# Software Engineer

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- **Id**: 3612699
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/pennsylvania-state-university-software-engineer-2>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Reston, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T15:00:36Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-02
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T21:34:13Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 8
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6287
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: DoD SkillBridge, Hybrid work, Retirement plans, Veteran hiring program
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Higher Education

## Company

- **Id**: 37673
- **Name**: Pennsylvania State University
- **Domain**: psu.edu
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/psu-edu>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: C
- **Score**: 68
- **Open postings**: 1002
- **Ghost share**: 0.533
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 41
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 127080
- **Max**: 209640
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 209640

## Technologies

- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: yes
- **Rust** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: company_stale
- **Days open**: 7

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-02T15:00:36Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 7
- **Expected fill days**: 41
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 209640
- **Is top pay**: yes

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