Senior Backend Engineer: Java Microservices on GCP (Remote)

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.; Georgia; Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and support scalable microservices powering enterprise systems.

You will work with product, architecture, and cloud engineering teams to ensure high‑quality delivery in a cloud‑native platform. You’ll lead development with Java and Spring Boot on GCP, implement CI/CD with Jenkins and Terraform, write robust unit tests, conduct peer reviews, and guide agile execution while maintaining production

Qualifications

• 13+ years of experience delivering microservices architecture.
• Expert‑level Java and Spring Boot proficiency.
• Hands‑on experience with GCP (Cloud Run, GKE, Pub/Sub, BigQuery).
• Strong SQL and database performance tuning skills.
• Experience with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and Terraform IaC.
• Proven ability to produce comprehensive JUnit coverage and ensure code quality.
• Conducting peer code reviews and providing actionable feedback.
• Experience with agile project tools (VersionOne or similar).
• Production support experience including incident management and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop microservices powering critical enterprise systems.
• Engineer solutions leveraging Google Cloud Platform services.
• Create efficient SQL queries and data pipelines for high‑availability systems.
• Implement CI/CD automation using Jenkins and Terraform IaC.
• Develop robust unit tests with JUnit and drive code quality improvements.
• Lead peer code reviews and promote engineering standards adoption.
• Deliver production support with incident resolution and root‑cause analysis.
• Support agile execution and accurate work tracking.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

GCP

SQL

Jenkins

Terraform IaC

JUnit

Code reviews

Agile

VersionOne

Incident management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Information Systems

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GKE

BigQuery

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and support scalable microservices powering enterprise systems.

You will work with product, architecture, and cloud engineering teams to ensure high‑quality delivery in a cloud‑native platform. You’ll lead development with Java and Spring Boot on GCP, implement CI/CD with Jenkins and Terraform, write robust unit tests, conduct peer reviews, and guide agile execution while maintaining production