Senior Backend Engineer - Drive Scalable Microservices (Remote)

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Back End Engineer to design and build scalable services.

You will own core read/write paths for customer intake, screening, and information dissemination, delivering features and improving reliability across the stack. You will work across the stack, identify bottlenecks, mentor junior developers, and participate in architectural decisions.

Qualifications

• Must have track record delivering production-ready software solutions of varying complexity.
• Experience designing components of distributed systems (multi-tier architectures) including storage, caching, and application layers.
• Working experience with microservice architectures and high-throughput systems.
• Familiarity with system transformation patterns and modernization efforts.

Responsibilities

• Work in a unique environment and stack, delivering new features and improving reliability of core services.
• Own read/write paths for customer intake, application screening, and information dissemination.
• Identify bottlenecks or flaws in business logic and address them with the team.
• Take ownership over product problems and prove impact with data.
• Work across the stack without relying on others to get tasks done.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to team growth.
• Communicate technical decisions and trade-offs within the team.

Skills

Java

Python

Distributed systems

Microservices

Cloud engineering

Asynchronous systems

Design patterns

Architecture discussions

Mentoring

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Back End Engineer to design and build scalable services.

You will own core read/write paths for customer intake, screening, and information dissemination, delivering features and improving reliability across the stack. You will work across the stack, identify bottlenecks, mentor junior developers, and participate in architectural decisions.