Software Development Manager – IC

General Dynamics Information Technology

. Lead and mentor developers, QA engineers, automation engineers, and technical resources across the platform .

Posted 5/23/2026full-timeVirginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $136,000 - $184,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaJavaScriptSDLCSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and mentor developers, QA engineers, automation engineers, and technical resources across the platform
Coordinate development activities across internal teams and vendor resources
Promote accountability, collaboration, technical quality, and operational awareness across the team
Support resource planning, prioritization, and sprint delivery activities
Work closely with the Scrum Master to support Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of enterprise web applications and workflow solutions
Support scalable, maintainable, and secure application architecture and coding standards
Collaborate with Infrastructure and Operations teams to troubleshoot production issues and support system stability
Support CI/CD improvements, automation initiatives, and application modernization efforts
Coordinate release activities and ensure deployments align with operational and security requirements
Support root cause analysis and remediation activities for production incidents
Provide hands-on technical leadership across application development and system integrations
Support API integrations, backend services, document processing workflows, and platform enhancements
Work with QA and automation teams to improve regression testing and deployment reliability
Support monitoring, logging, and application performance improvement initiatives
Ensure development activities align with federal security and compliance requirements
Promote continuous improvement across development processes, Agile delivery, documentation, and operational readiness
Track technical risks, dependencies, and delivery progress while communicating status to leadership
Support development standards, code reviews, testing practices, and release management activities
Ensure deliverables meet customer expectations, operational requirements, and quality standards.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelors Degree and 10+ years of experience in application and/or system development
5+ years’ experience managing technical teams including developers, architects, and test/QA engineers in an Agile environment
Expertise in programming languages such as Java, JavaScript frameworks, SQL, Rest APIs and CI/CD technologies
Demonstrated experience enforcing development quality standards, including code reviews, definition of done (DoD), and readiness gates prior to QA handoff
Strong experience leading Agile software development efforts in large enterprise or federal environments
Experience supporting mission-critical applications with high availability requirements
Strong understanding of SDLC processes, CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps practices, and enterprise application architecture
Experience working across Development, Infrastructure, Security, Operations, and PMO teams
Demonstrated ability to challenge incomplete or ambiguous requirements and drive clarity before development begins.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaJavaScript frameworksSQLRest APIsCI/CDAgileSDLCDevSecOpsapplication architectureregression testing

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcollaborationaccountabilitycommunicationproblem-solvingprioritizationcontinuous improvementtechnical qualityoperational awareness