Top Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Des Moines, IA

Design, develop, and operate distributed services for Azure Storage geo-replication. Improve durability, regional resiliency, failover readiness and disaster recovery. Collaborate across teams, analyze telemetry, diagnose production issues, act as a DRI, and leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to improve productivity and reliability.

Leads the design, implementation, optimization, and support of highly scalable Azure Storage services. Responsibilities include end-to-end performance testing, benchmarking, automation, profiling, bottleneck and root-cause analysis across compute, storage, and networking layers, KPI definition, scaling recommendations, and operational incident response. The role collaborates across teams, drives project and release plans, supports reliable and secure services, and mentors engineers while participating in on-call responsibilities.

Build and maintain NetBox Enterprise, an on-premises product suite. Responsibilities include architecting Kubernetes-based high-availability solutions, extending Kubernetes operators, developing lifecycle management tools, building CI/CD pipelines, managing releases, writing Rust and Python, supporting integration testing, documenting deployment practices, and resolving customer deployment and operational issues.

Develops and maintains high-quality systems software and microservices for Azure Messaging services, including data storage and replication. Drives product and engineering-process innovation, applies AI to software development, ensures software quality and stability, and uses rigorous development practices including requirements, testing, and efficient coding techniques.

Design and maintain scalable services, APIs, distributed systems, and data pipelines for AI training data infrastructure. Own systems through design, implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring. Lead architectural decisions, improve reliability and scalability, mentor engineers, and collaborate with AI/ML, product, and data operations teams. Contribute to CI/CD, containerization, DevOps, and cloud deployment practices.

Build and own high-performance UI features for Netflix’s TV application across streaming sticks, smart TVs, and cable boxes. Collaborate with product, design, algorithms, and engineering teams to define experiences, validate product variants through A/B testing, and deliver reliable, testable code. Lead large cross-functional projects while working with TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Redux, Node.js, GraphQL, and proprietary Jest-based automation frameworks.

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.

Lead architecture and build platform services for GoDaddy's Internal Developer Platform used by 1,000+ engineers. Design high-scale APIs, infrastructure orchestration, and AI-powered developer tooling. Partner with infrastructure, security, and platform teams. Own production systems (performance, reliability, on-call) and drive technical direction to improve developer productivity across APIs, CLI, and UI.

Build and enhance electricity cost modeling REST APIs and DBT data pipelines that simulate nationwide energy costs. Translate product and subject matter expert requirements into technical designs, specifications, and implementation plans. Participate in design reviews, improve engineering practices, and collaborate with remote teams. The role involves Python, enterprise Java, cloud deployment, data science tools, NoSQL databases, AI/LLM implementation, and mathematical energy analytics.

Build and operate Airbnb’s large-scale NewSQL storage platform on stateful Kubernetes. Responsibilities include database kernel performance, storage and query internals, replication, CDC, failover, migration tooling, observability, permissions, and service discovery. Engineers investigate production incidents, improve reliability and latency, contribute to open-source database systems, and collaborate across storage, SRE, ORM, and interface teams.

Design, build, and scale Shepherd’s core platform, backend systems, APIs, user-facing applications, and AI-powered legal workflows. Architect secure, reliable infrastructure for sensitive legal data, collaborate with legal and product teams, build internal tools, optimize performance, and own technical decisions. The role also involves rapid prototyping, mentoring and recruiting engineers, and contributing to SOC 2 readiness and data privacy practices.

Staff Software Engineer leading architecture, hands-on development, and delivery of reliable frontend, backend, API, data, and production systems across multiple teams. The role drives multi-quarter initiatives, AI-enabled engineering practices, system scalability, security, observability, incident response, technical standards, mentorship, and alignment between technical investments and product outcomes.

