# Software Developer - Expert

Software Developer - Expert Chantilly, VA, United States (On-site) Job Title: Software Developer - Expert Job Code: TC3155 Location: Chantilly, VA Reports to: Program Manager FLSA Status: Exempt Supervisory: No supervisory/management authority Prepared Date: 10/21/2026 A government contract requires that this position be restricted to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. You must provide documentation that you are a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident to qualify. This position requires an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance. Position Summary: Cherokee Preting is seeking a Software Developer to support our government client. The Software Developer will work with a large team of developers, software engineers, and data engineers. The Software Developer will be part of a team of developers that are building a new application that utilizes LLM to convert data and access policies from a variety of sources and formats into a uniform format for compliance assessment. Compensation & Benefits: Starting Salary Range for Software Engineer - Senior: $170,000 - $205,000 Benefits That Set Us Apart When considering your next opportunity, compensation is only part of the picture. We

- **Id**: 3990590
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cherokee-federal-software-developer-expert-2>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chantilly, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T22:41:03Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T23:17:25Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6874
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Professional development, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Digital Government, IT Consulting & Digital Transformation

## Company

- **Id**: 2944033
- **Name**: Cherokee Federal
- **Domain**: cherokee-federal.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cherokee-federal>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 76
- **Open postings**: 25
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.96
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 170000
- **Max**: 205000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 205000

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Amazon EC2** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Jenkins** — Optional: no
- **Jira** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: yes
- **DynamoDB** — Optional: yes
- **IAM** — Optional: yes
- **LangChain** — Optional: yes
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: yes
- **Prompt Engineering** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T23:17:25Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T01:03:47Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 205000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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