Software Engineer II, Gov Systems at Chainalysis
$130,000–$180,000
Jul 22, 2026
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Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role focused on packaging, deploying, and managing a blockchain analytics product for government and high-security customers, including fully air-gapped environments. Day-to-day work spans building a Go-based installer CLI, maintaining Java data delivery pipelines, extending a React/Node.js admin portal, and writing Terraform for AWS infrastructure. The role suits a full-stack engineer comfortable with Kubernetes, Linux, and compliance-driven design constraints such as FedRAMP. U.S. citizenship is required.
Mid level · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 14,300 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 8,600–21,400
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
No location is specified in the posting; Chainalysis is a global company with US-based government-focused teams. The role requires US citizenship due to government operating requirements, strongly implying a US-based or remote-US position, but no specific metro or state is given.
No security clearance is explicitly required — the posting mentions air-gapped government environments and FedRAMP compliance but does not gate on candidates holding or obtaining a clearance.
The title is a plain 'Software Engineer' with no level modifier. The requirements describe a well-rounded full-stack engineer comfortable across backend services, CLI tooling, infrastructure-as-code, and a React UI — consistent with a Mid-level role. No overall years-of-experience floor is stated.
SOC confidence is Medium: the role clearly ships software (Go CLI, Java services, React/Node.js admin portal, Terraform IaC), pointing to 15-1252 Software Developers. However, a meaningful portion of the work involves operating and managing on-premises/air-gapped infrastructure for government customers, which has some overlap with 15-1244. The primary deliverable is code, so 15-1252 is the better fit.
React and Node.js appear in the required qualifications section ('Extend and improve the Admin Portal — a React-based web UI backed by a Node.js server') and are listed under 'We're looking for candidates who have' (comfort working across the stack including a React-based admin UI), so they are treated as required. They also appear under 'You might also have' as 'Familiarity with React or frontend frameworks,' which is the preferred framing — the required-section mention governs.
Technologies listed only in the 'Technologies we use' stack section (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Humio, Tailwind CSS, RKE2, Kustomize, Flux CD) are listed as preferred since that section is narrative stack context, not a requirements gate. Kustomize, Flux CD, and Helm also appear under 'You might also have,' reinforcing their preferred status — except Helm, which is explicitly called out in the required qualifications ('Kubernetes — deployments, networking, storage, Helm').
Air-gapped and disconnected deployment strategies, OCI registries, and image mirroring are listed under 'You might also have' but name no single canonical tool; they are captured via the Kubernetes Operator SDK skill (the named technology in that bullet) as preferred.
No compensation range is disclosed in the posting.
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