Top Software Engineer Jobs in Richmond, VA

Design, develop, and maintain scalable Python applications; collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver features; ensure performance and quality; identify and fix bugs; maintain code quality and automation; lead and mentor team members using agile practices.

Architect, build, and maintain scalable full‑stack applications using React, TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS. Own features end-to-end, optimize performance and usability, collaborate with founders, and use AI tools to accelerate development in a fast-paced startup.

Design, build, and scale Shepherd’s core platform, backend systems, APIs, user-facing applications, and AI-powered legal workflows. Architect secure, reliable infrastructure for sensitive legal data, collaborate with legal and product teams, build internal tools, optimize performance, and own technical decisions. The role also involves rapid prototyping, mentoring and recruiting engineers, and contributing to SOC 2 readiness and data privacy practices.

Develop and document enterprise-grade SaaS platform functionality while improving quality and performance. Responsibilities include full-stack development, functional and unit testing, defect triage, code reviews, API and process documentation, operational support in regulated environments, and collaboration within Agile and DevOps teams. The role requires expertise in C#, ASP.NET Core, T-SQL, Entity Framework Core, web technologies, software design, debugging, distributed architectures, and high-performance APIs.

Design and scale a feature flagging and A/B testing platform, including high-throughput event ingestion, warehouse-native analytics, real-time feature flag delivery, multi-database SQL support, and distributed systems infrastructure. The role involves full-stack development, architecture, performance optimization, reliability engineering, and technical product influence within a remote startup team.

Lead technical strategy and architecture for Azure Storage geo-replication, data protection, failover orchestration, and business continuity. Drive cross-team delivery, operational excellence, telemetry, automation, AI-assisted operations, and represent the team in executive and customer engagements.

Design, develop, test, and maintain backend systems and APIs for ingesting, processing, and routing large-scale telemetry data. Own end-to-end features, contribute to architecture and internal tools, write automated tests, participate in on-call/support rotation, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, high-performance distributed systems.

Designs, develops, tests, troubleshoots, documents, and maintains software applications throughout the project lifecycle. Responsibilities include coding, database and system administration, performance testing, debugging, software upgrades, requirements documentation, user support, vendor coordination, and collaboration with analysts, administrators, and engineers. The role also provides guidance to junior development staff and supports cross-departmental projects.

Develop and maintain Tailscale’s open-source client and backend networking software. Design, test, document, and optimize networking components, distributed systems, and overlay routing features. Own services through observability, incident response, and customer escalations while collaborating with product managers and designers. Apply security-first practices and improve system efficiency, scalability, and stability in a fully remote, asynchronous startup environment.

Design and own secure, scalable wallet infrastructure for custody, key management, transaction signing, authorization, recovery, and multichain systems. Architect support for MPC, HSMs, secure enclaves, TEEs, smart contract wallets, account abstraction, and emerging cryptographic approaches. Define security boundaries, policy engines, secrets management, authentication, and programmable authorization while making foundational build-versus-buy decisions and guiding systems from first principles through production.

Own the assessment, hardening, testing, modernization, and sustainment of a government SDN software baseline. Develop secure C++ and Python solutions, remediate vulnerabilities, improve testing, debug application and network issues, and support containerization, CI/CD, deployment, and security scanning. Collaborate with platform engineers and government stakeholders, document technical decisions, validate releases, and mentor engineers in Navy environments.

Join a remote engineering team to write, test, and maintain code under senior guidance; participate in code reviews, standups, and sprint planning; debug and resolve application issues; and continuously learn new technologies and best practices.

Build and maintain developer tools, SDKs, CLI, MCP interfaces, integrations, and supporting backend services. Collaborate on API contracts, compatibility, testing, releases, documentation, and shared tooling. Support developers through GitHub issues and pull requests while designing reliable systems with authentication, retries, idempotency, rate limits, monitoring, and error recovery.

