Top Remote Software Engineer Jobs in Washington, DC

Lead architecture and evolution of enterprise observability platforms (APM, infrastructure monitoring, session replay, log analytics). Define integration patterns, telemetry standards, and governance. Partner with Engineering, SRE, Product, and Infrastructure to embed observability best practices, evaluate new technologies (OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, AI-driven observability), drive platform standardization, and manage vendor relationships to improve MTTD/MTTR and system reliability.

Design and build Alpaca's low-latency, high-throughput algo trading platform. Implement frontend and backend components, optimize performance, design distributed systems and data models, and develop/order and risk management systems for high availability.

Design, develop, and maintain backend platform services and APIs using Go/JS/Node/GraphQL. Lead architecture, CI/CD, and AWS-based deployments (Lambda, Fargate). Troubleshoot production issues, produce technical designs and estimates, mentor junior engineers, and drive scalable software best practices.

Design, implement, test, and maintain software; author technical designs; write unit and automated tests; participate in code reviews; break down stories and provide estimates; coordinate with Agile teams; own small deliverables and professional development; work with contractors and share best practices.

Lead engineering and develop API-focused full‑stack solutions for brokerage products. Design scalable architectures, build secure cloud-native applications (AWS), drive API strategy, implement CI/CD and DevOps practices, mentor team members, and ensure code quality via TDD/BDD and security/static analysis tools.

Design and build Java/J2EE Spring-based APIs and multi-layer applications; develop web services and database schemas (DB2/Oracle) with PL/SQL; participate in code reviews, unit/integration testing; coordinate technical deliveries across teams and support CI/CD and DevOps collaboration.

Design and implement scalable full-stack solutions for institutional platforms. Lead API and microservices design, cloud (AWS) deployments, CI/CD and DevSecOps, collaborate with product and QA, troubleshoot production, and mentor distributed teams.

Design, develop, and maintain scalable full-stack applications for intermediary clearing and custody platforms. Collaborate with product, architecture, and engineering teams to modernize applications, implement cloud migrations, build APIs, automate workflows, and improve CI/CD, observability, security, and deployment practices in an Agile environment.

Design and build Java-based, messaging and microservice applications. Lead API design, cloud/container solutions (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/Azure), CI/CD, and relational database development (DB2/Oracle). Provide technical leadership, mentoring, code reviews, and resolve cross-technology roadblocks. Work on blockchain and digital asset solutions (Ethereum, Solana) and smart contracts (Solidity, Rust, Move) within financial services.

Design, architect, and build enterprise Java microservices and APIs; lead technical delivery, mentor engineers, implement cloud-native and CI/CD practices, design database schemas and PL/SQL, and develop blockchain/digital-asset solutions including smart contract work and lifecycle integration in financial services.

Lead technical vision and architecture for Dockers Developer Tools: build a self-service internal platform, CI/CD and build systems, integrate AI/LLM agents, set SDLC tenets, establish standards for observability, security, reliability, and productize internal tooling into customer offerings.

Design, build, ship, and maintain end-to-end product features across frontend, backend, and data layers. Own projects from definition through production, improve reliability and scalability, collaborate with product and design, mentor engineers, and engage with customers to solve real user problems.

Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure backend services and APIs for a healthcare caregiver platform. Drive cloud-native modernization (microservices, serverless), ensure compliance (HIPAA, OWASP), troubleshoot production issues, optimize performance, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with product and architecture teams to deliver reliable, high-performing solutions.

Develop and manage control plane services for Flink, focusing on orchestration and reliability. Responsibilities include code quality, mentoring, and communication across teams.

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.

Lead the development of a search and data integration platform, ensuring architecture, integration, and delivery of complex software systems in a safety-focused environment.

Design, develop, and deliver scalable backend systems and components using .NET 10 and C#. Build and maintain databases and messaging infrastructure (PostgreSQL/SQL Server, RabbitMQ), deploy with Docker and AWS, apply DDD and ORMs, triage/prioritize work, and contribute to distributed, event-driven architecture with emphasis on reliability and idempotency.

Build and evolve APIs and frontend surfaces for data products. Translate business requirements into scalable systems, ensure data integrity, design frontend and backend architecture, improve developer self-serve tooling, collaborate with stakeholders, and mentor engineers while maintaining strong code quality and delivery practices.

Lead design and delivery of agentic-first capabilities in Nexus Repository Manager: architect multi-agent subsystems, own product area execution, define verification and eval harnesses, ensure security/reliability for software supply chain features, and mentor senior engineers while coordinating cross-functional stakeholders.

Own design, implementation, and production support of Windows kernel-mode enforcement drivers (filesystem, process/thread, handles, registry) and the kernel/user-mode enforcement boundary. Reduce enforcement latency at scale, extend enforcement to containers and isolation, ensure compatibility across Windows builds, handle driver signing and deployment, collaborate cross-platform on policy and the Rust userspace agent, and mentor engineers while driving technical direction and operational stability.

Lead macOS endpoint enforcement: design and own userspace agent, synchronous allow/deny path, Network Extension content filtering, performance and stability across macOS versions and hardware, mentor engineers, and represent macOS in cross-platform policy and architecture decisions.

Own and architect Linux kernel-space enforcement for an identity security platform using eBPF and BPF LSM hooks. Build kernel and userspace enforcement boundary, optimize syscall hot paths, extend enforcement to containers and Kubernetes, ensure portability across kernel versions, collaborate on shared policy/backend, mentor engineers, and drive production-grade, low-latency security enforcement.

The Senior Software Engineer II at Freenome will design and develop reliable backend services, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams in a remote setting.

Lead the long-term technical vision and architecture for ServiceTitan's iOS platform. Design scalable mobile frameworks, define data access patterns via GraphQL, champion TCA, adopt Apple platform capabilities, integrate AI-assisted developer tools, drive cross-org alignment, mentor senior engineers, and set engineering standards for code quality, performance, testing, and extensibility.

The Senior Software Engineer will develop full stack software using Typescript, MySQL, React, and Next.js, oversee features from conception to production, and collaborate across teams at Ethena.