Top Software Engineer Jobs in Washington DC,

Leads and develops a software engineering team building customer-facing competitive intelligence products. Responsibilities include setting technical direction, translating priorities into execution plans, guiding architecture and quality, managing incidents, recruiting engineers, improving processes, and promoting responsible AI-assisted development. The role requires close collaboration with Product and Engineering leadership and is based in Rosslyn, Virginia, with at least three office days per week.

Lead the design, development, deployment, and operation of complex production software for Yext’s Competitive Intelligence products. Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, guide architecture and technical planning, lead incident response, collaborate across teams, participate in recruiting, and promote high engineering standards. Build customer-facing experiences involving data, AI, visualizations, user interfaces, and agentic workflows while responsibly using and evaluating AI-assisted development tools.

Develop and maintain scalable, resilient web applications using React, Java, and PostgreSQL. Lead significant engineering projects, balance infrastructure investments with pragmatic solutions, collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders, mentor engineers, and support reliable production systems through possible on-call participation.

Develop and test scalable full-stack cloud applications using JavaScript and Python. Integrate enterprise applications and microservices, manage CI/CD workflows, conduct code reviews, troubleshoot software issues, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions. The role also involves process improvement, client engagement, and supporting digital transformation initiatives.

Design, develop, deploy, and maintain scalable customer-facing software, APIs, workflows, and data-driven services. Define technical requirements, create implementation plans, automate and test releases, review code and architecture, and drive technical decisions. The role includes mentoring engineers, identifying technical gaps, maintaining engineering excellence, and serving as a product-domain expert while collaborating with product managers, data scientists, team leads, and managers.

Software Engineer Interns design, build, test, and debug production-quality software for autonomous systems. Projects may involve applications, embedded flight software, firmware, machine learning, simulation, APIs, data pipelines, or cloud infrastructure. Interns analyze requirements, collaborate with engineers using Agile practices, and deliver real features or capabilities during a 10–12 week paid internship.

Design, build, and operate Cloudflare’s globally distributed cache and reverse-proxy data plane. Responsibilities include improving Pingora-based asynchronous systems, cache performance and correctness, purge and Tiered Cache services, APIs, observability, reliability, and production operations. The role owns features end to end, including design, implementation, testing, staged rollouts, incident response, and cross-team collaboration.

Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain enterprise software and AI-powered solutions. Build machine learning pipelines, intelligent automations, RESTful APIs, microservices, data pipelines, and cloud-based applications. Collaborate with architects, data scientists, and product managers; conduct code reviews, mentor engineers, troubleshoot production issues, and improve CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, system performance, and responsible AI practices.

Sets enterprise technical direction for embedded software engineering platforms supporting software-defined vehicles. Defines multi-year architecture, standards, governance, quality gates, build and test modernization, CI/CD strategy, and platform roadmaps. Resolves cross-domain technical risks, advises senior leadership, drives adoption across organizations and suppliers, establishes measurable engineering improvements, and mentors senior technical leaders. The role may specialize in virtualization and CI infrastructure, quality gating, test-system modernization, or build-system modernization.

Build responsive Web3 applications, web SDKs, developer tools, reusable frontend components, and internal Customer Success tools. Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering to create scalable, accessible user experiences. Contribute to code and design reviews, automated testing, continuous delivery, coding standards, and AI-assisted development practices.

Build and own a browser-based React and three.js rendering layer for 3D mission data, including spacecraft, orbits, sensor volumes, telemetry, and common operating picture controls. Develop polished front-end interactions, optimize real-time rendering performance, manage 3D scenes, shaders, lighting, cameras, and level of detail, and rapidly prototype visual concepts. Collaborate with data and platform engineers while contributing to data visualization and standard front-end development.