Top Software Engineer Jobs in Richmond, VA

Develop and maintain backend services for OppFi’s financial technology platform. Responsibilities include building Java applications and services, collaborating in an Agile environment, conducting code reviews and testing, documenting best practices, and refining technical requirements into production-ready solutions. The role uses AWS, Docker, PostgreSQL, APIs, and related cloud-native technologies.

Build and operate scalable, customer-facing full-stack software for Samsara’s safety products. The role involves developing web, mobile, API, and platform capabilities; integrating LLMs, agentic workflows, and RAG; evaluating AI quality; and improving reliability, scalability, and operational health. The engineer collaborates with Product, Design, ML, and platform teams while owning features from concept through production.

Develop and scale backend streaming and data infrastructure using Kafka, Flink, AWS, Kubernetes, and related technologies. Break down projects, deliver tested software, collaborate with product and engineering teams, monitor system availability, participate in on-call support, debug code, conduct code reviews, and contribute to team development.

Build, optimize, and maintain software systems using AI while collaborating across disciplines on healthcare technology. Develop distributed, event-driven systems, learn new languages and frameworks, and protect user privacy through data security and HIPAA-compliant practices. The role works with AWS, Kubernetes, and large-scale medical datasets in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.

Develop Android system applications for Toast’s device management platform, focusing on background services, device policy enforcement, setup, firmware and app updates. Support new hardware and OS upgrades, expand automated testing with Robot Framework, investigate production issues, and collaborate with product, hardware, QA, and software teams. The role requires strong Android development skills in Java or Kotlin, Android architecture libraries, debugging tools, and source control.

Architect and build a high-performance trading platform for active traders. Develop responsive web interfaces integrating real-time market data, low-latency execution workflows, and advanced trading tools. Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams on large-scale initiatives, emphasizing scalability, performance, API quality, maintainability, developer experience, and end-user usability.

Develop and maintain native iOS applications using Swift and SwiftUI for DraftKings’ financial platform. Responsibilities include building user-facing features, integrating APIs, managing data and state, optimizing performance, monitoring crash analytics, participating in code reviews and testing, and troubleshooting reliability issues. The role collaborates with product, design, analytics, and engineering teams to deliver scalable, compliant mobile experiences.

Build and launch backend identity decisioning systems that validate consumer identity and satisfy KYC regulations. Collaborate with Product, Compliance, Auth, Fraud, Analytics, and engineering teams; decompose projects, write tested and extensible code, monitor system metrics, support availability and on-call operations, debug code, participate in reviews, and contribute to technical decisions and team development.

Leads performance engineering across the organization by designing load-testing and data-generation frameworks, defining benchmarks and standards, analyzing application, database, and system behavior, and guiding teams in performance optimization. Builds reusable tooling and best practices using k6, JavaScript, Grafana, and InfluxDB while addressing scalability, latency, throughput, and reliability challenges in distributed cloud-native systems.

Build and deploy full-stack healthcare financial products used by millions of patients. Develop AI- and ML-powered features, integrate LLMs, enhance an AI billing assistant, and create patient payment solutions. Collaborate with product, design, and partner engineering teams to deliver production-ready software. Contribute to technical planning, coordinate complex development efforts, mentor peers, and maintain high standards for testing, code quality, efficiency, and technical debt management.

Develop and deploy customer-focused web, mobile, and backend applications across the full software stack. Design major features, contribute to architecture decisions, conduct code reviews, and ensure secure, high-quality implementations. Collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams using Agile and SDLC practices. Manage version control, CI/CD, environments, and releases; maintain automated test coverage and perform root-cause analysis. Build and optimize relational data solutions using SQL Server, including complex queries, stored procedures, and performance tuning.

Lead technical vision and architecture for Card Tech while remaining hands-on as a player-coach. Design scalable, secure systems; modernize monoliths into microservices and event-driven platforms; establish API and engineering standards; mentor engineers; evaluate AI-generated code; and drive cross-divisional technical initiatives. The role requires expertise in cloud computing, data architecture, distributed systems, enterprise architecture, software development, and strategic use of agentic AI tools.

Leads technical vision and architecture for Card Tech while remaining hands-on in software development. Modernizes monoliths into microservices and event-driven platforms, establishes API and design standards, ensures scalable and secure implementations, and mentors engineering teams. The role requires expertise in cloud computing, data architecture, distributed systems, enterprise architecture, and AI-native development, along with leadership of cross-divisional initiatives and talent recruitment.

