Full Stack Software Developer
Ardent Principles, Inc. · Herndon, VA
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Jul 12, 2026
Herndon, VA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack developer role focused on building and maintaining secure, cloud-based web applications for data-intensive use cases, including ETL pipelines, search platforms, and analytics tools. The work centers on Java Spring, Linux/Bash scripting, and AWS, with large raw datasets as the primary domain. An active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph is required; experience with Python, Angular, machine learning frameworks, and NLP tools is a plus.
Mid level · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · 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 $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105).
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 posting requires an active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph — this is a hard gate explicitly stated at the top of the description.
No overall years-of-experience requirement is stated anywhere in the posting; seniority is assessed as Mid based on the scope of responsibilities described (full-stack application development on a team) with no explicit senior/lead framing.
All required skills are drawn from the 'Key Responsibilities' section, which frames them as 'required skills, certifications and demonstrated experience.' The 'Highly Desired Qualifications' section explicitly states these are 'not mandatory,' so all skills from that section are marked preferred.
The role has a meaningful ETL/data-pipeline component alongside web application development, making 15-1243 (Database Architects) a plausible secondary classification, though the primary framing is full-stack software development.
Compensation is described only as 'highly competitive salary range' with no figures provided.
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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