Top Remote Staff Software Engineer Jobs in Boston, MA

Define architecture and metrics for autonomous driving evaluation, lead cross-functional integration across autonomy and simulation teams, develop statistical and machine learning methods, analyze large-scale time-series data, manage evaluation KPIs and release gates, and communicate safety and readiness insights through dashboards and stakeholder presentations.

Design and implement full‑stack, low‑latency web-based Ground Control Station and C2 systems (map-centric UIs, real-time telemetry, video streaming), lead architecture and APIs, mentor engineers, support field tests and mission deployments, and ensure interoperability with C2 standards.

Architect and deliver distributed backend systems and infrastructure supporting customer service and KYC compliance workflows. Set technical direction, define roadmaps, lead end-to-end project delivery, mentor engineers, and build reliable high-scale services using Go, gRPC, TypeScript, React, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps tooling. Partner across teams and time zones to improve platform capabilities, workflow efficiency, cost, quality, customer satisfaction, and compliance outcomes.

Design and scale a feature flagging and A/B testing platform, including high-throughput event ingestion, warehouse-native analytics, real-time feature flag delivery, multi-database SQL support, and distributed systems infrastructure. The role involves full-stack development, architecture, performance optimization, reliability engineering, and technical product influence within a remote startup team.

Leads architecture and development of Thunderbird’s web-based Services products, including calendar and secure file storage offerings. Responsibilities include writing code, prototyping, selecting technologies, developing analytics and infrastructure, solving complex problems, guiding product direction, mentoring engineers, and improving scalability and sustainability. The role collaborates across engineering, product, design, QA, Mozilla, and open-source communities in a fully remote environment.

Lead architecture and technical direction for Thunderbird’s web-based Services products, including calendar and secure file storage offerings. Responsibilities include writing code, prototyping, making technology decisions, developing analytics and infrastructure, solving complex problems, mentoring engineers, collaborating across product and design teams, and improving system scalability and maintainability. The role also contributes to product growth, open-source collaboration, and data-informed decisions within a fully remote international team.

Lead the technical direction and architecture of the Foundations platform team, owning authentication, authorization, SSO, secrets management, tenancy, and core platform services. Design APIs, drive services through launch, make technical decisions, establish engineering standards, and mentor engineers without formal management authority. Partner with engineering and product leaders to align execution with priorities.

Lead architecture and development of Beacon’s backend Datastore platform, including PostgreSQL data models, Kafka event pipelines, GraphQL APIs, integrations, and clinical-data access controls. Design scalable systems, tune queries, operate production databases, guide schema evolution, debug cross-system issues, write RFCs, mentor engineers, and improve tooling, documentation, testing, and operational robustness. The role offers focus either on broad Datastore systems or deep PostgreSQL and data modeling.

Lead architecture and development for Beacon’s backend data platform, including PostgreSQL data models, Kafka event pipelines, GraphQL APIs, warehouse data snapshots, and clinical-data access controls. Design complex systems, optimize queries and database performance, operate containerized services, mentor engineers, write RFCs, debug cross-system issues, and collaborate with scientific, clinical, product, and engineering stakeholders. The role has either a broad platform focus or a deep PostgreSQL and data-modeling focus.

Lead architecture and delivery of complex web and mobile product initiatives. Build React and React Native applications, scalable components, APIs, data models, and shared libraries. Establish engineering standards, improve testing, performance, security, and reliability, and optimize database queries. Mentor engineers, guide technical decisions, and partner with leadership and stakeholders to shape the product roadmap. This is a fully remote role supporting veterinary clinic operations and supply-chain workflows.

Lead the technical direction, architecture, and development quality of complex Android applications. Mentor engineers, integrate backend services, support offline-first functionality and diverse hardware, oversee CI/CD and releases, and document engineering standards. The role also involves robotics integrations for public safety use cases, including drones and body-worn cameras, while collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Lead high-impact initiatives and architect enterprise-grade APIs while mentoring engineers. Collaborate across teams to influence technical strategy and scale platform architecture.

Build and scale accounting software synchronization solutions connecting BILL’s payment network with third-party accounting platforms. Lead end-to-end software design and delivery, develop scalable AWS microservices, improve platform performance, guide testing and CI/CD practices, resolve customer problems, mentor engineers, and use generative AI to accelerate development.

