Top Remote Software Engineer Jobs in Des Moines, IA

Lead the design and implementation of end-to-end quality systems and testing frameworks. Own multiple testing layers (unit, integration, E2E, contract, performance, chaos), integrate automated tests into CI/CD, drive load/performance testing and monitoring, troubleshoot failures, apply AI tooling to improve workflows, and collaborate with engineers, PMs, and designers to improve coverage and reliability.

Lead and deliver secure, full-stack software for DoD customers through pair-programming, TDD, continuous delivery, and client-facing mentoring. Teach agile practices, build and test APIs, run software in Linux, use container and DevSecOps tooling, and champion AI-augmented workflows while ensuring week-over-week delivery and client success.

Design and build backend services, APIs, SDKs, and user-facing systems enabling secure agent-to-agent financial interactions. Implement cryptographic identity, payment workflows, transaction processing, reputation tools, and scalable infrastructure for AI-native financial products.

Technical leader on the Elasticsearch Search team driving design and implementation of search and vector features, improving relevance, contributing to Lucene, mentoring engineers, triaging community issues, and writing idiomatic modern Java for a distributed, collaborative team.

Lead architecture and backend development for the vCluster platform by designing and implementing Kubernetes-native solutions in Go, owning features end-to-end, contributing to open-source, and solving deep systems challenges around multi-tenancy, isolation, and GPU infrastructure.

Architect and build core backend components of the vCluster platform by working deeply with Kubernetes internals. Write high-performance Go code, take end-to-end ownership from design to release, contribute to open-source projects, and solve complex systems and multi-tenancy problems for GPU and Kubernetes-based infrastructure.

Build and own foundational data infrastructure for Member Marketing and Coverage Eligibility: define data contracts, ensure identity and lineage, implement observability and reconciliation, modernize file/API integrations, design for correctness and auditability in regulated workflows, and lead cross-functional delivery and technical standards.

Design, build, and maintain Python-based services and AWS data pipelines to compute and validate autonomy performance metrics. Translate system-level safety requirements into production implementations, process telemetry and validation data, implement release validation logic, debug pipeline and telemetry issues, and contribute to workflow orchestration, code reviews, and cross-functional design.

Lead design and implementation of the audio engine for Splice's DAW plugins and desktop app. Drive complex technical initiatives, propose and implement cross-stack solutions, optimize performance, mentor engineers, author RFCs, and collaborate with product and design to shape user experience and roadmap. Deliver high-quality, production-ready audio software under tight deadlines.

The Staff Software Engineer will enhance developer productivity by designing tools, automating workflows, and mentoring teams on best practices in developer experience.

The Staff Software Engineer - Platform will design and build core services for scalable data analytics, mentor teams, enhance platform reliability, and implement cloud-native solutions.

The Staff Software Engineer will design and operate high-integrity financial systems including ledgering, transaction processing, and money movement while ensuring system correctness and resilience.

The Staff Software Engineer will design and operate financial systems involving ledgering, transaction processing, decisioning, and money movement, ensuring correctness and reliability while mentoring engineers and improving system resilience.

Design, build, and evolve customer-facing backend services and public APIs; own features end-to-end from design through rollout; create technical design documents; ensure services are observable, resilient, and usable across multiple products; collaborate closely with Product and Experience teams to prioritize and ship iterations.

The Staff SDET will design and implement automated test frameworks using TypeScript, collaborate with developers, and enhance testing processes within CI/CD pipelines.

The Senior Software Engineer will enhance the core product by developing features and tools for Chainguard Images, collaborating with teams and ensuring product quality.

Develop core backend components for a blockchain network, focusing on reliability and scalability, mainly using Rust. Ensure code quality through testing and debugging.

Provide technical and architectural leadership to the software development team, design software solutions, mentor team members, and drive projects to completion.

Develop and implement features by building backend APIs and frontend code, lead projects, and collaborate with teams to solve user problems.

The Senior Software Engineer will collaborate with teams to build and optimize a robust web application, ensure code quality, and elevate team impact.

The Software Test Engineer will design, implement, and maintain test frameworks for back-end services, ensuring product quality through test case creation and automation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The Staff Software Engineer will develop full stack solutions, contribute to architecture, mentor junior developers, and collaborate with teams on software projects.

Owner of full-stack features and platform reliability: build scalable web applications, optimize PostgreSQL performance, maintain asynchronous infrastructure (Celery), migrate frontend to server-side HTMX, ship revenue-driving features, ensure observability and SLO-driven reliability, collaborate cross-functionally, write testable code, and participate in architecture and code reviews.

The Senior Software Engineer will develop and maintain big data applications, focusing on distributed computing, automation, and collaboration with teams to enhance healthcare solutions.

Build and harden product features and tooling for AWS GovCloud, ensuring security, auditability, and compliance. Implement GovCloud-specific authentication, logging, observability, and developer tooling; analyze and remediate security gaps; mentor engineers; support federal self-hosted customers and on-call escalations.