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steampunk.com • HQ: McLean, United States • Custom Software Development • Digital Government • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2019 • Hiring 146, 5 new
HQ: McLean, United States • Custom Software Development • Digital Government • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2019 • Hiring 146, 5 new
Steampunk is a US government technology and design consultancy headquartered in McLean, Virginia, that delivers human-centered design, agile software development, cloud, DevSecOps, data and cybersecurity services to federal agencies. It applies its trademarked Design Intelligence approach to modernization programs for federal clients, combining a start-up culture with a design studio next to its Tysons Corner offices. It hires cloud and enterprise architects, DevSecOps and software engineers, Salesforce and ServiceNow specialists, data engineers, cybersecurity experts, service designers and program and project managers.
theleadingpath.com • HQ: McLean, United States • IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation • Systems Integrators • Trust B • Hiring 16, 3 new
HQ: McLean, United States • IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation • Systems Integrators • Trust B • Hiring 16, 3 new
The Leading Path is a technology services company supporting cleared national security programs with data engineering, systems engineering, cloud and network engineering and software development. Its vacancies require top secret clearances with polygraph and include data engineers, data scientists, cleared network engineers and intelligence recruiters. The company is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, United States.
gdit.com • HQ: Falls Church, United States • Government • Military • Professional Services • National Security • Digital Government • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Systems Integrators • 5000+ employees • Est. 2006 • Trust A • Hiring 1822, 126 new
HQ: Falls Church, United States • Government • Military • Professional Services • National Security • Digital Government • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Systems Integrators • 5000+ employees • Est. 2006 • Trust A • Hiring 1822, 126 new
General Dynamics Information Technology, known as GDIT, is the technology services division of the defence contractor General Dynamics and one of the largest suppliers of IT to the United States federal government. It designs, builds and operates networks, cloud environments, cybersecurity and mission applications for defence, intelligence, homeland security and civilian agencies, work that requires a very large security-cleared workforce. The division roughly doubled in scale through the 2018 acquisition of CSRA, and has since concentrated on cloud migration, zero trust architecture and applying artificial intelligence inside accredited government environments.
capitalone.com • HQ: McLean, United States • Leasing, Auto & Equipment Finance • Commercial & Retail Banks • Cards & Card Issuing • 5000+ employees • Est. 1994 • Trust B • Hiring 1484, 107 new
HQ: McLean, United States • Leasing, Auto & Equipment Finance • Commercial & Retail Banks • Cards & Card Issuing • 5000+ employees • Est. 1994 • Trust B • Hiring 1484, 107 new
Capital One is an American bank founded in 1994 that began as a credit card monoline built on statistical testing of offers and pricing, an approach it called information-based strategy. It is now one of the largest card issuers in the United States alongside a national direct bank, an auto lending business and a commercial bank, and it completed the acquisition of Discover in 2025, which gave it a payments network of its own rather than dependence on Visa and Mastercard. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, it was also an early mover among large banks in migrating its entire technology estate to the public cloud.
$269k – $307k per year • Head+ • 10+ years exp • In office (McLean, San Francisco, Cambridge, Richmond, Plano, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
boozallen.com • HQ: McLean, United States • Intelligence • Management Consulting • National Security • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 5000+ employees • Est. 1914 • IT services • Trust A • Hiring 1497, 96 new
HQ: McLean, United States • Intelligence • Management Consulting • National Security • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 5000+ employees • Est. 1914 • IT services • Trust A • Hiring 1497, 96 new
Booz Allen Hamilton is an American consulting firm founded in 1914 that has spent most of the past century working for the United States government, and today derives almost all of its revenue from federal clients. It supplies technology and mission services to defence, intelligence, civil and health agencies, covering systems engineering, cyber operations, data platforms and increasingly artificial intelligence deployed inside classified environments. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it employs tens of thousands of security-cleared staff and competes with the other large federal services contractors for multi-year programme awards.
adelphi.ai • HQ: McLean, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Homeland Security • 11-50 employees • Est. 2024 • Hiring 4, 1 new
HQ: McLean, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Homeland Security • 11-50 employees • Est. 2024 • Hiring 4, 1 new
AI solutions built for national security environments. Adelphi delivers production AI capabilities across defense and intelligence, from unclassified to IL5 classified networks.
attainpartners.com • HQ: McLean, United States • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Enterprise Apps Implementation Partners • Management Consulting • 201-500 employees • Est. 2009 • Hiring 12, 2 new
HQ: McLean, United States • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Enterprise Apps Implementation Partners • Management Consulting • 201-500 employees • Est. 2009 • Hiring 12, 2 new
Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Attain Partners is a management, technology, and compliance consulting firm specializing in solutions for education, non-profit, healthcare, and public sector organizations. The company provides strategic advisory, Salesforce implementations, enterprise digital transformation, research administration consulting, and regulatory compliance services.
