Senior Full Stack Developer
Steampunk · McLean, VA
$100,000–$185,000from the description
Jul 24, 2026
McLean, VA
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level full-stack role focused on designing, building, and deploying microservices and cloud-native applications on AWS, using Java, React, HTML, and Python. Day-to-day work spans API development, containerization with Docker and Kubernetes, CI/CD pipeline management, automated testing, and code reviews, with some mentoring of junior developers. Suits an experienced developer comfortable in Agile and DevSecOps environments who can also present technical solutions to mixed audiences.
Senior level · 5+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · 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
Roughly 850 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 510–1,300
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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 (6)
The clearance requirement is listed as 'Public Trust' and phrased as 'Ability to obtain a U.S. Government Security Clearance' — this is not a hard gate on holding an active clearance at time of hire, so the clearance requirement is set to None. Candidates should be aware they must be eligible to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
The 8+ years CI/CD requirement is notably higher than the 5+ years full-stack experience requirement; the CI/CD the years demanded reflects the explicit figure stated in the Required section.
Jenkins is named as the primary example in the CI/CD requirement alongside GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD ('or similar'); all three are captured with Jenkins as the primary and the others as alternatives.
The degree requirement allows a non-IT Bachelor's degree combined with 2 years of IT experience as an alternative path, but a Bachelor's degree is still the minimum formal credential required.
AWS certifications (Cloud Practitioner and Solutions Architect – Associate) appear under the Preferred section and are marked accordingly.
Agile (5+ years) and DevSecOps appear under Preferred qualifications and are marked as preferred despite the years figure, as the section heading is clearly secondary.
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