Top Remote Software Engineer Jobs in Washington, DC

Lead platform engineering focused on identity, authentication, and authorization across scalable, resilient backend services. Drive architecture, full‑stack TypeScript development, CI/CD automation, testing, on‑call service ownership, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with cross‑functional teams to deliver cloud, hybrid, and on‑prem deployments.

Design, build, and maintain scalable control-plane features for Cribl Stream to deploy, configure, and orchestrate distributed nodes. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement production APIs, automated tests, and reliability improvements. Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and SaaS operations while using AI-assisted tools to improve development and operational efficiency.

Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure backend services powering bank accounts, cards, and payments. Own distributed systems, design data models across SQL/NoSQL, build RESTful APIs, improve reliability and observability, participate in code reviews, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, maintainable solutions for millions of users.

Design, implement, and operate low-latency, high-throughput C++, Go, and Python services for real-time sensor ingestion, tracking, inference, and data pipelines. Build IPC/messaging interfaces, optimize data structures and Protobuf serialization, deploy containerized services on Kubernetes (Argo/Helm) in GCP, and implement observability, testing with historic/simulated data, and end-to-end O&M.

The Senior Software Engineer designs and develops software applications, optimizes APIs and databases, collaborates with teams, and ensures code quality through various testing practices.

Design and build React-based applications, support component design and deployment practices, implement data storage and scalable performance optimizations, work with clients and technical leads, apply UI/UX principles, testing at all levels, collaborate on code reviews and agile delivery.

Designs, builds, and maintains scalable backend and frontend systems (approx. 60% backend/40% frontend), including data pipelines, Kafka streams, REST APIs, and cloud-native deployments on AWS/Kubernetes. Participates in design/code reviews, on-call rotation, troubleshooting, performance optimization, testing, mentoring, and architectural discussions while championing API-first approaches and improving monitoring and tooling.

Serve as technical lead for software development, testing, deployment support, release management, requirements analysis, defect resolution, and technical oversight for MIS. Lead development, testing, UAT, Section 508 compliance, performance/capacity testing, documentation, and modernization/migration efforts.

Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and APIs for a SaaS platform using Python/FastAPI. Ensure reliability, performance, and observability across distributed systems. Work with PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, Temporal, Redis, AWS, and Terraform. Build frontend features with React and TypeScript, integrate third-party APIs, adopt AI-assisted development tools, mentor engineers, and drive architecture and developer experience improvements.

Lead design and implementation of advanced systems features for Postgres, focusing on performance optimization and scalability. Mentor engineers and drive architectural direction for large-scale database systems.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will maintain and develop data connectors, enhance data integrations, and improve developer experience within the ClickHouse data ecosystem.

The role involves designing and maintaining a scalable cloud infrastructure, working with cloud technologies, and improving system performance and security.

Lead software engineering efforts for the Proton platform, focusing on system design, mentorship, and innovative drug discovery projects. Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to enhance engineering processes and standards within a minimalist organizational structure.

As a Software Development Engineer II on the Search Geocoding team, you'll design and implement algorithms for efficient search retrieval, collaborate cross-functionally, and optimize solutions to enhance user experience.

Lead design and delivery of customer-facing data product applications, building full-stack experiences (frontend, backend, APIs) using TypeScript, React, Node.js, and Python. Partner with Product and data teams to convert analytics and prototypes into production-grade workflows, establish software engineering best practices, mentor engineers, and prioritize customer value through testing, observability, and operational ownership.

The Senior Software Engineer will develop orchestration and autoscaling for the Lucenia search platform, working with cloud technologies and Kubernetes to manage services and mentor team members.

The Senior Software Engineer will focus on Lucene's distributed indexing and query capabilities, improve code features, and collaborate with a global team.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and implement a high-performance Solana validator client in Zig, translate Rust code, optimize performance, and collaborate with a team.

This role involves building product, shaping company culture, developing web applications, writing APIs, and planning sprints. You'll collaborate with design and engineering teams to enhance user experience and take part in hiring.

The Lead Quality Engineer will set quality standards, mentor a QA team, improve testing strategies, and enhance automation in AI-driven workflows.

Design and implement core components of networking systems at Ditto, focusing on transport protocols, performance, and modular architecture.

Lead design and architecture of cloud-first, full-stack enterprise software. Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, promote automated testing and CI, improve scalability, troubleshoot issues, and deliver complex projects on time.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will develop product features end-to-end, collaborate with teams, and improve developer productivity.

The Senior Software Engineer will impact the architecture and development of a new platform, building scalable solutions and enhancing technical practices in a collaborative environment.

Lead frontend architecture and product development for member-facing web and mobile apps. Build high-performance, accessible React/React Native UIs, own end-to-end features including APIs and backend services, mentor engineers, drive design system and frontend standards, and collaborate with Product, Design, Clinical, and Data teams to deliver scalable, user-centered health experiences.