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$143k–$190k/yr
Full-time
Medical Insurance, Health Savings Accounts, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, 401k Plan, Company Match
Posted 32d ago
~40 hrs/week
Remote in United States
Responsibilities
Define the strategic direction for backend and full-stack engineering while leading the development of scalable, secure distributed systems for government customers. Serve as the technical authority for system architecture, data design, and the modernization of legacy systems into microservices.
Requirements
Requires US Citizenship and the ability to obtain Public Trust clearance with over 5 years of related experience. Candidates must demonstrate a track record of delivering production-ready distributed systems and proficiency in modern programming languages like Java or Python.
Full job description
Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None
Public Trust/Other Required:
Other
Job Family:
Software Engineering
Job Qualifications:
Skills:
Problem Solving, Software Solutions, Solutions Development
Certifications:
None
Experience:
5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPER SENIOR
What You’ll Do
Define and drive the strategic direction for backend and full-stack engineering practices, architecture, and technical excellence across the organization
Lead the development of scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems that serve government customers
Serve as the technical authority and thought leader for system architecture, data design, and engineering excellence
Design and implement modern service architectures, data pipelines, and infrastructure patterns that enable team velocity and system reliability
Deliver new features and improvements to our core services including major read/write paths for customer intake, application screening, and information dissemination
Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to balance technical feasibility with business requirements, making pragmatic trade-offs that deliver measurable impact
Build and maintain shared libraries, service frameworks, and infrastructure patterns that enable consistency and reduce cognitive load
Identify opportunities to modernize our backend systems and take ownership of large-scale technical initiatives that improve system quality, performance, and maintainability
Establish and champion engineering best practices including API design, data modeling, testing strategies, observability patterns, security standards, and code quality
Mentor and coach engineers at all levels on backend technologies, distributed systems, and establish career development pathways for backend specialization
Influence technical decisions across teams and serve as a strategic advisor on architecture and infrastructure initiatives
Work across the full stack when needed to solve problems end-to-end – frontend and infrastructure experience is valuable but backend systems are your
primary focus
What We’re Looking For Evidence of Engineering Accomplishment
Demonstrated track record of leading and delivering multiple production-ready, scalable distributed systems with measurable business impact
Proven experience architecting and implementing microservice architectures at scale with highthroughput and reliability requirements
Track record of establishing backend engineering standards, practices, and architectural patterns that improve team productivity and system quality
Working experience with distributed system patterns including event-driven architectures, asynchronous processing, caching strategies, and data consistency patterns
Experience designing and implementing APIs (REST, GraphQL, or similar) that serve as the foundation for customer-facing applications
Strong understanding of system transformation patterns with practical experience leading modernization efforts from monoliths to microservices or legacy to modern stacks
Experience with observability, monitoring, and alerting strategies including structured logging, metrics, tracing, and incident response
Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, infrastructure as code, and deployment patterns (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Experience with data architecture including relational and NoSQL databases, data modeling, migration strategies, and data governance
Technical Excellence
Strong proficiency in modern programming languages (Java, Python, or similar) with deep understanding of language ecosystems and tooling
Solid understanding of distributed systems principles including consistency models, consensus algorithms, failure modes, and reliability patterns
Working knowledge of cloud engineering paradigms, asynchronous systems, service integration patterns, and event-driven architectures
Experience with automated testing strategies including unit testing, integration testing, contract testing, and end-to-end system testing
Practical knowledge of system performance optimization, capacity planning, and cost optimization
Understanding of security principles including authentication, authorization, encryption, secrets management, and secure coding practices
Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, security scanning, and deployment strategies
Familiarity with container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS), infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation), and DevOps practices
System Design & Architecture
Demonstrated ability to design systems that balance consistency, availability, partition tolerance, performance, and cost
Strong understanding of data architecture including database selection, schema design, indexing strategies, and query optimization
Experience with message brokers, event streaming platforms (Kafka, SQS, EventBridge), and asynchronous processing patterns
Ability to design for reliability including graceful degradation, circuit breakers, retry strategies, and disaster recovery
Working knowledge of API design principles, versioning strategies, and backward compatibility patterns
Understanding of system observability including structured logging, distributed tracing, metrics aggregation, and alerting strategies
Leadership, Ownership, & Communication
Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale technical initiatives from vision to production, influencing outcomes across multiple teams
Quality driven, sets the standard for excellence in communication, code, and documentation
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and strategic vision clearly to engineers, product managers, executives, and external stakeholders
Proven track record of mentoring and developing engineers at all levels, building organizational backend engineering capability
Recognized advocate for sound engineering practices who establishes patterns and influences engineering culture
Comfort leading cross-functional initiatives, making architectural decisions with organizational impact, and navigating technical/business trade-offs at the principal level
Required • Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain and maintain Public Trust 6C
#EDopportunities
The likely salary range for this position is $142,792 - $189,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Travel Required:
Less than 10%
Telecommuting Options:
Remote
Work Location:
Any Location / Remote
Additional Work Locations:
Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
About Our Work:
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at
GDIT is a global technology and professional services company that delivers solutions, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community.
Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI, cyber, and software development.
GDIT is part of General Dynamics, a global aerospace and defense company. We have shared our customers’ sense of purpose for over half a century and have a unique understanding of their missions, complex environments, and a rapidly changing world.
Together with our customers, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
Offices: Falls Church, Virginia 22042, US
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