# Principal Software Development Engineer – National Imagery

Overview You’re passionate about building innovative software that makes a difference in the world of remote sensing and GIS. You thrive on solving complex technical challenges and enjoy leading the design and implementation of significant subsystems and applications. You’re ready to set the technical direction for your team, mentor others, and drive the architecture of advanced image analysis solutions for the defense and intelligence communities. You will build and release Esri software technologies focused on the intersection between GIS, photogrammetry and remote sensing for the defense and intelligence communities. In this role, you will collaborate with a talented team of software developers and product engineers to create, build, test, and release advanced software technologies focused on imagery users. Responsibilities Lead the design and implementation of major subsystems or applications, serving as the technical expert for your area Architect and optimize software solutions for advanced image processing, analysis, and GIS workflows, supporting a range of remote sensing modalities Mentor and guide other developers, sharing your expertise and helping the team solve challeng

- **Id**: 4042640
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/esri-principal-software-development-engineer-national-imagery>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Vienna, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T18:48:19Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T22:42:17Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5865
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Life insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Geospatial Analytics, Navigation & Mapping

## Company

- **Id**: 3807
- **Name**: Esri
- **Domain**: esri.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/esri>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 103
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.981
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 53
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 150696
- **Max**: 247312
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 247312

## Technologies

- **.NET** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **GDPR** — Optional: yes

## Trust

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

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T22:42:17Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 53
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T02:28:38Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 247312
- **Is top pay**: yes

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