Software Developer Sr Principal

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

MBI (T2)

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Artificial Intelligence Technologies, GitHub, Java Full Stack Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Spring Boot

Certifications:

None

Experience:

10 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Software Developer Sr Principal at GDIT. You will tailor cutting-edge solutions to our clients' unique requirements, putting the end user's experience first, while we make your career growth our priority.

We are seeking a Software Developer Sr Principal to support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the Medicare Secondary Payer Systems Contractor (MSPSC) contract. Your work will help protect the integrity of the Medicare Trust Fund by maintaining the systems that identify other insurance coverage that should pay primary to Medicare, so claims are paid correctly.

How You Will Make an Impact

Architecture and Technical Leadership

• Define and own the technical architecture and design standards for the Coordination of Benefits & Recovery (COB&R) application, ensuring alignment with CMS tool and architecture guidelines.
• Lead the technical direction of large projects, providing oversight, design reviews, and code reviews for the development team.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, and patterns, and document architectural decisions and trade-offs.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions.
• Drive modernization of legacy components toward Spring Boot microservices, RESTful APIs, and cloud-ready architectures.
• Serve as the escalation point for complex technical issues and production incidents.

Development and Delivery

• Research, design, develop, and modify enterprise-wide systems and application software.
• Design, document, develop, and implement highly scalable and secure Java web applications and RESTful services.
• Partner with analysts, developers, and CMS stakeholders to enhance COB&R.
• Participate in quality assurance initiatives to ensure high product quality throughout the development life cycle.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools, such as Amazon Q Developer, to improve productivity, code quality, testing, and documentation, as encouraged by the MSPSC contract.
• Take personal accountability for individual contributions to project success.
• Participate in special projects as required.

Mentorship

• Mentor and coach less senior developers to help them meet deliverables and grow professionally.
• Promote engineering best practices, including code quality, testing, secure coding, and effective use of AI-assisted development tools.

What You'll Need to Succeed

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent education, training, or work/military experience
• 10+ years of object-oriented software development
• 10+ years developing Java web and enterprise applications (Java, web services, HTML, XML)
• 5+ years developing with Spring Boot and designing RESTful APIs
• 10+ years of SQL experience
• 5+ years of microservices development
• 3+ years in a technical lead or architect role, including design authority and team technical oversight
• Full-stack Java development experience
• Strong knowledge of Java object design and patterns, with the ability to translate them into efficient code
• Experience with Git and GitHub (branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews)
• Experience with Jira for work tracking in an Agile environment
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Amazon Q Developer
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; stays current on development tools and techniques

It would be great if you also had:

• Experience with Angular and/or Node.js
• Experience with Valkey (or Redis) for caching and data store use cases
• Strong PostgreSQL knowledge
• CI/CD pipeline experience
• Prior Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) and CMS contract experience are strongly preferable

Location: Remote

Clearance and Eligibility

• Must pass a CMS background check and meet the residency requirement of having resided in the US at least 3 of the last 5 years in order to obtain a Public Trust.
• Sponsorship will not be provided for this position.

GDIT Is Your Place

• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

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The likely salary range for this position is $129,813 - $170,200. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

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

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work:

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at

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