Top Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Rochester, NY

Build, own, deploy, and operate backend services and APIs powering Mozilla products. Responsibilities include backend development, cloud infrastructure collaboration, monitoring and alerting, production support, incident response, releases, security and privacy reviews, API design, code reviews, and mentoring. The role requires end-to-end service ownership, on-call participation, and maintaining reliable production systems.

Build and own backend services for Mozilla’s Ecosystem Services, including server-side logic, APIs, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, monitoring, deployments, and production reliability. Participate in on-call support, incident response, releases, security and privacy reviews, code reviews, and cross-functional collaboration. Mentor junior engineers and drive improvements in quality, testing, and engineering processes.

Own the design, development, and automation of Coinbase’s routing infrastructure connecting services to Kubernetes backends. Build scalable capabilities using Envoy, Istio, Ambient Mesh, and SPIFFE; improve routing latency, reliability, and performance; enhance developer tooling with responsible AI; and collaborate with security, reliability, and observability teams to resolve complex distributed-systems issues.

Lead development and maintenance of internal design system libraries, tools, and Figma plugins. Implement AI solutions to speed design workflows, own medium-to-large features end-to-end, run internal user research, provide support and on-call coverage, conduct design and code reviews, and collaborate with designers and engineers to drive technical strategy and adoption.

Lead the architecture, development, testing, and maintenance of scalable backend systems and APIs. Drive technical decisions, code quality, performance optimization, documentation, continuous delivery, and monitoring. Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to translate requirements into reliable solutions. Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, resolve complex technical issues, and contribute to agile development and overall technology strategy.

Build and operate multicloud Kubernetes infrastructure and platform capabilities, including cloud foundations, networking, identity, cluster lifecycle, disconnected deployments, packaging, GitOps delivery, infrastructure as code, observability, upgrades, and incident response. Partner with engineering teams to provide reusable self-service infrastructure primitives across commercial, government, secure, classified, and disconnected environments.

Design and develop high-performance optimization and scheduling systems for complex network-resource allocation problems. Translate network requirements into computational models, improve solution quality and scalability, and evolve solver architecture for reliability. Responsibilities include managing project priorities, designing, testing, debugging, and maintaining production software. Preferred experience includes numerical optimization, solver development, performance profiling, distributed or cloud computing, and telecommunications or networking.

Leads the design, implementation, optimization, and support of highly scalable Azure Storage services. Responsibilities include end-to-end performance testing, benchmarking, automation, profiling, bottleneck and root-cause analysis across compute, storage, and networking layers, KPI definition, scaling recommendations, and operational incident response. The role collaborates across teams, drives project and release plans, supports reliable and secure services, and mentors engineers while participating in on-call responsibilities.

Build and maintain NetBox Enterprise, an on-premises product suite. Responsibilities include architecting Kubernetes-based high-availability solutions, extending Kubernetes operators, developing lifecycle management tools, building CI/CD pipelines, managing releases, writing Rust and Python, supporting integration testing, documenting deployment practices, and resolving customer deployment and operational issues.

Design and maintain scalable services, APIs, distributed systems, and data pipelines for AI training data infrastructure. Own systems through design, implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring. Lead architectural decisions, improve reliability and scalability, mentor engineers, and collaborate with AI/ML, product, and data operations teams. Contribute to CI/CD, containerization, DevOps, and cloud deployment practices.

Build and own high-performance UI features for Netflix’s TV application across streaming sticks, smart TVs, and cable boxes. Collaborate with product, design, algorithms, and engineering teams to define experiences, validate product variants through A/B testing, and deliver reliable, testable code. Lead large cross-functional projects while working with TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Redux, Node.js, GraphQL, and proprietary Jest-based automation frameworks.

Design, develop, and improve scalable software for an investment platform. Lead software development across the lifecycle, mentor junior engineers, solve complex technical problems, maintain code quality through testing and reviews, and recommend technology enhancements. The role is remote in the USA with four in-person retreats annually.

