Sr Software Developer
Scientific Research
San Diego, CA · Posted September 17, 2026
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About the job
Salary Statement Estimated Starting Salary Range: USD $127,650.00/Yr. - USD $212,750.00/Yr. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.
Description
Designing, developing, and deploying a continually evolving line of products capable of producing synthetic scenarios within Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) environments to drive the simulation of systems during training, testing, and analysis
Leading a team of SW developers and sit on-site alongside team and government personnel
FILLING THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON AWARD
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Requirements
Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, or systems engineering and 12 years of SW development experience
Eight or more years of experience leading teams of SW developers
Nine or more years of experience writing code in Java and JavaScript and C++
Four or more years of experience deploying and managing VMs in VMware ESXi
TS/SCI clearance
Desired Skills
Experience using Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Artifactory, and Jenkins
Experience performing software engineering production across the complete DevSecOps lifecycle of a project
Experience providing obsolescence-engineering support to provide replacement EoL/EoS COTS, FOSS, and GOTS SW
Experience in creating and maintaining Software Design Description (SDD), Software Requirements Specification (SRS), Interface Design Description (IDD), and Interface Requirements Specification (IRS) documentation
Experience in Information Operations (IO)/Information Warfare (IW)/Signal Intelligence (SIGINT)
Experience leading a team of developers on an SCI project
Clearance Information
SRC IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE U.S. CITIZENSHIP AS WELL AS, A U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TOP SECRET / SCI LEVEL
Travel Requirements
N/A
About Us
Scientific Research Corporation is an advanced information technology and engineering company that provides innovative products and services to government and private industry, as well as independent institutions. At the core of our capabilities is a seasoned team of highly skilled engineers and scientists with multidisciplinary backgrounds. This team is challenged daily to provide cutting edge technology solutions to our clients.
SRC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with a company match, life insurance, vacation and sick paid time off accruals with amounts increasing based on role and years of service, 11 paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, and a work environment that encourages excellence and more. For positions requiring a security clearance, selected applicants will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
EEO
Scientific Research Corporation is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate in employment.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state or local law.
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