Principal Software Engineer

General Dynamics

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Work type: On-site
Location: Tampa, FL
Salary: $112,840–$143,750 / yr
Posted: 32 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $183k

This role $128k

$98k most similar roles pay here $249k

This role pays less than 83% of similar roles. Most pay $152,150–$213,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $128k versus about $183k for comparable roles.

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About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

General Dynamics currently has 1123 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $124,093–$150,385 across 984 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer

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As a Principle Software Engineer, you will join a team supporting an internet-based social media program to develop tools and applications for content creation, translation workflows, approval processes, and audience engagement tracking. You will build systems for metrics management, user interaction monitoring, and analytics while collaborating with data engineers and scientists to create web applications for managing information. Your daily work involves developing applications using Ruby on Rails or Django/Python on Linux environments, deployed within AWS ecosystems utilizing MySQL, Redshift, and Lambda functions. You will participate in the full software development lifecycle using Agile project management methodologies and tools like Jira, Confluence, and Slack. The role focuses on solving technical challenges related to data ingestion, transformation, and reporting to ensure robust, scalable systems for social media operations and content dissemination.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $197500 from 2196 postings across 133 companies.

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Skills

Python Ruby on Rails Django AWS Lambda Redshift MySQL Linux Agile SDLC Confluence Jira Slack Networking Data Engineering Cloud Engineering

What you'll do

Develop tools and applications for content creation, translation workflows, approval processes, and publication.
Build systems to manage metrics data, user comments, feedback, and social media engagement analytics.
Create web applications using Ruby on Rails or Django/Python on Linux within AWS environments.
Build and operate scalable, secure systems on AWS using MySQL and Redshift databases.
Provide Python-based support for database engineering efforts and AWS Lambda integration.
Design and refine tools to improve data ingestion, transformation, reporting, and analytics workflows.
Perform testing activities to verify software performance and compliance with functional requirements.
Provide technical recommendations and present progress updates to program stakeholders in clear formats.

What we're looking for

Must be a United States citizen.
Must have 10 or more years of related software development experience.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field is required (experience may substitute for formal education).
Active DoD Secret clearance preferred; candidates eligible to obtain a Secret clearance will be considered.
Experience with Ruby on Rails or Django/Python and Linux-based development.
Proficiency in AWS services including Lambda, EC2, S3, RDS, and Redshift.
Knowledge of MySQL or similar relational databases.
US Citizenship.

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