Senior Software Engineer (Onsite)
RTX · aurora, CO
$86,800–$165,200from the description
Jul 14, 2026
aurora, CO
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Mid level · 5+ years · Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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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 $140,636 (middle half $126,359–$175,118). 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)
The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance on day 1 — no grace period to obtain one. An active Top Secret that can be crossed over to TS/SCI is also stated as acceptable.
The posted salary range ($86,800–$165,200/yr) spans a wide band that RTX describes as 'representative of all experience levels,' so it should not be read as a precise market signal for a single seniority level.
Seniority is assessed as Mid (5 years required, no title-level modifier, standard individual-contributor scope). The wide comp range reflects RTX's internal leveling breadth rather than a higher seniority band.
Oracle and PostgreSQL are listed as interchangeable examples of a relational database requirement ('a relational database like Oracle or PostgreSQL'); Oracle is used as the primary name with PostgreSQL in alternatives.
Visual Basic is an unusual required language for a modern defense software role — it appears explicitly in the 'Qualifications You Must Have' section alongside Java and Python.
All tools listed under 'Qualifications We Prefer' (Confluence, Eclipse, Jira, Jenkins, JUnit, Kafka, Spring Boot, SAFe Agile) are preferred, not required.
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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