Top Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Lead development of resilient, scalable features across Toast’s POS, backend, and frontend systems for sports, entertainment, and hospitality customers. Design, deploy, and maintain production services; lead complex reliability projects; collaborate with Product, Design, Sales, Customer Success, and other teams; build automated tests; monitor feature rollouts; and mentor engineers. The role also encourages using AI tools to improve development productivity.

Staff Software Engineer responsible for technical strategy, architecture, and development of web and mobile authentication experiences. Leads major technical initiatives, partners with product, design, and analytics, improves reliability and operational readiness, establishes engineering standards, and mentors team members. Requires extensive experience building web applications with React or Vue, proficiency in JavaScript or TypeScript, strong system architecture and communication skills, and a related degree or equivalent experience.

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 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.

Own and deliver quarterly engineering goals for Affirm’s ML Feature Platform. Design, develop, and launch scalable backend systems, lead engineers through ambiguous problems, collaborate with product and design stakeholders, improve platform reliability and availability, support on-call operations, establish quality standards, and mentor team members. The role focuses on highly available distributed systems supporting machine learning feature creation, storage, serving, and offline backfilling.

Design and deliver Android system applications for Toast POS devices, including device policy enforcement, setup, firmware and app updates, background services, and fleet deployment. Lead technical design, cross-functional planning, Android and hardware upgrades, automated testing, production issue investigations, and staged rollouts. Mentor engineers and collaborate with product, hardware, QA, and software teams to build secure, reliable device-management systems.

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.

Lead architecture and hands-on development of a scalable fraud and payment risk platform. Build backend services, APIs, feature pipelines, configurable rules, experimentation infrastructure, and machine-learning lifecycle tooling. Own reliability, observability, monitoring, performance, and safe production deployments. Collaborate with product, risk policy, data science, and engineering teams while mentoring engineers and driving complex initiatives from design through production.

Build full-stack geospatial applications and platform components for defense and intelligence users. Develop interactive mapping tools with TypeScript, React, Tailwind, Node.js, and PostgreSQL; design reusable map components; ingest, analyze, and visualize high-volume geospatial data; integrate agentic AI analyses; and collaborate with customers, mission owners, designers, and engineers to create intuitive operational workflows.

Lead full-stack engineering for Rula’s patient portal, designing scalable, secure, and reliable systems across scheduling, billing, communications, and treatment planning. Own technical direction, architecture, complex initiatives, and long-term improvements while mentoring engineers and collaborating cross-functionally. Build and operate solutions using React, TypeScript, Node.js, microservices or event-based architectures, Kafka, and AWS. Participate in on-call support and troubleshoot production issues.

Architects, builds, and operates resilient backend services, cloud infrastructure, automation tools, and self-service interfaces supporting MDR and incident response operations. Partners with security practitioners and engineering teams to translate operational needs into scalable solutions, establish CI/CD and observability practices, improve reliability, and integrate AI-driven workflows. The role also provides technical mentorship, leads architecture and design decisions, and drives complex initiatives through iterative delivery.

Own backend engineering goals for Consumer Engineering, lead delivery of scalable systems, collaborate with product, design, and analytics, improve reliability and code quality, resolve technical and business issues, support on-call operations, and mentor engineers.

Own quarterly engineering goals, lead backend engineers through ambiguous problems, collaborate with product and analytics partners, improve system reliability and availability, monitor operational metrics, establish quality standards, and mentor team members. The role requires designing and launching highly available distributed backend systems at scale using Python or Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes, while driving technical planning and safe changes across large codebases.

Build and scale MongoDB Atlas Agent Engine, including its developer CLI, SDKs, runtime, memory, retrieval, identity, governance, and distributed systems layers. Design well-tested, reliable, high-performance software; contribute to architecture, code reviews, developer experience, and engineering practices. Collaborate across research, product, design, and engineering teams, own complex projects, mentor engineers, and help evolve the platform for production-scale AI agents.