Senior Full Stack Developer

Senior Full Stack Developer

Iron EagleX (IEX), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics Information Technology, delivers agile IT and Intelligence solutions. Combining small-team flexibility with global scale, IEX leverages emerging technologies to provide innovative, user-focused solutions that empower organizations and end users to operate smarter, faster, and more securely in dynamic environments.

We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer to design, build, and sustain data-driven backend systems that power secure, high performance search and analytics capabilities for our customer. This position is ideal for an engineer who thrives in multidisciplinary environments. Adept at combining backend development, data engineering, systems design, and DevSecOps. You will architect and deliver services that enable rapid data discovery, intelligent search, and mission-critical insights across multiple networks and environments. You'll work within a fast-moving team of engineers and analysts dedicated to delivering reliable, scalable, and secure software that directly supports U.S. national security missions. This role is hybrid in Fayetteville, NC at Fort Bragg (3 days onsite, 2 remote).

Job duties include (but not limited to) :

• Architect and develop backend services for data ingestion, search, and retrieval across structured and unstructured data sources.
• Design APIs and microservices that enable search, indexing, and metadata operations across multiple environments.
• Engineer and maintain a unified access control layer and data models to protect and make operational and analytical data available.
• Implement DevSecOps practices, including CI / CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and continuous monitoring across classified and unclassified networks.
• Ensure system reliability and compliance with cybersecurity and accreditation requirements (RMF, NIST 800-53, etc.).
• Collaborate across functional teams, including data science, cloud, and frontend engineering, to deliver end-to-end technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, mentorship, design documentation, and engineering best practices.
• Support applied research efforts by integrating emerging AI / ML and search technologies into production-grade systems.

Required skills & experience :

Preferred qualifications :

Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role. Education & certifications : Bachelor's degree in a related field required. Security clearance : An active TS / SCI security clearance is required. Candidates without this clearance will not be considered.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

The likely salary range for this position is $153,000 - $207,000. 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 : hybrid. Work location : USA NC Fort Bragg. Additional work locations : Total rewards at GDIT : Our benefits package for all U.S.-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.