Top Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Design, build, and deploy scalable Java microservices within an AWS cloud-native platform. Provide technical leadership, architectural direction, code reviews, troubleshooting, proof-of-concept development, and cross-functional collaboration. Lead complex backend features, improve engineering practices with AI tools, support observability and reliability goals, and participate in on-call rotations. Mentor engineers and help drive technical simplification across distributed, event-driven systems.

Designs, develops, tests, and architects complex flight software for space systems. Responsibilities include writing maintainable code, using Git, conducting code reviews, troubleshooting, documenting software processes, and collaborating on requirements. The engineer will mentor other engineers, provide technical leadership, and apply secure coding, automated testing, CI/CD, and software development best practices.

Lead the architecture and roadmap for Android TV streaming products, solve platform scalability and security challenges, and contribute directly to critical Android applications. Drive cross-functional initiatives, engineering standards, CI/CD improvements, and technical debt reduction across teams. Mentor engineers, conduct root-cause analysis, optimize Android performance, and evaluate generative AI and other emerging technologies for product and development improvements.

Develop and maintain full-stack data analytics applications, interactive dashboards, visualization tools, backend services, RESTful APIs, and database integrations. Integrate data sources, analytical models, and processing services into secure, scalable user-facing applications. Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, analysts, and government stakeholders while supporting testing, troubleshooting, performance optimization, CI/CD, and deployment activities.

Develop and sustain full-stack data analytics applications for a U.S. Government platform. Build responsive user interfaces, dashboards, visualizations, RESTful APIs, microservices, database integrations, and analytical capabilities. Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, analysts, and government stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable software. Support agile development, troubleshooting, performance optimization, testing, CI/CD, deployment, and platform integration.

Develop and maintain scalable back-end applications, microservices, RESTful APIs, and distributed software components for a government data analytics platform. Responsibilities include data ingestion and processing enablement, system integration, performance optimization, security implementation, troubleshooting, automated testing, CI/CD, code reviews, and Agile collaboration with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Develops and maintains software solutions using Angular and React, including technical design, coding, testing, deployment, documentation, troubleshooting, and debugging. The role addresses complex business needs, integrates applications, and applies software development lifecycle, architecture, API, distributed systems, and Agile practices. This is an in-office position based in Dallas, Denver, Cleveland, or Pittsburgh.

Develop and test Java-based C2BMC missile defense applications across the full software development lifecycle. Responsibilities include architecture and requirements development, design artifacts, coding, reviews, integration and testing, agile execution, issue resolution, and performance optimization. The role also involves collaborating with industry partners, documenting test activities, deploying integration processes, and mentoring junior engineers. Work is fully onsite in Colorado Springs or Huntsville and requires an active U.S. Secret clearance.

Develops and maintains software requirements, architectures, algorithms, APIs, backend services, and user interfaces for SATCOM mission-planning systems. Supports Agile and DevSecOps development across design, integration, testing, and deployment, including CI/CD automation, vulnerability scanning, code reviews, and performance optimization. The role works with space and ground systems, geospatial visualization, databases, Kubernetes, and modern front-end technologies. It requires active Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, full-time onsite work in Colorado Springs, and up to 10% travel.

Designs, develops, tests, and architects complex flight software for space systems. Responsibilities include writing maintainable code, collaborating on requirements, managing changes with version control, conducting code reviews, troubleshooting, documenting processes, and mentoring engineers. The role requires advanced software development expertise, technical leadership, and an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and a full-scope polygraph.

Build and operate high-throughput backend services for AI agents, calendar, scheduling, integrations, real-time data pipelines, and APIs. Design platform infrastructure, event-driven systems, and client-server protocols using Go, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms. Collaborate with AI, product, and frontend teams, improve reliability through testing and infrastructure as code, and mentor junior engineers.

Develops, integrates, tests, maintains, and supports Java-based software systems and mathematical algorithms for Boeing’s C2BMC missile defense applications. Responsibilities include software architecture, requirements decomposition, interface development, design documentation, coding, debugging, performance optimization, agile execution, integration and testing, operational support, and technical issue resolution. The role collaborates with systems engineering, integration and test teams, and industry partners while supporting full software lifecycle activities for ballistic missile defense systems.

