Groundswell
Digital Government · Systems Integrators
25open roles
$162kmedian advertised pay
46 daysmedian time a role stays open
Btruth index, 77 of 100
Overview
Groundswell is a technology services firm and systems integrator that modernizes digital infrastructure, software applications, and IT workflows for federal government agencies. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the company leverages enterprise platforms - including Appian, Workday, and UiPath - to streamline human capital management, financial budgeting, and program administration across defense and civilian sectors. By deploying reusable software architectures, cloud computing, and intelligent automation, it helps public sector organizations accelerate digital transformation and optimize operational performance.
How Groundswell hires
Truth index
B 77/100
Median time to fill
46 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
92%
Reposted roles
0%
Groundswell scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 12 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 92% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 46 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Jobs
$100k – $141k per year · Remote (United States, EST hours) · Public Trust · Full-Time · 2+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · New York · Washington
Java
C#
.NET
Databases
Oracle
MS SQL
DevOps
Azure DevOps
Azure
Windows Server
Jenkins
Git
Windows
Cybersecurity
Okta
Analytics
Power BI
ETL/ELT
Informatica
SAP BusinessObjects
Design
Adobe InDesign
Management
Agile
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$115k – $162k per year · In office · Nationals only · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · New York · Washington · McLean
SQL
MySQL
Oracle
MariaDB
AI/ML
Machine Learning
DevOps
Rest API
GCP
Azure
AWS
SOAP
Cybersecurity
LDAP
Management
Agile
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$101k – $200k per year · In office · Secret · Full-Time · 8+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · McLean · Washington
Terraform
CI/CD
AWS
Kubernetes
Platform Engineering
Amazon EKS
Amazon EC2
Amazon S3
Management
UiPath
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$98k – $138k per year · In office · TS/SCI · Full-Time · 6+ years exp · Reston · Washington
SQL
JMeter
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$115k – $162k per year · In office · Nationals only · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · New York · Washington · McLean
SQL
MySQL
Oracle
MariaDB
AI/ML
Machine Learning
DevOps
Rest API
GCP
Azure
AWS
SOAP
Cybersecurity
LDAP
Management
Agile
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$90k – $175k per year · Remote (United States) · Public Trust · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Washington
Python
Java
SQL
Databricks
AI/ML
Jupyter Notebook
NumPy
LLM
DevOps
Rest API
AWS
SOAP
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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$83k – $117k per year · Hybrid · TS/SCI · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · McLean · Washington · Reston
UiPath
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$83k – $117k per year · Hybrid · TS/SCI · Full-Time · 3+ years exp · McLean · Washington
SQL
JMeter
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$150k – $205k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 7+ years exp · Master's Degree · Washington · New York
Python
TypeScript
SQL
Prompt Engineering
Function Calling
AWS Bedrock
LLM
RAG
OpenAI
Structured Outputs
Agentic Workflows
DevOps
Azure
AWS
Management
ServiceNow
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$88k – $172k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 4+ years exp · Master's Degree · Washington · New York
Python
TypeScript
SQL
Prompt Engineering
Function Calling
AWS Bedrock
LLM
RAG
OpenAI
Structured Outputs
Agentic Workflows
DevOps
Azure
AWS
Management
ServiceNow
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$88k – $172k per year · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 1+ year exp · Bachelor's Degree · Washington · New York
Python
TypeScript
SQL
Prompt Engineering
Function Calling
AWS Bedrock
LLM
RAG
OpenAI
Structured Outputs
LLM Evaluation
DevOps
Azure
AWS
Management
ServiceNow
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$88k – $172k per year · In office · Public Trust · Full-Time · 4+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · McLean · Washington
Apache Kafka
DevOps
Terraform
CloudFormation
GitLab CI
CI/CD
Jenkins
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Configuration Management
Amazon EKS
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
Amazon S3
IAM
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon EventBridge
AWS Step Functions
API Gateway
Cybersecurity
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$162k
Typical range
$90k – $205k
Open positions
29
29
Jobs
Junior
17.2%
Middle
13.8%
Senior
41.4%
Staff
10.3%
Principal
6.9%
Architect
10.3%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 5 | $139k | $90k – $172k |
| Middle | 4 | $144k | $117k – $172k |
| Senior | 12 | $162k | $138k – $205k |
| Staff | 3 | $199k | $138k – $200k |
| Principal | 2 | $181k | $181k |
| Architect | 3 | $201k | $186k – $201k |
Highest paying role
Senior Applied AI Engineer
$205k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Groundswell
By role, level and city, against the market · 29 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
4
H-1B filings in 12 months
2
Green card filings
$123k
Median offered salary
Who they sponsor
Software developers
3
Software quality assurance analysts and testers
1
In the register as Groundswell, McLean, VA (+1 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
General Dynamics Information Technology 21 filings
AttainX 5 filingsRIVA Solutions 2 filings
Cognizant 8,264 filings
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
32/100
Slowing
Open positions
29
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
39 days
faster than 34% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~11 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Data Science
18% ▼
QA
18% ▼
Enterprise Apps
18% ▼
AI/ML
9% ▼
HR
9% ▲
DevOps
6% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added PostgreSQL to stack
Oct 2026
Added Oracle to stack
Oct 2026
+9 jobs in a week
Sep 2026
Financials
Latest round
Seed
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 2021 | — | Details |
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Groundswell over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
85
Postings analysed
34
Stack modernity
75/100AI adopter
Languages
SQL65%
Python32%
Java24%
TypeScript9%
Frameworks & libraries
NumPy9%
Playwright6%
Selenium6%
Scikit-learn3%
Databases
Oracle35%
MySQL29%
MariaDB26%
MS SQL3%
Cloud & platforms
AWS62%
Azure44%
GCP29%
LDAP29%
AI & ML
LLM26%
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
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Hiring now
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Countries
1
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McLean
United States
HQ
Groundswell - McLean, Virginia (Greensboro Dr)
19 open roles 16 posted in 90 days 84% engineering 5% remote 50-200 est. staff $158k Avg Salary
hires for Enterprise Apps, DevOps, QA
Washington
United States
Engineering / R&D
Groundswell - McLean, Virginia (Greensboro Dr)
22 open roles 28 posted in 90 days 95% engineering 32% remote 50-200 est. staff $162k Avg Salary
hires for Enterprise Apps, QA, AI/ML
New York
United States
Engineering / R&D
Groundswell - McLean, Virginia (Greensboro Dr)
15 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 40% remote 50-200 est. staff $166k Avg Salary
hires for Enterprise Apps, AI/ML, Backend
Reston
United States
Regional office
Client Site - Reston, VA
3 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 10-50 est. staff $132k Avg Salary
hires for QA, Industrial Engineering