Top Remote Software Engineer Jobs in Tucson, AZ

Develop and maintain Akamai’s custom Linux kernel and distribution for a globally distributed cloud platform. Responsibilities include adding performance, reliability, and security features; porting modifications to newer kernels; debugging production and test issues; improving build and continuous-testing automation; collaborating with platform, application, test, and hardware teams; and contributing work upstream to the open-source Linux community.

Build and scale backend identity platform services for global user onboarding, identity verification, risk management, and trading accounts. Design reliable microservices and architectures, contribute to technical decisions, maintain code quality and test coverage, troubleshoot incidents, collaborate across teams, and potentially participate in on-call support.

Build and maintain MongoDB’s distributed database infrastructure for cluster scalability. Design data partitioning, data movement, dynamic scaling, workload execution, and resilient distributed protocols. Solve complex performance and low-latency systems problems, contribute production-quality C++ code, participate in design and code reviews, lead new feature development, and mentor engineers.

Build and maintain cloud-native applications and services for Akamai’s IaaS platform. Develop platform features from requirements through design, testing, and deployment; integrate Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies; collaborate with product owners, architects, developers, and test engineers in an Agile continuous-delivery environment. The role focuses on creating scalable, reliable, secure platforms that simplify product development and user experience.

Lead and mentor a small software engineering team while setting technical direction, facilitating Agile processes, writing maintainable code, and owning software delivery from requirements through maintenance. Architect reliable databases and secure, scalable AWS cloud infrastructure using infrastructure as code. Ensure healthcare data compliance with HIPAA and HITRUST and guide system architecture, API design, security, scalability, and CI/CD practices.

Leads end-to-end software development for AI-infused enterprise applications, including architecture, database design, coding, testing, deployment, and service reliability. Builds Copilot and agentic solutions using Azure and modern full-stack technologies. Provides technical leadership, mentors engineers, establishes quality and security practices, supports enterprise integrations, and collaborates with product teams, program managers, UX designers, and data scientists to deliver scalable commercial software.

Leads architecture, technical strategy, and roadmap for Windows ML compiler infrastructure, execution runtimes, hardware acceleration, and developer tooling. Drives AI workload optimization across CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs; partners with hardware vendors and internal platform teams; solves complex systems challenges involving scheduling, memory management, code generation, graph optimization, and hardware abstraction. Provides technical leadership and mentorship while shaping on-device and generative AI execution strategy.

Lead complex, cross-team software initiatives from design through rollout; architect backend services, improve reliability and observability, guide technical strategy, mentor engineers, and elevate engineering quality. The role emphasizes AI-assisted coding, agentic development workflows, automated guardrails, testing, incident response, and solving ambiguous technical problems across consumer applications and internal tools.

Software Engineering Interns contribute to production TypeScript backend features, applied AI and computer vision pipelines, and end-to-end deployments to active mining sites. Responsibilities include using LLMs, AWS Rekognition, TensorFlow, Kubernetes, and CI/CD; translating user challenges into product features; and collaborating closely with senior engineers and leadership. The role is fully remote and emphasizes ownership, autonomy, and shipping real-world software.

Develop and maintain Akamai’s custom Linux kernel for its cloud platform. Responsibilities include adding performance, reliability, and security features; porting modifications across kernel versions; debugging production and test issues; improving build and continuous-testing automation; collaborating with platform, application, hardware, and test teams; and contributing changes upstream to the Linux community.

Develop fullstack web applications, enhance platform performance, collaborate on high-impact opportunities, and ensure stable, scalable solutions. Engage in rapid iterations and be a committed team player.

Own the networking architecture and roadmap for AKS Flex and Unbounded, enabling secure, reliable, high-performance Kubernetes connectivity across sites, clouds, edge environments, and on-premises infrastructure. Design overlay and underlay networks, routing, encrypted tunnels, eBPF dataplanes, and distributed systems for high-latency and partitioned environments. Integrate InfiniBand and RDMA for AI workloads, lead cross-team architecture efforts, improve global fleet performance and reliability, and participate in production operations and on-call rotations.

Provides technical leadership for architecture and evolution of large-scale distributed data platforms supporting Azure network telemetry. Designs streaming and batch systems, establishes reusable engineering patterns, drives cross-team technical strategy, and owns capabilities from design through production operations. Ensures scalability, reliability, security, performance, data quality, and operational excellence while mentoring engineers and influencing technical leaders. The role also involves architectural reviews, dependency management, risk reduction, and applying AI or machine learning approaches to operational systems.

