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Java Backend Developer Junior

SAIC

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Compensation
$60–100K/yr
Location
Ashburn, VAHybrid
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Public Trust clearance, requiredBachelor's degree, required

Job overview

SAIC seeks a junior-level Java Backend Developer with cloud experience to work on a Java back-end application involving messaging and transaction processing. The role is hybrid, with two days per week on-site in Ashburn, Virginia. The developer will contribute across the software life cycle, collaborate with users and senior developers, and support testing and production deployments. Candidates must meet the stated education, experience, technical, citizenship, and location requirements.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Java/JEE Development, requiredEnterprise Software Design, requiredCloud Services, requiredAWS Lambda, requiredNoSQL Databases, requiredMongoDB, requiredDocumentDB, requiredDynamoDB, requiredDocker, requiredKubernetes, requiredSpring Boot, requiredWeb Services, requiredMicroservices, requiredSQL Databases, requiredOracle, requiredXML, requiredJSON, requiredUnix/Linux, requiredJDBC/JPA/Hibernate, requiredSQL, requiredDesign Patterns, requiredSoftware Engineering Practices, requiredSoftware Specifications, requiredContinuous Integration, requiredGitLab, requiredJIRA, requiredJenkins, requiredCritical Thinking, nice to haveCreative Problem Solving, nice to havePerformance Engineering, nice to haveAgile Development, nice to haveReact, nice to haveIBM MQ, nice to haveJMS, nice to haveEJB, nice to haveMDB, nice to haveJEE Technologies, nice to haveWebLogic, nice to haveWebSphere, nice to haveJBoss, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science or Engineering, required2+ Years Software Development Experience, required2+ Years Java/JEE Experience, required1+ Year Cloud Applications Experience, requiredMaster's in Computer Science or Related Field, nice to havePublic Trust Eligibility, requiredUS Citizenship, requiredGWA Commutable Area, required

Full job description

Description

SAIC is currently seeking a motivated, career and customer oriented, and hands on Junior-level Java Backend Developer with cloud experience to join our team to begin an exciting and challenging career in Ashburn, VA.

This position is hybrid-remote and requires 2 days per week on-site in Ashburn, VA.

Job Responsibilities

  • Working closely with the tech lead and senior developers, the Java Developer will participate in the system architecture design, development, integration testing and validation, and all aspects of the software life cycle (requirements to design to implementation to test) for a java back-end application involving extensive Messaging and Transaction processing.

  • Must be hands on and be able to design and develop Java code as dictated by project requirements as needed and work with/mentor junior team members.

  • Work with users in an Agile development approach to understand requirements, then elicit feedback and refine solution through demonstrations.

  • Provide application support during testing and production phase and work with the lead to deploy code fixes as needed.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

  • B.S. Degree in Computer Science or Engineering and 2+ years of software development experience.

  • 2+ years of Java/JEE design and software development experience including designing, developing, and documenting large-scale enterprise software systems.

  • 1+ year of working with Applications on Cloud utilizing serverless hosted services like AWS lambda.

  • Experience with NoSQL DBs like MongoDB, DocumentDB, DynamoDB etc.

  • Docker and Kubernetes experience.

  • Spring Boot/AWS cloud experience.

  • Web /Micro Sevices.

  • SQL DBs (preferably Oracle).

  • XML/JSON.

  • Unix/Linux.

  • Extensive skills in JDBC/JPA/Hibernate and strong SQL skills is required for this position.

  • Knowledge of standard design patterns.

  • Demonstrated expertise in software engineering practices (e.g., reading/generating software specs, design patterns, continuous integration).

  • Gitlab/JIRA/Jenkins for CI/CD.

Desired Skills and Experience

  • Master’s degree in computer science or related field.

  • First-hand experience working with large project teams (working with the Federal Government a strong plus).

  • Demonstrated ability to think critically and creatively to develop innovative solutions to software problems.

  • Ability to develop and maintain components with stringent performance requirements.

  • Agile development experience a plus.

  • React experience is a plus.

  • IBM MQ, JMS, EJB, MDB and other JEE technologies.

  • JEE Server experience (Weblogic\Websphere\JBOSS\etc.)

Customer Requirements

  • Clearance – Ability to obtain and hold a public trust position and favorable suitability based on a CBP Background Investigation.

  • Citizenship – Must be a US Citizen.

  • Location – Hybrid with on-site (Ashburn, VA) visits 2 days per week and if a mission need. All candidates must be within the GWA/commutable area.

Target salary range: $60,001 - $100,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2618700

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

How this job compares

Set against the 39,793 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$60–100K/yr
  • Virginia median$125–201K/yr1,653 salary ranges
  • US median$133–215K/yr31,851 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $80K, is 51% below the Virginia median midpoint ($165K) — in the lowest quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,957 open Software Engineer jobs in Virginia and 39,793 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 32,749 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 12,440 of the 39,793 open Software Engineer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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