166 principal software engineer jobs at 75 companies in Triangle, VA
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Principal Software Engineer
Arlington, Virginia, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Extensive software engineering leadership; delivery of large-scale distributed systems; cloud, AI/data platforms; strong communication and mentorship.
AWS, Cloud, DevOps, AI tooling, LLMs, distributed systems
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Principal Software Engineer
Bethesda or Waltham
$164k-$257k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering; production-grade APIs; GraphQL; Node.js; TypeScript; Go; OAuth2/JWT; security; scalable SaaS APIs.
GraphQL, Node.js, TypeScript, Go, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Datadog, OAuth 2.0, JWT
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Principal Software Engineer
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
$190k-$280k/yr OnsiteFull Time
20+ YOEActive TS/SCI with Polygraph; US citizenship; 20+ years software engineering experience; bachelor's in CS or related; able to work independently and in a team; strong communication.
Java, NiFi, SQL, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch
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Principal Software Engineer
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
$215k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOE12 years of software engineering experience; BS in computer science; experience with Java, Spring Boot, MongoDB, Kubernetes, AWS; TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph clearance.
Java, Spring Boot, MongoDB, Kubernetes, Rancher, RKE2, AWS, RHEL, LLMs, S3/MinIO, Elasticsearch, NiFi
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Principal Software Engineer
Waltham or North Bethesda
$200k-$225k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8–12+ years of software development; expert in Python, React/TypeScript, AWS; strong system architecture and enterprise integration experience; Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field.
Python, React, TypeScript, AWS
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Principal Software Engineer
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
$207k-$266k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOETop Secret clearance with Full Scope Polygraph; US citizenship; 12+ years of software engineering; BS or higher in Computer Engineering/CS; 5 years in SIGINT/IA/IT domains; expert Java (17+), REST, Spring Boot, SOLID OO design; leadership and mentoring.
Java, Spring Boot, REST, MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, PKI, TLS, SSL, Confluence, Jira
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Senior Principal Software Engineer
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
$183k-$193k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOEBachelor's in software engineering (or related STEM) with 10+ years experience or Master's with 8+ years; ability to obtain DoD TS/SCI clearance; strong software lifecycle, embedded/Linux development, Kubernetes/CI/CD experience.
CI/CD, Kubernetes, Helm, containerd, Docker, Podman, FPGA, Linux, Model Context Protocol (MCP), AI/ML
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Principal Software/Data Engineer
Laurel, Maryland, United States
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19+ YOEExtensive software engineering experience; TS/SCI with polygraph; cloud infrastructure experience; strong Linux and Python; IT management understanding.
OpenStack, Linux, Python, Cloud infrastructure, COTS, GOTS
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Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer (AHT)
Hollywood, Maryland, United States
$114k-$171k/yr OnsiteFull Time
2+ YOERequires STEM bachelor's degree with 2+ years or master's degree with 0+ years for Software Engineer; 5+ years or master's with 3+ years for Principal. Requires Secret clearance, Agile, CI/CD, C#/Java, Windows, testing, scripting, and troubleshooting.
Bamboo, Jenkins, C#, Java, Microsoft Windows, YAML, Python, PowerShell, Batch, TypeScript, TestComplete, Bitbucket, Git, CVS, .NET Framework, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), gRPC, REST, SQL, Jira, Confluence, Crucible, Fish-eye, Azure, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, DOORS
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383 - Principal Software Engineer
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
$216k-$241k/yr OnsiteFull Time
11+ YOEBachelor's degree with 11+ years of relevant experience; strong software development and scripting skills; experience in security/Android/automation preferred.
Java, Python, JavaScript, Shell, Android, Selenium
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Principal Software Development Engineer
Reston, Virginia, United States
$185k-$277k/yr HybridFull Time
9+ YOE9+ years in software engineering; Python/Go/Java; SDLC mastery; architecture and data modeling; security risk automation; leading roadmaps and mentoring.
Python, Go, Java, Git, APIs, Data pipelines, ETL/ELT, SRS, PoCs
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Principal Software Automation Engineer
Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
$117k-$178k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOEBachelor's or higher in a related field; 7+ years of automation software design; experience with industrial robots/PLCs, C#/.NET or Java/C++, XML/SQL, MATLAB; hardware/software integration; machine vision preferred.
C# .Net, Java, C++, XML, SQL, MATLAB, PLC, Ladder Logic, Structured Text, Machine Vision, GPUs, Networking
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Principal Software Engineer
Germantown, Maryland, United States
$190k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOEBachelor's in engineering or CS, 10+ years software experience including embedded systems, image/video processing, real-time/microsecond control, proficiency in C/C++, and strong hardware collaboration and mentoring skills.
C/C++, continuous integration, DevOps
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Principal Software Engineer
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States
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20+ YOE20 years software engineering experience, bachelor's in CS or related (or equivalent experience), active Top Secret/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph, proficiency in multiple programming languages, IDEs, OS, databases, cloud, containers, and collaboration tools.
Java, C#, C++, JavaScript, Python, Scala, Ruby, Go, Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, Visual Studio, VS Code, Windows, Unix, Linux, macOS, Atlassian Suite (JIRA, Confluence), GitHub, ServiceNow, Spring, Angular, Bootstrap, Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, Maven, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, SVN, CVS, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
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Principal Software Engineer TS/SCI w/Poly
Fort Meade, Maryland, United States
$200k-$255k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Design, develop, test, and maintain low-level and high-performance software; proficiency with Python and ability to read C/C++ and x86 Assembly; experience with OS internals, compilers, and reverse engineering.
Python, C/C++, Assembly (x86)
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Principal Software Engineer
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
$152k-$229k/yr RemoteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years in data/backend/platform engineering; strong Python; cloud infra; Kafka/RabbitMQ; SQL/NoSQL; CI/CD; IaC; data pipelines; security data domain interest.
Python, Go, Rust, Cloud infrastructure, Kafka, RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Delta Lake, AWS Neptune, Neo4j, Flask, Django, FastAPI, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code
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Principal Software Engineer
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
OnsiteFull Time
9+ YOEBachelor's in CS/Software Eng/Data Science (or equivalent experience), 9+ years related experience (7+ with graduate degree) with Python, Linux/Windows, databases, JSON/REST, Git/SVN, and production-quality software development.
Python, Linux, Windows, Android, JSON, CSV, XML, REST APIs, sockets, message queues, PostgreSQL, SQLite, InfluxDB, object storage, Git, SVN, Flask, FastAPI, Django, Dash, Docker, CI/CD pipelines
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Principal Software Developer Engineer
Reston or Austin or Seattle
$115k-$235k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOEU.S. citizenship and active TS/SCI with Poly required. Senior software engineer with multi-year experience designing, building, testing, and operating distributed application services; experience with databases, programming/scripting, secure development, code review, and mentorship.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, RESTful APIs, microservices, CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, Linux, observability
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Sr Principal Engineer Embedded Software
Sterling, Virginia, United States
$142k-$213k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOEUS citizen able to obtain TS/SCI clearance; degree in ECE or related STEM plus 8/6/4 years embedded software experience depending on degree; strong C/C++, Python, Windows/Linux scripting, revision control skills.
C, C++, Python, Windows, Linux, Subversion, Git, Jenkins, Jira, Bitbucket, National Instruments, SpaceWire, MIL-STD-1553
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Principal Software Engineer
Tysons, Virginia, United States
$168k-$214k/yr HybridFull Time
15+ YOEBachelor's or equivalent, 15+ years software development, strong object-oriented skills, C#/.NET experience preferred, database design, technical leadership and mentoring experience.
C#/.NET
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