Senior Software Engineer
Clarity Innovations · Herndon, VA
Posted about 3 months ago · $100,000 - $280,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Clarity Innovations's roles stay open a median of 70 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 85% of Clarity Innovations's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Clarity Innovations
- high 45 stale, 1 reposted of 46 open
- Hiring momentum
- 75 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Clarity Innovations's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Clarity Innovations.
About this role
The Senior Software Engineer role at Clarity Innovations involves implementing infrastructure designs to support cyberspace operations, focusing on scalable systems architecture and GitOps workflows. The position requires deploying and maintaining a high-quality platform while prioritizing user requirements and facilitating delivery. The engineer will work within a dynamic team to enhance productivity and reliability across diverse infrastructure settings.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Clarity Innovations as an employer.
What you need
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance with CI polygraph
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline (or four years of hands-on experience)
- Demonstrated ability to deploy, maintain, and monitor hardware, docker containers, and Kubernetes clusters with limited supervision (minimum 2 years of experience)
- Proficient in containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Podman)
- Proficient with container orchestration using Kubernetes
- Proficient with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform preferred)
Nice to have
- Active US TS/SCI security clearance with CI polygraph or higher
- More than 5 years of industry experience in a platform engineering, DevOps or similar role in the Cyber Operation Domain
- Experience communicating with customers and end-users
Worth weighing
- Hybrid position with flexible onsite requirements, but some weeks may require more than 2-3 days onsite due to customer needs
- Salary range provided is quite broad, indicating potential variability in compensation
- Counterintelligence polygraph required within six months after hire, or prior to hiring for certain locations
Summarised from Clarity Innovations's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Clarity Innovations on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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