Top Remote C++ Jobs in Washington, DC

Design and maintain foundational gameplay systems, frameworks, workflows, and tools using C++ and Unreal Engine 5. Provide technical direction for shared gameplay architecture, profile and optimize CPU, memory, networking, and systemic performance, and establish performance metrics, budgets, workflows, and tools. Collaborate across engineering and content teams to support scalable multiplayer game simulation and networking.

Design, build, and maintain pipeline and artist-facing tools across web, desktop, and Unreal surfaces. Develop Python integrations with Maya, Unreal, Nuke, Perforce, and AYON; build AI-assisted features; and own tools through production. Collaborate directly with artists and supervisors, manage work autonomously, and deliver responsive, maintainable, well-tested software.

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.

Build and operate backend APIs, a reusable integration platform, security-tool connectors, MCP capabilities, and event-driven services. Own GraphQL federation, permissions, multi-tenant access, reliability, observability, vendor API resilience, and production operations. Collaborate across engineering, product, and security teams while mentoring other engineers and contributing to technical standards.

Build and operate backend services for licensing, entitlements, provisioning, access control, multi-tenant administration, MSP/MSSP workflows, audit logging, and notifications. Design reliable cloud-native systems using Docker, Kubernetes, and relational databases, while contributing to observability, incident response, documentation, testing, and platform security. Collaborate across engineering, product, and design teams and mentor less experienced engineers.

Define architecture and metrics for autonomous driving evaluation, lead cross-functional integration across autonomy and simulation teams, develop statistical and machine learning methods, analyze large-scale time-series data, manage evaluation KPIs and release gates, and communicate safety and readiness insights through dashboards and stakeholder presentations.

Lead systems engineering for Hivemind-based autonomy products: define and manage requirements, develop system architectures and trade studies, coordinate hardware/software interfaces, support integration/verification/validation and testing, and identify and mitigate technical risks across the system lifecycle.

Lead design and prototyping of generative AI experiences for autonomy development; drive UX for Hivemind products; perform user research, collaborate with CTO and product leads, and deliver reference implementations and integrations across full-stack web and edge systems.

Design and implement full‑stack, low‑latency web-based Ground Control Station and C2 systems (map-centric UIs, real-time telemetry, video streaming), lead architecture and APIs, mentor engineers, support field tests and mission deployments, and ensure interoperability with C2 standards.

Build and scale full-stack applications using Ruby on Rails, React, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform. Design APIs, data architectures, synchronization systems, infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines for secure, reliable operation in disconnected and low-bandwidth environments. Collaborate across engineering, business development, and mission teams while supporting critical defense and public safety operations.

Develops automated hardware and software test solutions for photonic integrated circuits and subassemblies. Responsibilities include designing validation plans, characterizing semiconductor optoelectronic devices, controlling instruments and data acquisition, qualifying production test stations, applying Gage R&R and SPC, documenting solutions, and tracking project milestones. The role requires collaboration across engineering teams and troubleshooting of complex test systems.

Lead design and implementation of Pinterest Edge systems (CDN, TLS, DNS, proxies) to manage automation traffic and rate limiting at scale. Develop request-processing logic in Envoy, collaborate with vendors and platform teams, mentor engineers, use AI to accelerate workflows, and participate in on-call incident response and reliability improvements.

Leads architecture and development of Trellix’s high-throughput cloud threat detection platform. Designs microservices, asynchronous submission pipelines, sandbox execution systems, full-stack analyst interfaces, secure AWS infrastructure, identity integrations, telemetry pipelines, and compliant multi-region architectures. Owns infrastructure as code, observability, production reliability, security practices, technical documentation, incident response, and SLA commitments while integrating AI-assisted development tools.

Leads architecture and development of Thunderbird’s web-based Services products, including calendar and secure file storage offerings. Responsibilities include writing code, prototyping, selecting technologies, developing analytics and infrastructure, solving complex problems, guiding product direction, mentoring engineers, and improving scalability and sustainability. The role collaborates across engineering, product, design, QA, Mozilla, and open-source communities in a fully remote environment.