freddiemac.com • HQ: McLean, United States • Mortgage Lending & Brokers • 501-1000 employees • Est. 1970 • Hiring 59, 7 new
HQ: McLean, United States • Mortgage Lending & Brokers • 501-1000 employees • Est. 1970 • Hiring 59, 7 new
Freddie Mac, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, is a government-sponsored enterprise headquartered in McLean, Virginia, that buys mortgages from lenders and packages them into securities to provide liquidity to the US housing finance market. Chartered by Congress in 1970, it has funded trillions of dollars in single-family and multifamily loans and has operated under the conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency since 2008. It hires software engineers, product owners, risk and valuation professionals, treasury and capital markets operations staff, multifamily production associates and account executives.
markonsolutions.com • HQ: Falls Church, United States • Facilities Management • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Intelligence • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2007 • Hiring 148, 2 new
HQ: Falls Church, United States • Facilities Management • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Intelligence • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2007 • Hiring 148, 2 new
Markon Solutions is a government services contractor headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, supporting the intelligence community, defense agencies and federal civilian customers with cyber, digital transformation, engineering and facilities management work. A repeated Washington Post Top Workplace, it staffs programs at Fort Meade, Annapolis Junction, Chantilly, McLean and Herndon, and supports naval nuclear work in West Mifflin and Niskayuna. Hiring covers software developers, systems and network engineers, data scientists, target analysts, civil, structural and electrical engineers, facility managers, space auditors and accountants.
j5consulting.co • HQ: Bowie, United States • Information Technology • IT Infrastructure & Networking Services • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 201-500 employees • Est. 2006 • Hiring 64
HQ: Bowie, United States • Information Technology • IT Infrastructure & Networking Services • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 201-500 employees • Est. 2006 • Hiring 64
Founded in 2006, J5 Consulting is an information technology and cybersecurity consulting firm headquartered in Bowie, Maryland. Drawing on extensive experience supporting federal government, defense, and commercial enterprises, the company delivers mission-critical IT modernization, enterprise architecture, and cyber defense solutions. Its core service offerings span governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) audits aligned with NIST and CMMC frameworks, multi-cloud security engineering across AWS and Azure, vulnerability assessments, and continuous monitoring designed to safeguard sensitive assets and maintain regulatory compliance.
ardentprinciples.com • HQ: Chantilly, United States • IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation • AI Consulting & Integration • Data Engineering & Migration Services • Custom Software Development • 51-200 employees • Trust A • Hiring 24, 9 new
HQ: Chantilly, United States • IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation • AI Consulting & Integration • Data Engineering & Migration Services • Custom Software Development • 51-200 employees • Trust A • Hiring 24, 9 new
Ardent Principles is an American information technology services firm in the Washington DC area that offers data science, data engineering, software engineering, AI solutions, cybersecurity, staff augmentation and IT program management to its clients. It was founded by chief executive Robert McCauley, a Howard University computer science graduate with more than two decades in IT, and most of its openings are in Northern Virginia, chiefly Chantilly, McLean, Herndon and Reston. It hires software developers in Java, Spring Boot and ServiceNow, data scientists, machine learning and AI engineers, cloud, network and Linux engineers, cyber security engineers and systems architects.
vantor.com • HQ: Westminster, United States • Space Services • Geospatial Analytics • Earth Observation • 201-500 employees • Est. 2025 • Trust B • Hiring 135, 13 new
HQ: Westminster, United States • Space Services • Geospatial Analytics • Earth Observation • 201-500 employees • Est. 2025 • Trust B • Hiring 135, 13 new
Vantor is an American space intelligence company created in 2025 when Maxar Technologies split its Earth imaging business from its satellite manufacturing arm and renamed it. It operates one of the largest commercial high-resolution imaging constellations, sells satellite imagery, three-dimensional terrain data and analytics to defence, intelligence and government customers, and holds long-running United States government imagery contracts. Headquartered in Westminster, Colorado and owned by Advent International, it competes with the newer smallsat operators while retaining the archive and geospatial accuracy built up over decades.
dminc.com • HQ: Tysons, United States • Mobile App Development Services • IT Help Desk & Service Desk • Managed IT Services (MSP) • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2002 • Hiring 52, 4 new
HQ: Tysons, United States • Mobile App Development Services • IT Help Desk & Service Desk • Managed IT Services (MSP) • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2002 • Hiring 52, 4 new
DMI is an American digital services and technology solutions company headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, providing managed IT services including managed mobility, cloud and infrastructure, cybersecurity, network operations, end-user support and application development. It serves federal agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission and the US Senate Sergeant at Arms as well as commercial enterprises, and also offers AI and data, ServiceNow and low-code modernization work. It hires network engineers and NOC staff, service desk analysts, ServiceNow developers and architects, security analysts, data engineers, program managers and customer support staff.
