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Federal Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Active Secret Clearance Required)
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Deploy and integrate the iboss platform in classified and unclassified federal environments.
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Posted base pay
Not posted
Median $190K
Typical senior FDE payMiddle 50% of 1,803 postings$160K–$220KThe work
Builds what the customer runs
Balance
- Mostly building
- Mixed
- Mostly pre-sales or support
Project stages
- Pre-sales
- Proof of concept (not covered)
- Implementation
- Operations
- Coding
- Writes production code
- Builds for
- External customers
- Level
- Senior
- Role
- Technical lead
What they ask for
Experience
Background
Tools
Less common in FDE jobs
- Covers pre-sales25%
- Individual contributor or manager: Technical lead47%
Share of US FDE postings that state each fact.
What you’ll do
- Develop Java components, integrations, and customizations for agency requirements.
- Troubleshoot code-level issues in production government environments.
- Serve as the technical point of contact for federal agency accounts.
- Translate government requirements and customer feedback into engineering work.
What you’ll bring
- Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
- 5+ years of professional software development experience, primarily with Java.
- Experience deploying and integrating software in U.S. federal or Department of Defense environments.
- Strong networking fundamentals and proficiency with RESTful APIs and microservices.
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