AI-Driven Cloud Applications Lead (Remote)

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 147,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking an Application Development Team Manager to lead a distributed software organization spanning legacy, modern, and cloud-native systems.

You will own delivery, modernization, and secure engineering practices while guiding AI-assisted delivery using tools like Kiro and OpenAI-based solutions. You will oversee agile execution, governance for AI, and collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable applications in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required with 5+ years of leadership experience.
• At least 5 years across the full software development lifecycle, including agile delivery.
• Proven experience leading senior developers and/or multidisciplinary application teams.
• Hands-on experience with modern application technologies (Java, Spring, Hibernate, SQL, React, Python, AWS, Kubernetes).
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools across the lifecycle (design, implementation, testing, code review, documentation, troubleshooting).
• Working knowledge of CI/CD, DevSecOps, cloud-native architectures, APIs, containers, automated testing, and secure development practices.

Responsibilities

• Development Team Leadership: Direct and support a geographically distributed team.
• Delivery Management: Own project planning, scheduling, resourcing, and risk management.
• Agile/Scrum Execution: Run agile ceremonies; manage backlogs; coordinate releases using Jira/Confluence.
• Engineering Standards: Define, implement, and enforce coding, architecture, testing, documentation, and code reviews.
• DevSecOps and CI/CD: Ensure secure development and automated testing and deployment pipelines.
• AI-Assisted Development: Enable the team to use AI tools for design, coding, testing, documentation, and troubleshooting.
• AI Guardrails and Governance: Define and enforce human-in-the-loop controls for AI outputs.
• Compliance and Review: Apply knowledge of compliance, security, and contractual requirements.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with customers, product owners, architects, security, infra.
• Continuous Improvement and Modernization: Drive modernization of legacy systems and cloud migration.

Skills

Agile Delivery

Application Development

AWS Cloud Operations

US Citizenship

5+ years experience in software dev mg

Education

Bachelor's Degree

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Tools

Java

Spring

Hibernate

SQL

React

Python

AWS cloud services

Kubernetes

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking an Application Development Team Manager to lead a distributed software organization spanning legacy, modern, and cloud-native systems.

You will own delivery, modernization, and secure engineering practices while guiding AI-assisted delivery using tools like Kiro and OpenAI-based solutions. You will oversee agile execution, governance for AI, and collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable applications in a