Top Software Engineer Jobs in Washington, DC

The Principal Software Engineer leads a team to develop full-stack real-time applications, integrates machine learning models, and influences software architecture in cloud environments while supporting healthcare analytics.

Lead architecture and design for highly available, low-latency cloud services. Drive AI-first engineering practices, evaluate and integrate AI-assisted development tools, mentor engineers, perform code and architecture reviews, and collaborate with Product and Design to build scalable, observable, and automated systems.

Lead design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native healthcare systems and real-time data pipelines. Architect event-driven, batch/stream hybrid solutions, integrate clinical data standards, optimize performance and costs, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and stakeholders to deploy resilient, compliant services.

Test web applications by designing and executing manual test cases and scripts, document test management artifacts (test plans, defect reports), work on Agile projects, use JIRA/Rational/Confluence/SharePoint, and support testing of transactional and responsive applications. ISTQB certification is preferred.

As a Senior Software Engineer in Test Automation, you'll design automation frameworks, develop CI/CD pipelines, and ensure the quality of VR training products.

Senior Software Developers lead projects by combining front-end and back-end technologies, guiding teams, and ensuring high-quality digital solutions that meet client needs. They mentor junior engineers and engage with stakeholders to improve processes and promote best practices.

Design, build, and operate petabyte-scale data infrastructure: real-time ingestion, storage (open table formats), and serving. Lead performance, reliability, and cost optimization across Spark and streaming pipelines (Kafka/Flink), define data contracts, and establish best practices and tooling. Collaborate with platform, product, and deployment teams to deliver production-grade data systems on AWS GovCloud, Kubernetes, and Airflow.

Build and maintain scalable, user-centered backend and frontend systems. Design permission and secure collaboration frameworks for cross-organizational data sharing. Own major features end-to-end, work with product and design, iterate with deployment and users, and solve high-scale distributed system challenges.

Design and build control plane and automation systems to provision and manage network connectivity at scale. Extend APIs and self-service networking, automate infrastructure workflows across AWS and customer environments using Python, Terraform and Pulumi, and lead debugging of complex connectivity and distributed system issues.

Lead and mentor engineering teams to design, build, and ship scalable, production-grade software. Own major features, drive technical decisions, collaborate with product and design, and ensure reliable distributed systems supporting real-time collaboration, high-scale data ingestion, and ML-powered features.