Design, develop, and operate scalable software platforms and automation for Azure network qualification infrastructure. Build tools for device provisioning, configuration, lifecycle management, testing, telemetry, and health validation. Develop AI-powered agents for troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and engineering productivity. Create reliable distributed systems with observability, diagnostics, automated recovery, and scalability while collaborating across software and network engineering teams.

Build and operate WISEcode’s food data lakehouse using Python, SQL, DuckLake, S3 Parquet, Postgres, and Prefect. Responsibilities include source ingestion, entity resolution, pipeline consolidation, data enrichment, downstream connectors, data quality reporting, configuration discipline, and architectural documentation. The role requires designing and shipping production lakehouse or warehouse systems, managing scalable API-driven pipelines, and collaborating closely with engineers in a fully remote environment.

Develop and maintain PowerUp Sports’ software platform, build and release new features, integrate technologies, optimize PHP applications on Azure, manage SQL Server databases, participate in code reviews, mentor junior developers, and support scalable, reliable architecture.

Design, build, and scale Shepherd’s core platform, backend systems, APIs, user-facing applications, and AI-powered legal workflows. Architect secure, reliable infrastructure for sensitive legal data, collaborate with legal and product teams, build internal tools, optimize performance, and own technical decisions. The role also involves rapid prototyping, mentoring and recruiting engineers, and contributing to SOC 2 readiness and data privacy practices.

Leads the design, implementation, optimization, and support of highly scalable Azure Storage services. Responsibilities include end-to-end performance testing, benchmarking, automation, profiling, bottleneck and root-cause analysis across compute, storage, and networking layers, KPI definition, scaling recommendations, and operational incident response. The role collaborates across teams, drives project and release plans, supports reliable and secure services, and mentors engineers while participating in on-call responsibilities.

Provides technical leadership for Azure cloud-scale distributed data platforms processing network telemetry and operational data. Defines architecture and long-term technical strategy, leads streaming and batch system design, resolves complex scalability and reliability challenges, oversees production readiness and continuous improvement, and influences cross-team technical investments. Partners across Azure Networking, conducts design reviews, establishes reusable engineering patterns, improves observability and quality, and mentors engineers and technical leaders.

Build and evolve distributed platforms, microservices, intelligent agents, and AI-enabled services. Lead hands-on software development while defining agent orchestration, Infrastructure as Code, controls-as-code, CI/CD, security, and compliance practices. Partner with systems engineers and security stakeholders, translate mission needs into scalable solutions, establish development standards, mentor engineers, and guide architecture and technical decisions in secure, regulated environments.

Design and implement scalable, secure, high-performance software systems and public-facing APIs. Lead system design, apply agentic coding workflows, collaborate with Product and Data Science, mentor engineers, and own initiatives improving efficiency, performance, and customer satisfaction. The role requires extensive experience with highly available distributed systems, API versioning and rate limiting, modern backend and frontend technologies, AWS, and Domain-Driven Design.

Develop and deploy life-saving technologies as a fullstack engineer, focusing on web applications for public safety, collaborating with various engineering disciplines and leveraging customer feedback.

Build and maintain full-stack features across core financial platforms using Python, Django, PostgreSQL, and modern JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks. Design scalable systems, implement front-end interfaces and back-end APIs, write automated tests, optimize performance, resolve bugs, participate in code reviews, collaborate cross-functionally, and guide junior engineers while using AI-assisted development tools.

Design, build, test, and deliver software for managing virtual machines alongside Kubernetes workloads in secure, disconnected environments. Develop Kubernetes tooling, APIs, VM image workflows, management capabilities, and integrations for networking, storage, observability, and security. Debug complex distributed systems, improve reliability and performance, make architectural decisions, review code, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, UX, and mission stakeholders.

Develop and optimize low-level embedded software and firmware for wireless communication systems. Integrate WiFi and 5G/LTE modules, support board bring-up, and validate hardware-software interactions. Optimize CPU, DSP, FPGA, and power performance; implement secure boot and OTA firmware updates; debug complex subsystem interactions; and collaborate with hardware and cross-functional teams. Maintain technical documentation and participate in code reviews.