Software Developer
Aquila Technology · Lexington, MA
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Jul 26, 2026
Lexington, MA
Jul 27, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software developer role supporting a defense research organization near Lexington, MA, centered on Android mobile application development — covering UI design, backend functionality, and analytics. The work also involves integrating mathematical and physiological models, connecting apps with wearable and web technologies, and working with hardware platforms such as Arduino and Raspberry Pi. A security clearance is required.
Mid level · 2+ years · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $169,742 (middle half $134,780–$187,781).
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)
The posting requires candidates to 'be able to obtain' an Active Secret Clearance; an interim clearance is stated as sufficient to start. This is treated as a hard gate on clearance eligibility (Secret).
Android and iOS development are listed as a single combined requirement in the Must Have section; they are emitted as separate skills with each listed as an alternative for the other, since the role's primary focus is Android (per the narrative) but iOS is also explicitly required.
The Must Have section lists 2 years against each named skill — this is interpreted as a per-skill years demand, not a standalone role-level experience floor. The overall years minimum is set to 2 as the implied minimum overall experience.
DFLOW and Vicon Nexus are highly specialized motion-capture/biomechanics tools, which is consistent with the defense research/physiological modeling context described in the role narrative.
The 'Nice to Have' and 'Preferred Skills' sections overlap significantly; all unique named technologies from both sections are captured as preferred.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
The role is hybrid (3 days onsite in Lexington, MA); remote=false is set accordingly. The CBSA used is Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, as Lexington, MA falls within that metro.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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