Top Remote Lead Software Engineer Jobs

Leads software engineering and AI/ML solution delivery using Java and Python. Designs, builds, operates, and troubleshoots secure, scalable production systems; advances AI-assisted engineering practices; integrates LLM, RAG, and NLP capabilities; develops CI/CD and cloud-native automation; improves observability, reliability, and incident remediation; partners on technical roadmaps; and mentors engineers and AI practitioners.

Leads software engineering within an agile team, providing technical guidance and developing, reviewing, debugging, and operationalizing secure production code. Drives adoption and governance of AI-assisted engineering practices, validates AI outputs for security and performance, improves SDLC automation, influences product and application design, and serves as a firm-wide technical subject matter expert. Requires cloud-native experience, advanced programming skills, system design expertise, and independent problem-solving ability.

Lead architecture and delivery for high-throughput, distributed Java services in New Relic’s data ingest platform. Own technical direction, design decisions, production coding, operational health, incident response, and complex project delivery. Mentor engineers, conduct reviews, communicate technical tradeoffs, and collaborate with product and partner teams. The role uses Kubernetes, Kafka, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale data systems handling millions of messages per second and petabytes of data.

Lead the strategy, architecture, development, deployment, and optimization of enterprise AI platforms, including agentic systems, LLM applications, generative AI, orchestration frameworks, and multi-agent architectures. Establish engineering standards, reference architectures, governance, observability, and responsible AI practices. Partner with stakeholders, build reusable platform capabilities, influence distributed cloud-native system design, and mentor engineers while driving AI adoption across teams.

Leads software architecture and hands-on development for enterprise applications using Java, Angular, AWS, Azure, and AI technologies. Defines technical standards, APIs, design patterns, roadmaps, and documentation; guides globally distributed engineering teams; builds resilient multi-cloud solutions; conducts code reviews and proofs of concept; and partners with product and business leaders to deliver scalable, secure architectures.

Leads enterprise software engineering excellence initiatives, including responsible adoption of AI-assisted development tools, application health, vulnerability remediation, technical debt reduction, modernization, and secure-by-design practices. Establishes engineering standards, automates SDLC processes, improves release readiness and auditability, and mentors engineers across teams. Partners with architecture and security stakeholders to govern AI coding workflows, strengthen application resilience, and improve software quality at scale.

Lead development of agentic AI systems, LLM applications, RAG pipelines, and scalable cloud and big-data solutions for healthcare. Responsibilities include architecting multiagent workflows, building APIs and microservices, adapting and evaluating models, managing MLOps and LLMOps, and ensuring reliability, privacy, HIPAA compliance, and responsible AI practices. The role also involves production deployment, technical planning, documentation, mentoring, and collaboration across engineering, data, clinical, legal, and compliance teams.

Leads software engineering for a large-scale Apache Cassandra platform. Designs and delivers automation, self-service tooling, infrastructure frameworks, and cloud capabilities across private and public environments. Partners with engineering teams to improve developer velocity, code quality, resiliency, security, and customer experience. Applies AI-assisted infrastructure practices with validation, auditability, and data-sensitivity controls. Requires expertise in software development, databases, Linux, distributed systems, configuration management, and Database Reliability Engineering.

Lead UI architecture, design, and delivery for identity platform user interfaces. Define UI standards (performance, accessibility, security), drive modern front-end practices (micro frontends, design systems), mentor engineers, collaborate with product/UX/security/platform teams, and ensure compliance with HIPAA/PHI and enterprise identity standards.

Leads software engineering for employee platforms, designing, developing, testing, troubleshooting, and operating secure, scalable applications and data solutions. Builds ETL/ELT pipelines using Python, SQL, Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, and lakehouse architectures. Improves automation, resiliency, monitoring, governance, CI/CD, and responsible AI-assisted development practices. Evaluates vendor and internal solutions, reviews code, guides peers, and eliminates recurring operational issues.

Leads software engineering efforts within an agile infrastructure platform team. Develops, reviews, debugs, and governs secure production code using Java full-stack technologies, React, cloud platforms, containers, and relational databases. Drives adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools, establishes validation and security standards, coaches technical teams, promotes SDLC automation, and influences technology decisions. Balances hands-on development with technical leadership and contributes to an inclusive engineering culture.