Leads the development and deployment of data solutions using Palantir Foundry and AIP. Manages engineering teams, coaches team members, oversees project planning and execution, analyzes system interactions, manages client relationships, and drives innovation. The role applies software engineering, data engineering, analytics, and AI/ML techniques to deliver scalable client solutions while maintaining technical and professional standards.

Leads the development and deployment of software and data solutions using Palantir Foundry and AI/ML technologies. Responsibilities include data engineering, analytics, system improvement, client account management, project ownership, team leadership, coaching, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement. The role requires building scalable applications with large datasets and delivering customer-focused solutions.

The Founding Engineer will lead the development of Sailor Health's AI-powered platform, building systems for patient care and mentor the engineering team.

Build the core AI platform for an AI-native trading experience. Develop a high-performance Rust backend supporting streaming responses, low-latency tool execution, caching, and model orchestration. Design secure, observable APIs and runtime components with authentication, authorization, rate limiting, auditing, tracing, retries, and fallbacks. Build safe trading action infrastructure with deterministic previews, confirmations, idempotency, and audit logs while partnering with product and frontend teams.

Build and ship backend features end-to-end using Ruby on Rails and SQL. Lead complex technical projects, solve architecture challenges, establish standards, conduct meaningful code reviews, resolve high-risk bugs, document systems, collaborate across engineering teams, and mentor junior engineers.

Designs and develops scalable, concurrent software for HPE’s Alletra enterprise storage platform using modern C++ and Linux. Responsibilities include building distributed storage features, debugging performance and reliability issues, creating automated tests, participating in architecture and code reviews, integrating technologies, and mentoring engineers. The role requires expertise in systems infrastructure, multithreaded programming, algorithms, data structures, and software architecture.

Staff Software Engineer responsible for technical strategy, scalable full-stack systems, team operations, reliability, monitoring, code quality, and talent development. The role involves building customer-facing card experiences and backend services using Python or Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, Spark, Kubernetes, and React-based frameworks. The engineer will own features end to end, collaborate cross-functionally, manage technical risks and trade-offs, support on-call health, and apply AI safely to improve development and customer experiences.

Build and scale mission-critical tips, earnings, and payroll platforms for restaurant employees. Own systems end to end, lead complex projects from design through deployment, improve reliability and correctness, collaborate with product and design, review code, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable backend services that affect employee pay and product revenue.

Develop, integrate, test, and maintain embedded software and ground-system applications. Build CI/CD pipelines, automated tests, and containerized solutions while applying systems engineering practices for requirements, interfaces, verification, and validation. Support customer design reviews and mission integration activities, collaborate across engineering teams, present technical information, and provide leadership and mentorship. The role requires on-site work, an active Secret clearance, and eligibility to obtain TS/SCI.

Develop, integrate, test, and maintain embedded software and ground-system applications. Build CI/CD pipelines, automated testing infrastructure, and technical solutions for complex software integration challenges. Support systems engineering activities, customer program reviews, presentations, and mission integration. Provide technical leadership, mentor less-experienced employees, and collaborate across engineering teams. The role requires on-site work, an active Secret clearance, and the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI clearance.

Develop, integrate, test, and maintain embedded software and ground systems, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and integrations with industry-standard applications. Apply systems engineering practices for requirements, verification, validation, interfaces, and design reviews. Support customer program gates, mission integration, and technical presentations while providing leadership and mentoring to less experienced engineers. The role requires on-site work five days per week and an active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI.

Build and ship web-based transportation management software for trucking customers. Collaborate with product, UX, engineers, and users to solve domain-specific problems, deliver features quickly, make sound quality-versus-velocity tradeoffs, and contribute across the engineering team in a remote-first environment.

Lead large-scale initiatives for a high-performance Linux-based network sensor, improving ingestion, scalability, continuous capture, queue reliability, observability, and production diagnostics. Own root cause analysis and postmortems, establish engineering standards, translate business goals into technical plans, and mentor engineers through design and code reviews. The role requires deep Rust expertise, distributed systems experience, concurrent programming, packet capture, message brokers, and cybersecurity best practices.