appian.com • HQ: McLean, United States • Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM) • Low-Code & No-Code Platforms • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1999 • NASDAQ: APPN • Trust B • Hiring 159, 10 new
HQ: McLean, United States • Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM) • Low-Code & No-Code Platforms • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1999 • NASDAQ: APPN • Trust B • Hiring 159, 10 new
Established in 1999, Appian is a cloud computing and enterprise software company helping organizations build apps and workflows rapidly, with a low-code automation platform. Appian is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
rohirrim.ai • HQ: Tysons, United States • AI Agents • Procurement & Spend Management • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2022 • Hiring 3
HQ: Tysons, United States • AI Agents • Procurement & Spend Management • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2022 • Hiring 3
Rohirrim is Rewriting the Architecture of Modern Acquisitions with an AI-native platform that delivers secure, fast, precise procurement for buyers and vendors.
redcellpartners.com • HQ: McLean, United States • Venture Capital • Angel Networks & Startup Accelerators • 51-200 employees • Est. 2020 • Hiring 19, 3 new
HQ: McLean, United States • Venture Capital • Angel Networks & Startup Accelerators • 51-200 employees • Est. 2020 • Hiring 19, 3 new
Red Cell Partners is a venture studio and investment firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia, that was founded in 2020. The organization focuses on building, launching, and scaling technology-led companies by providing operational expertise and capital to startups within its portfolio. Its primary practice areas include healthcare, cybersecurity, and national security, where it develops and scales companies to address complex infrastructure and defense challenges.
infinitive.com • HQ: McLean, United States • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Predictive Analytics • Data & Analytics • 51-200 employees • Hiring 15, 1 new
HQ: McLean, United States • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Predictive Analytics • Data & Analytics • 51-200 employees • Hiring 15, 1 new
Get the value out of your data with Infinitive, the leaders in data analytics and cloud development.
Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, EY (Ernst & Young) is a multinational professional services network and one of the "Big Four" accounting firms. The organization provides financial assurance and auditing, tax advisory, management and technology consulting, and strategy and transactions advisory through its EY-Parthenon arm. Operating across more than 150 countries, it delivers risk management, digital transformation, data analytics, and regulatory compliance solutions to multinational corporations, financial institutions, and government entities worldwide.
226 of these Backend Developer Salary in McLean state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $205K and $262K a year, with a median of $225K. By level, the median runs senior at $225K, staff at $279K, lead at $238K, and head+ at $307K. The step from senior to head+ is worth about 1.4x on median pay. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
The market right now
Alion currently lists 254 open Backend Developer Salary in McLean from 47 companies. 19 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 44 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. 2 of the 254 carry the marks of a stale or abandoned posting - open far beyond the usual time to fill, reposted, or on a board that mostly never closes a role - and are marked as likely inactive; the list can hide them. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
Where the work is
The largest concentrations of these roles are United States (28) and Italy (1). Most of these positions are on-site roles tied to a specific office.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Backend Developer Salary in McLean right now are Capital One (156), Booz Allen Hamilton (12), Steampunk (10), General Dynamics Information Technology (6), Freddie Mac (6), and Appian Corporation (5). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are JavaScript (213), AWS (211), Python (210), TypeScript (196), Azure (176), GCP (169), CI/CD (163), and Docker (154). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Backend Developer Salary in McLean, 5 offer a relocation package and 11 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
How many Backend Developer Salary in McLean are open right now?
There are 254 open Backend Developer Salary in McLean on Alion from 47 companies. The list was last refreshed on October 23, 2026.
Are all of these Backend Developer Salary in McLean still being filled?
Probably not all of them. 2 of the 254 show the marks Alion reads as a likely inactive posting: open far longer than employers usually take to fill such a role, reposted several times, or sitting on a board that rarely closes anything. They stay listed with a warning, and the list can hide them with one switch.
What do Backend Developer Salary in McLean pay?
The median is $225K a year, and the middle half of the market falls between $205K and $262K. This is based on the 226 listings that state pay.
Are any of these roles remote?
11 of the 254 listings (4%) are fully remote, and you can filter the list down to them in one click.
Which companies are hiring?
The most active employers right now are Capital One, Booz Allen Hamilton, Steampunk, General Dynamics Information Technology, Freddie Mac, and Appian Corporation. Each has its own page on Alion with the rest of its open roles.
Can I get visa sponsorship or relocation?
Yes - of the current listings, 5 offer a relocation package. Both are filters on the jobs page.
How do I apply?
Open any listing and apply on the employer's own board through the link on the page. No account is required to browse or to apply.