Own ambiguous, cross-team product engineering problems from framing through launch and iteration. Partner with product, design, and data; lead architecture, reliability, performance, and technical decisions across the stack. Influence teams without formal authority, mentor engineers, improve engineering practices, use metrics and experimentation, and apply AI throughout software development. Participate in on-call support.

Own the design, development, and automation of Coinbase’s routing infrastructure connecting services to Kubernetes backends. Build scalable capabilities using Envoy, Istio, Ambient Mesh, and SPIFFE; improve routing latency, reliability, and performance; enhance developer tooling with responsible AI; and collaborate with security, reliability, and observability teams to resolve complex distributed-systems issues.

Lead the architecture, development, testing, and maintenance of scalable backend systems and APIs. Drive technical decisions, code quality, performance optimization, documentation, continuous delivery, and monitoring. Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to translate requirements into reliable solutions. Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, resolve complex technical issues, and contribute to agile development and overall technology strategy.

Build and enhance electricity cost modeling REST APIs and DBT data pipelines that simulate nationwide energy costs. Translate product and subject matter expert requirements into technical designs, specifications, and implementation plans. Participate in design reviews, improve engineering practices, and collaborate with remote teams. The role involves Python, enterprise Java, cloud deployment, data science tools, NoSQL databases, AI/LLM implementation, and mathematical energy analytics.

Staff Software Engineer leading architecture, hands-on development, and delivery of reliable frontend, backend, API, data, and production systems across multiple teams. The role drives multi-quarter initiatives, AI-enabled engineering practices, system scalability, security, observability, incident response, technical standards, mentorship, and alignment between technical investments and product outcomes.

As a Staff Software Engineer in Infrastructure, you will lead a team in building high-performance, distributed systems, guide project direction, mentor engineers, and improve data ingestion architecture.

Design, build, deploy, and support scalable Java microservices on AWS. Provide technical leadership, architectural direction, code reviews, troubleshooting, proof-of-concept development, and cross-functional collaboration. Work with high-throughput data, messaging systems, distributed architectures, observability, and AI-assisted development tools. Participate in on-call support, mentor engineers, lead architectural initiatives, and deliver reliable SaaS platform features.

Staff Software Engineer responsible for architecting and developing scalable web applications and APIs using Elixir, React, and PostgreSQL. The role involves solving ambiguous technical and business problems, ensuring system reliability and performance, collaborating cross-functionally, presenting solutions to leadership, writing tested code, participating in code reviews, mentoring engineers, and removing technical roadblocks.

Own technical strategy and architectural decisions across multiple engineering squads. Design scalable distributed systems, APIs, data models, and cloud-native platforms while building shared systems that improve delivery. Partner with product and engineering leadership, resolve ambiguous technical challenges, establish AI-assisted development practices, and mentor engineers through design reviews and cross-team collaboration. The role requires full-stack expertise and strong influence, communication, and technical leadership in a high-stakes B2B SaaS environment.

Lead the technical direction of Samsara’s shared geospatial platform. Build scalable data ingestion and processing pipelines, map data models, spatial services, routing and map-matching foundations, and reusable APIs. Scale storage, queries, and computation for real-time products, consolidate fragmented geospatial solutions, develop customer self-service capabilities, and provide mentorship through code reviews and design leadership. Collaborate across teams and represent Samsara in the mapping and geospatial community.

Lead end-to-end engineering of an AI-driven biomanufacturing platform: design and deploy LLM-powered agents and RAG systems, build full-stack React/Node/MongoDB pipelines, harden AWS infrastructure for regulated (GxP/Part 11) production, and deploy/integrate with customer LIMS/ERP/QMS.

Own the architecture and development of data-intensive web applications powering customer insights. Provide hands-on technical leadership, mentor engineers, conduct architecture and code reviews, resolve complex distributed-system issues, and deliver performant, maintainable data products. The role involves ETL and/or RAG development, full-stack work across React, TypeScript, Next.js, PostgreSQL, and C#/.NET, with opportunities to operate cloud infrastructure and observability systems.