Leads software engineering and architecture for Card Tech, combining hands-on development with technical mentorship. Defines technical vision, modernizes monoliths into microservices and event-driven platforms, establishes API and design standards, and drives scalable, secure, operable solutions. Partners across divisions, mentors senior engineers, evaluates AI-generated code, and leads architectural strategy and engineering excellence initiatives.

Own the development and maintenance of large-scale React Native applications for iOS and Android. Lead architecture improvements, React Native upgrades, native module development, performance optimization, automated testing, CI/CD reliability, and production debugging. Collaborate with cross-functional product pods, contribute to technical discovery and architecture, mentor engineers, and raise engineering standards while delivering scalable, maintainable mobile experiences.

Build, maintain, and improve secure, scalable enterprise software applications, integrations, and utilities. Write maintainable code, conduct code reviews, troubleshoot issues, address technical debt and security vulnerabilities, and collaborate with QA, data, cloud, and software engineers. The role includes mentoring junior engineers, improving development processes, and evaluating emerging technologies. Preferred experience includes web and backend frameworks, AWS, Docker, ECS, DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines.

Design, develop, operate, and support mission-critical cloud-native software services for Ford’s connected vehicle platform. Lead architecture and delivery of distributed microservices, improve reliability, observability, performance, security, and scalability, and manage incident response. Provide technical leadership through design reviews, standards, mentoring, roadmap influence, and cross-functional collaboration with product, operations, and platform teams.

Design, build, and operate foundational developer infrastructure across CI, build systems, deployment orchestration, and test platforms. Improve build speed, deployment safety, and test reliability while owning services end to end, including SLOs, observability, and on-call responsibilities. Partner with engineering teams to address platform pain points and lead cross-cutting technical projects through production.

Develop and ship native iOS software for Ford’s customer-facing mobile app, serving millions of drivers worldwide. Responsibilities include contributing to product architecture and design reviews, evaluating technologies, writing documentation, collaborating with product and design teams, and delivering production-grade software using agile and CI/CD practices. The role emphasizes Swift, SwiftUI, mobile architecture, testing, observability, debugging, and operational support.

Leads technical strategy and architecture for a scalable advertising platform supporting video, server-side advertising, connected TV, programmatic advertising, and new ad formats. Designs distributed systems, evaluates ad technologies, improves reliability and observability, partners across engineering and product teams, mentors engineers, and guides long-term technical investments and roadmaps.

Develop scalable test automation frameworks, QA tools, and intelligent testing systems using Playwright, C#, and JavaScript/TypeScript. Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, build end-to-end, integration, and performance solutions, and apply AI techniques to improve test generation and defect detection. Partner with engineering and QA teams, troubleshoot reliability issues, contribute to test strategy, and mentor colleagues on automation and modern testing practices.

Maintain and optimize SaaS production and demo environments, respond to and resolve incidents, manage Jira-based incident workflows, use Dynatrace and observability tools for troubleshooting, automate operational tasks, enforce security best practices, document runbooks in Confluence, participate in on-call rotation, and collaborate cross-team to improve reliability and performance.

Develop cross-platform C++ and Qt software for network device discovery, monitoring, and data collection across Windows and Linux. Build high-performance, concurrent, asynchronous systems that communicate with thousands of devices using SNMP, SSH, ICMP, WMI, and related protocols. Own testing, troubleshoot issues across application, operating-system, and network layers, optimize reliability and performance, and collaborate with backend, UI, QA, and product teams.

Staff Software Engineer responsible for designing scalable distributed systems and full-stack web applications supporting provider acquisition, onboarding, and marketplace supply growth. The role leads cross-team technical initiatives, shapes engineering strategy, mentors developers, and delivers provider-facing products from discovery through post-launch support. Experience with AI-assisted development workflows and technologies such as Node.js, React, TypeScript, Kafka, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes is valued.

Build and lead development of high-availability backend services for Affirm’s card loan platform. Design scalable APIs, data models, microservices, and event-driven systems supporting real-time loan attribution, approvals, origination, and refunds. Drive technical strategy, troubleshoot complex performance issues, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor engineers while ensuring long-term system robustness and scalability.