Top Software Engineer Jobs in Birmingham, AL

Join as the founding full-stack engineer to extend a TypeScript React/Next.js prototype, design product features, integrate AI/OCR, write tests and infrastructure, talk to users, and iterate quickly to drive growth.

Principal Software Engineer responsible for operating and improving business-critical data pipelines and infrastructure. Duties include developing monitoring, alerting, logging, CI/CD workflows, scalable data integrations, automated testing, deployment automation, and production support. The role troubleshoots workflow failures, data-quality issues, performance bottlenecks, and infrastructure incidents while collaborating with data engineers, platform engineers, and architects. Preferred experience includes Databricks, Spark, AWS, Terraform, Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, observability, identity management, and enterprise data platform governance.

Build and maintain secure, scalable backend systems for Mindbody products. Design microservices, write tested and maintainable code, monitor applications, participate in reviews, and collaborate with Product, Design, QA, and Engineering teams. The description also includes leadership responsibilities such as managing backend development teams, coaching managers and engineers, establishing delivery processes, and driving technical and organizational improvement.

Designs and evolves DraftKings’ regulated prediction-markets exchange, including market data, order entry, matching, clearing, and settlement. Owns the technical roadmap, architecture, scalability, reliability, performance, and operational health of distributed systems. Leads resilience testing, incident improvements, design reviews, mentoring, and cross-functional technical alignment. The role also requires building practical AI tooling and guardrails, integrating with external partners, and balancing compliance, cost, and platform strategy.

Lead backend architecture and engineering initiatives for a programmatic advertising platform. Design and optimize high-throughput, latency-sensitive ad-serving and auction systems; integrate SSPs, DSPs, exchanges, and other partners; improve reliability and performance; and guide technical strategy. The role also involves mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, driving major projects from architecture through production, and collaborating with Product and other stakeholders.

Develop and maintain Java applications, RESTful services, and Angular frontends using Spring Boot and NgRx. Deploy applications to cloud platforms, practice TDD, manage CI/CD with Jenkins, and work with Oracle and PostgreSQL databases. Participate in agile processes, collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and independently lead technical initiatives and feature delivery.

Design, develop, test, deploy, and support scalable cloud-native applications using Java, Spring Boot, React, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, microservices, and REST APIs. Build CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, integrations, observability, and secure distributed systems. Troubleshoot production issues and improve performance, resilience, and maintainability while collaborating with product, UX, QA, DevOps, architecture, and engineering teams.

Develop and maintain PHP/Laravel web applications, internal tools, APIs, integrations, databases, and workflow systems. Responsibilities include modernizing legacy PHP applications, troubleshooting production issues, writing tests, optimizing MySQL databases, supporting deployments, documenting solutions, and collaborating with stakeholders. The developer will manage multiple projects, review code, and help maintain secure, accessible, and reliable applications.

Develop and deploy Salesforce Marketing Cloud solutions: build email templates and web pages (HTML/CSS/JS), write AMPScript/SSJS/WSProxy, manage Automation Studio and Journey Builder, create integrations via REST/SOAP APIs, design data models with SQL and data extensions, document setups, and collaborate across teams while owning technical decisions.

Build and maintain Python services, REST APIs, batch jobs, shared libraries, claims workflows, and internal applications. Develop maintainable, unit-tested code; write SQL for MySQL databases; participate in design, code review, deployment, and production support; and collaborate across departments. The role also involves handling sensitive healthcare data, using AI-assisted development tools responsibly, and working in a regulated pharmacy benefits domain.