[Hiring] Software Development / Requirements Manager @General Dynamics Information Technology

Role Description

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Software Developer Principal at GDIT. Here, you’ll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in application development, you’ll make the end user’s experience your priority and we’ll make your career growth ours.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator and you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Software Developer Principal joining our team to:

• Design/develop/modernize the client's software in a highly Agile environment attending daily scrums and following Sprint Ceremonies/Best.
• Lead a team that maintains and modernizes applications in cloud environments with emphasis on scalable, secure backend services for data-driven tools.
• Build and maintain Databricks jobs/notebooks and integrations that support large-scale data ingestion, transformation, and analytics required by backend services and reporting components.
• Work on a fast-paced Angular/Java/Springboot development effort in a Cloud DevOps environment with a 100% remote Agile team.
• Design, implement, and maintain backend components and APIs that integrate, aggregate, and expose data from multiple upstream systems and data stores (e.g., relational databases, search engines, and Databricks-backed data pipelines).
• Implement and execute performance tests to identify and help remediate performance bottlenecks in databases, Databricks jobs, search engines, and microservices.
• Work within Agile/Scrum teams, using Rally to manage and update user stories and tasks throughout 3-week sprints.
• Analyze and implement user stories to meet functional and non-functional requirements accurately (performance, scalability, security, usability).
• Write clean, maintainable code with comprehensive unit tests to ensure performance, reliability, and a consistent user experience.
• Enforce unit testing and code coverage standards before commits/merges in GitLab to reduce defects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, testers, product owners, data engineers, and stakeholders) to deliver high-quality software that aligns with business and domain needs.
• Build and manage datasets to support automated, manual, and exploratory testing, including realistic scenarios involving integrated data sources.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of related experience with systems that make API calls and system integration with Databricks in an Agile development team.
• Familiar with Databricks jobs/notebooks and integrations that support large-scale data ingestion, transformation, and analytics required by backend services and reporting components.
• Ability to lead, communicate and troubleshoot with a team that works 100% remotely.

Requirements

• Experience managing developers/systems that have integration points with Databricks for data processing, transformation, and analytics, including developing and maintaining data pipelines/notebooks that integrate with backend services and downstream data stores.
• Strong experience in managing developers performing back-end development services and implementing capabilities to support web applications using microservices.
• Familiarity with Java/J2EE (Java 19 or higher preferred) and related work experience.
• Experience with systems that integrate and aggregate data from multiple sources using Databricks to support analytical or examination workflows.
• Experience with performance tracking, workflow, or analytics systems that rely on integrating data from multiple enterprise sources.
• Experience in requirements gathering and direct interaction with high level program stakeholders.
• Familiarity and exposure to Java REST APIs / Microservices and Angular 19+.
• Typescript, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript, PrimeNG, RxJS.
• ECS (building Docker images and deploying them in a cluster).
• ECR (Docker image repository).
• + years of AWS experience and knowledge of Terraform and GitLab pipeline configuration.
• Building and coding backend applications and/or models using Spring/Spring Boot framework.

Benefits

• 401K with company match.
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages.
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from.
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.