or apply directly on SMX's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 8 days SMX's roles stay open a median of 29 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of SMX's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at SMX
- moderate 33 stale, 19 reposted of 119 open
- Hiring momentum
- 210 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
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.
- 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 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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