Top Software Engineer Jobs in Detroit, MI

Serve as the senior database authority for all Oracle E-Business Suite environments supporting a federal financial system. Responsibilities include database installation, administration, performance tuning, backups, recovery, security hardening, patching, middleware management, disaster recovery, interface support, audit and ATO documentation, access controls, vulnerability remediation, monitoring, and escalation support. The role also contributes to configuration, patch, asset, contingency, and instance management plans.

Leads backend engineering teams responsible for policy, billing, and financial ledger platforms. Provides technical architecture guidance, coaches engineers, manages performance, and drives scalable, secure, high-performing systems. Partners with Product and Program Management on delivery, improves engineering processes, oversees sprint and roadmap planning, models capacity, manages resources, and aligns technical execution with business goals.

Develop and test complex software applications in global team environments, with training in Java and full-stack development. Responsibilities include applying software engineering principles, troubleshooting and debugging, working with databases, following the SDLC, and practicing test-driven development. The role includes 4–8 weeks of training followed by a 12–24-month client placement with ongoing support.

Provide hands-on technical leadership for a multi-tenant learning and workforce platform. Responsibilities include coding, code review, mentoring developers, designing LMS integrations, implementing platform features, guiding architecture, maintaining CI/CD and testing practices, ensuring security and accessibility, facilitating Agile ceremonies, and communicating technical decisions to stakeholders. The role also involves identity integrations, documentation, technical estimation, and responsible adoption of AI-assisted development tools.

Designs, develops, tests, implements, maintains, and supports complex mainframe applications. Translates business requirements into technical solutions, troubleshoots production issues, performs integrations, conducts code reviews, optimizes system performance, and ensures security and governance compliance. The role requires deep experience with COBOL, IMS, DB2, CICS, transactional systems, and enterprise mainframe technologies, while leading technical initiatives and collaborating with business and technical stakeholders.

Leads a software development team through the full product lifecycle, including user research, product strategy, roadmap planning, application development, testing, code reviews, documentation, team performance management, budgeting, partnerships, and user support. The role also manages Agile processes, reports metrics, develops funding proposals, and participates in conferences and periodic travel.

Leads a full-stack engineering team developing customer-facing SaaS products across web, mobile, backend, and AI systems. Owns engineering strategy, architecture, reliability, security, privacy, delivery planning, product health, and measurable customer outcomes. Partners with Product, Design, and customer-facing teams to define and ship products, uses production data to guide priorities, and hires, develops, and manages engineering talent.

Owns complex, cross-system software solutions from architecture through production and support. Designs and deploys secure AI and agentic applications, integrates disparate systems and APIs, establishes engineering standards, and partners with business stakeholders. Works hands-on across the full stack while shaping architecture, testing, CI/CD, documentation, security, privacy, and governance practices for a growing internal engineering function.

Lead a new engineering team developing a scalable, multi-channel content management system. Set platform architecture and technical direction, guide front-end and back-end implementation, establish engineering and operational practices, and coach engineers. Partner with product, design, marketing, and business stakeholders on workflows, governance, roadmap, and delivery. Contribute to technical problem-solving and design decisions while balancing near-term publishing needs with long-term platform investments.

Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and scalable event-driven cloud solutions using TypeScript and AWS. Build infrastructure as code with AWS CDK, implement secure and highly available architectures, troubleshoot production issues, optimize performance, participate in technical planning and code reviews, document solutions, collaborate with teams and vendors, and mentor engineers on AWS best practices.