Senior Software Developer - Forward Deployed Model

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Title: Senior Software Developer
Department: Software Development 
Location: Herndon, VA (Hybrid)
Compensation: $110,000–$170,000 annually
About Idea Entity 
At Idea Entity, we transform customer pain points into insightful, scalable, agent-powered workflows built with empathy, clarity, and speed. Our work bridges strategy and execution, helping organizations simplify complex processes and make smarter, faster decisions. We take pride in being a partner our clients can trust, delivering meaningful outcomes through innovation, collaboration, and accountability. Every project we take on is driven by the shared goal of creating lasting impact for our customers and their businesses. 
Role Summary 
We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Developer to design, build, test, deploy, and support scalable software solutions that solve complex customer problems.
This role follows a forward-deployed engineering model and goes beyond traditional software development. The Software Developer will work directly with customers to understand operational challenges, rapidly translate those needs into technical solutions, and remain engaged through implementation, deployment, adoption, and iteration.
We are looking for a strong, versatile engineer who can take broad ownership, work independently, collaborate effectively with project and customer teams, and use AI to increase development speed and quality.
The position is based in Herndon, Virginia, operates on a hybrid schedule. Due to the nature of this role, US Citizenship is required and is not eligible for sponsorship.

Key Responsibilities 
- Architect, design, develop, test, deploy, and support high-quality software solutions with appropriate availability, reliability, security, performance, and maintainability.
- Use AI-enabled development tools and techniques as an integral part of software design, coding, testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and delivery.
- Work directly with customers and end users to discover operational challenges, clarify requirements, identify root problems, and translate those needs into practical technical solutions.
- Own technical solution delivery alongside the customer from discovery and prototyping through demonstrations, implementation, deployment, adoption, and iterative improvement.
- Rapidly prototype, develop, and iterate portals, dashboards, workflows, APIs, integrations, and other application capabilities based on real customer feedback and operational needs.
- Perform…

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