Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, Scalable Systems

General Dynamics Information Technology; Fairfax (VA); Remote; USD 122,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex work weeks

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a Senior Software Back End Engineer to deliver features and improve reliability for core services that power customer intake, screening, and information dissemination. You will own problems, design scalable components, and mentor junior developers while collaborating across the stack.

The role emphasizes modernization, high-throughput systems, and clear communication of architectural trade-offs within a distributed environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related experience.
• Experience designing components of distributed systems (multi-tier architectures) including storage, caching, and application layers.
• Working experience with microservice architectures, with exposure to high-throughput systems.
• Familiarity with system transformation patterns and modernization efforts.

Responsibilities

• Deliver new features and improve reliability of core services, including major read/write paths for customer intake, application screening, and information dissemination.
• Identify bottlenecks or flaws in business logic and work with the team to address them.
• Take ownership over product problems and prove through data that solutions deliver impact.
• Work across the stack to solve problems with no undue reliance on other teams.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to the team's technical growth.
• Communicate technical decisions and trade-offs effectively within the team.

Skills

Java

Python

Microservices

Distributed systems

Cloud engineering

System design

Mentoring peers

Ownership

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a Senior Software Back End Engineer to deliver features and improve reliability for core services that power customer intake, screening, and information dissemination. You will own problems, design scalable components, and mentor junior developers while collaborating across the stack.

The role emphasizes modernization, high-throughput systems, and clear communication of architectural trade-offs within a distributed environment.