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# Sr. Backend SWE

- **Company:** Shield Consulting Solutions
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $240,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Software Technical Review, Backend, Codebase
- **Published:** July 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9014830/sr-backend-swe

## About the Role

* 20 years of experience as a software engineer
 * Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline
 + 4 additional years of experience as a software engineer may be substituted for a degree

## Description

* Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and enhance software solutions
 * Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects
 * Facilitate alignment and clarity on goals, outcomes, and timelines
 * Analyze user requirements to derive software design and performance requirements
 * Work closely with the Chief Engineer to design feature specifications and build products
 * Conduct design and code reviews
 * Work on problems of diverse scopes where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors
 * Demonstrate good judgement in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions
 * Complete medium to large features (each with many tasks) independently without guidance
 * Identify and drive changes as needed for assigned codebase, product area, or systems


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