[Remote] Microservices Developer/Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. General Dynamics Information Technology is a global technology and professional services company serving various U.S. government agencies. They are seeking a Microservices Developer/Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable backend services for USPS customers, focusing on RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.

Responsibilities

• Implement input validation, error handling, idempotency, and standardized response models
• Integrate services with on-prem and AWS-hosted databases during migration phases
• Plan and execute data-access changes to support hybrid connectivity (on-prem to AWS) safely
• Optimize database interactions, including query tuning, connection pooling, and transaction boundaries
• Manage secrets and configuration using AWS-native and Kubernetes-native approaches
• Add observability: structured logging, metrics, distributed tracing, dashboards, and alerting
• Troubleshoot incidents across application, container, cluster, network, and database layers
• Improve resiliency with retries, timeouts, circuit breakers, and graceful degradation patterns
• Participate in migration planning from on-prem infrastructure and data stores to AWS
• Support release validation in staging and production, including rollback readiness
• Write and maintain unit, integration, contract, and performance tests
• Address vulnerabilities by upgrading dependencies and remediating CVEs in application libraries
• Collaborate with QA, platform, security, and architecture teams on standards and best practices
• Document APIs, operational runbooks, and service ownership responsibilities

Skills

• 8+ years of related experience
• 8+ years of experience in Java development, with at least 2 years of microservices development experience
• Ability to design, build, and maintain Spring Boot microservices using Java 21 and Java 25
• Ability to create and evolve RESTful APIs with clear contracts, versioning, and backward compatibility
• Experience with Agile development environments with tools like VersionOne (or similar platform)
• Experience with containerized services and maintain production-ready Docker images
• Experience deploying and operating services on Kubernetes with health probes, resource limits, and autoscaling
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for build, test, security scan, and deployment automation
• Experience implementing secure service-to-service and client authentication/authorization
• Experience developing production-grade microservices using Java 21 and Java 25
• Implementing clean and consistent API contracts, and ensuring secure, reliable integration with internal and external systems
• Collaborate closely with product, architecture, and QA teams to deliver high-quality releases, support deployment and validation in staging and production, and troubleshoot issues across distributed environments
• Strong problem-solving skills, clear communication, and a commitment to continuous improvement are essential for success in this role
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field from an accredited College/University is preferred
• Alternative Path: If the candidate does not possess a relevant four-year degree, an additional four years of relevant work experience will be required

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
• 401K with company match
• Competitive pay and paid time off
• Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
• Dental plan options
• A vision plan
• 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
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• A variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
• 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness
• 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
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance

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