Full-Time

Senior Software Engineer

Updated on 9/3/2026

ClearEdge

ClearEdge

51-200 employees

Software engineering and data analytics provider

No salary listed

No H1B Sponsorship

Annapolis Junction, MD, USA + 1 more

More locations: Reston, VA, USA

In Person

US Citizenship, US Top Secret Clearance Required

Bachelor's

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Python
React.js
Postgres
RDBMS
Docker
RAG
TypeScript
Version Control
Role-based Access Control
Cryptography
Observability
Web Development
DevOps
OAuth

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Requirements
  • Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance and U.S. citizenship.
  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a similar field; four years of experience may substitute.
  • At least 10 years of experience designing, developing, and deploying software systems.
  • Fluency with AI-native integrated development environments.
  • Strong version control practices.
  • Understanding of hybrid on-premises and cloud deployment, including air-gapped deployment.
  • Practical experience with containers.
  • Proficiency in at least two mainstream programming languages, with expected delivery in TypeScript, Python, and React, using technologies such as PostgreSQL, retrieval-augmented generation, and vector stores.
  • Familiarity with identity, single sign-on, OAuth, OpenID Connect, multifactor authentication, role-based access control, session management, audit logging, encryption, object and relational storage, application programming interfaces, continuous integration and continuous delivery, and observability.
  • Experience across all phases of the software development life cycle.
  • Experience gathering requirements, prioritizing delivery work, and communicating status to stakeholders.
  • Approximately 90% hands-on implementation while guiding 2–6 engineers through review, conventions, and pairing, and owning releases end-to-end.
  • Experience providing technical direction and leadership to less experienced staff.
Responsibilities
  • Lead development of a customer-specific implementation within the platform's architecture baseline.
  • Remain a primary implementor while directing a small team of 2–6 engineers.
  • Make account-specific technical trade-off decisions and coordinate with technical leadership on platform-level questions.
  • Gather requirements, prioritize delivery work, and communicate status to customer-facing stakeholders and internal leadership.
  • Guide engineers through reviews, conventions, and pairing.
  • Own releases end-to-end, including delivery into hybrid and air-gapped environments.
  • Implement scalable, secure, high-performing services and AI-assisted capabilities supporting automated analysis and decision support, including comprehensive user interface and user experience development and functionality.
  • Translate complex requirements into intuitive, high-impact solutions.
Desired Qualifications
  • Tech-lead experience on multi-service products.
  • Generative artificial intelligence or agentic feature delivery experience.
  • Experience supporting Risk Management Framework and Authority to Operate activities, including security control evidence, finding remediation, and accreditation documentation.
  • Experience with physical security or facility accreditation practices, such as Intelligence Community Directive 705 or similar frameworks.
  • Familiarity with tools used by security and compliance teams.

ClearEdge IT Solutions provides advanced software engineering, big data, cloud computing, data analytics, and data science services to government and industry clients. Its solutions are built by a team of highly skilled engineers and field experts who design, deploy, and operate customized, secure data systems and analytics pipelines that ingest and derive insights from many data sources. The company differentiates itself through mission-driven work, a focus on top-tier talent, strong ethics, and long-term partnerships with government agencies and private companies. Its goal is to empower clients by investing in people, technology, and community so that data from diverse sources can be effectively harnessed.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Jessup, Maryland

Founded

2002

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • August 2026 site updates and active recruiting signal ongoing customer delivery and demand.
  • December 2025 MDA SHIELD award gives ClearEdge a decade-long contracting foothold.
  • 2026 job posts show prime-contract roles across software, DevOps, and platform sustainment.

What critics are saying

  • ClearEdge shows $500 in federal obligations; one lost program guts revenue.
  • Missile Defense Agency SHIELD contract can stall, rebid, or shift to larger primes.
  • TS/SCI-cleared hiring dependence exposes execution to clearance bottlenecks and attrition.

What makes ClearEdge unique

  • Originated from the Intelligence Community, giving ClearEdge deep cleared-federal credibility.
  • ClearEdge runs mission-critical Kubernetes HPCaaS and DevOps work for national-security customers.
  • Baltimore Sun named ClearEdge a Top Workplace seven straight years, aiding recruiting.

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Benefits

401(k) Company Match

401(k) Retirement Plan

Professional Development Budget