Top Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Boston, MA

Leads complex, enterprise-scale software engineering initiatives for payment and banking technology. Designs, develops, tests, debugs, documents, and reviews Java Spring Boot microservices and cloud-based solutions. Establishes engineering standards, resolves complex technical issues, mentors team members, and collaborates with technical experts and stakeholders. The role requires expertise in MongoDB, Kubernetes, OpenShift, REST architectures, and shared services, with payments and ISO 20022 knowledge preferred.

Provides technical leadership for real-time, high-throughput trading and market data platforms supporting institutional public-markets workflows. Designs low-latency, event-driven, API-first architectures; establishes engineering standards; leads design reviews; promotes CI/CD, testing, observability, and responsible AI use; collaborates with product and architecture stakeholders; and mentors engineers. Requires strong Python and AWS experience, distributed-systems expertise, and familiarity with regulated financial services.

Build and operate scalable backend platforms, APIs, microservices, and event-driven integrations using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS. Responsibilities include technical design, automated testing, production troubleshooting, reliability improvements, documentation, code reviews, feature ownership, and on-call support. The role collaborates with product and engineering teams to deliver highly available services and business-critical workflows.

Lead technical direction for Surety underwriting platform modernization using React, NestJS, TypeScript, and AWS. Design scalable systems, guide architecture and technical decisions, translate business needs into solutions, support contractor-led delivery teams, improve engineering quality, and mentor engineers. Collaborate with product, engineering, solution, and delivery teams in an ambiguous enterprise environment while balancing hands-on technical work with broader technical leadership.

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.

Lead the architecture and development of software platforms, frameworks, APIs, and automation tools for audio measurement, DSP, embedded systems, rapid prototyping, and algorithm development. Integrate desktop environments with embedded processors, DSPs, instrumentation, and prototype hardware. Improve engineering workflows, debug end-to-end audio systems, ensure software quality and maintainability, and mentor engineers across Bose.

Lead architecture and delivery of complex AI-native software features for ServiceNow Flow. Build agent runtimes, tool integrations, prompt and context layers, retrieval systems, evaluation frameworks, and human-in-the-loop controls. Establish AI-assisted development practices, mentor engineers, set engineering standards, partner cross-functionally on product delivery, and own production quality, observability, release readiness, and defect resolution.

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.

Develop and maintain high-speed software models of Arm SoC hardware and IP. Build virtual platforms supporting Linux and Android software development, debugging, and memory transaction inspection. Collaborate with hardware and software engineers to accurately model IP, integrate software, diagnose issues, and provide feedback on SoC designs.

Design, implement, and optimize MongoDB database integrations, Change Data Capture and streaming capabilities, and observability systems. Develop high-performance C++ services, contribute to query engine and distributed systems architecture, lead projects from design through production support, and collaborate with product and engineering teams on technical roadmaps.

Develop and operate scalable backend services for DraftKings Exchange, supporting high-volume, low-latency transaction processing and real-time market activity. Responsibilities include designing distributed systems, evolving platform architecture, optimizing performance, improving reliability and observability, resolving production issues, and establishing engineering best practices through code reviews and mentorship. The role collaborates with Product, Data, Trading Operations, and Engineering teams to build a seamless financial exchange experience.

Design, build, and own scalable microservices and secure APIs that transfer value across blockchain and banking protocols. Extend in-house blockchain infrastructure, integrate with banks and cloud services, troubleshoot production issues, document system and testing procedures, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable payment experiences.

Develop and maintain embedded Linux platform software and Yocto-based distributions for varied hardware targets. Build CI/CD pipelines with security and functionality automation, support secure networking, secure boot, OS updates, and Docker-based applications. Integrate NVIDIA drivers and GPU software stacks, collaborate with product teams on platform capabilities, and document software for regulatory approval. Serve as an operating system platform subject matter expert and mentor junior team members.

Designs, develops, tests, and maintains software, APIs, integrations, and automation for Managed Services applications and platforms. Builds Python, Ansible, and Go solutions; supports enterprise application lifecycles; troubleshoots distributed systems; develops CI/CD pipelines; and improves operational efficiency. Provides technical leadership through architecture and code reviews, engineering standards, mentoring, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration with SRE, infrastructure, security, operations, and business teams.

Design and deliver AI-driven cloud platform features, integrations, and distributed systems for Cisco Cloud Control. Build backend and full-stack solutions using Go, Java, Node.js, React, and TypeScript. Develop cloud-native APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, and AI-enabled production software. Collaborate with frontend and infrastructure teams, mentor junior developers, and support secure, multi-tenant platforms, observability, CI/CD, and geographically distributed engineering teams.

Build and maintain high-quality full-stack SaaS applications for third-party risk management. Own loosely defined features from technical design through delivery, develop and optimize REST APIs, create modern web interfaces, write well-tested code, and collaborate with engineers and product owners in a continuous delivery environment.

Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of scalable, low-latency backend services and REST APIs using Python and Flask. Design database schemas, optimize queries, implement authentication and observability, and build fault-tolerant distributed systems. Lead technical reviews, establish API and engineering standards, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams on architecture and integrations. The role requires expertise in backend development, RESTful architecture, security, cloud platforms, CI/CD, containerization, testing, and emerging AI technologies.

Own and improve Hex’s production infrastructure across cloud computing, networking, databases, CI/CD, observability, security, and single-tenant environments. Projects may include Kubernetes and AWS operations, infrastructure automation, PostgreSQL scaling, deployment systems, cost optimization, workload isolation, and customer-facing connectivity features. The role requires end-to-end ownership, on-call participation, technical writing, and the ability to turn ambiguous infrastructure problems into shippable 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 the technical direction for Deepgram’s Console team, architecting developer-facing products including Console, Playground, account management, billing, analytics, and AI tooling. Build full-stack features, guide large cross-functional projects, drive self-serve growth infrastructure, mentor engineers, establish technical standards, and partner with senior leaders on strategy, prioritization, and product-led growth.

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.