Senior Software Engineer at Steampunk
McLean, VA
$100,000–$185,000from the description
Aug 9, 2026
McLean, VA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Senior Software Engineer role at a federal contracting firm, focused on designing, building, and deploying microservice-based, cloud-native applications using Java and React. The position involves full-stack development, RESTful API work, CI/CD pipeline implementation, automated testing, and containerized deployments — primarily serving federal government clients across Homeland, Civilian, Health, and DoD sectors.
Senior level · 5+ years · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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The posting requires the ability to obtain a U.S. government Public Trust Security Clearance — this is not a current active clearance requirement but a condition of employment; it is not mapped to the clearance field (which covers Secret and above) but is worth noting for candidate eligibility.
The 5+ years experience requirement is explicitly tied to Java and React together in an Agile environment; it has been recorded as both the role-level overall years minimum and as the years demanded on each of those skills.
The 3+ years CI/CD requirement is stated at the pipeline/practice level; Jenkins and GitHub Actions are named as example tools ('such as'), so Jenkins is the primary skill with GitHub Actions as an alternative — both are hard-gated as a capability even though the specific tool is interchangeable.
Location is not specified in the posting; the CBSA fields are left blank. Given the federal contracting context (Steampunk serves federal clients), the role is likely in the Washington, DC area but this is not stated explicitly.
Preferred qualifications (technical demonstrations experience, communication, interpersonal skills) name no concrete technologies and are therefore not emitted as skills.
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