Lead architecture and technical direction for Thunderbird’s web-based Services products, including calendar and secure file storage offerings. Responsibilities include writing code, prototyping, making technology decisions, developing analytics and infrastructure, solving complex problems, mentoring engineers, collaborating across product and design teams, and improving system scalability and maintainability. The role also contributes to product growth, open-source collaboration, and data-informed decisions within a fully remote international team.

Develop and implement embedded software and systems for aerospace devices. Responsibilities include coding, testing, troubleshooting, software quality assurance, system efficiency and stability analysis, and I/O performance optimization. Interns work with hardware and embedded technologies while receiving mentorship and professional development. The role is available at multiple U.S. locations and includes relocation benefits and short-term housing for eligible interns.

Develop and implement embedded software and devices for aerospace systems. Responsibilities include analyzing system efficiency and stability, optimizing I/O performance, supporting software quality assurance, and coding, testing, and troubleshooting system software. The intern will work with embedded hardware and software technologies while receiving hands-on experience, mentorship, relocation benefits, and short-term housing when eligible.

Designs, develops, tests, and maintains robotics middleware and application frameworks in modern C++ on embedded Linux. Owns platform components through deployment and fleet operation, improves reliability and performance, diagnoses complex concurrency and systems issues, and translates safety requirements into software behavior and verification. Collaborates across autonomy, systems, hardware, and software teams while leading technical reviews and mentoring engineers.

Implements, configures, deploys, and supports software platforms and HL7 interfaces. Troubleshoots operating systems, databases, VPN connectivity, and application integrations; manages customer support tickets, SLAs, documentation, and implementation timelines. Advises customers on technical requirements, collaborates across teams to improve reliability, and participates in an on-call rotation.

Design, implement, and maintain core systems for thatgamecompany’s custom game engine. Collaborate with artists, designers, and engineers to gather requirements, deliver features, and iterate on solutions. Monitor, diagnose, and troubleshoot technical issues and inefficiencies across complex codebases to improve development effectiveness. Potential focus areas include CPU/GPU performance, cross-platform support, netcode, multithreading, audio, and rendering.

Build and operate multi-cloud infrastructure for MariaDB Cloud, designing application layers, APIs, cloud-native services, automation, and database-adjacent features. Own production capabilities end to end across AWS, Azure, and GCP using Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Python, and backend languages. Develop AI-enabled workflows involving vector databases, semantic search, RAG, and LLM agents while ensuring security, observability, scalability, and reliable deployment.

Design and build JTX, a high-performance Solana trading application. Develop low-latency, reliable systems for order routing, execution, real-time market data, and position management. Own critical infrastructure, implement security across transaction signing and user data, make architectural decisions, and collaborate with product and infrastructure teams in a fast-moving 0-to-1 environment.

Build edge-focused full-stack product experiences integrating machine learning and autonomy for frontline defense users. Collaborate with designers, infrastructure teams, product teams, and ML engineers to create intuitive applications, efficient edge-deployed application stacks, and internal modeling APIs. Develop maintainable software using strong engineering practices, including design documents, code reviews, and style guides.

Lead architecture, development, and delivery of Azure SmartNIC and networking software, including RDMA, virtualization, hardware offloads, and high-performance networking. Collaborate across hardware, firmware, silicon, and cloud teams; improve reliability and performance using telemetry; guide platform strategy; troubleshoot production systems; and provide technical leadership through design reviews, mentoring, and incident response.

Lead the architecture and technical direction of Alpaca’s margin and risk systems across equities, options, crypto, and future asset classes. Design low-latency, high-throughput services for margin calculation, real-time risk enforcement, exposure limits, margin calls, and operational workflows. Drive reliability, correctness, transactional integrity, observability, incident prevention, technical reviews, mentorship, and cross-functional integration with product, brokerage operations, compliance, and engineering teams.