Software Engineer - Platform at Cyrad Solutions LLC
Arlington
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Jun 28, 2026
Arlington
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend software engineering role at a privacy-focused mobile carrier, focused on building and owning security components within the telecom stack. Day-to-day work centers on developing a signaling firewall, detecting rogue base stations, and countering spam and smishing campaigns, while shipping scalable infrastructure that other product teams can rely on. Suits engineers with solid distributed systems experience and an interest in telecommunications security.
Mid level · 4+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
“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
Roughly 10,500 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 7,800–13,600
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $154,930 (middle half $123,720–$176,230).
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 (6)
The role is posted with two primary locations — Arlington, VA and New York, NY — both on-site/hybrid. The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria CBSA is used as the primary metro given it is listed first and the telecom/government security context.
The backend language requirement is explicitly 'or'-gated across Go, Rust, Java/Kotlin, and Python; these are captured as alternatives on a single skill rather than separate hard gates.
US security clearance (active, or eligibility/willingness to obtain) appears only under 'Nice to have' and is therefore preferred, not a hard gate.
The JD states '4+ years of professional software engineering experience' as a role-level requirement with no specific technology attached; this is captured as total experience, not a per-skill years figure.
No degree is explicitly required — the posting references 'a strong foundation in computer science or a related technical field,' which is a knowledge/competency framing rather than a formal degree gate.
No compensation range is stated in the posting.
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