Principal Software Engineer – AI, Software Factory Engineering

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💵 $113.9k - $154.1k / year

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General Dynamics Information Technology

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1954

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

General Dynamics Information Technology is a company at the forefront of technological innovation, offering a wide range of services including consulting, digital modernization, and application services. The company is heavily involved in implementing solutions related to artificial intelligence, cloud computing, cybersecurity, high-performance computing, and quantum technologies. GDIT is committed to supporting government and defense sectors, providing mission-critical services such as logistics and supply chain management, intelligence, and homeland security. The company also focuses on diverse and inclusive hiring practices and actively promotes employee well-being. Through its digital accelerator solutions and pioneering use of emerging technologies, GDIT aims to propel agencies' missions forward and address complex technological challenges.

📋 Description

• Build platform products, tooling, automation, and AI capabilities for engineering teams • Write production code daily on a small, senior team • Deliver software factories, security automation, and AI-enabled development environments for Department of War and Federal customers • Work across multiple concurrent R&D and customer delivery efforts • Optionally participate in proposals and customer demos • Build agentic AI capabilities, including tool orchestration, LLM applications, and workflow automation • Develop automation for continuous Authority to Operate, including evidence collection, compliance reporting, and policy-as-code enforcement • Build secure-by-default CI/CD pipeline products with hardening templates, security scanning, SBOM, signing, provenance, and attestation controls • Extend the platform with developer onboarding automation, reusable deployment patterns, and AI development tools • Support air-gapped environments • Ship to and support production on hardened Kubernetes in CUI/IL5 environments • Support proposals, RFI responses, or customer engagements as a technical SME

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience, or 12+ years of hands-on experience in lieu of degree • 5+ years of related experience in Software Engineering and DevOps/DevSecOps technologies • 3+ years of hands-on Kubernetes experience • Strong development skills in Python, Go, or similar • Daily use of AI-powered development tools, code assistants, or LLM-based tooling • CI/CD pipeline development; GitLab CI strongly preferred, with Jenkins or GitHub Actions accepted • Security scanning integration in automated pipelines, including SAST, DAST, SCA, and container scanning • Containerization experience with Docker, Helm, and OCI artifacts • Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform and/or Ansible • Git-based workflows, GitOps deployment patterns, and solid Linux fundamentals • Experience working in or deploying to classified or air-gapped environments • Strong written and verbal communication and comfort managing multiple projects with shifting priorities • No clearance required to start, with ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance • US Citizenship required • Ability to travel up to 10% • Preferred: agentic AI frameworks or LLM APIs, Platform One/Big Bang, Iron Bank, DoW security frameworks, software supply chain security, AI/ML infrastructure, CKAD certification, and technical SME customer engagements

🏖️ Benefits

• AI-powered career tool identifying career steps and learning opportunities • Internal mobility team focused on career goals • Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages • 401(k) with company match • Competitive pay • Paid time off • Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts • Dental plan options • Vision plan options • Ability to contribute pre-tax and post-tax to 401(k) up to IRS annual limits • Full flex work weeks where possible • Vacation, sick, personal, holiday, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave • Typically 15 days of paid leave per calendar year • 10 paid holidays per year • Paid Family Leave of up to 160 hours in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees • Short- and long-term disability benefits • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment insurance • Personal accident insurance • Critical illness insurance • Business travel and accident insurance • Remote work