# Lead Software Developer - Java

Leidos is seeking Lead Software Developers to join the Air Traffic Business Area within the Homeland Sector, supporting the development of next-generation flight service and air traffic systems. This work aligns with the FAA’s broader initiative to modernize legacy flight service capabilities, replacing aging infrastructure with scalable, cloud-based platforms designed to improve safety and operational efficiency-particularly in remote and high-dependency aviation environments. These efforts focus on delivering mission-critical, future-ready solutions that provide safety-critical flight services to the pilot community. As a member of a Scaled Agile software development organization, you will contribute to the technical execution of a program that integrates proven, globally deployed technologies with modern cloud-native capabilities. You will work alongside cross-functional teams and technical leaders to deliver predictable outcomes in a highly regulated, safety-critical environment. In this position, you will design and implement software solutions independently while working closely with systems engineering, product delivery, and DevSecOps teams. The primary focus is on developin

- **Id**: 3697755
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/leidos-lead-software-developer-java>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Gaithersburg, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T22:36:42Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 6
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4727
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: National Security, C4ISR, Defense Manufacturing, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 7791
- **Name**: Leidos
- **Domain**: leidos.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/leidos>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 77
- **Open postings**: 317
- **Ghost share**: 0.003
- **Stale share**: 0.89
- **Repost share**: 0.009
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 28
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 87100
- **Max**: 157450
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 157450

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Claude Code** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Mockito** — Optional: no
- **React.js** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **Spring Boot** — Optional: no
- **Spring Framework** — Optional: no
- **Spring Security** — Optional: no
- **Ansible** — Optional: yes
- **CI/CD** — Optional: yes
- **Java** — Optional: yes
- **Kotlin** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 6

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-03T18:34:45Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 50 · green card filings: 24; Filings 12m: 50

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.628
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 6
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:26, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 157450
- **Is top pay**: no

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