Senior Software Engineer
Leidos
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Rockville, MD · $131k–$237k a year · Posted October 29, 2026
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Where Rockville, MD ranks
Where Rockville, MD placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #7Cities with the most hybrid jobs in the Mid-Atlantic22% · of 84
- #12Cities with the most hybrid jobs22% · of 100
- #12Best all-round cities for remote workers in the Mid-Atlantic67 / 100 · of 37
- #13Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Mid-Atlantic$143k · of 37
- #14Best all-round cities for AI careers in the Mid-Atlantic59 / 100 · of 37
- #18Best all-round cities for new graduates in the Mid-Atlantic54 / 100 · of 37
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $184,325 a year. Across 1,167 open senior software engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $166,000 to $222,000 and the median is $197,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 6% below the median.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
Among software developers, AI is already used for some of the tasks. Measured exposure for software developers: 29% (some).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
Leidos has filed 4 layoff notices in the last twelve months, covering 404 workers, most recently September 2026. These are public filings with state labor departments, and an open role can sit alongside them. See the filings
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About the job
...We are looking for creative, driven, and mission-focused professionals ready to take their career to the next level.As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:Support the development of distributed backend services, APIs, and platform microservices supporting enterprise...