Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, Cloud and Microservices

General Dynamics IT; United States; Remote; USD 122,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics IT is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join a remote, US-based team. You will own and deliver production-ready software, tackle core service read/write paths, and contribute to system reliability and performance improvements across the stack.

You’ll mentor peers, drive architectural decisions, and collaborate on modernization efforts while embracing AI and automation to boost productivity. This role requires US citizenship and the ability to obtain Public Trust 6C.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Work in a unique environment and stack, offering challenging problems and interesting opportunities.
• Deliver new features and improve reliability of our core services including the major read/write paths for customer intake, application screening, and information dissemination.
• Help identify system bottlenecks or flaws in business logic and work with the team to address them.
• Take ownership over product problems, develop solutions you’re proud of, and prove through data that they deliver impact.
• Work across the stack to solve problems -- there is no reliance on another engineer or team to get something done for you.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to the technical growth of the team.
• Communicate technical decisions and trade-offs effectively within your team.

Skills

AWS

Cloud Computing

Software Solutions

Job description

General Dynamics IT is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join a remote, US-based team. You will own and deliver production-ready software, tackle core service read/write paths, and contribute to system reliability and performance improvements across the stack.

You’ll mentor peers, drive architectural decisions, and collaborate on modernization efforts while embracing AI and automation to boost productivity. This role requires US citizenship and the ability to obtain Public Trust 6C.