Software Developer, Senior at BAE Systems
Herndon, VA
$132,962–$226,035from the description
Aug 5, 2026
Herndon, VA
Nov 9, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Senior Software Developer role at BAE Systems focused on designing, developing, and maintaining enterprise applications in a Microsoft Windows environment. The team's primary stack is C# and .NET, though candidates with strong Java or other OOP backgrounds are welcome and expected to ramp up on C# quickly. Work spans new development, legacy system support, API and service development, and participation in code reviews and release processes.
Senior level · 6+ years · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). 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 Aug 8, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The degree requirement is listed as 'Bachelor's degree in a related technical field or equivalent professional experience' — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, this is treated as no hard degree gate.
C# is the team's primary language, but the posting explicitly invites candidates proficient in Java, Kotlin, or C++ and expects them to ramp up on C# within a few months; those languages are listed as alternatives to the same OOP requirement.
The 'web services or application integrations' requirement is listed alongside relational databases as an 'or' — candidates need experience with at least one of these; both are captured as separate required skills reflecting the posting's intent.
No security clearance is mentioned as a requirement, though BAE Systems is a defense contractor; clearance is not gated here.
AI-assisted development tools and Agile are listed under Preferred and are generic methodologies/concepts rather than named concrete tools, so they are omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): object-oriented design.
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