Software Engineer

Open Scout
Seattle, Washington, United StatesFull-timePosted Sep 13, 2026

About the role

Seeking a Software Development Engineer to build and maintain production web applications, internal services, AI-powered automation tools, and analytics systems.

You’ll work across frontend, backend, data, APIs, and cloud infrastructure, owning features from development through testing and production deployment.

What You’ll Do

Build features across web applications and internal services

Develop AI-powered tools and automation

Build APIs and integrations between internal systems

Develop data pipelines, reporting tools, and dashboards

Support workflow systems for approvals, notifications, and scheduling

Participate in deployments, monitoring, security reviews, and production operations

Write clean, testable, production-quality code and participate in code reviews

Requirements

3+ years of professional software development experience

2+ years of system design or architecture experience

Experience building distributed or large-scale software systems

Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, C#, C++, or similar

Strong object-oriented design and computer science fundamentals

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

Preferred

Full software development lifecycle experience

Frontend development experience

Cloud services experience

AI/ML experience

Data pipeline or ETL experience

CI/CD, deployment, and production monitoring experience

Responsibilities

  • Build features across web applications and internal services
  • Develop AI-powered tools and automation
  • Build APIs and integrations between internal systems
  • Develop data pipelines, reporting tools, and dashboards
  • Support workflow systems for approvals, notifications, and scheduling
  • Participate in deployments, monitoring, security reviews, and production operations
  • Write clean, testable, production-quality code and participate in code reviews

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional software development experience
  • 2+ years of system design or architecture experience
  • Experience building distributed or large-scale software systems
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, C#, C++, or similar
  • Strong object-oriented design and computer science fundamentals
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field

Skills mentioned

System DesignDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentFrontend DevelopmentREST APIsAPI IntegrationCloud ComputingData PipelinesCI/CDSoftware Testing

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