Top Software Engineer Jobs in Baton Rouge, LA

Develop coding tasks and reference solutions for evaluating AI systems. Build deterministic verifiers, test suites, scalable backend services, and APIs. Debug complex defects, assess code quality, refactor legacy implementations, optimize performance, and evaluate AI-generated technical reasoning. Document requirements and verification criteria while independently applying software engineering judgment across algorithms, system design, testing, and reliability.

Evaluates AI-generated software for correctness, quality, efficiency, security, and maintainability. Designs programming challenges, reference solutions, test cases, and evaluation criteria. Reviews technical reasoning related to debugging, architecture, and system design, then provides structured feedback and documentation. The role requires strong programming fundamentals, software testing and code review experience, analytical problem-solving ability, and clear technical communication.

Own the architecture and delivery of major backend services and long-term engineering initiatives. Design scalable, dependable transaction-heavy systems, write technical proposals, assess business impact, and collaborate with product teams. Use and validate AI coding tools, coach engineers, and contribute to the technical roadmap. The role requires expertise in Node.js, TypeScript, distributed systems, and message brokers, with remote work from the US or Canada.

Provides technical leadership for Azure SQL databases supporting a highly available Azure service. Responsibilities include database performance tuning, reliability and capacity planning, schema changes, data migrations, observability, incident response, root cause analysis, operational automation, and technical strategy. The role partners with software engineers, SREs, and architects to improve scalability, durability, cost efficiency, and long-term service reliability across teams.

Lead architecture and roadmap for Azure PostgreSQL systems; design and review scalable, maintainable database engine features (query processing, storage, transaction logging, recovery, versioning, IO, scale-out). Influence coding standards and run code reviews, write proof-of-concept or production code, contribute to open-source PostgreSQL/Linux, and participate in rotational on-call operations.

Leads architecture and development of scalable, dependable platform features from concept through release. Creates technical design proposals, evaluates business impacts, uses and validates AI-assisted code, coaches engineers, contributes to technical roadmaps, and partners with product teams to align engineering work with business needs.

Design, develop, and improve scalable software for an investment platform. Lead software development across the lifecycle, mentor junior engineers, solve complex technical problems, maintain code quality through testing and reviews, and recommend technology enhancements. The role is remote in the USA with four in-person retreats annually.

Build and operate a stablecoin payment rail for merchant checkout, subscriptions, refunds, reconciliation, and onchain settlement. Deliver full-stack features across Go services and React/Next.js interfaces, including APIs, protobufs, database migrations, wallet connectivity, and durable Temporal workflows. Improve accessibility, conversion, performance, and observability through logs, metrics, and traces. Participate in on-call rotations and collaborate cross-functionally to integrate Payment Acceptance into Coinbase’s developer platform.

Leads the design, development, and delivery of complex software systems. Drives architectural decisions and technical strategy, mentors engineers, conducts code reviews, partners with product stakeholders, and improves system performance, scalability, security, and compliance. Owns technical initiatives from design through delivery while maintaining high engineering standards.

Lead the Compute Runtime team in building and operating Netflix’s large-scale cloud compute platform. Own Kubernetes data plane software, container runtime capabilities, container execution, and compute-node operating systems. Drive scalable, reliable, and efficient platform architecture, adoption, operational excellence, incident response, and cross-functional technical leadership. Guide technology strategy, evaluate emerging architectures and services, and contribute to open-source innovation.

Modernize legacy .NET and C# systems by reducing technical debt, refactoring monoliths into microservices, and re-platforming applications onto AWS cloud-native architectures. Build APIs, containerized services, infrastructure as code, and modern data migration workflows. Apply AI-assisted development tools for code analysis, refactoring, testing, and documentation while promoting simplicity, observability, scalability, and sound engineering standards.

Design, build, and maintain software applications; collaborate with engineers, analysts, and stakeholders; resolve bugs and production issues; write scalable, testable code; perform testing and debugging; produce technical documentation; mentor peers; participate in on-call rotation; leverage the team's data ecosystem to inform application design and improvements.

