Top Remote Lead Software Engineer Jobs

Leads end-to-end development of AI agent capabilities, including architecture, orchestration, retrieval, evaluation, Word and web experiences, deployment, monitoring, and quality standards. Codes approximately half the time while owning technical roadmaps, release decisions, cross-team platform and security collaboration, customer-informed prioritization, hiring, and mentorship of a small engineering team.

Leads software engineering within JPMorganChase’s CTO organization, designing, developing, testing, debugging, and supporting secure, scalable production systems. Builds advanced Java applications using AWS, Aurora, and PostgreSQL; improves application resiliency and operational stability; and guides teams in responsible AI-assisted development. Reviews code, drives automation, supports incident management, evaluates architectural solutions, and coaches engineers on secure, compliant AI tool adoption. Preferred experience includes Terraform, MyBatis, Node.js, modern frontends, and AI coding tools.

Leads design, development, testing, troubleshooting, and operational support for secure Java and Spring Boot microservices. Builds scalable AWS cloud-native services, establishes API and engineering standards, improves resiliency and observability, automates recurring issue remediation, and reviews production code. Guides responsible adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools, validates AI-generated outputs, coaches engineers on secure practices, and collaborates with security, risk, and architecture partners.

Leads architecture, design, and hands-on development for scalable backend APIs and interoperability services. Sets engineering standards, drives cross-team technical initiatives, mentors engineers, reviews code and designs, manages technical risks, and partners with engineering leadership on roadmaps. The role focuses on distributed systems, authentication, cloud SaaS, API integrations, and standards such as FHIR, while contributing production code and fostering collaboration.

Lead software engineering teams through Agile development, including architecture, design, coding, testing, DevOps, delivery, and mentoring. Build scalable Java applications and services using SOA, APIs, microservices, containerized deployments, enterprise messaging, relational databases, and modern Spring frameworks. Establish engineering standards for security, automation, testing, and maintainable code while partnering with product owners to deliver customer-focused solutions.

Lead the design and delivery of a core software platform area, such as data systems, cloud infrastructure, or internal and customer-facing tools. Provide technical direction, review designs and code, mentor engineers, establish scalable and reliable architecture, and manage the full development lifecycle through production. Collaborate with autonomy and robotics teams on data interfaces, uphold security and reliability standards, and support hiring and roadmap planning.

Lead design and deliver SAP BTP AI solutions for Finance. Partner with SAP Finance teams to identify AI use cases, build GenAI capabilities (RAG, Joule Skills, agents), ensure secure, scalable integrations, validate feasibility via POCs, and produce production-ready solutions for reconciliations, controls, reporting, and financial close.

Leads the design, implementation, operation, and governance of identity and access management systems. Oversees IAM technologies, security compliance, architecture, troubleshooting, vendor collaboration, requirements gathering, and engineering best practices. Provides technical leadership and mentorship while developing scalable, secure, and usable IAM solutions. Requires extensive Java and Spring Boot backend engineering, identity protocol, AWS microservices, CI/CD, database, Redis, and Kubernetes experience.

Lead development and architecture of highly scalable Java services supporting NinjaOne’s third-party patching catalog. Design high-availability systems, solve complex scalability and system-design challenges, improve quality and performance, collaborate cross-functionally, mentor engineers, and own technical initiatives. The role requires expertise in Java, RESTful APIs, Spring, relational databases, caching, asynchronous application design, and large-scale cloud systems.

Owns complex, cross-system software solutions from architecture through production and support. Designs and deploys secure AI and agentic applications, integrates disparate systems and APIs, establishes engineering standards, and partners with business stakeholders. Works hands-on across the full stack while shaping architecture, testing, CI/CD, documentation, security, privacy, and governance practices for a growing internal engineering function.

Design and develop backend services and APIs for identity resolution, optimize event-driven systems, and enhance system reliability. Mentor engineers and influence architectural decisions.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll design and develop GenAI platforms, integrate LLMs, mentor engineers, and solve technical challenges for scalable solutions.

