Description
Transform technology into opportunity as a Software Engineer Senior at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.
As a Software Engineer Senior, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of the Intelligence Community. You will play a crucial role in developing and operating mission critical capabilities directly impacting national security.
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop event-driven applications using message queues and streaming platforms (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, or similar) to orchestrate distributed AI/ML workflows
- Build containerized microservices in Python with experience deploying to Kubernetes environments, including writing Dockerfiles, managing dependencies, and optimizing container images
- Develop integrations with cloud services for storage, compute orchestration, and serverless functions (experience with AWS S3, Lambda, Step Functions, or equivalent services in GCP/Azure)
- Implement dynamic workflow orchestration and state management for multi-step AI/ML pipelines, coordinating execution across multiple containerized services
- Work with relational and NoSQL data stores including query optimization, schema design, and connection pooling (Postgres, Opensearch, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, or similar)
- Build and maintain RESTful APIs and/or gRPC services for internal and external integrations, including proper error handling, authentication, and rate limiting
- Write production-quality Python code following best practices including testing (unit, integration, e2e), logging, error handling, and performance optimization
- Debug and troubleshoot distributed systems in production Kubernetes environments, using observability tools to trace requests across services and identify bottlenecks
- Collaborate with platform engineers on application deployment strategies, resource requirements, health checks, and scaling configurations
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and structured logging within applications to support operational visibility and rapid incident response
Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
- Experience: 5+ years of related experience
- Technical skills: Demonstratable relevant technical experience
- Security clearance level: TS/SCI with Polygraph
- US citizenship required
- Role requirements: Ability to work collaboratively with Agile/Scrum delivery teams in hybrid environments
Benefits:
- Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
- Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
- Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
- Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace