Software Engineer Jobs in Virginia, United States

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Test Design Software Engineer / Principal Test Design Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman

Waynesboro,VA,United States Full-time $79,300 - $118,900 / year

Northrop Grumman’s Test Design team in Waynesboro, VA builds integrated hardware and software solutions for secure, multi‑domain systems. The role designs real‑time data analytics, UI/UX, instrument drivers, firmware, and SW/HW integration while verifying requirements and supporting anomaly resolution.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Software Systems Engineer / Senior Software Systems Engineer

Dominion Energy

RICHMOND, VA, US Full-time Hybrid $81,900 - $106,400 / year

The Software Systems Engineer / Senior Software Systems Engineer joins Dominion Energy's Advanced Distribution Management Systems team to support critical operational technology systems serving electric distribution stakeholders. Day-to-day, the role develops and modifies moderately complex software applications, handles design, coding, benchmark testing, debugging, and documentation, and guides less experienced engineers under general supervision.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Open Source Software Security Engineer - Software Supply Chain

Truist

Richmond, VA Full-time $105,000 - $130,000 / year

The Open Source Software Security Engineer - Software Supply Chain role at Truist Financial Corporation owns the practical execution of open source software security across governance, engineering workflows, tooling, automation, and risk reduction. Day-to-day work includes defining OSS governance policies and standards, establishing secure OSS lifecycle management, integrating CI/CD preventative controls, reducing software supply chain risk, responding to supply chain threats, supporting SCA/SBO

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Senior Software Engineer – Front-End Training System Software (Onsite)

RTX

Sterling,VA,USA Full-time On-site $95,500 - $181,700 / year

Strategic Defense Solutions (SDS) team at Collins Aerospace builds realistic simulators and training systems for military and commercial aviation. The Senior Software Engineer will design, develop, integrate and test multi‑platform front‑end training device software, lead agile development activities and support proposal efforts while collaborating with customers on training events.

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Open Source Software LEAD Security Engineer - Software Supply Chain

Truist

Richmond, VA Full-time $160,000 - $200,000 / year

The Open Source Software Lead Security Engineer owns the practical execution of open source software security across governance, engineering workflows, tooling, automation, and risk reduction at Truist Financial Corporation. Day-to-day, the role combines security program leadership with hands-on technical delivery to build secure-by-default OSS lifecycle capabilities, define enterprise governance and standards, integrate CI/CD security controls, and proactively manage dependency, build, package,

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Open Source Software Senior Security Engineer - Software Supply Chain

Truist

Richmond, VA Full-time $140,000 - $180,000 / year

The Open Source Software Senior Security Engineer owns the practical execution of open source software security across governance, engineering workflows, tooling, automation, and risk reduction at Truist Financial Corporation. Day-to-day, the role defines OSS governance and standards, integrates CI/CD security controls, reduces software supply chain risk, and partners with CI/CD, DevSecOps, application security, engineering, platform, and risk teams.

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Software Engineering - Senior Engineer

FICO (Fair Isaac)

Reston, VA Full-time

FICO (Fair Isaac Corporation) seeks a Software Engineering - Senior Engineer based in Ashburn, VA to perform end-to-end performance and functional QA for cloud-based enterprise applications. The role involves developing and maintaining test automation frameworks, engineering tools, and processes, while providing technical leadership and mentorship to junior team members.

Last seen Aug 25, 2026
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Senior Software Engineer - Agentic & Automation Engineering

Salesforce

McLean,VA,USA Full-time On-site $148,500 - $223,900 / year
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Senior Software Engineer - Lead DevOps Engineer (Onsite)

RTX

Davis, VA, United States Full-time On-site $95,500 - $181,700 / year

RTX, a global aerospace and defense leader, seeks a Senior Software Engineer – Lead DevOps Engineer to drive simulation system development at its Sterling, VA site. The role leads DevOps for full product lifecycle, coordinating with Systems, Software, and Cyber teams to mature build and deployment pipelines.

