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Lead Software Engineer Jobs in McLean, VA

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Herndon, VA1 day ago

$135,000–$250,500 Per Year

In addition to technical contributions, this position supports the day‑to‑day activities of the Software Engineering Group by providing technical guidance, assigning tasks, participating in complex engineering efforts, reviewing and approving formal documentation, and estimating labor, tools, and other resources to meet budget and schedule commitments. Ability to independently contribute to software requirements development, software testing and integration, and the creation of both application‑level and embedded C/C++ code on Windows-based and Linux‑based systems, including GUI and system‑control development.

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Chantilly, VAToday

$135,000–$250,500 Per Year

This team is at the forefront of satellite command and control systems, leveraging web technologies, distributed computing, sophisticated cloud technologies, frameworks, and cutting-edge capabilities. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

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99999, Maryland5 days ago

Strong proficiency in z/OS (MVS) operations in a large-scale environment with multiple Sysplex systems (including IPL procedures). • Current working knowledge of subsystems: JES2, SDSF, RACF, TSO, TCP/IP, Control-M, CICS, DB2.

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Manassas, VA1 day ago

$95,000–$115,000 Per Year

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Manassas, VA1 day ago

$95,000–$115,000 Per Year

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Arlington, VA1 day ago

$120,000–$150,000 Per Year

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Chantilly, VA1 day ago

Experience with any of the following tools: Grafana, Prometheus, influxdb, Postgres, CDK (Cloud Development Kit), Cloud formation, Ansible, GIT (Global Information Tracker), Active Directory, Networking, GRE (Global Accelerator Resolvers & Endpoints), EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), RDS (Relational Database Service), Lambda, IAM (Identity and Access Management). Tool familiarity: Grafana, Prometheus, influx DB, Postgres, CDK (Cloud Development Kit), Cloud formation, Ansible, GIT (Global Information Tracker), Active Directory, Networking, GRE (Global Accelerator Resolvers & Endpoints), EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), RDS (Relational Database Service), Lambda, IAM (Identity and Access Management).

Washington DC, DC22 days ago

Remote

We provide engineering teams the platform capabilities, observability tooling, automated safeguards, incident management tooling, and safe feature release systems they need to deliver highly available systems, ship features with confidence, and investigate and mitigate incidents faster. OPX is focused on raising the bar for system stability, resilience, and reliability across Samsara -- building automated safeguards that protect production, ensuring engineers get the right signals at the right time, and giving teams the visibility they need to stay in control of their services.

Washington DC, DC22 days ago

Remote

As a Staff Engineer, you will operate as a technical leader and force multiplier: driving architecture, influencing engineering direction across teams, and building highly reliable, secure platforms that scale with Samsara’s global footprint supporting millions of connected devices. • You believe customers are more than a number: Samsara engineers enjoy a rare closeness to the end user and you will have the opportunity to participate in customer interviews, collaborate with customer success and product managers, and use metrics to ensure our work is translating into better customer outcomes.

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Chantilly, VAToday

$161,500–$300,500 Per Year

Enterprise Integration: Engineer and integrate cutting-edge capabilities, seamlessly merging legacy and emerging technologies to deliver robust mission solutions across complex government and DoD environments. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Washington DC, DC22 days ago

Remote

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to develop actionable insights and improve their operations. Working at Samsara means you’ll help define the future of physical operations and be on a team that’s shaping an exciting array of product solutions, including Video-Based Safety, Vehicle Telematics, Apps and Driver Workflows, and Equipment Monitoring.

Washington DC, DC9 days ago

By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI. For example, Debugging Azure Networking for Elastic Cloud Serverless is part of our efforts, and we want your experience to contribute to a truly exceptional customer experience.

Washington DC, DC22 days ago

Develop AI-powered products and agents that drive revenue pipeline and improve GTM operational efficiency - whether thats enhancing lead scoring models, automating content generation and multi-step GTM workflows, enriching data, or building smarter seller-facing tools. • You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.

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Manassas, VA1 day ago

$80,000–$100,000 Per Year

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Washington, DC1 day ago

$100,000–$200,000 Per Year

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Manassas, VA1 day ago

$85,000–$95,000 Per Year

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Herndon, VA2 days ago

As an Amazon Fleet Remediation Project Design Mechanical Engineer, you will lead design projects in operational data centers, that remediate issues, upgrade our existing infrastructure or add new services. As a Fleet Remediation Project Design Mechanical Engineer, you will be leading projects to fit out our data centers to meet ever-evolving customer needs as we continue expanding our fleet to hyper-scale.

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Herndon, VA2 days ago

This team of veteran professional Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Controls Engineers, Project Managers, and Operators is uniquely positioned to provide detailed engineering and operational review and testing of equipment designs, operational functionality and construction practices. This includes, but not limited to, review of design documents and equipment submittals, leading Factory Witness Testing (FWT), and managing third-party commissioning vendors in the performance of onsite pre-functional, functional, and integrated systems testing.

