Top Engineering Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Leads operational engineering and planning for spacecraft manufacturing, assembly, integration, and test programs. Responsibilities include production planning, design for manufacturing, electronics assembly process improvement, cost estimation, technical issue resolution, program coordination, and development of manufacturing processes. The role leads multidisciplinary efforts, supports design reviews and production documentation, mentors junior engineers, and works onsite across office, laboratory, production, and cleanroom environments.

Leads operational engineering and planning for spacecraft manufacturing, assembly, integration, and test programs. Responsibilities include production planning, design for manufacturing, electronics assembly problem resolution, process improvement, cost estimation, technical leadership, design reviews, and mentoring junior engineers. The role coordinates multidisciplinary efforts to meet cost, schedule, and technical objectives across concurrent production programs, with work performed primarily onsite in office, laboratory, production floor, and cleanroom environments.

Designs, develops, tests, and optimizes C++ software for RF processing, radar systems, simulations, and toolchains. Converts algorithm specifications into software, integrates experimental data and analytical tools, participates in code reviews, and collaborates with cross-functional engineering teams. The role requires containerization, numerical methods, object-oriented design, tactical mission knowledge, and active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI clearance. Work is fully onsite five days per week.

Leads multidisciplinary operational engineering and planning for spacecraft manufacturing, assembly, integration, and test. Responsibilities include production planning, design reviews, build documentation, process development and improvement, issue resolution for electronics assemblies, cost estimation, technical proposal support, and mentoring junior engineers. The role requires coordinating concurrent production efforts, influencing program outcomes, and maintaining cost, schedule, and technical performance across complex programs.

Build and operate a distributed telemetry data platform for ingest, processing, indexing, compression, storage, and query. Design APIs, horizontal scaling, fault tolerance, multi-environment deployments, customer data isolation, and high-performance systems supporting petabytes of data and millions of series. Engineers own projects from design through release and operations while solving complex distributed-systems challenges on a small founding team.

Develop and maintain automated UI and API test coverage, execute and analyze tests, perform exploratory and regression testing, investigate defects, and drive quality engineering improvements. Collaborate with software engineers and product managers on test strategies, contribute to technical designs, perform root cause analysis, and mentor junior engineers. The role also supports testing for performance, scale, security, and vulnerability concerns.

Design and implement high-performance distributed control plane services and microservices in Go. Lead complex technical initiatives, solve distributed-systems challenges, improve platform resilience, mentor engineers, and support production operations through on-call monitoring and incident response. The role focuses on low-latency, fault-tolerant cloud compute infrastructure using technologies such as gRPC, REST, Kubernetes, and Firecracker.

Design, develop, test, deploy, and monitor scalable backend systems for a payroll SaaS product. Build APIs and microservices, collaborate with product and engineering teams, participate in code reviews, and own the full development lifecycle in a continuous delivery environment. The role emphasizes Kotlin, Scala, or Java, cloud platforms, automated testing, relational databases, scalable architecture, and responsible use of AI coding tools.

Designs, implements, and operates multi-region cloud and hybrid networking infrastructure. Develops Terraform modules and infrastructure standards, supports AWS architectures, cloud migrations, and data center exits, and contributes to architecture reviews, compliance-aware delivery, CI/CD enablement, documentation, and observability. Collaborates with platform, security, architecture, compliance, and engineering teams to improve scalability, automation, reliability, and operational efficiency.

Designs, implements, maintains, and optimizes routed optical network and dark fiber infrastructure. Responsibilities include DWDM and routing design validation, optical performance tuning, capacity and reliability management, circuit lifecycle oversight, troubleshooting, stakeholder collaboration, and technical leadership. The role also uses automation and AI tools to modernize deployment workflows and improve network performance.

Leads the technical direction, architecture, and delivery of developer-facing desktop, web, and MCP surfaces for Pfizer’s internal developer platform. Provides hands-on software engineering leadership, ensures secure and privacy-first designs, guides cross-team delivery, mentors engineers, oversees code quality and DevOps practices, and leads incident response and continuous improvement. The role influences teams without direct reports and requires expertise across frontend, desktop, backend, developer tooling, enterprise software delivery, and technical architecture.

Build and maintain CrowdStrike’s golden-image platform and automated pipelines across Linux, macOS, and Windows. Develop Python automation for image builds, validation, drift detection, and testing; manage infrastructure as code with Ansible, Packer, and Terraform; integrate Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Artifactory; and support image lifecycle operations. The role includes troubleshooting production issues, security hardening, compliance collaboration, documentation, cross-team partnership, and participation in on-call rotations.