Leads end-to-end data engineering solutions across multiple client engagements, from discovery and architecture through production support. Designs and optimizes Snowflake data platforms, models, warehouses, ELT/ETL pipelines, APIs, integrations, and deployments. Provides technical leadership, client communication, estimation, governance, performance and cost management, engineering standards, mentoring, training, and production escalation support.

Lead the architecture and development of AI orchestration platforms, multi-agent workflows, RAG systems, scalable data pipelines, and enterprise AI components. Build MLOps and LLMOps capabilities, responsible AI guardrails, governance, observability, evaluation, and telemetry solutions. Drive architecture reviews and cross-team alignment while enabling secure, auditable AI applications across software engineering functions.

Leads end-to-end modernization from a monolith to microservices, including legacy analysis, architecture, estimation, data migration, deployment, and production support. Guides .NET services, databases, messaging, containerization, and frontend integrations. Acts as the technical escalation point for complex issues while improving Jira tracking, estimation accuracy, QA collaboration, release predictability, and engineering processes. Manages and develops the team through one-on-ones, performance reviews, feedback, and career-focused objectives.

Lead full-cycle development of API and web applications, from architecture and design through deployment and support. Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to set technical direction, deliver secure and scalable solutions, improve developer productivity, and support Agile delivery. Responsibilities include code reviews, troubleshooting, documentation, observability, automation, quality measurement, and responsible use of AI-assisted development tools.

Lead and define AI architecture, ensuring scalable, reliable AI systems while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product teams.

Design, build, deploy, and maintain resilient, scalable production systems for Toast’s retail customers. The role sets long-term technical architecture and strategy, communicates technical direction, mentors senior engineers, improves engineering productivity, diagnoses performance issues, and drives initiatives amid ambiguity. Engineers collaborate directly with retail customers, visit stores, understand operational workflows, and use AI tools to improve development velocity and quality.

Lead technical design, build, and operate scalable, secure healthcare integration systems. Drive architecture, event-driven distributed systems, APIs, observability, IaC, CI/CD, incident response, cross-functional delivery, and mentor engineering teams.

Lead the design, development, and operation of scalable, secure cloud services and Kubernetes infrastructure. Provide technical direction across engineering teams, mentor developers, establish engineering standards, and drive reliability, incident response, automation, cluster lifecycle, workload scheduling, platform efficiency, and multi-tenant systems across commercial and government cloud environments.

Lead the design, build, and scale of a hybrid semantic search platform on OpenSearch. Own indexing pipelines (MySQL, Kafka/RabbitMQ), integrate vector embeddings and neural search, tune relevance and ranking, ensure ultra-low latency and high availability, mentor engineers, and participate in on-call rotation.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you'll develop cloud-based applications using React and Node.js, mentor engineers, and improve processes.

Leads software engineers and provides technical direction across the software development lifecycle. Designs and develops scalable, cloud-first, event-driven applications, Python APIs, integrations, automation, data platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code solutions using AWS. Mentors engineers, conducts design and code reviews, collaborates with stakeholders, leads troubleshooting and production support, and delivers solutions through Agile methodologies.

Leads architecture, development, and operation of scalable Azure and Power Platform solutions. Provides hands-on coding, technical leadership, mentoring, code review, and agile team guidance. Designs Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure as code while ensuring security, governance, compliance, performance, and quality. Champions Microsoft Copilot and AI-assisted development, collaborates with product and business stakeholders, and manages multiple initiatives across enterprise software platforms.

Provide hands-on technical leadership for a large WordPress and Drupal ecosystem. Own architecture, hosting, deployment, CI/CD, security, QA standards, technical discovery, estimation, work allocation, stakeholder communication, and platform strategy. Lead migrations and consolidation, mentor and supervise engineers, remain active in coding and debugging, and partner with Product and campaign stakeholders across complex web platforms.