Senior Software Back End Engineer

gdit; United States; Remote; USD 122,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote position

40-hour workweek

0-10% business travel

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement with employer match

Paid leave

Holidays

Family leave

Job summary

GDIT is seeking a senior software engineer to build and improve backend services handling customer intake, application screening, and information delivery. You will work across service layers to deliver features, strengthen reliability, investigate system behavior, and shape technical decisions.

You will mentor less experienced engineers and demonstrate impact with data. The role emphasizes delivering production software, contributing to modernization efforts, and collaborating across teams in a

Qualifications

• Five years of related software engineering experience.
• Experience delivering production software in distributed, multi-tier systems.
• Familiarity with microservices and high-throughput systems.
• Proficiency in Java or Python and knowledge of cloud systems, asynchronous processing, and service integration.
• Understanding of design patterns, reliability, scaling, and system design.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain core service features, including major read and write workflows.
• Investigate performance bottlenecks and business logic issues and collaborate on solutions.
• Take product problems from investigation through implementation and assess impact of changes.
• Contribute across the stack and communicate design choices clearly.
• Mentor teammates and promote sound engineering practices.

Skills

Java

Python

Distributed systems

Asynchronous processing

Cloud systems

Service integration

Tools

Microservices

Caching

Storage

Job description

Role overview

Build and improve backend services that handle customer intake, application screening, and information delivery. You’ll work across service layers to deliver features, strengthen reliability, investigate system behavior, and help shape technical decisions. The role also includes mentoring less experienced engineers and demonstrating the impact of improvements with data.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain core service features, including major read and write workflows.
• Investigate performance bottlenecks and business logic issues, then work with the team on solutions.
• Take product problems from investigation through implementation and assess whether changes improve outcomes.
• Contribute across the stack, communicating design choices and trade-offs clearly.
• Support teammates’ technical growth through mentoring and sound engineering practices.

Requirements

• At least five years of related software engineering experience.
• Experience delivering production software and designing components of distributed, multi-tier systems, including storage, caching, and application layers.
• Familiarity with microservices and high-throughput systems, and the ability to contribute to modernization efforts.
• Proficiency in a modern programming language such as Java or Python, with knowledge of cloud systems, asynchronous processing, and service integration.
• Understanding of design patterns, reliability, scaling, and system design; able to communicate technical concepts and take ownership of work.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust 6C clearance.

Benefits and work setup

Remote position with a 40-hour workweek and approximately 0-10% business travel. The listed salary range is $122,275-$165,431, with final compensation dependent on experience, location, and contract requirements. U.S.-based benefits include medical, dental, vision, retirement savings with employer match, paid leave, holidays, and family leave.