Full Stack Developer at Steampunk
McLean, VA
$85,000–$170,000from the description
Jul 20, 2026
McLean, VA
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack development role within a DevSecOps practice, focused on designing, building, and deploying microservices and cloud-native applications using Java, React, HTML, and Python. Day-to-day work spans CI/CD pipeline maintenance, containerization with Docker and Kubernetes, automated testing, secure coding, and code review. Suited to experienced developers comfortable working in Agile environments on U.S. federal government contracts.
Mid level · 3+ years · Bachelor's required · 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)
Location is not specified in the posting; Steampunk is headquartered in the Washington, DC area and primarily serves federal clients, but no explicit work location or remote policy is stated — CBSA left blank.
The clearance requirement is stated as 'ability to obtain a U.S. Government Security Clearance' — the level is unspecified in the posting, but given the federal contracting context (Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health, DoD), a Secret-level clearance is the most common baseline. This is flagged as a gate (must obtain), not merely a preference.
The 3+ years of experience with 'one or more programming or scripting languages, including Java and Python' is the primary role-level gate; the 5+ years of CI/CD pipeline experience is the highest individual skill demand — the overall years minimum is set to 3 to reflect the overall role floor.
Jenkins is listed as the first named CI/CD tool in an 'or similar' list; the other named tools (GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Travis CI) are captured as alternatives on that single skill.
The degree requirement allows a non-IT Bachelor's degree with 2 years of IT experience as a substitute for an IT-related Bachelor's — treated as a Bachelors hard gate since a degree is always required.
AWS certifications (Cloud Practitioner and Solutions Architect – Associate) appear under the Preferred section.
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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