Leidos

Leidos

Junior Software Engineer

Mitchellville, Maryland · Junior

No sponsorship$70k-$126kDetected 26 days ago
JavaC++CMATLABAlgorithmsGitCI/CDLinuxMachine LearningTensorFlowSystems EngineeringElectrical EngineeringSignal ProcessingTCP/IPCommunication

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odds of building a lasting career here

43Risky
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role65
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level II)66
Fits your clock70

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H-1B wage level

the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry

Level I · 1×
Level I$102,0861 entry
Level II$127,4622 entries
Level III$152,8383 entries
Level IV$178,2144 entries

The bottom of this range ($69,550) is below the Level I prevailing wage of $102,086. An H-1B cannot be filed below the prevailing wage, so an offer at the floor of this band could not be sponsored as posted.

DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.

Employer immigration record

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Green-card filing pattern in this occupation

Context, not a finding about this posting: of this employer's 13 green-card filings in this occupation, 100% were for a worker who already held the job.

Green-card follow-through: 62%

Of 13 labor certifications old enough to have been used, 5 expired without the employer filing the next step. Median time from filing to decision: 484 days.100% of their filings were for a worker who already held the job.Only certifications past the 180-day window are counted — recent ones cannot have expired yet.

Reported a layoff in this occupation

In a green-card filing decided 2026-02-06, this employer stated it had laid off workers in Software Developers (VA) during the preceding six months.Describes the period before that filing, not necessarily today. Unlike WARN notices this is occupation-specific and federal.

Files H-1B transfers

4 transfer filings in the last year, covering 4 workers. Median labor-condition decision: 7 days. An employer that already files transfers is one that can take over an existing H-1B.

Sourced from Department of Labor LCA, PERM and prevailing-wage disclosure data. Employer matching is by name, so figures may be split across an employer's legal entities. Absence of a filing means none appears in our copy of the data, not that none exists.

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About the role

  • Description Looking for an opportunity to make an impact?
  • We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable.
  • The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing real-time signal processing algorithms on GPUs.

Responsibilities

  • Contributing to design and development of advanced systems as a part of multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Build software products that utilize third party mathematics and communication libraries

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science
  • 3+ years of software development experience, including strong experience in C/C++ software development
  • Experience with NVIDIA development and profiling tools and libraries
  • Experience using version control (Subversion, GIT, etc.) and continuous integration software tools
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance. (U.S. Citizenship is required)

Compensation

  • Pay Range $69,550.00 - $125,725.00
  • The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary.
  • Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025.
  • Pay and Benefits
  • That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers.
  • Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement.

Benefits

  • These teams are made up of other software team members and subject matter experts from the areas of systems engineering, hardware, firmware, machine learning, RF front end design, and signal processing.

Company info

  • Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community.
  • Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.
  • We are currently looking to add a Junior Software Engineer to our team in Bowie Maryland.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • Citizenship is required)

This listing is sourced directly from Leidos's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.