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Herndon, VA2 days ago

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Chantilly, VA1 day ago

With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. By submitting your resume for this position, you understand and agree that L3Harris Technologies may share your resume, as well as any other related personal information or documentation you provide, with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies for the purpose of considering you for other available positions.

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Herndon, VA1 day ago

The successful ACE will engage with customer, engineering, operations, and management personnel to define and document the customer’s mission needs, CONOPS and requirements; perform trade studies; engage L3Harris Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to architect an affordable solution carrying acceptable risk; and provide technical leadership to capture and proposal efforts. The role requires demonstrated leadership across multiple disciplines, with significant expertise in model-based design and operations for large scale networks integrating multiple technologies (terrestrial, radio, satellite) and system life-cycle sustainment.

McLean, VA10 days ago

Architect and deliver end‑to‑end AI/ML solutions on Google Cloud using Vertex AI (Workbench, Pipelines, Training, Model Registry, Online/Batch Prediction, Feature Store, Model Monitoring) and Gemini/LLM services—optimized for performance, cost, and maintainability. Proven experience architecting robust data ingestion, processing, and transformation workflows using Dataflow, Data Fusion, Dataproc, BigQuery, and Looker and integrating these platforms with Vertex AI for model training, deployment, and inference.

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Alexandria, VA2 days ago

AWS Data Centers have multiple components such as generators, uninterruptable power sources, diesel generators, electrical switchgear, power distribution units, variable frequency drives, automatic/static transfer switches, chillers [air-cooled and water-cooled], pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers, CRAHs, air economizers, etc. - Frequently visit (locally) assigned in-operation data centers to troubleshoot, meet customers, supervise vendor’s work to ensure compliance with the scope, design, SOO and applicable local codes.

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Herndon, VA1 day ago

$127,500–$236,500 Per Year

Build and maintain analytic toolsets representing each phase of the find, fix, target, track, engage, and assess (F2T2EA) chain using sensor, effects, and communications technologies, including decision support aids i.e. data visualization, Unity-game engines to support operations assessment, as well as lessons learned development/refinement experience. The selected Manager, Systems Engineering will work in a fast-paced environment with a diverse collaborative geographically dispersed team to develop various analytic toolsets focused on constructive simulation and experimentation across multi-domains, for a variety of customers, both internal and external contracts.

Laurel, MD11 days ago

$85,000–$195,000

You will work in a teamed environment to analyze live tactical sensor data; identify and solve problems that impact mission requirements; compare to physics-based simulations that provide unprecedented realism and new levels of understanding of system performance in operationally realistic environments in the presence of the world's most challenging threats. APL provides eligible staff with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development.

Laurel, MD11 days ago

$100,000–$245,000

We are seeking a Maritime Autonomous Systems Engineer to help the US Navy prototype and adopt new maritime robotics technologies for uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), uncrewed undersea vehicles (UUVs), and other robotic vehicles. In this role, you will have a direct impact on the Navy’s biggest challenges as you apply your systems engineering, test, and team leadership skills to achieve the goals of APL prototype projects and modernize our sponsors’ acquisition approach for autonomous systems.

Washington, DC7 days ago

$80–$80 Per Hour

Analyze test results to verify functionality, recommend corrections, and maintain detailed documentation for debugging and software updates. Create and run software tests to identify issues and determine root causes, ensuring system modifications are prepared for implementation.

Laurel, MD11 days ago

$100,000–$245,000

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) brings world-class expertise to our nation’s most critical defense, security, space and science challenges. APL provides eligible staff with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development.

Laurel, MD11 days ago

$100,000–$245,000

Our dedicated team of engineers and analysts apply multidisciplinary fields such as sensor and data fusion, signal and image processing, operations research, applied physics, and artificial intelligence to build systems that automatically or autonomously orchestrate sensors, process data into information, and make intelligent inferences and predictions about complex threats and environments. As a Modeling and Simulation Engineer / Analyst for ISRT and BMC2 Applications: Your primary responsibility will be to contribute to teams developing mathematical / physics-based models, simulations, analytical methods and tools using Python, MATLAB, government software like AFSIM and other internal M&S tool-sets.

Laurel, MD11 days ago

$100,000–$245,000

As a member of our team, you will craft scenario concepts that test new and evolving capabilities, conduct pre-flight mission analysis, interact with team members across the Air and Missile Defense Sector, and coordinate technical efforts across sponsor and contractor organizations. We are actively planning for future tests that integrate multiple Missile Defense Agency weapon systems in layered homeland defense scenarios, and taking on challenges such as hypersonic threat vehicles and raids.