Leads architecture, development, and operationalization of enterprise multi-cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Designs Terraform-based infrastructure, backend microservices, networking, governance, security controls, CI/CD pipelines, and AI-powered automation. Partners with security and compliance teams, establishes DevOps practices, evaluates emerging technologies, and develops scalable cloud capabilities.

Lead infrastructure engineering for Commerce’s development environment and cloud-hosted VMs. Maintain containerized services, automate manual processes, manage configuration and systems, monitor tooling health, document architecture, educate engineers, contribute to roadmap planning, and collaborate with distributed teams. The role also includes project leadership, requirements gathering, code quality ownership, and participation in an on-call rotation.

Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable payroll onboarding software. Drive technically complex initiatives, influence architecture and roadmaps, collaborate across product, design, and engineering, improve reliability, promote coding best practices, mentor engineers, and use AI tools to enhance development productivity.

Develop, test, deploy, and maintain full-stack software applications supporting clinical decision support solutions. Responsibilities include writing maintainable code, participating in code reviews and Agile ceremonies, translating requirements into solutions, troubleshooting defects, and learning new technologies. The role collaborates across software, data, and AI/ML disciplines in healthcare IT.

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.

Lead the technical direction and architecture of the Foundations platform team, owning authentication, authorization, SSO, secrets management, tenancy, and core platform services. Design APIs, drive services through launch, make technical decisions, establish engineering standards, and mentor engineers without formal management authority. Partner with engineering and product leaders to align execution with priorities.

Leads the end-to-end development of an AI-enabled revenue cycle management platform, spanning frontend, backend services, APIs, event-driven workflows, data models, and AI agent orchestration. Partners with users, product, operations, and business leaders to deliver measurable outcomes. Sets technical direction, mentors engineers, promotes AI-assisted development, and ensures secure, reliable, HIPAA-compliant software through strong testing and monitoring.

Lead enterprise software architecture and full-stack development across operations, supply chain, finance, commercial, and digital functions. Design scalable cloud-native platforms, API-first and event-driven integrations, and resilient enterprise systems using AWS and modern engineering practices. Advise on technology strategy, improve software quality and operational excellence, and mentor engineers. Partner with business and technical leaders to deliver supply chain, procurement, CRM, ERP, and e-commerce capabilities at scale.

Lead a hands-on software engineering effort for Zeta’s real-time events pipeline. Design, build, deploy, and operate high-volume event ingestion, processing, and delivery systems. Own architecture, reliability, observability, performance, cost, data quality, and on-call improvements. Collaborate with Product, Data, and downstream platform teams, define stable interfaces and SLAs, evaluate technologies, lead production launches, and mentor engineers through design and code reviews.

Lead the architecture, development, and modernization of scalable mobile platforms across React Native, iOS, and Android. Establish shared libraries, SDKs, and platform components; ensure application performance, security, and reliability; integrate responsible AI capabilities; and provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and mentorship. Collaborate with product, backend, and design teams while evaluating emerging technologies and driving platform strategy.

Leads the design, development, testing, and optimization of large-scale data engineering solutions. Responsibilities include building Python and PySpark ETL pipelines, orchestrating workflows, developing AWS cloud-native services, managing data lakes and Snowflake environments, and implementing testing, CI/CD, and secure engineering practices. The role also promotes responsible AI-assisted development, mentors engineers, participates in code reviews, and drives technical delivery initiatives.

Leads development of secure, scalable, cloud-native Java microservices using Spring Boot and Kafka. Designs domain-driven, event-driven architectures; delivers production code, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, resiliency, and operational improvements. Provides technical leadership through code reviews, debugging, vendor evaluations, communities of practice, and cross-functional collaboration. Promotes responsible use of approved AI-assisted engineering tools, including validation for correctness, performance, security, and data sensitivity.

Leads the design, development, debugging, testing, and maintenance of C# and Python IMA Configuration Tools for aerospace programs. Provides technical mentorship, translates user and systems requirements into software solutions, supports interoperability and integration, identifies technical risks, and assists with planning and execution. Collaborates with cross-functional engineering teams, vendors, and external partners while advancing software processes and engineering best practices.

Lead end-to-end architecture and production operation of AI systems, including LLM clinical tools, RAG pipelines, agent workflows, and intelligent automation. Evaluate and fine-tune foundation models, build model and agent evaluation frameworks, and ensure safety, accuracy, clinical relevance, HIPAA compliance, and responsible AI governance. Partner with product, design, clinical, and data teams to translate care-delivery workflows into impactful AI features.