Full Stack Engineer Principal

General Dynamics Information Technology • Gaithersburg, MD

2d • $127,500 - $172,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Full Stack Engineer Principal to join the FDA team to design, develop, and maintain scalable, enterprise-level software solutions. As a hands-on developer, you will collaborate within cross-functional teams to deliver optimized solutions adhering to best practices and standards. This role is hybrid with 2-3 days onsite.

Requirements

• Bachelors and 8+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining high-quality enterprise solutions in agile environments.
• Backend Frameworks/Languages: Java (8–21), J2EE, Spring Boot, Hibernate, JPA, JDBC, Multithreading, Microservices Architecture.
• Frontend Frameworks: Angular, JSF, JSP, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, TypeScript.
• Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, EKS).
• Databases: Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB.
• Version Control: Git, Bitbucket.
• DevOps Tools: Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Oracle ADF, Struts (1.x/2.x), or equivalent legacy technologies and modernization processes.
• Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies such as Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Test-Driven Development (TDD), and Continuous Integration/Delivery practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade applications using Spring Boot, Angular, and AWS Cloud Services.
• Build and secure RESTful APIs for seamless system integration and implement robust authentication using OAuth2/OIDC (Auth0) or similar security frameworks.
• Migrate legacy systems to modern microservices-based architecture, ensuring high scalability, security, and performance.
• Implement and optimize cloud-native solutions on AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, EKS).
• Deploy applications with containerization tools like Docker and manage them through Kubernetes.
• Strengthen CI/CD pipelines with tools like Jenkins, static code analysis tools (e.g., SonarQube, Fortify), and Git repositories.
• Build reusable, self-contained, and testable Angular components and services integrated with secure Spring Boot APIs.
• Develop dynamic UIs that follow best practices for responsiveness and usability using JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS3, and HTML5.
• Implement robust, high-performance backends using Spring Boot, Hibernate JPA, JDBC, and Spring MVC.
• Design optimized SQL schemas and queries for Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL databases supporting multi-database transactions.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.
• We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level