Build and scale full-stack financial product experiences for OnePay’s employer benefits platform. Lead technical design, establish architectural and coding standards, optimize systems for reliability, security, performance, and scalability, and make technical decisions balancing rapid delivery with sustainable solutions. Collaborate with product, design, and operations to deliver features across web, iOS, and Android using distributed systems, APIs, and modern frontend technologies.

Lead the architecture and delivery of TeamSnap’s Android advertising platform, including native, display, and video ad experiences. Build privacy-conscious consent and measurement capabilities, optimize performance, shape Kotlin and Jetpack Compose architecture, and lead cross-team technical initiatives. Partner with advertising, product, design, legal, and data teams while mentoring engineers and establishing Android standards.

Lead technical direction and major multi-team projects for Chainguard Containers. Design and operate secure container build pipelines, registries, distribution systems, and adoption tooling. Remain hands-on with Go development, architecture, code review, observability, and on-call operations. Form roadmaps with product and engineering leaders, make product-level trade-offs, mentor senior engineers, collaborate across teams, contribute to open-source and industry standards, and establish safe AI-assisted engineering practices.

Design and implement backend services, modernize legacy systems into microservices, ensure strong testing and production observability, and collaborate with Product and Engineering teams. The role requires independent project ownership, strong system design, AI-assisted development using tools such as Claude or Cursor, effective communication with nontechnical stakeholders, and adaptability in an ambiguous, fast-changing environment.

Build and lead data catalog infrastructure supporting data discovery, metadata management, governance, quality, lineage, privacy, access control, and retention. Develop scalable metadata integrations, onboarding tools, data policies, and end-to-end lineage products across online, offline, machine learning, metrics, visualization, and third-party datasets. Collaborate with cross-functional infrastructure teams to ensure Airbnb data assets are cataloged, discoverable, governed, and compliant with regulatory requirements.

Performs functional, regression, integration, API, exploratory, and autonomous testing for government software systems. Validates AI-generated test cases and execution results, investigates failures, identifies defects and coverage gaps, documents traceability, verifies fixes, and collaborates with developers and stakeholders. The role also follows Agile testing standards, established automation frameworks, and government security and access-control requirements.

Leads architecture, implementation, testing, and delivery of major customer-facing software systems spanning multiple teams. Makes complex technical decisions, drives code and design reviews, ensures quality and integration, collaborates with product and UX, mentors engineers, and shapes company-wide technical direction. Builds scalable distributed systems, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and third-party integrations while simplifying ambiguous problems and delivering reliable customer experiences.

Lead the architecture, implementation, testing, and delivery of scalable customer-facing software systems spanning multiple teams. Make technical decisions, drive design and code reviews, integrate third-party SaaS platforms, improve system quality and performance, collaborate with product and UX teams, mentor engineers, and shape company-wide technical objectives.

Design, build, test, and deliver complex customer-facing software features and services for Slate’s digital platform. Own technical approaches, quality, APIs, cloud-based web services, integrations, and trade-off decisions. Collaborate with product and UX teams, conduct code and design reviews, identify risks, coordinate work, and mentor teammates while delivering reliable, scalable solutions.

Lead the architecture and development of Green Dot’s cloud-native Banking as a Service platform. Design scalable APIs, microservices, event-driven systems, and integrations; guide CI/CD, testing, observability, security, and compliance practices; lead incident response and architectural decisions; reduce technical debt; mentor engineers; and partner with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable banking and payment solutions.

Develop and deploy responsive full-stack web applications from design through production. Translate product requirements into high-quality software, maintain pixel-perfect design standards, collaborate with product, design, and QA, and help guide technology strategy. The role acts as a technical lead on product initiatives and reports to the CTO, with a focus on AI-native development and secure fintech workflows.

Build and maintain full-stack features for Vanta’s third-party risk management products, including vendor onboarding, lifecycle management, monitoring workflows, data models, and platform abstractions. Write tested code, participate in reviews and architecture decisions, and collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver customer-facing functionality. Experience with TypeScript, React or Node.js, web applications, databases, and REST or GraphQL APIs is expected.

Design and develop scalable enterprise software for the Lending team. Build backend systems using .NET, Python, relational and NoSQL databases, messaging systems, Docker, and AWS. Plan, triage, and prioritize work while applying object-oriented programming, SOLID principles, domain-driven design, distributed systems, and event-driven architecture practices.