Top Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Richmond, VA

Build scalable distributed systems for Rula’s Marketplace Health Engine, improving provider utilization, marketplace efficiency, and patient access. Partner with Engineering, Product, Data, and Operations; lead technical strategy across teams; design backend services, APIs, and data-intensive systems; drive projects from discovery through post-launch support; solve complex marketplace problems; mentor engineers; and remain hands-on in software development.

Develop and operate highly scalable backend systems and AWS infrastructure. Responsibilities include maintaining Python HTTP services, working with DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, and Redis, provisioning cloud resources through infrastructure as code, reasoning about distributed systems, and owning software from design through monitoring. The role also focuses on reliability, security, performance, cost optimization, observability, technical roadmaps, and collaboration with engineering and product stakeholders.

Build and own full-stack features, platform primitives, and integrations for Vanta Government Cloud. Design secure APIs and services for authentication, data ingestion, schema evolution, monitoring, and framework mappings. Operate integrations within the GovCloud boundary, including observability, on-call support, incident response, change management, performance improvements, and automated testing. Collaborate with federal subject-matter experts, agencies, vendors, and assessment organizations while using AI responsibly to improve development and operations.

Lead architecture and rollout of scalable platform services and customer-facing APIs. Define API standards, service boundaries, security, reliability, and developer experience; collaborate with data-platform teams; drive RFCs and complex multi-quarter initiatives; mentor engineers; and contribute across the stack using TypeScript, Node.js, React, and AI tools.

Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure software (primarily in Go) to manage VMs across global data centers. Collaborate on product requirements, participate in code reviews, optimize performance and reliability, contribute to architecture decisions, and stay current with industry trends.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Data Platform team, you'll enhance the data infrastructure, develop ETL pipelines, maintain data quality, collaborate across teams, and mentor junior engineers.

Design, develop, and field high-performance Ground Control Station and C2 software using C++/Qt/QML and QGroundControl. Lead architecture and technical direction, mentor engineers, define APIs/ICDs, debug integration/latency issues, support field tests, implement post-mission debrief tools, and ensure interoperability with C2 standards.

Join a small AI-native engineering team building and operating Affirm's bank systems. Own end-to-end bank infrastructure, durable workflows, vendor integrations, data platform, CI/CD, monitoring, and examiner-ready documentation. Use AI-assisted tooling to accelerate development, collaborate with Compliance/Risk/Finance, and mentor growing engineering talent.

Lead systems engineering for Hivemind-based autonomy products: define and manage requirements, develop system architectures and trade studies, coordinate hardware/software interfaces, support integration/verification/validation and testing, and identify and mitigate technical risks across the system lifecycle.

Design and implement full‑stack, low‑latency web-based Ground Control Station and C2 systems (map-centric UIs, real-time telemetry, video streaming), lead architecture and APIs, mentor engineers, support field tests and mission deployments, and ensure interoperability with C2 standards.

Lead design and delivery of backend-focused full-stack features for the Business Platform. Build APIs, data models, and reliable parsers, ensure secure resilient systems, mentor engineers, drive estimates and quality, collaborate with Growth on data-driven features, and integrate AI tooling into development workflows.

The role involves providing technical leadership, hands-on execution, and cross-team influence in software engineering, focusing on solutions for scaling and performance challenges while using AI tools.

Design and build end-to-end web and AI-powered dashboard features, scale cross-platform full-stack infrastructure, standardize product patterns, mentor engineers, lead cross-team technical projects, and collaborate with product and design to improve user workflows and AI adoption.

Senior fullstack engineer to build and scale Brigit's consumer finance platform. Own end-to-end features across frontend (React/React Native/TypeScript) and backend (Java/REST/SQL), optimize database and APIs for high scale, integrate 3rd-party services, implement risk and transaction algorithms, improve CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and internal tooling to support millions of users.

Build and maintain full-stack features for Saga, Deepgram's voice OS. Develop backend services (Node.js, Socket.IO, DynamoDB, AWS Amplify), frontend interfaces (TypeScript, React, Next.js), and scalable REST/GraphQL APIs. Participate in architecture, code reviews, performance optimization, and translate product requirements into iterative deliverables.

Own technically complex, mission-critical areas and define technical strategy for new products. Design and ship full‑stack, AI‑driven features end‑to‑end, build scalable data ingestion and API systems, partner with product/design/customer teams to translate ambiguous problems into measurable outcomes, mentor engineers, and raise engineering quality and standards across the organization.

Serve as the senior software development SME while performing full-stack Java web development and O&M activities. Guide developer teams, prioritize work, coordinate technical meetings, resolve issues, optimize processes, analyze requirements, estimate effort, review code, conduct testing, troubleshoot environments, create technical documentation, and implement software updates. The role requires extensive J2EE experience, SPA development, DevOps and CI/CD expertise, and active Public Trust/MBI clearance supporting an IRS Criminal Investigation system.

Develop and own full-stack web features from design through deployment, monitoring, and optimization. Build APIs, backend services, responsive user experiences, SQL queries, and relational database schemas. Modernize legacy systems, troubleshoot performance issues, participate in code reviews, and collaborate with product and design teams in an agile continuous-delivery environment. The role emphasizes secure, maintainable, scalable code, technical ownership, and thoughtful use of AI-assisted development tools.

Develop robotics software for laboratory automation systems, focusing on precise motion control, liquid handling, sample transport, real-time perception, sensor fusion, computer vision, and calibration. Optimize embedded and real-time performance, conduct hardware-in-the-loop testing, and implement CI/CD validation. Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, firmware, and AI teams to deliver safe, reliable autonomous instrument behaviors from concept through verification.

Lead a team of developers in building cloud-based solutions, tackling complex problems while mentoring and staying updated on tech trends.

Lead full‑stack teams building cloud-native microservices and distributed systems. Design and deliver robust AWS/GCP/Azure solutions, mentor engineers, collaborate with product managers, and apply emerging AI tooling to solve complex card decisioning problems.

As a Senior Principal Engineer, you'll define and drive the technical strategy for customer experience platforms, lead architectural decisions, and mentor engineering teams to enhance customer and agent experiences.

Lead the technical vision and architecture for backend systems supporting experimentation, personalization, analytics, and conversion optimization. Design and operate high-throughput distributed systems and APIs, build data infrastructure, and productionize AI/ML capabilities. Drive complex multi-team initiatives, influence engineering strategy, establish technical standards and operational excellence, and mentor senior engineers. Partner with product, data science, ML, and engineering teams to translate business needs into scalable solutions.

Join Archy as a Senior Platform Software Engineer to enhance dental practice management through a scalable SaaS solution, focusing on cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and AI integration.

Leads the Bioinformatics Software Engineering team and owns engineering strategy, architecture, delivery, modernization, and production support for clinical genomics platforms. Oversees software engineers, bioinformatics workflows, data integration, automation, quality systems, release governance, reliability, and regulatory compliance. Partners with clinical, laboratory, scientific, quality, product, operations, and executive stakeholders to convert research methods into validated production workflows. Guides AI-enabled engineering initiatives while ensuring privacy, traceability, clinical-grade quality, and operational resilience.