Top Remote Software Engineer Jobs in Washington DC,

Develop and maintain Python-based software applications integrating with hardware, sensors, peripherals, and single-board computers. Responsibilities include software design, testing, debugging, GUI development, hardware interfaces, system integration, documentation, troubleshooting, prototyping, and deployment support for government and mission-focused customers. The role is hybrid/remote-friendly and suited to an early-career or journeyman developer with approximately 2–5 years of experience.

Paid six-week remote internship supporting government data infrastructure. Responsibilities include building and maintaining web scrapers and ingestion pipelines, researching data sources, validating data quality, monitoring source failures, improving scraper resilience, and documenting extraction logic. The role uses TypeScript, Python, browser automation, APIs, structured data formats, Git, and AI-assisted tooling.

Leads backend engineering for a payments platform by designing scalable Golang microservices and RESTful APIs, driving architecture, improving reliability and observability, and supporting production systems. Collaborates across product and engineering teams, participates in on-call operations, establishes SLOs and incident processes, manages technical debt, and mentors junior engineers.

Build and maintain end-to-end features across backend (Node.js/TypeScript, Python) and frontend (React/TypeScript). Model Postgres schemas, integrate queues (QStash/Upstash), deploy on Cloudflare edge, write tests, enforce CI/CD, and harden systems for security and performance in regulated environments.

Designs and develops scalable customer-facing web applications and microservices APIs. Leads complex system architecture, performs code reviews, mentors engineers, defines technical implementations, and guides engineering vision. Maintains sustainable business systems, supports compliance initiatives, and improves development processes. The role requires Java and Spring experience, cloud technologies, relational databases, REST and event-driven architectures, containerization, front-end development, and software lifecycle expertise.

Lead architecture and roadmap for a company-wide data lakehouse platform. Build platform-as-product components (SDKs, CLIs, control planes), optimize distributed compute/storage, prototype performance R&D, ensure compliance-by-design (lineage, PII masking, access control), enable real-time AI data ingestion, drive engineering standards, and mentor cross-functional teams.

Design, build, and scale backend services, APIs, and workflow systems supporting healthcare claims identification and recovery. Integrate AI/ML models, legal datasets, and transactional data while developing fault-tolerant Temporal workflows. Maintain AWS infrastructure and secure deployment pipelines using Python, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, and related technologies. Collaborate with product, business, and data science teams to deliver reliable, secure, high-performance systems in a regulated startup environment.

Develop and maintain Tailscale’s open-source client and backend networking software. Design, test, document, and optimize networking components, distributed systems, and overlay routing features. Own services through observability, incident response, and customer escalations while collaborating with product managers and designers. Apply security-first practices and improve system efficiency, scalability, and stability in a fully remote, asynchronous startup environment.

Designs, develops, tests, deploys, and maintains enterprise applications using Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Pages, and Power Platform. Builds Node.js backend services and RESTful integrations, supports CI/CD and production releases, troubleshoots defects, participates in Agile ceremonies and code reviews, documents solutions, and collaborates with cross-functional teams. The role also contributes to application security, performance improvements, technical design, and mentoring junior developers.

Develop and ship full-stack application features for Ascender Pro and internal projects. Build backend systems in Python, frontend interfaces in React and TypeScript, and contribute to Go projects. Troubleshoot across the stack, participate in architecture decisions, establish engineering best practices, use AI-assisted development tools responsibly, and collaborate with a fast-moving engineering team.