Top Software Engineer Jobs in Hampton, VA

Lead architecture and roadmap for Azure PostgreSQL systems; design and review scalable, maintainable database engine features (query processing, storage, transaction logging, recovery, versioning, IO, scale-out). Influence coding standards and run code reviews, write proof-of-concept or production code, contribute to open-source PostgreSQL/Linux, and participate in rotational on-call operations.

Build and operate Legion’s secure, scalable AWS and Kubernetes platform. Responsibilities include infrastructure automation, CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, incident response, operational runbooks, production support, and on-call participation. The role also develops production AI agents for SRE automation and owns a secure platform for engineering teams to build and operate agents with sandboxing, scoped credentials, integrations, cost controls, observability, and reliability guardrails.

Lead the architecture, development, testing, and deployment of hyperscale distributed storage systems optimized for AI and machine learning workloads. Drive innovations in scalability, performance, security, durability, and efficiency while collaborating with AI researchers and cloud infrastructure teams. Mentor engineers, guide technical strategy, and help shape Azure Blob Storage into an AI-native platform supporting zettabyte-scale storage.

Develop and deploy onboard swarm autonomy: perception, planning, control, multi-target tracking, inter-robot/C2 protocols, on-vehicle software integration, realistic UxS simulation, train and test ML-based target recognition, and electronics prototyping. Travel for test events up to 25%.

Develop and maintain automated integration test harnesses for OpenStack, cloud infrastructure, and multi-service API applications. Automate smoke, CLI/TUI, GUI, and comprehensive parallel tests across microservice versions and production-like environments. Collaborate with software engineers, SREs, and subject matter experts to define test priorities, integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines, identify coverage gaps, and document test cases. The role requires strong software testing experience, automation development skills, and familiarity with Kubernetes, Kustomize, virtualization, and storage systems.

Develop scalable full-stack applications, secure APIs, microservices, event-driven integrations, and production AI solutions. Build agentic workflows, semantic search, and conversational tools using modern AI frameworks. Deploy cloud workloads with CI/CD, containers, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code while implementing security, compliance, governance, monitoring, and observability. Collaborate with product, architecture, data, security, and business teams to translate requirements into enterprise-grade financial technology solutions.

Designs, builds, and scales backend services and integrations for payments, billing, identity, and partner connectivity. Sets technical vision and architecture for distributed systems, leads cross-team delivery, manages production rollouts, builds fault-tolerant services and data pipelines, and mentors engineers. The role partners with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver frequent, reliable improvements for Flex’s rent payment platform.

Design, build, and scale backend services and integrations for payment, billing, identity, and partner systems. Own API scoping, design, implementation, deployment, and production operations with minimal oversight. Build fault-tolerant systems, data pipelines, and scalable architectures while collaborating with product, design, engineering, and external partners. Contribute to reliability monitoring, observability, automation, technical standards, and mentoring in a distributed team.

Lead the design and implementation of a distributed compute control plane for managing virtual machines across Akamai’s cloud fleet. Own database partitioning and sharding, placement reconciliation, asynchronous operations, consistency guarantees, idempotency, fencing, and saga-style workflows. The role requires deep distributed systems, database, containerization, Kubernetes, and controller-pattern expertise, along with strong Python or Go development skills.

Designs and builds highly scalable, fault-tolerant Azure compute services, microservices, REST APIs, billing pipelines, and distributed systems. Responsibilities include improving availability, security, scalability, performance, disaster recovery, and compute utilization; using telemetry and data-driven insights; developing cloud-native solutions with containers, NoSQL, and Big Data technologies; and leveraging AI-assisted development in an Agile environment.

Serve as the senior technical engineer on a delivery team, writing production code, shaping architecture, mentoring engineers, diagnosing complex issues, and owning software quality and reliability. Build TypeScript and JavaScript applications using Node.js, Express, React, PostgreSQL, REST APIs, testing, and observability. Modernize legacy systems, manage integrations and data synchronization, and use AI tools and automation to improve engineering workflows and delivery.

