Software Developer at Cayuse Holdings
Arlington, VA
$110,000–$160,000from the description
Aug 11, 2026
Arlington, VA
Sep 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software developer role at a government contracting firm, responsible for both application development and QA/testing activities — designing and building features, fixing defects, writing automated and manual test cases, and supporting regression testing. The position requires an active Secret clearance and suits a generalist developer comfortable spanning the full development lifecycle, including SharePoint/web work, on-site in a professional office environment.
Mid level · 4+ years · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
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 13, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role blends application development and QA/testing roughly equally; SOC 15-1252 (Software Developers) was chosen because the title and primary framing is 'Software Developer', but 15-1253 (Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers) is a genuine runner-up given the substantial testing responsibilities.
The 4+ years requirement is stated as experience in 'one or more' of SharePoint/web design, software/application development, or software testing/QA — it is a broad gate rather than a single-technology demand, so it is captured as the overall years minimum.
C#, Java, JavaScript, and .NET are listed together as examples of 'modern programming languages or frameworks' under the requirements section; C# is used as the primary skill name with the others as alternatives since the posting treats them as interchangeable options.
SharePoint is listed as a primary experience area in the requirements alongside web design and software development.
CI/CD pipelines, automated testing tools, and performance/security testing are listed under Preferred Qualifications.
Employment is explicitly conditional on successful contract award by the client, and the qualifications list may expand upon task order award.
Requires a 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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