Top Remote Software Engineer Jobs in Birmingham, AL

Leads delivery of complex software features for desktop utility design tools, translating ambiguous requirements into technical plans and managing performance, correctness, and reliability. Establishes architecture, coding standards, CI/CD and AI-assisted development practices; mentors engineers and leads design and code reviews. Partners with product, QA, delivery, and customers to create reusable solutions, contribute to roadmaps, and represent the team in architecture discussions.

Build Apollo’s AI-powered Builder Studio end to end, including chat-driven app creation, live previews, generated-app runtimes, workflows, integrations, delegated permissions, security, and reliability. The role requires strong full-stack development, production LLM experience, frontend expertise with complex UIs, backend and workflow design, and ownership of an ambiguous 0-to-1 product.

Leads performance engineering across the organization by designing load-testing and data-generation frameworks, defining benchmarks and standards, analyzing application, database, and system behavior, and guiding teams in performance optimization. Builds reusable tooling and best practices using k6, JavaScript, Grafana, and InfluxDB while addressing scalability, latency, throughput, and reliability challenges in distributed cloud-native systems.

Leads architecture and technical direction for scalable, high-availability software services. Owns complex, multi-team initiatives, makes autonomous technical decisions, partners cross-functionally, mentors engineers, establishes standards, and advocates for quality. The role develops mission-critical systems supporting millions of endpoints and requires deep Java expertise, scalable system design, API development, relational databases, and strong testing practices.

Build and deploy full-stack healthcare financial products used by millions of patients. Develop AI- and ML-powered features, integrate LLMs, enhance an AI billing assistant, and create patient payment solutions. Collaborate with product, design, and partner engineering teams to deliver production-ready software. Contribute to technical planning, coordinate complex development efforts, mentor peers, and maintain high standards for testing, code quality, efficiency, and technical debt management.

Build and maintain authentication and fine-grained authorization systems using Auth0 and OpenFGA. Own OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect implementations, identity federation, token flows, and permissions for AI agents. Lead cross-team technical projects, set engineering standards, review code, and mentor engineers. The role requires strong backend development skills and experience with identity providers, ReBAC systems, and complex multi-tenant authorization models.

Develop and scale backend Java and Kotlin software powering patch discovery, packaging, and deployment across millions of endpoints. Design scalable systems, APIs, data structures, caching solutions, and relational databases while maintaining high testing and code-quality standards. Collaborate with AI workflow, server, platform, design, and product teams. Occasional React or Angular work may support patching workflows and dashboards.

Designs and evolves AWS infrastructure as code using CDK, develops backend software primarily in TypeScript, and applies secure engineering practices for regulated environments. The role contributes to architecture, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, production support, observability, and on-call operations. It collaborates cross-functionally, builds scalable and reusable systems, supports SOC 2 compliance, and uses AI coding assistants to improve development, testing, and documentation.

Develop and operate a large-scale internal cloud management platform. Build APIs, UIs, CI/CD pipelines, and developer productivity tools using Go and TypeScript. Maintain Temporal and Argo Workflows pipelines, integrate development tooling, improve SDLC efficiency, support SOC 2 compliance, and collaborate with engineering, security, infrastructure, and SRE teams. Participate in on-call operations and apply AI technologies to improve workflows and decision-making.

Develop and maintain C#/.NET software for electric and gas distribution engineering tools. Implement features, fixes, integrations, tests, and CI/CD automation while configuring enterprise systems for customer needs. Collaborate in Scrum, participate in reviews, reduce technical debt, document processes, and mentor teammates. The role may involve GIS or Enterprise Asset Management integrations and requires strong software development experience in utility or energy infrastructure environments.

Build and scale full-stack software for employer and Employee Assistance Program products, including employer portals, patient and provider workflows, eligibility, authorization, and billing. Lead technical projects, design secure distributed systems, mentor engineers, contribute to engineering culture, and use modern technologies and AI-assisted development tools. Collaborate cross-functionally to expand access to mental healthcare.

Build and ship web-based transportation management software for trucking customers. Collaborate with product, UX, and engineering teammates to understand user workflows, solve domain problems, deliver features rapidly, and maintain an effective balance between quality and velocity. The role requires proactive ownership, strong communication, frequent collaboration, and willingness to learn the trucking industry and engage with customers.

