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Salary
$162k – $219k per year
Location
In office (Annapolis Junction)
Seniority
Staff · 8+ years exp
Visa
H-1B filings in 12 months: 21 · for this role: 13 · green card filings: 4
Employment
Full-Time

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 18, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 2, 2026. General Dynamics Information Technology scores A on the Alion truth index.

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General Dynamics Information Technology, known as GDIT, is the technology services division of the defence contractor General Dynamics and one of the largest suppliers of IT to the United States federal government. It designs, builds and operates networks, cloud environments, cybersecurity and mission applications for defence, intelligence, homeland security and civilian agencies, work that requires a very large security-cleared workforce. The division roughly doubled in scale through the 2018 acquisition of CSRA, and has since concentrated on cloud migration, zero trust architecture and applying artificial intelligence inside accredited government environments.

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Agile Software Development, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface Development

Certifications:

None

Experience:

8 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

FRONT END ENGINEER PRINCIPAL

GDIT is seeking an experienced Frontend Developer to join our team of building scalable, maintainable and high-performance UI applications using a microservices architecture. As a Frontend Developer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing application frontend framework and technologies, with a focus on building modular, loosely coupled components that integrate with our backend microservices. You will work closely with our development team to build reusable UI components, optimize UI performance and ensure accessibility.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

  • Experience with version control systems like Git (GitHub, GitLab, Etc)
  • Building and consuming RESTful APIs and integrating them with UI components
  • Strong understanding of UI performance optimization techniques, such as code splitting, lazy loading, and caching
  • Hands on experience with frontend frameworks such as Angular, and proficiency in building reusable UI components
  • Familiarity with UI development tools such as Angular, HTML, Material, and CSS preprocessors like Sass
  • Agile development methodologies
  • Designing and implementing UI components that interact with backend services

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Bring your engineering expertise along with a drive for innovation to GDIT. The Front End Engineer Principal must have:

  • Education: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
  • Experience: 8+ years of related experience
  • Technical skills:
  • Strong understanding of UI design principles, human-computer interaction and user experience (UX) best practices
  • Experience with JavaScript and TypeScript, with a focus on building responsive and interactive UI components
  • Experience with Utilizing CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience with UI testing frameworks
  • Familiarity with UI design systems and style guides, such as Material UI or Bootstrap
  • Experience with building and maintaining complex, data-driven UI components
  • Knowledge of accessibility guidelines and best practices for guiding accessible UI components
  • Familiarity with design tools such as Sketch, Figma, or Adobe XD
  • Experience working on large scale complex UID codebase
  • Experience with other frontend Frameworks such as React or Vue.js
  • Familiarity with backend technologies such as Java, Python or Node.js
  • Security clearance level: Must be able to obtain TS/SCI with Polygraph
  • US citizenship required 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, and competitive pay and paid time off
  • 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.
The likely salary range for this position is $161,500 - $218,500. 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:

Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA MD Annapolis Junction

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. 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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