Build and operate Airbnb’s large-scale NewSQL storage platform on stateful Kubernetes. Responsibilities include database kernel performance, storage and query internals, replication, CDC, failover, migration tooling, observability, permissions, and service discovery. Engineers investigate production incidents, improve reliability and latency, contribute to open-source database systems, and collaborate across storage, SRE, ORM, and interface teams.

Staff Software Engineer leading architecture, hands-on development, and delivery of reliable frontend, backend, API, data, and production systems across multiple teams. The role drives multi-quarter initiatives, AI-enabled engineering practices, system scalability, security, observability, incident response, technical standards, mentorship, and alignment between technical investments and product outcomes.

Develop and support Kotlin APIs and high-volume distributed services for audience targeting and machine learning products. Work with Rust, PySpark, Kafka, relational databases, and hundreds of terabytes of daily data. Build reliable systems at scale, optimize existing products, collaborate with product and project leaders, and contribute to engineering culture. The role requires strong JVM-language development, SQL and database expertise, microservices experience, cloud infrastructure knowledge, and effective use of AI coding tools.

Build and operate end-to-end consumer-scale features across backend services, APIs, iOS, and Android for Life360’s Aging in Place segment. Use AI tools and agentic workflows extensively, establish AI-native engineering practices, contribute to architecture and code reviews, participate in on-call response, mentor teammates, and ensure performance, reliability, accessibility, and member impact across owned features.

Own and deliver polished, accessible, high-performance frontend experiences using React and TypeScript. Set frontend technical standards, mentor engineers, use AI-assisted development tools, and contribute to product roadmaps. Build backend services and APIs in Go as needed, collaborate with stakeholders, document user-facing products, and help shape engineering culture and quality.

Develop and maintain Python backend services, primarily with Flask, while designing scalable architecture and integrating legacy systems. Build AWS solutions using Lambda, Cognito, SNS, SQS, and DynamoDB; maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code with OpenTofu and Terraform. Collaborate in an Agile/Scrum environment, contribute to technical decisions and engineering standards, review code, and mentor junior developers.

Define technical direction for hyperscale Azure Storage components; architect, develop, test, and support highly scalable, secure, compliant, and highly available cloud services. Lead multiple engineering projects, improve reliability, scalability, performance, consistency, and observability, and apply AIOps for incident detection, root-cause analysis, and operational excellence.

Lead development of secure, scalable digital banking software across front-end and backend systems. Design Angular or React applications, build APIs, optimize SQL performance, integrate third-party platforms, improve code quality, implement testing strategies, and mentor engineers. Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment while supporting cloud-native practices, regulatory compliance, and continuous product improvement.

Lead development of CoLab's simulation review capabilities: ingest and process industry-standard simulation data, build high-performance visualization for large datasets, collaborate with Product and customers, and define architecture and UX for a new Simulation product area.

Develops, maintains, and enhances scalable web applications, internal tools, libraries, and shared components for international enterprise clients. Collaborates with cross-functional teams, participates in code reviews, creates technical documentation, and shares knowledge. Requires strong software development principles, design patterns, cloud, database, CI/CD, messaging, testing, and mobile framework experience.

Designs, builds, and scales full-stack web applications using React, TypeScript, Python, and AWS. Develops APIs and backend services, optimizes relational and document databases, implements automated testing, and manages Docker-based deployments and CI/CD pipelines. Collaborates with technical and non-technical stakeholders, translates business requirements into production-ready solutions, communicates clearly, and mentors colleagues while promoting strong engineering practices.

Leads programmatic advertising partner integrations using OpenRTB and develops scalable backend systems for ad performance optimization. Owns the full software development lifecycle, drives experimentation through A/B testing, collaborates with product, data science, and external partners, and maintains production quality. The role also mentors junior engineers and advances AI-enabled engineering workflows through tooling, enablement, validation, and change leadership.

Lead architecture and implementation of Chainguard Repository’s customer-facing package registries, APIs, and artifact-serving services. Build and operate highly available Go backend systems, improve scalability, reliability, observability, performance, and load testing, and shape repository support for libraries, containers, images, and APKs. Collaborate across engineering teams to deliver secure, reliable infrastructure at scale.