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Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects while shaping what’s next for your engineering career.\nMEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT\nAs 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.\nWork in a unique environment and stack, offering challenging problems and interesting opportunities \nDeliver new features and improve reliability of our core services including the major read/write paths for customer intake, application screening, and information dissemination \nHelp identify system bottlenecks or flaws in business logic and work with the team to address them \nTake ownership over product problems, develop solutions you're proud of, and prove through data that they deliver impact \nWork across the stack to solve problems -- there is no reliance on another engineer or team to get something done for you \nMentor junior developers and contribute to the technical growth of the team \nCommunicate technical decisions and trade-offs effectively within your team \nWHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:\nEducation:\nBachelor’s degree in a related field. \nRequired Experience:\n4+ years of hands-on AI software development experience\nEvidence of Engineering Accomplishment:\nDemonstrated track record of delivering impactful, production ready, software solutions of varying complexity \nExperience designing and implementing components of distributed systems (multi-tier architectures) including storage layers, caching layers, and application layers \nWorking experience with microservice architectures, with exposure to high-throughput systems \nFamiliarity with system transformation patterns and ability to contribute to modernization efforts \nTechnical Excellence:\nStrong proficiency in Java \nSolid understanding of cloud engineering paradigms, asynchronous systems, and service integration patterns \nWorking knowledge of design patterns, reliability, and scaling principles \nAbility to contribute to architectural discussions and system design \nOwnership, Collaboration, & Communication:\nDemonstrated propensity for taking ownership of problems and their solutions \nQuality driven, owns their output from communication, to code, to documentation \nAbility to communicate technical concepts clearly to teammates and stakeholders \nExperience mentoring peers or junior developers \nWillingness to advocate for sound engineering practices within your team \nAdaptability & Growth:\nTrack record of learning and adapting to new technologies, frameworks, and methodologies \nDemonstrated embrace of AI and automation tools to enhance productivity and engineering outcomes \nComfort with ambiguity and willingness to venture into new problem domains \nSecurity Clearance Level\nAbility 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.\nThis position has a U.S. residency requirement. 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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:\n40Travel Required:\nLess than 10%Telecommuting Options:\nRemoteWork Location:\nAny Location / RemoteAdditional Work Locations:\nTotal Rewards at GDIT:\nOur 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. 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