Senior Backend Engineer - Microservices
General Dynamics Information Technology•Washington, DC
•$136,000 - $184,000•Remote
About The Position
In this senior engineering role, you will design, build, and support scalable microservices powering critical enterprise systems. You will collaborate across product, architecture, and cloud engineering teams, ensuring high‑quality delivery within a modern, cloud‑native platform. This role offers the opportunity to apply deep technical expertise while shaping best practices and mentoring others.
Requirements
- 13+ years of experience delivering microservices architecture
- Expert‑level Java and Spring Boot proficiency
- Hands‑on experience with GCP (Cloud Run, GKE, Pub/Sub, BigQuery)
- Strong SQL and database performance tuning skills
- Experience with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and Terraform IaC
- Proven ability to produce comprehensive JUnit coverage and ensure code quality
- Conducting peer code reviews and providing actionable feedback
- Experience with agile project tools (VersionOne or similar)
- Production support experience including incident management and troubleshooting
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field. Alternative Path: If the candidate does not possess a relevant four-year degree, an additional four years of relevant work experience will be required.
Nice To Haves
- Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Microservices design patterns and advanced distributed‑systems concepts
- Experience supporting high‑traffic, large‑scale platforms
- Open‑source contributions
Responsibilities
- Architect and develop microservices using Java and Spring Boot
- Engineer solutions leveraging Google Cloud Platform (Cloud Run, GKE, Pub/Sub, BigQuery)
- Create efficient SQL queries and data pipelines for high‑availability systems
- Implement CI/CD automation using Jenkins and Infrastructure‑as‑Code with Terraform
- Develop robust unit tests with JUnit and drive continuous code quality improvements
- Lead peer code reviews and support engineering standards adoption
- Deliver production support with strong incident resolution and root‑cause analysis
- Support agile execution and ensure accurate work tracking
Benefits
- 401K with company match
- competitive pay
- paid time off
- variety of medical plan options
- dental plan options
- vision plan
- full flex work weeks
- vacation
- sick and personal time
- holidays
- paid parental leave
- military leave
- bereavement leave
- jury duty leave
- Paid Family Leave program
- short and long-term disability benefits
- life insurance
- accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- personal accident insurance
- critical illness insurance
- business travel and accident insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
