Software Engineer at Riverside Research Institute
Lexington, MA
$125,000–$175,000from the description
Jul 22, 2026
Lexington, MA
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level software engineering role focused on building and maintaining a multi-component system that includes a web application, server-side services, and database integrations. Day-to-day work spans the full development lifecycle — from design and implementation to testing, deployment, and occasional direct user support. The role suits someone with full-stack experience across enterprise or web application stacks who holds an active DoD Secret clearance.
Mid level · 5+ years · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · 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
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 $169,742 (middle half $134,780–$187,781). 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 (8)
The experience gate is stated as '5 years with a Bachelor's degree OR 3 years with a Master's degree OR equivalent documented experience' — the overall years minimum is set to 5 (the minimum for the most common path). Because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted in lieu of a degree, the degree requirement is set to None.
The required skills section lists Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, TypeScript, Spring, Hibernate, Angular, Node, and Python as examples of 'modern software technologies.' Java is emitted as the primary required language with the others as alternatives, reflecting the 'examples include' framing; Spring is called out separately as a named framework with specific focus in the responsibilities section. Hibernate, Angular, and Node.js are also captured but marked preferred since they appear again under Desired Qualifications with 'exposure or some experience' language.
Database technologies (Postgres, MySQL, MSSQL, MongoDB) are listed under Required Qualifications as 'examples include,' so PostgreSQL is emitted as the primary with the others as alternatives.
'AI code assist tools' is listed as a hard requirement but no specific product is named; it is emitted as-is since no canonical tool name is given.
Minio, HBase, Lucene, Python, Fisheye, and Crucible appear in the Desired Qualifications section; Python is already captured as an alternative to Java in the required block. Minio, HBase, Lucene, Fisheye, and Crucible were omitted as they are very niche/ancillary tools listed alongside the broader preferred stack.
Natural language processing libraries and LLM provider APIs are listed under Desired Qualifications; LLMs is emitted as the canonical skill covering that cluster.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): AI code assist tools.
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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