
Software Engineer, Lead
Dayton, OHJob$113–257K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Booz Allen Hamilton seeks a lead full stack developer to build software and systems from concept through production in an agile environment. The role oversees and mentors a team, identifies system improvements, and helps clients address challenges using architectural approaches, tools, and technologies. The team’s solutions should account for current architecture and operating environments as well as future functionality and enhancements.
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Job Number: R0242298 Software Engineer, Lead The Opportunity: As a full stack developer, you can resolve a problem with a complete end-to-end solution in a fast, agile environment. If you're looking for the chance to not just develop software, but to create a system that will make a difference, we need you on our team. We're looking for a seasoned developer like you with the expertise needed to build software and systems from vision to production-ready. This role is more than just coding. As a lead full stack developer at Booz Allen, you'll oversee a team as they learn new tools and techniques and identify needed system improvements. You'll help clients overcome their most difficult challenges using the latest architectural approaches, tools, and technologies. You'll make sure the solution developed by the team considers the current architecture and operating environment, as well as future functionality and enhancements. Work with us as we shape systems for the better. Join us. The world can't wait. You Have: - 8+ years of experience designing, modifying, developing, writing, and implementing software programming applications using agile methods - 8+ years of software development experience with basic programming languages, technologies, tools, or web development stacks - Experience with Agile methodology, extreme programming, software engineering, product management, and software products - Experience writing source code for new applications or generating and enhancing code samples for existing applications - Experience using back-end and front-end languages to develop complete solutions - Experience mentoring or supervising employees within a collaborative team environment - Experience acquiring client requirements and resolving workflow problems through automation optimization - Secret clearance - Bachelor's degree or 10+ years of experience in software engineering in lieu of a degree Nice If You Have: - Experience working with automated testing tools to perform testing and maintenance - Experience with JavaScript, Node.js, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Laravel, Symfony, Django, or similar languages and frameworks - Master's degree Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information;Secret clearance is required. Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $112,800.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component
How this job compares
Set against the 34,952 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$113–257K/yr
- Ohio median$113–210K/yr433 salary ranges
- US median$140–222K/yr28,140 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $185K, is 14% above the Ohio median midpoint ($162K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in Ohio.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 730 open Software Engineer jobs in Ohio and 34,952 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 28,185 postings).
- Education
- 12,560 of the 34,952 open Software Engineer jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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