Software Engineer II at Lyntris
San Diego, CA
$100,000–$110,000
Aug 10, 2026
San Diego, CA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level software engineering role at a defense technology company, building and sustaining containerized web applications and services for U.S. Navy mission planning systems. Day-to-day work spans backend development in JVM-based languages, manual and exploratory testing, test plan authorship, and supporting CI/CD pipelines and container orchestration. An active or obtainable U.S. national security clearance is required.
Mid level · 5+ years · Secret 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 $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 12, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The posting's Required and Preferred Qualifications sections are identical word-for-word, which is almost certainly a copy-paste error. The required skills were extracted from the Required section; nothing additional could be elevated from Preferred since it duplicates Required exactly.
The clearance gate states the candidate must 'currently hold an active U.S. national security clearance OR be able to receive and maintain one.' Because the ability to obtain a clearance is accepted, the hard gate is on eligibility (U.S. citizenship), not on an already-active clearance. The level is unspecified in the body text; 'national security clearance' most commonly maps to Secret in DoD contexts.
The role mentions both software development and QA/testing duties (manual testing, test plans, traceability). The primary framing is software development, so 15-1252 is the primary code; 15-1253 is noted as a plausible alternative given the explicit testing responsibilities.
The 'II' in the title 'Software Engineer II' maps to Mid-level. The 5-year minimum experience requirement is consistent with a Mid-level band.
No compensation figures were provided beyond a general statement that a pay scale exists.
Requires a Secret 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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