Software Developer Sr Principal
Clearance Level
None
Category
Software Engineering
Location
Remote, Working from the USA
Key Skills For Success
Artificial Intelligence Technologies
GitHub
Java Full Stack Development
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Spring Boot
REQ#: RQ230403
Public Trust: MBI (T2)
Requisition Type: Regular
Your Impact:
Own your opportunity to be on the frontlines of health innovation. Deliver for America’s health agency missions and enhance lives for hundreds of millions every day.
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
#GDITFedHealthJobs
Work Requirements
Years of Experience
10 + years of related experience
- may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree
Certification
Travel Required
None
Salary and Benefit Information
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.
Our Identity Verification Process
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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.
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