Senior Software Engineer
Boeing Intelligence & Analytics, Inc. (BIA) · MD - Annapolis Junction, MD
$175,000–$210,000from the description
Jul 9, 2026
MD - Annapolis Junction, MD
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor engineering role focused on designing, building, testing, and maintaining software for national security and intelligence missions. The work involves leading technical direction on significant projects, conducting code and design reviews, and independently delivering medium-to-large features across diverse codebases. The role suits an experienced engineer holding an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, comfortable working across Java, C++, or Python in an Agile environment.
Senior level · 14+ years · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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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 $141,954 (middle half $107,994–$205,328). 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 (8)
The role is located in Annapolis Junction, MD, which falls within the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD CBSA (12580), near the NSA campus — consistent with the TS/SCI with polygraph requirement.
The JD requires 14+ years of experience but allows substituting 4 years of experience for the Bachelor's degree. Because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted in lieu of the degree, the degree requirement is set to None.
Java, C++, and Python are listed as an 'and/or' group under Required Qualifications; Java is used as the primary name with C++ and Python as alternatives, reflecting that any one (or combination) satisfies the requirement.
PostgreSQL is named as an example of a required relational database ('such as Postgres'); the 'such as' qualifier means the specific product is interchangeable, but the relational database requirement itself is a hard gate — PostgreSQL is listed as the canonical name.
Docker and Kubernetes appear together under Desired Qualifications and are treated as interchangeable alternatives for that preferred requirement.
Hybrid work is authorized up to 16 hours per week remote; the role is primarily on-site and is therefore marked not remote.
The 14+ years figure is unusually high for a 'Senior' title, but the JD does not describe org-wide technical authority or cross-team direction-setting that would warrant Staff or Principal — it is classified as Senior.
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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