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Principal Software Engineer- HYBRID

General Dynamics Information Technology

$178,500 - $241,500
Dec 17, 2025
Washington, DC, US
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GDIT is looking to solve mission-critical government projects by providing services that help the government ensure the well being of U.S. citizens

Requirements

  • Expert-level proficiency in at least one modern programming language (Java, Python, or similar)
  • Expert-level proficiency in cloud engineering paradigms, especially high-scale asynchronous systems and secure service integration patterns
  • Deep understanding of design patterns, reliability, and scaling principles
  • Strong architectural and system design capabilities
  • Experience with microservice architectures, especially in high-throughput and low-latency systems
  • Verifiable experience with system transformations (e.g., applying strangler patterns to evolve monoliths to microservices)
  • Experience with complex systems migrations involving multiple phases (dark reads, dark writes, light reads, light writes)

Responsibilities

  • Deliver new features and improve reliability of our core services including the major read/write paths for customer intake, application screening, and information dissemination
  • Identify major system bottlenecks or flaws in business logic, and proactively address them
  • Take ownership over core product problems, develop solutions you're proud of, and prove through data that they deliver impact at scale
  • Work across the stack to solve problems
  • Lead a team of Developers to engineer and develop software to solve complex user problems
  • Conduct technical demos and rapid prototyping to validate concepts and accelerate solution adoption with stakeholders
  • Build and maintain strong client relationships with customer and internal leadership and technical teams

Other

  • Education: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree
  • Experience: 10+ years of related experience
  • US citizenship required
  • Role requirements: Position is Hybrid but candidate must be located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area (DC/MD/VA) with ability to be onsite at customer site in Washington, DC on a regular and recurring basis
  • Travel Required: 10-25%