Develop and support Kotlin APIs and high-volume distributed services for audience targeting and machine learning products. Work with Rust, PySpark, Kafka, relational databases, and hundreds of terabytes of daily data. Build reliable systems at scale, optimize existing products, collaborate with product and project leaders, and contribute to engineering culture. The role requires strong JVM-language development, SQL and database expertise, microservices experience, cloud infrastructure knowledge, and effective use of AI coding tools.

Build and operate end-to-end consumer-scale features across backend services, APIs, iOS, and Android for Life360’s Aging in Place segment. Use AI tools and agentic workflows extensively, establish AI-native engineering practices, contribute to architecture and code reviews, participate in on-call response, mentor teammates, and ensure performance, reliability, accessibility, and member impact across owned features.

Own and deliver polished, accessible, high-performance frontend experiences using React and TypeScript. Set frontend technical standards, mentor engineers, use AI-assisted development tools, and contribute to product roadmaps. Build backend services and APIs in Go as needed, collaborate with stakeholders, document user-facing products, and help shape engineering culture and quality.

Develop and maintain Python backend services, primarily with Flask, while designing scalable architecture and integrating legacy systems. Build AWS solutions using Lambda, Cognito, SNS, SQS, and DynamoDB; maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code with OpenTofu and Terraform. Collaborate in an Agile/Scrum environment, contribute to technical decisions and engineering standards, review code, and mentor junior developers.

Define technical direction for hyperscale Azure Storage components; architect, develop, test, and support highly scalable, secure, compliant, and highly available cloud services. Lead multiple engineering projects, improve reliability, scalability, performance, consistency, and observability, and apply AIOps for incident detection, root-cause analysis, and operational excellence.

Lead design and implementation of large-scale Pub/Sub and messaging services within Azure Event Grid/Microsoft Fabric. Define scalable, reliable architectures, drive testing and CI/CD automation, build developer tooling, mentor engineers, manage incident response and operational excellence, and collaborate with PMs, EMs, researchers, and customers to deliver production-ready cloud services.

Lead development of secure, scalable digital banking software across front-end and backend systems. Design Angular or React applications, build APIs, optimize SQL performance, integrate third-party platforms, improve code quality, implement testing strategies, and mentor engineers. Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment while supporting cloud-native practices, regulatory compliance, and continuous product improvement.

Lead development of CoLab's simulation review capabilities: ingest and process industry-standard simulation data, build high-performance visualization for large datasets, collaborate with Product and customers, and define architecture and UX for a new Simulation product area.

Designs, develops, configures, and supports Edifecs healthcare EDI solutions and transaction mappings. Works with 837, 834, 835, 820, and 270/271 transactions; troubleshoots transmissions, configures validations, and develops Groovy scripts. Leads Agile and DevOps efforts, mentors engineers, supports QA, and designs scalable AWS applications using containers, microservices, and CI/CD. Provides technical leadership, architecture guidance, performance tuning, and stakeholder consultation.

Develops, maintains, and enhances scalable web applications, internal tools, libraries, and shared components for international enterprise clients. Collaborates with cross-functional teams, participates in code reviews, creates technical documentation, and shares knowledge. Requires strong software development principles, design patterns, cloud, database, CI/CD, messaging, testing, and mobile framework experience.

Designs, builds, and scales full-stack web applications using React, TypeScript, Python, and AWS. Develops APIs and backend services, optimizes relational and document databases, implements automated testing, and manages Docker-based deployments and CI/CD pipelines. Collaborates with technical and non-technical stakeholders, translates business requirements into production-ready solutions, communicates clearly, and mentors colleagues while promoting strong engineering practices.

Lead architecture and implementation of Chainguard Repository’s customer-facing package registries, APIs, and artifact-serving services. Build and operate highly available Go backend systems, improve scalability, reliability, observability, performance, and load testing, and shape repository support for libraries, containers, images, and APKs. Collaborate across engineering teams to deliver secure, reliable infrastructure at scale.

As a Full Stack Software Engineer, you will develop and maintain robust backend systems using Ruby on Rails, collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance the real estate platform's performance and user experience.