Senior Software Developer - Go/Rust for Critical Missions

General Dynamics Information Technology; Maryland; On-site; USD 161,500 - 218,500; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology in United States (Maryland) seeks a Senior Software Developer with TS/SCI with Polygraph to design, build, and deploy mission-critical software for a government customer. You will own architecture, implement across the stack, and apply modern engineering practices including AI-assisted development.

You will contribute to Go, Rust, TypeScript/React as needed, and operate within containerized, GitOps-driven environments, ensuring reliability and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience designing and architecting software/systems.
• Strong Linux and shell/Bash skills, kernel-level understanding.
• Building secure, highly available distributed systems.
• Containerized software development (Docker/OCI).
• Writing automated tests, CI/CD, and infrastructure‑as‑code.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted or agentic coding tools.

Responsibilities

• Architect full end-to-end software systems and services, define structure and interfaces.
• Design, develop, and modify enterprise software across the full SDLC.
• Create architecture diagrams, design documents, and patterns for scalability.

Skills

Go

Rust

Systems Architecture

Distributed Systems

AI-Assisted Development

Shell/Bash

Education

Relevant degree or certifications

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

GitOps (Flux/Argo CD)

OCI

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology in United States (Maryland) seeks a Senior Software Developer with TS/SCI with Polygraph to design, build, and deploy mission-critical software for a government customer. You will own architecture, implement across the stack, and apply modern engineering practices including AI-assisted development.

You will contribute to Go, Rust, TypeScript/React as needed, and operate within containerized, GitOps-driven environments, ensuring reliability and