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Principal Software Engineer - Lead DevOps Engineer (Onsite)

RTX

Davis, VA, United States Full-time On-site $118,300 - $224,900 / year

Collins Aerospace’s Mission Systems team builds advanced simulation and training systems for aerospace and defense. The Lead DevOps Engineer drives CI/CD pipelines, automates build and deployment, and owns release processes for simulation software.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Cloud Engineer (Software Engineer) (TS/SCI with Poly Required)

GCI

Herndon, VA Full-time

GCI's Cloud Engineer (Software Engineer) role in Herndon, VA supports mission-critical cloud operations and application support across distributed AWS environments. Day-to-day work includes complex troubleshooting, OS upgrades and patching, daily AWS service operations (EC2, S3, IAM, Security Groups, SQS, Lambda, STS, VPC), observability stack maintenance, automation scripting, CI/CD and IaC support, container and serverless management, and security/compliance tasks.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Software Development Engineer, Open Data Analytics - Engines

Amazon

Arlington, VA, USA Full-time On-site $143,700 - $194,400 / year

Join the Amazon Analytics team within AWS to enhance Amazon Athena, a serverless analytics service for S3 data lakes. Engineers design and build large-scale systems, optimize open-source query engines, and bridge the gap between OSS performance and hyper-scaler capabilities.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Software Engineering - Senior Engineer

FICO (Fair Isaac)

Ashburn, VA Full-time

FICO seeks a Senior Software Engineer in Ashburn, VA to lead end-to-end performance and functional QA for cloud-based enterprise applications. Day-to-day work includes developing and standardizing test automation frameworks, CI/CD, and quality metrics; designing and executing manual and automated functional and non-functional tests for cloud-native apps on AWS; collaborating with cross-functional leaders to gather requirements; and providing technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineer

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Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Security Data Engineering

Amazon

Herndon,VA,USA Full-time On-site $143,700 - $194,400 / year

Amazon Security Platform Engineering builds and operates a petabyte-scale data lake and analytics platform for security use cases. The SDE II designs, implements, and optimizes distributed data catalog, ingestion, and query services, partners with security and data teams across AWS, and explores AI‑driven data discovery capabilities.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Security Data Engineering

Amazon

Herndon,VA,USA Full-time On-site $143,700 - $194,400 / year

Amazon Security Data Engineering team builds and operates a petabyte‑scale data lake and query platform that powers security analytics, incident response and threat hunting. The SDE II designs, implements and optimizes distributed data catalog, ingestion and query services, partners with AWS and security teams, and explores AI‑driven data discovery tools.

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Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering)

Capital One

McLean, VA Full-time On-site $179,400 - $225,100 / year

Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering) Do you love building and pioneering in the technology space? Do you enjoy solving complex business problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive, and iterative delivery environment?

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Lead Software Engineer, Back End, Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering

Capital One

McLean, VA, United States Full-time $197,300 - $225,100 / year

Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering (CORE) Technology division at Capital One builds foundational cloud infrastructure, focusing on observability, connectivity, resilience and availability. As a Lead Software Engineer you will guide a portfolio of microservice projects, mentor developers, and partner with product managers to deliver robust cloud solutions using Python, Go, AWS and open‑source technologies.

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Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack, Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering

Capital One

Richmond,VA,United States Full-time On-site

Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering team at Capital One builds robust, regulatory‑compliant cloud platforms that empower millions of customers. The Lead Software Engineer drives a portfolio of microservice and full‑stack projects, mentors developers, and partners with product managers to deliver secure, scalable solutions on AWS. Based in McLean, VA (with options in Richmond, VA or Plano, TX), on‑site work model.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Lead Software Engineer, Back End, Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering

Capital One

McLean,VA,United States Full-time

Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering (CORE) Technology division at Capital One builds foundational cloud infrastructure, observability, and resilience services. Lead Software Engineer drives a portfolio of microservices projects, mentors developers, and collaborates with product managers to deliver robust cloud solutions.

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Software Engineer Jobs in Virginia: FAQ

How many Software Engineer jobs in Virginia are open right now?

10,000 Software Engineer jobs in Virginia are live on NextGig, all seen active within the last 45 days. The list refreshes daily as new roles are posted and filled ones drop off.

Which companies are hiring for Software Engineer jobs in Virginia?

Employers with current openings include Northrop Grumman, Dominion Energy, Truist, RTX, FICO (Fair Isaac), Salesforce, and others. Every listing links straight to the employer's application page.

What do Software Engineer jobs in Virginia pay?

14 of the 19 newest listings disclose pay, for example $79,300 - $118,900 / year at Northrop Grumman, $81,900 - $106,400 / year at Dominion Energy, $105,000 - $130,000 / year at Truist. Open a listing for the full compensation details.

Are any of these roles remote?

Of the 19 newest listings on this page, 1 is hybrid. The work model is shown on each job card.