Lead backend engineering for a high-performance, data-intensive SaaS platform. Responsibilities include defining technical vision, designing scalable and highly available systems, executing technical projects, participating in architecture decisions, monitoring and optimizing services, improving CI/CD and infrastructure, conducting postmortems, mentoring engineers, documenting practices, and aligning with partner teams.

Leads architecture and hands-on development of scalable backend systems and APIs supporting real-time applications. Owns the engineering lifecycle, writes high-performance code, establishes testing and reliability practices, resolves production issues, guides technical roadmaps, collaborates cross-functionally, and mentors engineers. The role requires expertise in object-oriented backend development, distributed cloud systems, automated testing, system monitoring, and technical leadership.

Design and deliver Android system applications for Toast POS devices, including device policy enforcement, setup, firmware and app updates, background services, and fleet deployment. Lead technical design, cross-functional planning, Android and hardware upgrades, automated testing, production issue investigations, and staged rollouts. Mentor engineers and collaborate with product, hardware, QA, and software teams to build secure, reliable device-management systems.

Develop and maintain control-plane services for Akamai’s AI inference cloud, including APIs, configuration management, platform workflows, and customer-facing resource management features. Write tested and documented code, participate in reviews, collaborate with engineering and product teams, and support platform reliability through monitoring, debugging, and operational assistance.

Develop and deliver custom, branded websites, integrations, and functionality for Swoogo clients. Responsibilities include front-end development, REST API and webhook integrations, data mapping, testing, debugging, documentation, client advising, technical estimation, project coordination, and training. The role requires translating business requirements into scalable solutions while managing multiple projects and ensuring accessibility, performance, reliability, and pixel-perfect design quality.

Lead end-to-end development of reliable care-agent tooling and software services integrating contact-center platforms with backend systems. Own architecture, performance, security, production operations, and technical direction while partnering with product, care operations, QA, and engineering teams. Translate operational workflows into scalable solutions, mentor engineers, and improve tools using agent feedback, operational metrics, and AI-assisted development practices.

Build and scale backend systems, APIs, infrastructure, and applications for multimodal sensing and AI intelligence platforms. Responsibilities include processing sensor, audio, video, and environmental data; supporting data pipelines and model inference; ensuring reliability, scalability, and data integrity; and contributing to engineering standards and long-term technical strategy.

Lead technical vision and strategy for Affirm’s Cards backend engineering organization. Architect scalable and reliable platforms, guide cross-team initiatives, champion AI adoption and engineering excellence, influence technical roadmaps, and mentor engineers through Staff level. The role requires strong architectural expertise, organizational leadership, project management, communication, and cross-functional collaboration.

Develop and debug production-grade full-stack applications across front-end and back-end systems. Build features, APIs, databases, and data models; troubleshoot end-to-end issues; analyze unfamiliar codebases; translate implementations across programming languages; and review AI-generated and developer-written code for correctness, security, scalability, performance, and maintainability.

Develop and evaluate coding tasks for AI systems, including bug fixes, feature development, refactoring, optimization, reproducible environments, reference solutions, automated testing, and deterministic evaluation. The role also involves debugging complex codebases, reviewing contributions, documenting technical decisions, and refining evaluation criteria. Candidates should have strong software engineering fundamentals, backend or API development experience, open-source contributions, and proficiency in at least one listed programming language.

Lead technical execution and architecture for the Loyalty product. Own roadmap, design distributed services and APIs, ensure reliability/observability, integrate with ZMP and AthenaOS, build and coach engineering teams, and drive cross-team delivery of scalable multi-tenant loyalty capabilities.

Own and deliver backend lakehouse infrastructure goals, lead engineers through complex problems, and build highly available distributed data systems. Collaborate with product, design, analytics, and engineering stakeholders; define scalable technical solutions; improve code quality and engineering standards; monitor operational health; support on-call responsibilities; and mentor team members.

Build and maintain secure, scalable APIs and infrastructure for an AI-powered fintech platform. Develop features across the stack, integrate third-party APIs, deploy infrastructure with Terraform, apply compliance and security practices, and support customers as a technical point of contact. The role involves close collaboration with the CTO in a greenfield, early-stage startup environment.