Principal Backend Architect

General Dynamics Information Technology; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a Principal Software Developer Senior to lead backend and full-stack engineering strategies for government-focused systems. You will drive architectural direction, design scalable microservices, and oversee data patterns across distributed environments.

This role emphasizes mentorship, architectural leadership, and cross-team collaboration to ensure reliable, secure, and high-performance solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven record leading scalable distributed systems with measurable impact
• Experience architecting microservice architectures at scale with high throughput and reliability
• Establish backend engineering standards, patterns, and practices

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the strategic direction for backend and full-stack engineering practices
• Lead development of scalable, reliable distributed systems for government customers
• Serve as the technical authority for system architecture and data design
• Design modern service architectures, data pipelines, and infrastructure patterns
• Deliver new features to core services including customer intake and information dissemination
• Collaborate with product managers to balance technical feasibility with business needs
• Mentor engineers on backend technologies and career development
• Influence technical decisions and act as strategic advisor on architecture and infrastructure

Skills

Java

Python

Distributed systems

Microservices

APIs (REST/GraphQL)

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a Principal Software Developer Senior to lead backend and full-stack engineering strategies for government-focused systems. You will drive architectural direction, design scalable microservices, and oversee data patterns across distributed environments.

This role emphasizes mentorship, architectural leadership, and cross-team collaboration to ensure reliable, secure, and high-performance solutions.