The role involves optimizing hardware support within a software stack for AI model deployment, collaborating with teams and hardware vendors to enhance performance and portability across platforms.

Develops, tests, debugs, documents, and supports mainframe COBOL applications, primarily for reinsurance systems. Designs enhancements, creates test plans, performs quality assurance, provides technical guidance, analyzes system requirements, and collaborates with business partners, vendors, and IT teams across concurrent initiatives. The role also supports legacy modernization and requires strong communication, problem-solving, and attention to detail.

Design, develop, test, and deploy supply chain software for inventory, warehouse, and fulfillment systems. Lead technical decisions, mentor engineers, coordinate cross-functional Agile projects, decompose work, delegate tasks, and promote strong development and testing practices. Build monitoring systems that ensure business-process correctness and support high-volume, data-intensive applications.

Lead the design, development, and optimization of scalable web and mobile applications using Ruby on Rails, React, React Native, Docker, PostgreSQL, and AWS. Own architecture, APIs, data models, monitoring, performance, and code quality while collaborating with product, data, and DevOps teams. Provide technical leadership through system design, code reviews, mentoring, and continuous improvement in a remote-first healthcare technology environment.

Design, build, and ship native Android features in Kotlin for BJAK's AI Neobank app. Integrate backend APIs, improve performance, reduce crashes, collaborate with product/design, use analytics to iterate, and add on-device AI where it improves UX.

Develop scalable C++ software that defines and enforces endpoint behavior across millions of managed Windows endpoints. Responsibilities include implementing features, improving platform performance, shipping production code, designing new systems, writing architecture documents, defining subsystem contracts, and collaborating with server, UI, product, and design teams. The role requires deep Windows systems and kernel-driver expertise, with preferred experience in WHQL, minifilter or WFP drivers, macOS Endpoint Security, and Linux kernel development.

Refactor and migrate legacy U.S. Air Force web applications to a DoD software factory with minimal downtime. Build secure, tested software; identify technical debt; improve CI/CD and engineering practices; communicate technical tradeoffs to government stakeholders; and coach government engineers and military developers. The role works remotely with cross-functional teams and includes occasional travel to Air Force bases.

Own test strategy for a portfolio of government web applications, build automated regression suites, integrate testing into CI/CD, and lead four test engineers. The role replaces manual regression, improves release confidence and delivery speed, and embeds security into development pipelines. Responsibilities include coaching government testers and engineers, communicating readiness to nontechnical stakeholders, and supporting adoption of sustainable testing practices in a U.S. Air Force environment.

Lead the technical vision and architectural evolution of Huntress’s Core Platform. Build complex Ruby on Rails features, solve scaling challenges, manage cross-team dependencies, drive architectural decisions, and oversee system lifecycle and technical risk. Mentor engineers, establish engineering excellence, collaborate with managers and product leaders, and help teams adopt AI coding tools responsibly.

Build and ship production software for Toast’s retail platform, partnering with engineering, product, and customers. Responsibilities include identifying opportunities, designing and prototyping end-to-end solutions, making foundational technical decisions, incorporating customer feedback, tracking industry trends, and deploying AI-powered experiences. The role supports large grocery and convenience-store customers and may involve visiting stores to understand operator workflows.

Design and own NodeZero’s over-the-air update infrastructure across thousands of customer deployments. Responsibilities include delivery protocols, version negotiation, rollout orchestration, health verification, rollback, fleet state management, constrained-environment delivery, reliability, incident response, architecture, production coding, and mentoring engineers. The role requires secure, highly reliable distributed systems that operate across air-gapped and customer-managed Kubernetes environments.

Staff Engineer responsible for database architecture, performance, reliability, migrations, and operational standards across PostgreSQL, graph, and time-series data stores. The role involves writing production code, analyzing query performance, designing failover and migration systems, mentoring engineers, and guiding database practices across teams. Candidates need deep PostgreSQL expertise, experience with graph and analytical databases, cloud or Kubernetes operations, and proficiency in Go or Python.