Top Software Engineer Jobs in Kansas City, MO

The Software Engineer will manage edge networking configuration, evolve the ingress layer, build network observability, and support regional expansion while defining technical standards for the team.

The Software Engineer will manage edge networking configuration, evolve the ingress layer, build network observability, support regional expansion, and establish team practices in a growing network-focused team.

Build and maintain full-stack features for Cengage Learning Platforms using Java/Spring backends and React frontends. Integrate AI/LLM services, design APIs, improve platform architecture, troubleshoot cross-stack issues, write testable code, and collaborate with product, UX, and QA on accessible, high-quality learning experiences.

As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer, you will design and deploy solutions for state governments, ensuring high standards of security and privacy while leading cross-functional teams.

Lead platform engineering to improve developer productivity, CI/CD, build systems, monorepo health, and internal tooling (80%); contribute to product features, scalable APIs, and AI-native marketplace infrastructure (20%).

Design, develop, test, and maintain backend systems and APIs for ingesting, processing, and routing large-scale telemetry data. Own end-to-end features, contribute to architecture and internal tools, write automated tests, participate in on-call/support rotation, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, high-performance distributed systems.

Design, develop, and maintain cloud-native applications using Node.js and React.js on AWS. Implement infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CDK), build CI/CD pipelines, perform Linux troubleshooting, ensure secure-by-design patterns, and collaborate with architects, UI/UX, and DevOps teams to deploy and operate scalable AWS services.

Develop, maintain, and enhance complex software systems based on requirements. Design, code, debug, integrate software, document and test components, and develop data queries. Provide recommendations to improve processes and support system-level design decisions.

Design, build, and operate a scalable, highly available cloud-native infrastructure for ClickHouse Cloud. Lead optimization initiatives across compute, storage, and networking, automate cloud resource management, collaborate with engineering and business stakeholders, and deliver cost-efficient, secure distributed systems and tooling for a global SaaS platform.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will enhance platform engineering by improving deployment strategies and developer experiences, establishing reliable systems and mentorship across teams.

The Senior Software Engineer will design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, improve automation workflows, and mentor junior engineers in a security-focused development environment.

Design, build, and operate multi-tenant elastic storage control-plane services. Ensure high availability and performance, run observability and on-call practices, lead complex projects, collaborate cross-functionally, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to scaling services handling petabytes of data.

Design, build, and iterate patient onboarding systems and registration/eligibility flows. Own end-to-end projects, run experiments, optimize for performance, correctness, and resilience, and provide technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration with Product, Design, and Analytics.

Lead technical strategy and execution for multi-quarter initiatives; build and maintain AI-driven systems; mentor and raise the technical bar across teams; collaborate cross-functionally; ensure data security and HIPAA-compliant practices; operate in an AWS + Kubernetes environment while introducing new technologies as system load grows.

Lead technical strategy and architecture for Coinbase's Blockchain Platform, overseeing nodes, indexers, wallets, and asset lifecycle. Drive cross-team platform rearchitectures, enforce security and reliability standards, champion AI-driven automation, use observability to improve reliability, and represent the platform to executives to secure alignment and resources for large-scale blockchain infrastructure initiatives.

Define and drive Payments technical strategy and architecture for rails, routing, and funds-flow systems. Lead large cross-team initiatives, ensure financial correctness, improve reliability and cost via observability, mentor senior engineers, and align stakeholders across product, risk, and regulatory teams.

Lead design and implementation of Affirm's Lakehouse Platform using Iceberg, Spark, Snowflake, and cloud storage. Drive platform roadmap, governance, access controls, performance and cost optimization, analytics engineering best practices, observability, and on-call readiness. Partner cross-functionally, mentor engineers, and build scalable, secure, self-service data infrastructure and semantic/agentic data tools.

Lead design and development of high-performance, offline-capable iOS (iPad) and Android apps for mission-critical drone operations. Build real-time maps, video streaming, telemetry overlays; integrate with hardware; optimize battery, memory, and latency; implement offline-first sync; collaborate with backend/hardware teams; mentor engineers and establish CI/CD, testing, and security best practices.

Design, build, and operate low-latency authentication and authorization services (OAuth, sessions, tokens, 2FA, account recovery). Lead technical designs, ensure strong security and observability, collaborate cross-functionally, simplify integrations, and mentor engineers while running production services with measurable SLOs.

The Staff+ Software Engineer will shape the technical direction, mentor junior engineers, and lead complex software system development while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

Develop and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs using .NET Core/.NET 5+, collaborate with React frontend teams, write unit and integration tests, query SQL Server/PostgreSQL databases, participate in code reviews and agile processes, and use AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity.

Build and architect insurance and data infrastructure for eligibility, verification, and claims. Lead partner implementations to get employers, health plans, and channels live. Make technical decisions at the 0-to-1 stage, write clear documentation, maintain production systems, and use AI tools to scale impact on a fully remote team.

Lead design and implementation of Headway's insurance systems (eligibility, pricing, matching, claims). Build data-intensive, ML-powered platforms and automation, mentor engineers, write high-impact code, and improve accuracy and reliability across state and payer complexity to scale insurance-covered therapy.

Build, test, deploy, and maintain Elixir backend services and React frontend features. Work across stack including infrastructure and monitoring, optimize performance, handle incidents and support tickets, collaborate on designs and code reviews, and contribute to prototyping and open-source engagement.

Design, develop, modernize, test, and maintain data-driven software and relational databases for FAA aeronautical information distribution. Gather requirements, implement COTS integrations, troubleshoot production issues, produce technical documentation, participate in reviews, and provide technical leadership and mentoring across the software development lifecycle.