Supports verification and validation testing of aerospace systems and components. Assists with test planning, execution, documentation, troubleshooting, systems integration, non-conformance disposition, and preparation of test data and technical reports. Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams under senior engineer guidance while applying engineering, quality assurance, and systems integration principles.

Develop and operate CrowdStrike’s internal cloud management platform and mission-critical CI/CD pipelines. Build APIs and UIs using Go and TypeScript, improve developer productivity, integrate tooling, maintain cloud-native infrastructure, and support secure, highly available software delivery systems. Collaborate with development, infrastructure, security, and SRE teams, ensure SOC2-aware processes, and participate in on-call operations.

The Site Reliability Engineer analyzes capacity, responds to incidents, conducts post-incident reviews, maintains monitoring and alerts, tunes cloud and database performance, develops disaster recovery procedures, and automates operational processes. The role requires collaboration across teams, detailed documentation, and technical leadership without direct supervision. Key technologies include cloud platforms, scripting, infrastructure as code, containers, Kubernetes, monitoring tools, and database performance optimization.

Leads sensor, optical systems, materials science, and nonlinear optics efforts across R&D and production programs. Responsibilities include GmAPD detector calibration and testing, optical coating and radiation-hardening development, sensor concept development, materials analysis, prototyping, technical roadmaps, proposal support, customer interaction, and technical leadership. The role requires collaboration across engineering and business organizations and work in office, laboratory, production, and cleanroom environments.

Leads software systems engineering for SATCOM mission planning supporting military NC3 networks. Responsibilities include requirements, architecture, API and backend development, user interface implementation, integration, testing, deployment, code reviews, security, performance improvements, mentoring, and Agile DevSecOps delivery. The role requires onsite work in Colorado Springs, active U.S. Secret clearance, U.S. Person status, and up to 10% travel.

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.

Develop and maintain scalable SaaS solutions for financial reporting and capital markets customers. Responsibilities include full-stack development, system design, testing, monitoring, performance optimization, security, technical debt reduction, and collaboration with product managers, developers, and SRE teams. The role requires building reliable, secure, maintainable data-driven applications and contributing across the software development lifecycle.

Leads cross-functional mechanical subsystem projects from concept through hardware delivery, managing cost, schedule, technical requirements, risks, and team accountability. The role supports spacecraft structures, payload structures, mechanisms, antennas, or mechanical ground support equipment. Responsibilities include developing estimates and schedules, monitoring performance, guiding technical decisions, coordinating stakeholders, and maintaining productive working relationships across the organization.

Leads cross-functional mechanical engineering teams through spacecraft and payload subsystem projects from concept through hardware delivery. Manages cost estimates, schedules, technical requirements, risks, opportunities, and team accountability. The role requires system-level thinking, leadership, communication, and decision-making across project lifecycles. Preferred experience includes subcontract management, EVMS, multiple subsystem types, and transitioning programs from prototype to full-rate production.

Leads cross-functional mechanical engineering projects from concept through hardware delivery for spacecraft and payload subsystems. Manages cost estimates, schedules, technical requirements, risks, opportunities, team accountability, and project milestones. Requires strong system-level thinking, communication, decision-making, and leadership skills, along with engineering experience in aerospace or related technical work. The role is fully on-site and requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph clearance.

Leads cross-functional engineering teams through spacecraft and aerospace subsystem projects from concept through hardware delivery. Manages cost estimates, schedules, technical requirements, risks, opportunities, and team accountability. Requires strong system-level thinking, communication, decision-making, and leadership skills. Preferred experience includes subcontract management, EVMS, multiple subsystem types, and transitioning programs from prototype to full-rate production.

Leads cross-functional mechanical engineering teams through spacecraft and payload subsystem projects from concept through hardware delivery. Manages cost estimates, schedules, technical requirements, risks, opportunities, and team accountability. Coordinates requirements across projects and supports prototype-to-production ramps, subcontractor management, and EVMS activities. The role is performed on-site and requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph-enabled clearance.

Maintain Cloudflare’s global data center and network infrastructure across remote colocation facilities. Responsibilities include coordinating contractors and vendors, configuring network equipment, maintaining operational availability, creating SOPs and documentation, improving processes through automation, supporting infrastructure deployments and migrations, and participating in 24/7 on-call coverage. The role also involves basic program management, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and collaboration with infrastructure, network engineering, and SRE teams.