Top Software Engineer Jobs in Des Moines, IA

Senior backend engineer responsible for designing, building, testing, and documenting scalable Node.js/TypeScript services and APIs. Lead projects end-to-end, enforce coding standards, write technical specifications, optimize performance, and mentor junior engineers. Champion Agile and CI/CD practices while providing technical thought leadership on backend architecture and data modeling.

Design, implement, test, and modernize backend services and integrations (TypeScript/Node.js and C++). Lead large projects, write technical specifications and API contracts, enforce coding standards, coach engineers, and drive legacy-to-modern migrations within online banking and core systems.

Build full‑stack web features from zero to one, integrate with third‑party APIs, design and manage state machines for financial workflows, own features through launch and post‑launch customer iteration, and maintain high code quality and accountability.

Modernize and maintain a large-scale React Native mobile app with offline-first architecture, BLE device integrations, data synchronization, and performance improvements. Influence architecture, mentor developers, collaborate across teams, and occasionally visit customer farms to understand workflows.

Build full-stack features and infrastructure analytics products to improve Netflix's cloud and AI efficiency. Design frontends (React/TypeScript), backend services/APIs (GraphQL/Node), shape data models, collaborate with analytics and data engineers, and own product direction from design through implementation.

Modernize and evolve a large-scale React Native mobile app with offline-first architecture, BLE device integrations, local data storage and sync. Improve performance, reliability, and scalability, influence architecture, mentor developers, collaborate cross-functionally, and occasionally visit farms to understand user workflows.

Build and maintain user-facing math tools (2D/3D graphing, geometry, Desmos Notebook). Collaborate on design, code review, testing, deployment, and accessibility. Ship features, pair program, and grow as an early-career engineer.

Unpaid software engineering internship focusing on full-stack web development with TypeScript, Next.js/React and Node/Express. Work on front- and back-end features, responsive UI with Tailwind, animations with Framer Motion, PostgreSQL and MongoDB integration, REST APIs, microservice-based architecture, code reviews, debugging, and product planning in a remote-first startup.

Contribute to full-stack features for Hatch and Unity, write, test, and ship reliable code, use AI tools responsibly, participate in code reviews, learn Elixir/Phoenix, and work with teammates and end users to solve product problems.

Develop high-quality, resilient software across Ubuntu and the open source stack, from Linux systems and firmware to cloud, containers, and desktop applications. Contribute to product roadmaps, user experience, code reviews, issue resolution, security, and enterprise requirements. Collaborate remotely with global engineering teams and the open source community, while building expertise in programming languages and Linux systems. Attend international company sprints twice yearly.

Develop high-performance, cross-platform realtime 3D graphics applications using Unity and C#. Responsibilities include writing maintainable code, shaders, architecture and design documents, automated tests, code reviews, performance optimization, frontend collaboration, and production troubleshooting. The role also involves low-level graphics pipelines, complex MVVM-based UI, distributed systems, APIs, and XR/VR development.

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.

Join as a full-stack software engineer to design, develop, and maintain web applications and services. Collaborate cross-functionally, write clean code, perform code reviews, debug issues, and stay current with industry trends.

The Software Integration Engineer will develop migration services, enhance file processing products, and collaborate with teams to optimize high-throughput services on the VGS platform.

Design, build, and scale highly available backend and frontend systems powering Coinbase trading experiences for millions of users. Architect extensible support for multiple trading types and assets, evolve critical production infrastructure, partner with product and design, and promote engineering quality through code reviews, mentorship, and knowledge sharing.

Develop and maintain Python software applications, backend services, APIs, integrations, and database solutions. Responsibilities include troubleshooting, testing, deployment, code review, performance monitoring, documentation, and collaboration with a distributed remote team. The role requires independent work, strong communication, and reliable delivery of maintainable, scalable software.

Provide technical leadership for cross-functional teams, create and communicate technical vision and strategy, lead new initiatives without defined procedures, remove roadblocks, resolve issues, mentor engineers, and perform related duties. Remote role based in Canada; GM does not provide immigration sponsorship.

As a Software Engineer - Backend, you will develop products and manage engineering infrastructure, focusing on system design, security, and code quality.

Leads engineering teams delivering secure, scalable software for private banking and payment platforms. Oversees architecture, development, integrations, data flows, production stability, regulatory compliance, testing, release practices, risk reduction, and continuous improvement. Partners with product, architecture, security, risk, and business stakeholders while coaching engineers, aligning capacity to priorities, and advancing AI-native development tools.

Join Canonical as a graduate software engineer to write high-quality code across the open source stack, work on Linux system-level and application projects, engage with communities, respond to customer issues, and develop security-aware software while collaborating remotely and attending biannual in-person team sprints.

Join as an early founding full-stack engineer to architect, build, and deploy a scalable platform serving AI-driven voice applications. You will own frontend and backend development, design infrastructure with the CTO, and deliver reliable production systems for enterprise customers.

Design, develop, test, implement, maintain, and document software solutions. Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, contribute to architecture, support on-prem, cloud and hybrid systems, and collaborate with UX and stakeholders to deliver integration and middleware solutions.

Design and implement Kotlin backend services and end-to-end systems for Toast POS device management. Lead technical designs, estimations, performance optimization, cross-team collaboration, and software quality practices including modern testing and observability. Mentor peers and drive product roadmap alignment with product, hardware, and QA stakeholders.

Lead and deliver quarterly goals for a backend team; guide engineers through ambiguous problems; collaborate with product, design, and analytics; identify and resolve project and technical issues; ensure operational availability and on-call readiness; set code and design quality standards; and mentor and develop team members.

Build automated reliability and self-healing platform tooling to protect production at scale. Improve incident management, reduce alert noise, evolve observability (monitoring, SLOs, performance detection), and develop AI-driven operational automation. Partner with product teams to diagnose reliability gaps, drive incident prevention, and champion operational excellence and best practices across engineering.