Full Stack Software Engineer (Backend Focus) at Visionist, Inc.
Fort Meade, MD
$150,000–$190,000from the description
Aug 4, 2026
Fort Meade, MD
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend-focused full-stack software engineering role embedded with intelligence community analysts, building and maintaining specialized data-processing tools and mission-critical applications. The work centers on data transforms across multiple formats, performance optimization, and server/application support in production environments. Suited to experienced engineers comfortable working directly with end users and operating under a TS/SCI with polygraph clearance.
Senior level · 8+ years · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · TS/SCI 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 $141,954 (middle half $107,994–$205,328). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (7)
A Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline is listed as a requirement, but the posting explicitly allows 4 additional years of experience to substitute — the degree requirement is therefore treated as None.
TypeScript/JavaScript and React are listed under the requirements section but qualified with 'Familiarity with' and 'or another modern front-end framework', indicating the specific tools are somewhat flexible; they are still treated as hard gates given their placement in the requirements block, with React's alternatives left open-ended per the posting's own framing.
Git and GitLab are both listed together under the same familiarity requirement for source control; they are captured as separate skills since they are distinct tools.
JSON and XML appear only in the responsibilities/contributions section describing data transform formats, not in the requirements block — captured as preferred accordingly.
The role is on-site at Visionist's HQ in Columbia, MD; no remote option is mentioned.
An active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is explicitly required as a hard gate.
Requires a TS/SCI 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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