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Senior Software Engineer (AI & Automation)

General Dynamics Information Technology

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Compensation
$128–173K/yr
Location
Remote · US
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Public Trust clearance, requiredBachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Senior Software Engineer (AI & Automation) will apply agentic AI to the software development lifecycle for mission-critical USPS projects. The role delivers features and improves core services, identifies system bottlenecks, and works across the stack to solve product problems. The engineer also mentors junior developers, communicates technical decisions, and contributes to the technical growth of the team.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Artificial Intelligence, nice to haveComplex Systems, nice to haveLearning New Technologies, nice to haveAI Software Development, requiredProduction Software Delivery, nice to haveDistributed Systems, nice to haveMicroservices, nice to haveSystem Modernization, nice to haveJava, requiredCloud Engineering, nice to haveAsynchronous Systems, nice to haveService Integration, nice to haveDesign Patterns, nice to haveReliability Engineering, nice to haveScaling Principles, nice to haveSystem Design, nice to haveProblem Ownership, nice to haveCommunication, nice to haveMentoring, nice to haveEngineering Advocacy, nice to haveAdaptability, nice to haveAI Automation Tools, nice to haveComfort With Ambiguity, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Related Field, required8+ Years AI Software Development Experience, requiredPublic Trust Clearance, requiredU.S. Residency Requirement, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Req ID: RQ232185

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Public Trust/Other Required: Other

Job Family: Software Engineering

Skills:

Artificial Intelligence (AI),Complex Systems,Learning New Technologies

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

Job Description:

Transform technology into opportunity as a Senior Software Engineer (AI & Automation) at GDIT. Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Senior Software Engineer (AI & Automation) , the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of the United States Postal Service through the application of agentic AI to the software development lifecycle.

  • Work in a unique environment and stack, offering challenging problems and interesting opportunities

  • Deliver new features and improve reliability of our core services including the major read/write paths for customer intake, application screening, and information dissemination

  • Help identify system bottlenecks or flaws in business logic and work with the team to address them

  • Take ownership over product problems, develop solutions you're proud of, and prove through data that they deliver impact

  • Work across the stack to solve problems -- there is no reliance on another engineer or team to get something done for you

  • Mentor junior developers and contribute to the technical growth of the team

  • Communicate technical decisions and trade-offs effectively within your team

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

Education :

  • Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Required Experience :

  • 8+ years of hands-on AI software development experience

Evidence of Engineering Accomplishment :

  • Demonstrated track record of delivering impactful, production ready, software solutions of varying complexity

  • Experience designing and implementing components of distributed systems (multi-tier architectures) including storage layers, caching layers, and application layers

  • Working experience with microservice architectures, with exposure to high-throughput systems

  • Familiarity with system transformation patterns and ability to contribute to modernization efforts

Technical Excellence :

  • Strong proficiency in Java

  • Solid understanding of cloud engineering paradigms, asynchronous systems, and service integration patterns

  • Working knowledge of design patterns, reliability, and scaling principles

  • Ability to contribute to architectural discussions and system design

Ownership,   Collaboration,   & Communication :

  • Demonstrated propensity for taking ownership of problems and their solutions

  • Quality driven, owns their output from communication, to code, to documentation

  • Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to teammates and stakeholders

  • Experience mentoring peers or junior developers

  • Willingness to advocate for sound engineering practices within your team

Adaptability & Growth :

  • Track record of learning and adapting to new technologies, frameworks, and methodologies

  • Demonstrated embrace of AI and automation tools to enhance productivity and engineering outcomes

  • Comfort with ambiguity and willingness to venture into new problem domains

Security Clearance Level

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting .

  • This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.

Location

  • Remote

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

  • Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

  • Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

  • Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, competitive pay and paid time off

  • Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home

  • Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore a career in software development at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your dedication to advancing innovation.

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The likely salary range for this position is $128,039 - $173,229. 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.

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 https://gdit.com/tc.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

How this job compares

Set against the 39,673 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$128–173K/yr
  • Virginia median$125–201K/yr1,627 salary ranges
  • US median$133–217K/yr31,689 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $151K, is 9% below the Virginia median midpoint ($166K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,914 open Software Engineer jobs in Virginia and 39,673 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 32,700 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 12,375 of the 39,673 open Software Engineer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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