Top Software Engineer Jobs in Washington DC,

Develop full-stack mission planning and command-and-control software for space communications programs. Build responsive interfaces with modern JavaScript frameworks, backend services and APIs using Python and SQL, and containerized applications. Own features through testing and deployment, write automated tests, collaborate with QA and cross-functional teams, and improve software usability, security, performance, and reliability in highly secure government environments.

Leads globally distributed software development and Agile teams supporting warehouse control, warehouse execution, and optimization products. Oversees software strategy, architecture, delivery, technical quality, integrations, troubleshooting, R&D, budgets, and continuous improvement. Develops engineering talent, mentors leaders, coordinates QA and infrastructure teams, and ensures scalable, resilient distributed systems meet client and business objectives. Requires supply chain execution expertise, strong software engineering knowledge, supervisory experience, and up to 20% domestic and international travel.

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.

Leads the technical evolution of Kilo Code, a high-scale VS Code AI coding extension. Responsibilities include setting architecture and performance strategy, building advanced AI-assisted coding features, driving cross-team technical roadmaps, mentoring engineers, owning production delivery, optimizing context and token usage, reducing technical debt, and partnering with Product and Design. The role requires hands-on software development, technical leadership, developer-tools expertise, TypeScript and Node.js proficiency, large-scale performance optimization, AI workflow experience, and Eastern Time Zone availability.

Lead frontend development across web and mobile experiences, architecting reusable components, design systems, responsive interfaces, and core user flows. Optimize performance, accessibility, rendering, and conversion while integrating REST and real-time APIs. Collaborate with backend, product, and design teams in two-week sprints, contributing to architecture, testing, monitoring, CI/CD, code reviews, and continuous delivery.

Leads engineering teams building and shipping scalable products, while coaching engineers, shaping strategy and roadmaps, maintaining engineering standards, recruiting talent, and supporting career development. Partners cross-functionally with product, design, infrastructure, marketing, and operations to solve complex problems, manage multiple high-impact initiatives, optimize systems and processes, and deliver excellent user experiences.

Lead the Data Platform team in building reliable, scalable infrastructure and developer tooling for data engineering, analytics, and data science. Define the technical roadmap with engineering leadership, guide architecture and best practices, contribute hands-on through design reviews and coding, and partner cross-functionally to shape platform capabilities. Hire, coach, and develop engineers while managing stakeholder communication and delivery of self-service, observable, and governed data systems.

Build full-stack AI-powered video creation and collaboration tools, including rich multimedia interfaces, backend APIs, server-side processes, LLM-powered features, and conversational experiences. Work with generative AI, computer vision, and machine learning models in production. Improve system performance, reliability, and code quality while rapidly prototyping and delivering product features in a collaborative, high-ownership environment.

Lead delivery and technical execution for an AI-driven pipeline integrity platform spanning data architecture, engineering, data science, application engineering, and QA. Remain hands-on through coding, design reviews, prototyping, debugging, and quality oversight. Manage compliance, security, audit readiness, release planning, hiring, team development, and cross-functional collaboration. Ensure platform outputs are traceable, reproducible, secure, and delivered predictably against phased milestones.

Leads software design, architecture, development, testing, deployments, production support, and technical debt reduction for WEX Health applications. Mentors engineers, coordinates cross-functional delivery, reviews code, and guides feature lifecycles. Uses AI-assisted development practices, including GitHub SpecKit, model selection, MCP integration, prompt engineering, automated testing, refactoring, and governance of AI-generated code. Requires strong C#, ASP.NET MVC, SQL, DevOps, infrastructure-as-code, communication, and leadership skills.