Software Engineer, Senior at AMERICAN SYSTEMS
McLean, VA
$120,000–$150,000from the description
Jul 5, 2026
McLean, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level engineering role focused on building and maintaining secure web applications and integrations for a U.S. Customs and Border Protection program. Day-to-day work spans front-end development with modern frameworks, cloud platform configuration, database design, and DevSecOps pipeline support. Suits an experienced engineer with an active CBP Background Investigation or Top Secret clearance and a broad background across full-stack development and enterprise systems integration.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Top 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
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 Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The clearance requirement is stated as 'Active CBP BI or Top Secret clearance' — CBP Background Investigation (BI) is a Public Trust suitability determination, not a formal DoD clearance level. The posting gates on either a CBP BI or a Top Secret clearance; TopSecret is used here as the closest matching clearance enum value, but candidates holding only a CBP BI (Public Trust) may also qualify.
A Bachelor's degree in a STEM field is listed as a hard requirement under Required Qualifications; a Master's degree is explicitly noted as preferred only.
Power Pages and Dataverse appear in the Responsibilities section as work the engineer will perform, not under Required Qualifications — treated as preferred context rather than hard gates.
Relational database design and data access layer work are called out in Responsibilities and implicitly reinforced by the required 'enterprise data integration' knowledge; listed as a required skill reflecting the firm gating language in the qualifications block.
DHS/CBP program experience and cloud/DevSecOps certifications appear under 'Helpful Qualifications' — treated as preferred.
Requires a Top 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.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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