Laurel, MD11 days ago

$100,000–$245,000

Can demonstrate proficiency in using modeling tools and software, such as Cameo Systems Modeler, Sparx Enterprise Architect, Capella, Visual Paradigm, or IBM Engineering Systems Rational Rhapsody. APL provides eligible staff with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development.

Washington DC, DC7 days ago

Be a guardian of data quality: You’ll ensure our datasets stay accurate and performant by using our observability tools to monitor quality and joining a weekly triage rotation to resolve data issues as they arise. Recent platform improvements the team has driven include launching a data catalog, introducing data observability, and implementing a medallion architecture to ensure our data is reliable, accurate, and accessible.

Washington DC, DC11 days ago

Remote

This leader will balance long-term architectural rigor with near-term product delivery, ensuring Samsara’s mobile apps are scalable & performant while providing intuitive & delightful experiences for customers operating in the physical world. Working at Samsara means you’ll help define the future of physical operations and be on a team that’s shaping an exciting array of product solutions, including Video-Based Safety, Vehicle Telematics, Apps and Driver Workflows, and Equipment Monitoring.

Laurel, MD11 days ago

$100,000–$245,000

You'll be joining our hardworking team of system engineers, algorithm developers, FPGA and embedded software engineers, and advanced EW technology enthusiasts who enjoy working together to craft creative solutions to complex challenges. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) brings world-class expertise to our nation’s most critical defense, security, space and science challenges.

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Vienna, VA5 days ago

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. • Provide technical leadership and guidance on software lifecycle management.

Tysons, VA11 days ago

Credence has an immediate need for a Data Catalog Implementation Specialist will lead the design, implementation, and integration of an enterprise-grade Data Catalog solution as a core component of a data governance strategy. Proven experience implementing enterprise data catalog solutions (e.g., MetaVault, Collibra, Alation, Informatica EDC, Cloudera Data Catalog, or similar).

Washington DC, DC22 days ago

Remote

$157,675–$265,000 Per Year

We’re seeking a talented Senior Security Engineer with hands-on experience deploying, managing, leading and performing Threat Models In this role, you’ll work alongside technical product managers and engineers across the company to maintain Samsara’s security and de-risk software security concerns to better protect our customers. Working at Samsara means you’ll help define the future of physical operations and be on a team that’s shaping an exciting array of product solutions, including Video-Based Safety, Vehicle Telematics, Apps and Driver Workflows, and Equipment Monitoring.

Laurel, MD11 days ago

$100,000–$245,000

Our engineers and analysts apply a wide-range of disciplines such as sensor and data fusion, signal and image processing, operations research, applied physics, and artificial intelligence to build systems that automatically or autonomously orchestrate sensors, process data into information, and make intelligent inferences and predictions about complex threats and environments. Have domain knowledge in ISR processes, systems, platforms, and sensors used by the US military and intelligence community; Navy and Air Force kill chain concepts; targeting, C2, and mission planning processes and tools; threat systems, weapon platforms and systems, and communications networks.

Washington DC, DC11 days ago

Remote

You believe customers are more than a number: Samsara engineers enjoy a rare closeness to the end user and you will have the opportunity to participate in customer interviews, collaborate with customer success and product managers, and use metrics to ensure our work is translating into better customer outcomes. • You want to impact the industries that run our world: The software, firmware, and hardware you build will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.

Washington, DC20 days ago

The Corporate Positioning & Insights practice within Strategic Communications enables our clients to solve their most complex communications and reputation management challenges using a product-driven, AI-centric approach. You will work with data scientists, technical leads, and client executives to deliver high-quality systems with a focus on reliability and excellent customer experience, becoming a trusted technical advisor throughout engagements.

Laurel, MD11 days ago

$100,000–$245,000

We believe in building strong, productive teams, continually growing our capabilities, cultivating collaborative relationships and encouraging a work environment that embraces integrity, trust, confidence, teamwork, accountability, and a little bit of fun! We are seeking a dynamic, creative, and ambitious leader to help us deliver highly impactful analysis on advanced weapon systems while continuously improving our ability to provide outstanding, unbiased analysis products.

Chantilly, VA15 days ago

Full-time
Employee

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including design engineers, production personnel, and quality assurance, to optimize manufacturing operations and drive continuous improvement initiatives. As a Manufacturing Engineer, your primary responsibility will be to develop and improve manufacturing processes and systems to ensure the efficient and cost-effective production of defense and aerospace products.

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Alexandria, VA5 days ago

$180,000–$210,000 Per Hour

Provide executive-level government agency support related to designing, deploying, and ensuring efficient and optimal operation of business-critical enterprise and network environments. Translate stakeholder and Government requirements into network solutions, modifications, and support upgrades (network reconfiguration, hardware and software acquisitions, installation, and testing).