Design and build backend services and APIs for identity resolution and platform integrations. Optimize event-driven pipelines processing billions of signals, deploy cloud-native services on AWS EKS and Kubernetes, and ensure reliability, observability, and scalability. Collaborate with engineering, product, and data teams to deliver identity solutions while mentoring junior engineers. The role requires expertise in backend or data engineering, distributed systems, streaming technologies, cloud deployment, data modeling, and high-throughput databases.

Own end-to-end full-stack product features using TypeScript, Node.js, React, Python, Kafka, and distributed systems. Design data models, backend services, event pipelines, interfaces, auditability, security controls, and AI agent experiences for a regulated fintech product. Operate production systems, collaborate with AI engineers, and help establish engineering practices on a small remote team.

Design and lead development of high-performance networking infrastructure for large-scale AI training and inference in Azure. Architect low-latency, low-jitter communication frameworks, optimize distributed systems, benchmark scalability, resolve complex networking issues, and improve reliability, observability, and performance. Mentor engineers, create technical designs, manage dependencies, and participate in on-call operations for critical services.

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 own scalable full-stack cloud-native services and web frontends on AWS for healthcare imaging workflows. Shape architecture and technical direction, implement automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and security, and ensure compliance with HL7, DICOM, and regulatory requirements. Collaborate with Product, UX, and Clinical teams while mentoring developers and supporting reliable production software.

Build and ship AI-powered automation features, third-party integrations, full-stack web applications, and cloud infrastructure. Design background job processing systems, improve reliability and observability, address security risks, contribute product ideas, and mentor junior engineers. The role requires strong TypeScript skills, experience scaling AWS systems with infrastructure as code, and proficiency with React, Node.js, and Postgres.

Leads architecture and development of Azure Storage table, metadata, and indexing systems at massive cloud scale. Designs distributed-system primitives for partitioning, indexing, transactions, consistency, replication, caching, and high-performance data access. Drives architectural decisions, prototypes innovations through production, and improves performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency. Requires deep expertise in distributed storage, databases, or large-scale systems.

Lead technical strategy and architecture for a large-scale Content Platform that powers marketing campaigns. Solve ambiguous cross-team problems, design scalable backend and AI-driven systems, mentor senior engineers, and partner with product, design, and marketing to drive execution and engineering standards across the org.

The Lead Rust Software Engineer will design and build scalable applications, mentor teams on Rust, and contribute to complex product development.

Lead development, testing, and maintenance of scalable accounting integrations using JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS serverless technologies. Design REST APIs, webhooks, OAuth flows, and event-driven systems that synchronize data with external accounting platforms. Diagnose complex issues, improve reliability and performance, document systems, and mentor junior engineers. Use AI-assisted development tools responsibly while managing multiple priorities and supporting high-volume integrations.

Own and improve Attentive's first-party data collection across the JS tag, Cloudflare Workers, and Java backend. Expand edge compute capabilities, build agentic AI systems to detect and fix data-quality issues, harden the event ingestion pipeline for reliability and observability, and lead technical direction on a small autonomous team while mentoring engineers.

Design and implement cloud-native IoT software using Azure, serverless computing, TypeScript, React, and NestJS. Build scalable applications, APIs, and integrations for web, mobile, partner, and IoT devices. Develop automated tests, implement secure production code, maintain rollback capabilities, support products through on-call participation, and translate business requirements into technical designs. Collaborate using agile and paired programming practices while communicating complex technical concepts to business and product teams.

Principal Engineer responsible for owning complex software initiatives from problem framing through architecture, implementation, deployment, production support, and continuous improvement. The role involves building web applications, services, APIs, MCP servers, data pipelines, and platform integrations; leading architecture and code reviews; improving security, reliability, and maintainability; mentoring engineers; and shaping technical strategy. The engineer will also use and improve AI-assisted development practices while maintaining human accountability for quality and operational outcomes.

Lead design and hands-on development of AWS-based serverless backend and IoT cloud services. Build Python Lambda microservices, REST APIs, telemetry pipelines, and secure AWS IoT Core device communication. Mentor engineers, define architecture patterns, ensure production readiness (monitoring, CI/CD, security), and guide cross-functional integrations and technical roadmaps.