Top Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Richmond, VA

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.

Lead platform strategy, architecture, and hands-on development. Design, build, deploy, and operate high-performance, fault-tolerant integrations and platform enhancements. Drive security/compliance, mentor engineers, recruit senior talent, align technology with business goals, and communicate technical vision to stakeholders.

Build and ship production frontend features using modern web technologies (Vue.js/TypeScript). Collaborate with product in a cross-functional squad to iterate UX, deliver secure, stable code, and create reusable, testable components. Operate in an AI-first workflow using agentic tools, participate in Git-based development, and apply basic AWS services to solve business problems.

Design and implement backend APIs and performant database schemas (Postgres/SQL); build scalable, testable C# services; work in Agile cross-functional squads; incorporate AI-assisted development tools; and drive engineering maturity and efficiency.

Design, build, and support scalable, stable web and mobile digital products. Communicate with stakeholders, estimate scope, lead and mentor engineers, produce extensible technical solutions, and use data-driven iterative development.

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, 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, 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.

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.

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

Design, build, and maintain end-to-end, accessible, secure full-stack software for a federal health/civilian agency. Build Section 508-compliant UIs, backend APIs, and services; follow API-first, CI/CD, automated testing, and security best practices; identify and remediate technical debt; mentor engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, performant government software.

Design and build secure, scalable cloud-native, AI-enabled applications and microservices for utilities. Lead architecture, translate requirements, develop APIs and data-driven solutions, mentor engineers, and ensure software quality and delivery.

Design, configure, and administer the Splunk observability platform for enterprise-scale log and event ingestion. Optimize pipelines for performance, cost, and retention; integrate Splunk with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes), CI/CD and deployment tools (Puppet, Ansible), and enterprise systems (ServiceNow, PagerDuty). Implement automation using Python/Bash, manage Splunk apps/roles, and support observability and APM initiatives while collaborating within SAFe using Jira and Confluence.

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.

Build polished, maintainable React-based front-end product experiences; evolve front-end architecture and component patterns; translate ambiguous product ideas into executable plans; collaborate with product and design; prioritize UX quality, testing, and pragmatic tradeoffs; mentor and raise team effectiveness at the Staff level.

As a Staff Data Engineer, you'll architect and build data pipelines, champion small data strategies, mentor teams, and ensure operational excellence in data workflows.

Lead design and implementation of batch and stream loading systems to ingest terabytes daily. Provide technical leadership on the Streamloader team, collaborate with architects, engineers, product, sales, and customers, and develop high-performance distributed software in C++ and/or Java while ensuring system reliability and customer success.

Lead Platform Engineer to design and evolve Subaru.com using Java, AEM, and AWS. Lead architecture and technical delivery, mentor teams, run design and code reviews, enforce quality, and build scalable web applications and services integrating front-end, mobile, and third-party clients.

Build and maintain the GG App across Windows, macOS, and iOS including installers, background services, auto-update systems, enterprise deployment paths, health reporting, AWS backend, and documentation. Lead architecture decisions, mentor engineers, participate in on-call support, and champion AI adoption and automation across engineering.

Design, build, and operate managed compute primitives for Temporal Cloud: autoscaling, multi-tenant safety, multi-cloud integrations, secure cross-account execution, observability (SLOs, tracing/metrics), and ship end-to-end APIs with strong operational ownership and mentorship.

Design, implement, and optimize Elasticsearch core storage and query engine components for observability workloads. Drive architectural improvements, resolve performance bottlenecks in indexing and serialization, optimize data layouts for object storage, lead cross-organizational initiatives, mentor engineers, triage community issues, and write idiomatic modern Java in a distributed team.

Lead design and delivery of large-scale, cloud-native services powering millions of devices. Architect solutions for scalability and integration, own full service lifecycle in Kubernetes, mentor engineers, participate in on-call support, and drive engineering best practices across cross-functional teams.

Drive architecture and technical vision for Elasticsearch core storage and query engine. Lead performance and storage-efficiency improvements, design indexing/serialization/data layouts, mentor engineers, coordinate cross-organizational initiatives, triage community issues, and write idiomatic modern Java for logs and metrics workloads.