Principal Backend Architect — Remote

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 147,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. seeks a Principal Software Developer Senior to define and drive backend and full-stack engineering excellence for government customers.

You will lead scalable, secure distributed systems, act as technical authority, design modern service architectures and data pipelines, and mentor engineers across teams. This role requires US citizenship and a strong background in Java or Python, cloud-native practices, and API design, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• 10+ years of related software engineering experience.
• Experience delivering scalable distributed systems for government or large-scale customers.
• Evidence of backend architecture, API design, and data modeling.
• US Citizenship required.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Define strategic direction for backend and full-stack engineering.
• Lead development of scalable, secure distributed systems.
• Serve as technical authority for system architecture and data design.
• Design modern service architectures, data pipelines, and infra patterns.
• Deliver features for core services including customer intake and information dissemination.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with product managers to balance tech and business needs.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

UX

Web Development

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. seeks a Principal Software Developer Senior to define and drive backend and full-stack engineering excellence for government customers.

You will lead scalable, secure distributed systems, act as technical authority, design modern service architectures and data pipelines, and mentor engineers across teams. This role requires US citizenship and a strong background in Java or Python, cloud-native practices, and API design, with opportunities to