Java Software Engineer
Verisign · Reston, VA
$89,900–$121,700from the description
Jul 13, 2026
Reston, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A junior engineering role on a Java/Spring Boot API that powers domain name recommendations, applying neural language models, NLP algorithms, and cloud-hosted LLMs across multiple languages and domain zones. Day-to-day work spans the full development lifecycle — from prototyping and design through deployment and issue resolution — with cross-functional collaboration across product, security, and operations teams. Suits a candidate with solid computer science fundamentals, some AWS exposure, and an interest in machine learning or LLMs.
Mid level · 2+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Full-time
Advertised as Junior, but the requirements read as Mid.
“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 5,200 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 3,850–6,700
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
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 (9)
The title says 'Junior' but the role requires 2+ years of software development experience with a Bachelor's, or hands-on project/internship experience with a Master's — the actual requirements support a Mid-level band.
AWS is listed under the Requirements section with firm language ('Experience with AWS Cloud'), making it a hard gate. The JD notes 'preferably AWS,' but the requirements block firms this up; alternatives (Azure, GCP) are included as the JD says 'Cloud Computing, preferably AWS,' implying a cloud platform is the real gate.
Java and Spring Boot appear under 'Familiarity with one or more of the following is desirable' — explicitly optional/preferred.
LLMs, MLOps, and machine learning appear under 'Familiarity with data science concepts including…' in the requirements section but are framed as 'familiarity' and grouped as desirable, not hard gates.
UNIX familiarity is listed under requirements but framed as 'Familiarity with,' which is softer than a hard gate.
Secure Coding standards is a soft-skills/methodology concept with no specific named tool, so it is omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
Stack tools (Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, Spark, Hadoop, TensorFlow, Jira, Git) appear only in the team/stack narrative section, not in the formal requirements block — all marked preferred.
The degree requirement is None because the JD explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience' as an alternative to the stated degrees.
The role is hybrid (Reston, VA office), not fully remote.
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