Software Engineer at Brandes Associates Inc.
Point Mugu, CA
$115,000–$150,000from the description
Aug 4, 2026
Point Mugu, CA
Sep 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A defense contractor role at Naval Base Point Mugu (near Camarillo, CA) building and maintaining mission-critical full-stack systems for a DoD program. The work spans Java Spring Boot microservices, ReactJS/Redux front-ends, REST APIs, and Kubernetes deployments, with additional responsibilities for technical documentation, code reviews, and mentoring junior developers in a SAFe/Agile environment. Requires an active Top Secret clearance and US citizenship.
Senior level · 3+ years · Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $162,936 (middle half $129,967–$177,142). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (8)
The title says 'Full Stack Web Developer' but the role primarily ships complex microservices-based applications (Java Spring Boot, Kubernetes, REST APIs, ReactJS SPAs) rather than web pages/sites — classified as Software Developers (15-1252) with Web Developers (15-1254) as the runner-up.
The qualifications section lists '.net, C#' alongside Java and JavaScript as 3+ year hard requirements, even though the responsibilities section emphasizes Java Spring Boot and TypeScript. Both are captured as required per their placement under the qualifications heading.
The degree requirement is marked None: the posting explicitly allows substitution of 6 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a bachelor's degree, making the degree non-mandatory.
Docker and Kubernetes appear under 'Demonstrated experience with…' in the required qualifications block — no specific year count is stated, so the years demanded is left null.
Spring Boot, ReactJS/Redux, RabbitMQ, Hibernate, WebSockets, and SAFe all appear under the 'Desired experience' section and are marked preferred accordingly.
TypeScript, Material UI, NPM, JPA, and Confluence appear in the responsibilities narrative rather than the formal qualifications block; they are marked preferred. Confluence also appears in the required qualifications block (JIRA/Confluence/Bitbucket), so it is marked required.
Approximately 10 weeks of travel per year is required, including potential international travel to Japan and France — not representable in structured fields.
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.
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