Tools Developer (Back End Development) at Ardent Principles, Inc.
Chantilly, VA
$130,000–$260,000
Aug 14, 2026
Chantilly, VA
Aug 18, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Salesforce Developer SME role at a cleared contractor in Chantilly, VA, building and enhancing secure, scalable Salesforce solutions across the full product lifecycle. The work spans front-end JavaScript/TypeScript development, back-end Java/REST services, Oracle database integration, and deployment within AWS and CI/CD environments. Requires an active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph and full-time onsite presence.
Senior level · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $130,000–$260,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (6)
The posting title is 'Tools Developer (Back End Development)' but the body consistently describes a Salesforce Developer SME with both front-end and back-end responsibilities — the title appears to be an internal classification rather than a true job-level indicator, so advertised seniority is treated as Unspecified.
The 'Build Tools' line in the posting appears to have a blank entry before 'git', suggesting a tool name may have been omitted from the original text; only Git was captured.
AWS Lambda, SQS, and SNS are listed under 'Highly Desired Qualifications' and are marked preferred accordingly. Jenkins and GitHub also appear only under that section.
The compensation range ($130,000–$260,000/year) is unusually wide; it likely reflects a broad band across seniority sub-levels or clearance premiums rather than a single-level range.
An active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph is explicitly required — this is a hard gate stated at the top of the posting.
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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