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Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 72 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first.
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What Boeing Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles11 certified filings for “Mechanical System Design & Analysis Engineer” (Mechanical Engineers) in WA: $135k–$170k, median $143k.
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- Employer is on a government sponsor record
- The US Department of Labor certified 72 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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- H-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Boeing Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles
- 11 certified filings for “Mechanical System Design & Analysis Engineer” (Mechanical Engineers) in WA: $135k–$170k, median $143k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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About the role
Software Engineer - Developer ( Experienced or Lead)
Company:
The Boeing Company
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Software Engineer - Developer to join the Space Mission Systems (SMS) team in Chantilly, VA or Seal Beach, CA.
Our teams are currently hiring for a broad range of experience levels including; Experienced and Lead Software Engineers.
This position will focus on Mission Management and Mission Planning software development, working alongside a cross-functional team to develop solutions to allow stakeholders to advance the mission. The selected candidate’s primary focus will be Oracle Middleware including implementing, administering, monitoring, and troubleshooting middleware platforms that enable application integration, API delivery, messaging, and identity/access flows.
As a member of the Boeing software team, you will be involved in the entire product development lifecycle, from conceptualization and development to the maintenance and support of the delivered system for our customers. These roles provide opportunities for you to significantly influence project outcomes. The Boeing SMS Software team fosters a collaborative mentoring environment, allowing you to learn, mentor others, and contribute to shaping the future of our organization.
At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that is welcoming, respectful, and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. At Boeing SMS we work with commercial, government, and proprietary customers.
Position Responsibilities:
• Leads the planning of software development tasks including detailed software design, coding, and unit/integration/functional/system testing of customer desired features/user stories, ensuring successful achievement of acceptance criteria
• Partners with appropriate stakeholders to inform system definition and review translation of system-level requirements into software requirements and models that meet customer, operational and performance requirements and have clear traceability to design, code, and test artifacts
• Reviews completion of software system-level analyses to identify risk, issues, and opportunities; lead integration and deployment of mitigation actions throughout the software lifecycle
• Leads code reviews to ensure alignment to requirements and standard
• Leads monitoring and reviewing test completion, verification processes and issue resolution for software systems
• Lead review of product and process for alignment with project plans and industry standards by tracking and evaluation of internal team and supplier performance
• Install, configure, administer, and patch middleware platforms (on-prem and/or cloud)
• Diagnose end-to-end integration issues across apps, middleware, and network layers
• Assist development teams with deployment packaging, configuration, and connectivity
• Tune middleware settings; analyze thread dumps, heap usage, logs, and connection pools
• Support CI/CD pipelines for middleware components
• Containerize middleware components where appropriate and support deployments
Security Clearance:
This position requires an active U.S. Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
• Bachelor degree or higher
• Experience with message-oriented Middleware (ActiveMQ, Redis, Kafka)
• Experience with system administration of complex infrastructure and software development systems
• Experience administering and troubleshooting java application servers (Weblogic, Websphere, Jboss, etc.)
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