark, Flink, Kafka, lakehouse, Azure, AWS, GCP, FAISS, Pinecone, Chroma, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
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Senior Software Engineer (Lead) - Terminal Software
Carlsbad or Germantown
$168k-$265k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Viasat
ViasatNASDAQ: VSAT: Provider of global satellite-based connectivity and secure communication solutions.
10+ YOE1+ MgmtBachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or Computer Engineering; 10+ years in embedded software design and development with C/C++/Rust; 10+ years Linux in embedded env; Linux networking stack and kernel drivers; OO development; CICD/DevOps; strong analytical and communication skills; US citizenship or permanent residency.
C/C++, Rust, Linux, Kernel drivers, CI/CD, DevOps
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Lead Java Software Engineer – Developer
Herndon or Seal Beach or El Segundo or Colorado Springs
$212k-$286k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Boeing
BoeingNYSE: BA: Designing and manufacturing commercial aircraft and defense systems.
10+ YOEBachelor’s degree; Top Secret clearance; 10+ years Java/C++, Angular/React.js, HTML/CSS; 10+ years in software configuration management; 10+ years in cloud-based software development.
Java, C++, Angular, React, HTML, CSS, Version control, Cloud platforms
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