Junior Python Developer

General Dynamics

36d•$64,230 - $65,550•Remote

About The Position

GDIT is hiring a Junior Python Developer! Join GDIT where your work will improve outcomes for our Veterans. You will support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with a Veteran first vision to transform the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) with greater visibility into claims processing. Together, we're building a future of fast, transparent claims, empowered teams, and striving for a zero backlog, directly supporting Veterans and making a real impact on the lives of those who served. This high-impact solution accelerates the delivery of benefits to Veterans and their families. You'll work as part of a collaborative, agile team using Python and modern AWS services to build microservices, data pipelines, and automation tools that power one of the most meaningful missions in government IT. Work visa sponsorship will not be provided for this position.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
Basic knowledge of Python programming and understanding of its ecosystem and libraries
Familiarity with Git or other version control systems
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Basic knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC )best practices
Willingness to learn and grow in a collaborative team setting
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance

Nice To Haves

Understanding of REST APIs and JSON
Experience with Fast API, Flask, or Django frameworks.
Understanding of Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Knowledge of SQL or NoSQL databases
Basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines
Experience with tools like Postman or Swagger for API testing
Familiarity with Agile development practices (Scrum, Kanban)

Responsibilities

Assist with development and integration of backend services using Python
Collaborate with senior developers to implement, test, and maintain APIs and other integration solutions.
Write clean, efficient, and reusable Python code, adhering to industry best practices.
Help build automated tests and internal tools
Participate in code reviews, debugging, testing and documentation
Contribute to improving integration workflow and services.

Benefits

Career Development: Access to training, mentorship, and certification programs.
Tech-Forward: Work with cloud-native architectures and modern DevSecOps pipelines.
Flexible Work: Remote-friendly and supportive of work-life balance.
Comprehensive Benefits: Competitive salary, healthcare, 401(k), and paid time off.
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year.
Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire.
The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.