ME00668-Software Engineer 3 at Momentum Engineering, Inc.
Glen Burnie, MD
$180,000–$240,000
Aug 8, 2026
Glen Burnie, MD
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level, hands-on technical lead role building and architecting front-end interfaces for mission-critical national security systems, while also contributing to backend services, APIs, and deployment pipelines. The position carries team leadership responsibilities — mentoring UI developers, setting coding standards, and driving architectural decisions — within an Agile environment. Requires an active TS/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph.
Senior level · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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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 $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 10, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The clearance requirement is explicitly stated as 'active Top Secret/SCI with NSA Full Scope Polygraph' — this is a hard gate.
Front-end framework requirement lists React, Angular, or Vue as interchangeable options; React is used as the primary name with Angular and Vue as alternatives.
Backend language requirement lists Node.js, Python, or Java as interchangeable options; Node.js is used as the primary name with the others as alternatives.
Ansible and Salt are listed together under Desired Qualifications as interchangeable options.
JBLOCKS and CASPORT are mission/government-specific tools listed under Desired Qualifications; they are niche and may be unfamiliar outside the IC community.
Salary is stated as experience-dependent with no figures given.
The role is described as an 'exempt hourly position,' which is an unusual classification for a salaried senior engineer role — hiring managers should confirm the compensation structure.
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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