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Laurel, MD3 days ago

$105,000–$290,000

The Electro Optical Seeker and Infrared Systems group (A1F) of the Air and Missile Defense Sector (AMDS) is seeking a Senior Embedded Systems & Hardware-in-the-Loop Engineer to lead the architecture and implementation of complete embedded systems, custom electronics hardware, FPGA firmware, real-time embedded software, and sophisticated HWIL test systems. APL provides eligible staff with a comprehensive benefits package including retirement plans, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, education assistance, and training and development.

Washington, DC11 days ago

$200,000–$200,000 Per Year

This role is ideal for a senior engineer who thrives in complex Kubernetes environments, with the ability to design, operate, and optimize large-scale container platforms while supporting modern application architectures. We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Kubernetes Engineer / Platform Administrator to lead the design, deployment, and sustainment of containerized application platforms.

Washington DC, DC22 days ago

Working at Samsara means you’ll help define the future of physical operations and be on a team that’s shaping an exciting array of product solutions, including Video-Based Safety, Vehicle Telematics, Apps and Driver Workflows, and Equipment Monitoring. • Bachelors in Computer Science, Engineering or related field with 8+ years of software development experience or Masters in Computer Science, Engineering or related field with 6+ years of software development experience with a focus on cloud technologies.

Washington DC, DC9 days ago

Expertise in Enterprise Agentic & Workflow Platforms: Deep familiarity with leading agentic AI and workflow automation platforms (such as Microsoft Copilot Studio, Salesforce Agentforce, ServiceNow AI Agents.). We are looking for an innovative Elastic AI Engineer to join our team to build autonomous, enterprise-grounded agents that dont just answer questions—they complete complex business tasks to accelerate productivity across the entire organization.

Falls Church, VA7 days ago

Securing AI Workflows: Design security frameworks for the end-to-end AI lifecycle, including securing data ingestion, protecting model weights, and implementing "Guardrail" architectures for Large Language Models (LLMs). • AI-Enhanced Pipeline Security: Architect and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines that utilize AI/ML models for static and dynamic analysis (SAST/DAST) to identify complex vulnerabilities that traditional rule-based tools miss.

Washington, DC11 days ago

$28.76–$48.96

Under the general oversight of the Clinical Engineering leadership team the Clinical Engineering Technician III as an expert technician maintains clinical equipment with minimal supervision through the effective use of the medical equipment management plan and all medical equipment policies and procedures and manufacturer or alternative equipment maintenance (AEM) specifications. related military work/training in mechanical electrical bio medical engineering or academic work or actual work experience aligned with AAMI's Core Competencies for the Biomedical Equipment Technician.

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Lead Software Engineer Jobs in McLean, VA

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Software EngineerJobot

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Senior Software Engineer II, Developer Experience, Operational ExcellenceSamsara

Staff Software Engineer - Security & PrivacySamsara

Scientist, Software EngineerL3Harris Technologies

Senior Mobile Software Engineer - BLE / ConnectivitySamsara

Principal Software Engineer (Networking) - PlatformElastic

Senior Software Engineer, GrowthSamsara

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Senior Mechanical EngineerJobot

Test Engineer (AN/BYG-1)Jobot

Project Design Mechanical Engineer, Fleet Remediation EngineeringAmazon Data Services, Inc.

Commissioning Engineer, Commissioning EngineeringAmazon Data Services, Inc.

Commissioning Engineer, Amazon CommissioningAmazon Data Services, Inc.

Specialist, Integration & Test EngineerL3Harris Technologies

Senior Scientist, Systems Engineer (Melbourne, FL & Herndon, VA)L3Harris Technologies

Senior Google AI EngineerCredence

Data Center Controls EngineerAmazon Data Services, Inc.

Lead, Systems Engineering - Modeling & SimulationL3Harris Technologies

Radar Systems EngineerJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)

Maritime Robotics Systems EngineerJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)

Sr Healthcare Software Tester / QA AnalystSystem One

Reverse Engineer for RF SystemsJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)

Modeling & Simulation Engineer / Analyst for ISRT & BMC2 ApplicationsJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)

Flight Test Strategy & Design EngineerJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)

Digital Communications Systems EngineerJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)

Senior Data EngineerMozilla

Manager, Software Engineering - Mobile PlatformSamsara

Signal Processing EngineerJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)

Application Packaging EngineerSystem One

Data Catalog EngineerCredence

Senior Security Engineer - Threat ModelingSamsara

Senior Engineer / Analyst for ISRT & BMC2 ApplicationsJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)

Staff Machine Learning EngineerSamsara

Director, Full Stack Engineer - Digital & InsightsFti Consulting

Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Technical LeadJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)

Manufacturing Engineer II (VA)GCR Professional Services

Senior Network Engineer CCNPSystem One

Senior Embedded Systems & Hardware-in-the-Loop EngineerJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)

Senior Kubernetes Engineer / Platform AdministratorSystem One

Lead Full Stack Developer, Business ApplicationsSamsara

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