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$133,632

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Median over time ▼ -27.1%
$183,201 $133,632
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$200k 75th
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CLEAR - Corporate

Senior Software Engineer, Java

CLEAR - Corporate · New York, New York, United States

$225,000 – $300,000 CLEAR - Corporate

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CLEAR - Corporate · Austin, Texas, United States

$210,000 – $280,000
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Senior Software Engineer, Treasury and Reference Data (Java/Ruby/Python)

DRW · Chicago

$200,000 – $275,000 Captivation Software

Platform Engineer (Hybrid) - Python/Java/AWS/Linux

Captivation Software · Columbia, MD - Hybrid

$130,000 – $270,000 Captivation Software

Senior DevOps Engineer - AWS/Java/Linux/Ansible/Git/Python

Captivation Software · Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD

$130,000 – $270,000 Captivation Software

Front-End Developer (Mid/Senior) - Java/Quarkus/HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Oracle/AWS

Captivation Software · Annapolis Junction, MD

$130,000 – $270,000 Captivation Software

Front-End Developer (Mid/Senior) - Java/Quarkus/HTML/CSS/JavaScript/Oracle/AWS

Captivation Software · Annapolis Junction, MD

$130,000 – $270,000 Captivation Software

Software Engineer 3 - Linux/Java/Jax-RS/REST/JSON/XML/Maven/Eclipse/Gitlab

Captivation Software · Annapolis Junction, MD

$130,000 – $270,000 Captivation Software

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Captivation Software · Atlanta, GA

$130,000 – $270,000 Captivation Software

Senior DevOps Engineer (Hybrid) - AWS/Java/Linux/Ansible/Git/Python

Captivation Software · Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD - Hyb…

$130,000 – $270,000

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Captivation Software $200,000 23
Elastic $119,499 19
Referral Board $119,439 11
SentinelOne $165,000 4
CLEAR - Corporate $245,000 3
Accenture Federal Services $138,100 3
AD Adyen $211,500 2
PitchBook Data $202,500 2

Java salary by location

Location Median Roles
Chicago $211,500 4
Atlanta $200,000 3
Toronto $120,000 4

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