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Sr. Software Developer (5600) (TS/SCI) (Ft. Meade, MD)

SMX · Fort Meade, MD

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
66 days
SMX's roles stay open a median of 88 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of SMX's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at SMX
high
119 stale, 19 reposted of 119 open
Hiring momentum
86 roles opened in the last 90 days
↓ down vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-11-14

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from SMX's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for SMX.

About this role

The Senior Software Developer will design secure REST and message-based interfaces, develop mission applications, and architect microservices and data-ingestion pipelines for DIA and 1st IC environments. Responsibilities include implementing automated DevSecOps testing, maintaining DISA STIG compliance, monitoring system performance, and providing technical mentorship and peer code reviews.

Our read on this posting3.4out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
5/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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 SMX as an employer.

What you need

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline
  • 6 to 8+ years of professional backend software development experience
  • At least 3 years focused on distributed microservices architectures, data ingestion pipelines, and enterprise systems integration
  • Advanced command of backend programming languages (e.g. Python, Go, Java, or C++)
  • Extensive experience with message broker systems (e.g. RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka)
  • Strong proficiency in advanced database querying, schema optimization, and distributed search indexing (e.g.SQL, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch)

What you get

  • Health insurance
  • Paid leave
  • Retirement

Worth weighing

  • Full-time onsite position
  • Security clearance TS/SCI required
  • No salary listed for lower than $160,000 or higher than $200,000

Summarised from SMX's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by SMX on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-11-14. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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