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Software Engineer, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton

Fort Meade, MDFull-time$113–257K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$113–257K/yr
Location
Fort Meade, MD
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

TS/SCI clearance, required

Job overview

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks a lead full stack developer to build software and systems from vision through production. The role oversees a team learning tools and techniques, identifies system improvements, and helps clients address difficult challenges using architectural approaches and technologies. The developer ensures solutions account for current architecture and operating environments as well as future functionality and enhancements.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Python, requiredJavaScript, requiredReact, requiredData Querying and Manipulation, requiredLinux, requiredGit, requiredCollaboration, requiredElasticsearch, nice to haveDocker, nice to haveKubernetes, nice to haveCNO Operations, nice to haveSIGINT Systems, nice to haveNetwork Configuration, nice to have

Qualifications

TS/SCI Clearance With Polygraph, requiredBachelor's or 16+ Years Experience, required12+ Years Software Engineering, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Software Engineer, LeadThe 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 an experienced 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:

  • Experience developing software in Python

  • Experience building web applications with JavaScript using React

  • Experience querying and manipulating data from corporate repositories

  • Experience developing on Linux-based platforms

  • Ability to use Git for day-to-day development workflows

  • Ability to work directly in customer spaces, collaborate, and solve hard problems

  • TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

  • Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of experience with software engineering or 16+ years of experience with software engineering in lieu of a degree

Nice If You Have:

  • Experience with Elasticsearch

  • Experience with service containerization with Docker or related technologies

  • Experience with Kubernetes deployments

  • Experience with production CNO capabilities and operations

  • Knowledge of end-to-end SIGINT collection and analysis systems

  • Ability to read network device configuration

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph 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 of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

  • Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
  • Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
  • Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

How this job compares

Set against the 41,554 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$113–257K/yr
  • Maryland median$122–206K/yr1,006 salary ranges
  • US median$135–219K/yr33,110 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $185K, is 11% above the Maryland median midpoint ($166K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in Maryland.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,236 open Software Engineer jobs in Maryland and 41,554 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Maryland
Experience
This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 34,072 postings).
Education
13,032 of the 41,554 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 10, 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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