Software development jobs in the United States (54,349 jobs)

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Counted Nov 9, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 54,349
Employers: 10,013

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $140,408Across 11,351 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $57.10Across 2,443 listings
Average starting payUSD / month: $12,015Across 65 listings
Average starting payCAD / year: $133,344Across 47 listings
Average starting payUSD / week: $2,042Across 11 listings

Employer-advertised starting pay, not employee salaries. Currencies and pay periods stay separate.

Where work happens

Remote: 8%4,593 listings
Hybrid: 7%3,642 listings
On-site: 16%8,789 listings

Not specified: 69% (37,325 listings)

Employers hiring include Walmart (885), Akamai Technologies, Inc. (774), Lockheed Martin (703).

Sources & calculation notes

These figures describe the listings on this role page at the date shown, not the whole job market. Listings can change.

Employer-listed minimums from at least 10 listings per currency and pay period. These are advertised starting amounts, not employee salaries. Jobs without a minimum and unusual amounts are excluded.

Hybrid and on-site classifications may be inferred from descriptions. Check the original ad. How we count

Software development jobs in the United States

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Software Engineer
Red Hat, LLC
United States
The Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) Engineering team seeks a Software Engineer to help us deliver on the next generation of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) product functionalities within…
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Senior Software Engineer
Red Hat, LLC
United States
The Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) Engineering team seeks a Senior Software Engineer to help us deliver on the next generation of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) product functionalities…
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Senior Software Engineer
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United States
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Software Verification & Test Engineer
Crown Innovations, Inc.
Remote, United States
- $100,000 to $150,000 USD / year
Crown Innovations is seeking an experienced Aviation Software Verification & Test Engineer to support the development, verification, and certification of advanced aviation navigation…
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Software System Engineer
ESM
Fort Belvoir, VA
- $136,000 to $162,000 USD / year
Provides technical leadership and oversight for the design, development, integration, implementation, and sustainment of complex software systems. Defines system req
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Lead Cloud Solutions Architect- Software Architect
ESM
Fort Belvoir, VA
- $137,000 to $169,000 USD / year
…customers. We are hiring a Lead Cloud Solutions Architect - SOFTWARE ARCHITECT to support an enterprise-level program within a federal…
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Remote, United States
- $140,000 to $180,000 USD / year
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Senior Principal Software Engineer
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Nashua, NH
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Nashua, NH · Austin, TX
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Software Testing Specialist
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Hyattsville, MD · Austin, TX · Washington, DC · Birmingham, AL
- $90,410 to $133,142 USD / year
This position is located at Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Debt Solutions Support Division. As a Software Testing Specialist, you will be responsible for managing assignments in the delivery…
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Eden Prairie, MN
- $134,600 to $230,800 USD / year
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Senior Software Engineer - Video
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Software Engineer - AI & Workflow Automation
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Remote, United States
- $83,200 to $124,800 USD / year
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ESM

Lead Cloud Solutions Architect- Software Architect

Fort Belvoir, VA, United States

$137,000 to $169,000 USD / year

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Pay: $137,000 to $169,000 USD / year
Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 9, 2026

Original job description

Enterprise Solutions and Management (ESM) is a rapidly growing government contractor that provides strategic IT services that meet mission needs for Defense and Federal customers. We are hiring a Lead Cloud Solutions Architect - SOFTWARE ARCHITECT to support an enterprise-level program within a federal environment.

Job Description and Responsibilities

Leads the end-to-end technical architecture, engineering, and deployment of TDMT's AWS GovCloud hosting environments across Development, Test, and Production. Provides strategic and technical leadership in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure that meets Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 4 (IL4) and Impact Level 5 (IL5) requirements. Establishes and enforces cloud governance standards, ensures compliance with the Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA), and drives automation, scalability, and continuous operational readiness. Ensures alignment with DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG), DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), and Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) enterprise architecture standards while advancing a secure, compliant, and mission-ready cloud environment.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA)

Demonstrated knowledge and experience designing, architecting, implementing, and managing secure, scalable, and highly available AWS GovCloud environments across Development, Test, and Production. Ability to develop cloud architectures that support DoD mission requirements and Impact Level 4 (IL4) and Impact Level 5 (IL5) workloads.
Extensive knowledge of DoD cloud security requirements, including the DoD Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRG), DISA Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), Risk Management Framework (RMF), and Security Control implementation. Ability to ensure cloud infrastructure meets applicable security, authorization, and compliance requirements.
Ability to establish, implement, and maintain cloud governance frameworks and Secure Cloud Computing Architecture (SCCA) requirements. Knowledge of cloud security boundaries, identity and access management (IAM), network segmentation, encryption, access controls, and security monitoring within regulated government cloud environments.
Demonstrated ability to automate cloud infrastructure provisioning, configuration, deployment, and management using Infrastructure as Code tools such as AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, and AWS automation services. Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automated security controls, auto-scaling, and configuration management to improve operational efficiency and consistency.
Ability to design and maintain resilient, highly available, and performance-optimized cloud environments. Knowledge of AWS monitoring, logging, incident response, disaster recovery, backup strategies, capacity planning, automated scaling, and continuous operational readiness across multiple cloud environments.
Ability to translate business and mission requirements into secure, compliant, and sustainable cloud architecture solutions. Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership, developing architecture standards, evaluating emerging cloud technologies, and ensuring alignment with DLA enterprise architecture, DoD cloud policies, and organizational IT modernization objectives.

Desired KSA

Be a positive, self-motivated, and proactive person with the ability to adapt to change and tolerate stressful situations
Candidate must communicate effectively with team members, team lead, management, and government customers
Must have the ability and desire to research and develop creative solutions to unique problems with minimal supervision

Minimum Training, Education, and Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline.
Must hold active CISSP or CASP+
Must hold active AWS Certified Solutions Architect- Professional
Eight (8) years of hands-on cloud architecture and engineering experience.
Must have demonstrated expertise architecting enterprise solutions in AWS GOVCLOUD, including VPC peering, Direct Connect, IAM role governance, and SCCA Virtual Datacenter Security Stack integration.
Commuting proximity to Ft Belvoir, VA required

Minimum Clearance

Top Secret

Physical Requirements

Required to stand, walk and sit; communicate verbally both in person and by telephone; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects or controls; reach with hands and arms. Regularly required to stoop, kneel, bend, crouch and lift up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Physical demands associated with this position include extensive walking (including stairs) throughout offices and between buildings. May require use of public transportation, personal or Government vehicle to drive to local and/or remote office locations.

Additional Requirements

Other duties as assigned

ESM provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identification or any other characteristic protected by state, federal or local law.

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