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As of Jul 24, 2026, the average yearly pay for assistant field software engineer in the United States is $95,494.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $60,000.00 and $135,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.
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Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Leidos

Rockville, MD • Hybrid

$131K - $237K/yr

Full-time

Posted 20 days ago


Leidos rating

8.4

Company rating: 8.4 out of 10

Based on 149 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

58th of 454 rated business services


Job description

Are you ready to thrive? Through training, teamwork, and exposure to challenging technical work, let Leidos show how to accelerate your career path.

Join Leidos' all-star team supporting the Defense Intelligence Agency's Enterprise Digital Modernization Accelerator initiative. This program is at the forefront of deploying enterprise-scale AI, data, and mission platform capabilities across cloud, edge, and classified environments. We are looking for creative, driven, and mission-focused professionals ready to take their career to the next level.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:

  • Support the development of distributed backend services, APIs, and platform microservices supporting enterprise AI operations.

  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of analysts, engineers, and developers to solve complex challenges and deliver innovative, production-ready algorithms and platforms.

  • Apply cutting-edge techniques in statistical analysis, predictive analytics, entity resolution, graph analytics, explainable AI, and operational analytics.

  • Contribute to the integration of software development, AI, DevSecOps, data engineering, platform engineering, cybersecurity, and observability in a fast-paced, engineering-centric environment.

  • Enjoy flexible work arrangements, including remote and on-site work in the National Capital Region (Rockville, MD and/or Alexandria, VA).

What You Bring:

  • Bachelor's, Master's, or equivalent graduate degree in a quantitative or analytical field (Software Development, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, Computational Social Science, etc.). Additiona/Relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.

  • 12+ years of experience in software engineering, data science, analytics, or quantitative intelligence analysis, developing analytics and AI/ML solutions and demonstrating progressive technical development and outcomes. (4+ years with a Master's).

  • Active Top Secret clearance and eligibility for TS/SCI with Polygraph.

  • Demonstrated experience collaborating with hybrid teams to research, build, and deploy complex, user-friendly analytical platforms.

  • Track record of creative problem solving, active learning, and mission-focused outcomes.

  • Ability to analyze and assess software development or data acquisition requirements and determine optimum, cost-effective solutions.

  • Experience with the following:

    • Backend microservices

    • Distributed systems

    • API development

    • Event-driven architectures

    • Kubernetes-native application development

    • Cloud-native engineering

  • Preferred Languages

    • Rust

    • Go

    • Python

    • TypeScript

    • Django

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience supporting military or intelligence community customers.

  • Familiarity with Azure/C2S, hardware platforms (CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs), and advanced analytical methodologies (social network analysis, supply chain analysis, NLP, classification algorithms, image processing).

  • Familiarity using git, svn, JIRA, or other version control technologies

  • Familiarity with the following technologies

    • NATS

    • Kafka

    • Redis

    • ClickHouse

    • OpenTelemetry

    • OpenRouter

    • LiteLLM


If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:June 25, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.


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At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable practices. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community.

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Headquarters location

Reston, VA, US

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