Staff Software Engineer - NOS at The Nuclear Company
Washington, DC
$150,000–$196,000from the description
Jun 28, 2026
Washington, DC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor engineering role focused on designing and building NOS — a software platform supporting a large-scale nuclear reactor construction program — across desktop, mobile, and in-field surfaces. The position involves owning architecture decisions, setting code quality standards, leading design and code reviews, mentoring other engineers, and working directly with business stakeholders to translate operational and regulatory needs into production software. Suits an experienced engineer comfortable in regulated or safety-critical environments.
Staff level · 8+ years · National · Full-time
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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 $135,980 (middle half $105,210–$171,980). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (5)
No work location or city is specified in the posting; CBSA and state fields are left blank. The role may be remote or at an unspecified office — the posting does not say.
The degree requirement (Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Software Engineering) is explicitly waived by 'or equivalent production experience', so it is treated as not hard-required.
AWS is listed as 'preferred' within the required experience block ('at least one major cloud, AWS preferred'); it is treated as a hard gate on cloud experience generally, with AWS as the named primary and Azure/GCP as named alternatives.
The posting notes export-control compliance may limit consideration of certain applicants — this is not a formal clearance requirement but may function as a de facto citizenship/nationality screen for some candidates.
The Staff title and scope (setting architecture direction across a squad, driving cross-team hard problems, mentoring without formal authority) genuinely support a Staff-level classification, not merely Senior.
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