Top Software Engineer Jobs in Columbus, OH

Lead technology initiatives that transform logistics processes into scalable automation. Set technical direction, coach engineers, identify opportunities for tools and integrations, improve decision-making workflows, and guide AI-native systems from concept through practical implementation. The role operates across data, applications, integrations, automation, and human-in-the-loop AI workflows while maintaining team focus and delivery momentum.

Own the architecture, development, and maintenance of Nebulock’s customer-facing security platform across the full stack. Build product experiences including threat intelligence and detection query tools, improve scalability and maintainability, establish engineering standards, shape the technical roadmap, collaborate across product and security teams, and mentor engineers.

The Principal Engineer will shape the technical strategy for messaging infrastructure, influence architectural decisions across teams, and solve complex technical problems. Responsibilities include mentoring engineers, driving coherence across teams, and leading initiatives to ensure Weave's competitiveness in messaging solutions.

Build and extend SAP Commerce Cloud backend extensions across the type system, service, persistence, integration, and storefront layers. Develop resilient integrations with ERP, PIM, and CRM systems through middleware, design OCC APIs, and troubleshoot production issues using Commerce Cloud logs and Dynatrace. Own root-cause resolution, code reviews, documentation, technical design, estimates, testing, and delivery in an Agile environment.

The Principal Software Engineer will embed with product teams to solve complex technical problems, deliver production code, and make application and service-level architectural decisions. The role owns shared services, reliability, performance, incident response, and cross-system issue diagnosis. It also leads solution design, mentors engineers through influence, supports multiple products and domains, and establishes effective standards for AI-assisted software development.

Lead engineering for CaptivateIQ’s Incentive Compensation Operations platform. Hire, develop, and manage software engineers; partner cross-functionally on product vision, roadmaps, and strategy; oversee delivery, reliability, performance, security, and operational excellence; guide architecture and technical decisions; and transform compensation operations into an AI-native experience using intelligent agents to reduce manual work.

Evaluate AI coding-agent interactions for usefulness, correctness, engineering judgment, reasoning quality, and developer trust. Provide clear, opinionated feedback, distinguish response-quality levels, and help define standards for excellent interactions with tools such as OpenAI Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor. This contract role requires staff- or principal-level software engineering experience and familiarity with modern AI-assisted development workflows.

Lead the technical architecture for post-sales Customer Success, Renewals, Professional Services, Support, and GTM Operations. Build automation, AI capabilities, integrations, workflows, customer intelligence, and shared data models that improve retention, renewals, efficiency, and customer engagement. Establish engineering standards and technical direction across GTM systems while partnering with business leaders, engineers, and the Pre-Sales GTM Engineer.

Build and deploy production-quality software integrations within customer aerospace and defense environments. Embed with engineering teams, connect CAD, CFD, FEM, simulation, and digital engineering workflows to Istari’s platform, develop reusable solutions, and serve as the primary technical interface. Translate customer needs into product insights, contribute to architecture and roadmap discussions, and support technical proposals. The role requires onsite customer work, U.S. citizenship, and clearance eligibility.

Build and maintain SaaS applications in a continuous delivery environment. Design and ship features, evolve core infrastructure, optimize REST APIs, write Python code, participate in code reviews, and collaborate with engineers and product managers. The role requires delivering robust software with increasing independence while contributing to an Agile, cross-functional team. Preferred experience includes cloud computing, modern Python frameworks, production AI/ML integrations, AI-powered developer tools, prompt engineering, and LLM APIs.