Software Engineer Jobs in Colorado, United States

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Principal Software Engineer / Sr. Principal Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman

Colorado Springs, CO, United States Full-time On-site $103,600 - $155,400 / year

Northrop Grumman Space Sector Eastern Software and Controls team develops satellite ground software for command and control, mission planning, and visualization. The Principal Software Engineer leads full‑stack development across OS, platform, and mission‑specific layers, designing client/server applications using C++, Python, Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure.

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Software Engineer, Ground Software

Katalyst Space Technologies

Broomfield, CO, United States Full-time On-site

Ground Software Team at Katalyst Space Technologies builds the foundational software that enables robotic spacecraft operations and mission-critical ground procedures. The role reviews and enhances the current ground stack, creates automated tooling, mentors engineers, and drives code quality to support reliable space missions.

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Software Engineer III (Flight Software)

Sierra Space

Louisville, CO Full-time $129,776 - $178,441 / year

Sierra Space builds missions and systems that keep the world secure in the domain above Earth, safeguarding national security and sustaining human presence in space. The Software Engineer III (Flight Software) role designs, develops, and tests software applications for space systems, writing clean maintainable code, architecting complex systems, collaborating on requirements, and mentoring other engineers.

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Sr Software Engineer, Ground Software

Sierra Space

Centennial, CO Full-time On-site $156,666 - $215,437 / year
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Software Engineer III/Sr/Principal, Flight Software (Contractor)

Sierra Space

Centennial, CO, United States of America Contract On-site $126,610 - $174,089 / year

Sierra Space is a space and defense technology company building missions and systems that keep the world secure above Earth. The Software Engineer III/Sr/Principal, Flight Software (Contractor) role focuses on designing, developing, and testing flight software and algorithms for spacecraft missions, both civilian and DoD. Responsibilities include writing clean, maintainable code, architecting complex software systems, collaborating with team members, using Git for version control, participating

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Principal Software Engineer – X-Lab Software Developer (26-351)

Northrop Grumman

Schriever AFB, Colorado, United States Full-time On-site $103,600 - $155,400 / year

X Lab at Northrop Grumman Space Systems—Missile Defense Integration develops critical command and control software for the C2BMC program. The Principal Software Engineer designs, builds, and secures Java applications using Spring, HTML, XML, and JavaScript, and supports deployment across Windows and Unix/Linux environments.

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Distinguished Software Engineer - NVLink Fusion Software

2100 NVIDIA USA

Boulder, CO, United States Full-time On-site $308,000 - $471,500 / year

NVIDIA is a leader in computer graphics, gaming, and accelerated computing, now expanding into AI-driven computing. This Distinguished Software Engineer role focuses on NVLink Fusion, a platform that integrates NVIDIA GPUs, NVLink, InfiniBand, Grace CPUs, and AI/HPC software to deliver scalable, high‑performance AI workloads.

Last seen Sep 1, 2026
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Software Development Engineer, Bespoke Solutions; ADC Hardware & Software Team

Amazon

Denver,CO,USA Full-time On-site $143,700 - $194,400 / year

ADC Hardware & Software Team at Amazon Web Services (AWS) builds embedded software for custom FPGA SoCs and high‑assurance 400G+ networking solutions. The SDE develops Rust‑based firmware, low‑level ARM and RISC‑V drivers, Linux kernel modules, and implements cryptographic security standards, collaborating with hardware and system engineers and maintaining CI/CD test pipelines.

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Software Development Engineer, Amazon Devices, DS2 (Device Software & Services)

Amazon

Denver, CO, USA Full-time

The Device Analytics Services Team at Amazon Devices builds observability solutions for Amazon devices and applications such as Alexa devices, Fire TV, Fire Tablets, Kindle, and Ring. As a Software Development Engineer, you will own and deliver features across the full software lifecycle for both device software and cloud services, working backwards from customers to design reliable, maintainable solutions.

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HPE Morpheus Software - Senior Software Engineer

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Ft. Collins, Colorado, United States of America Full-time Hybrid $137,000 - $315,000 / year

Senior Software Engineer needed to design, develop, and maintain backend systems for HPE's Private Cloud portfolio. Focus on Java, Python, and cloud technologies, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to deliver scalable solutions.

Last seen Aug 31, 2026
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Chief Engineer/Principal Software Engineer

CACI International

Aurora, CO, US Full-time On-site $114,600 - $252,100 / year

CACI is seeking a Chief Engineer/Principal Software Engineer to lead technical execution for a large-scale government program supporting a modern data lake system for national critical operations. Partnering with a Chief Architect, you will manage delivery, operational rigor, engineering standards, and team enablement for a distributed team of 45+ engineers across AWS-hosted environments.

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Senior Software Engineer - Backend Engineering

Caterpillar

Westminster, Colorado Full-time On-site $112,710 - $183,140 / year

Cat Digital, Caterpillar’s digital arm, builds industry-leading solutions for connected assets using data and AI. This Senior Software Engineer designs scalable cloud-native backend services on AWS using Java and Spring Boot. The role involves technical leadership, mentoring, and collaborating across teams to drive engineering excellence.

Last seen Aug 23, 2026
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Senior Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

Recurly

Broomfield, Colorado, United States Full-time Hybrid

Recurly’s Software Infrastructure team builds core application services to enable global subscription platform scaling. This role involves defining next-generation platform services and implementing features in Golang applications within a hybrid Broomfield, Colorado office.

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Software Engineer II, Data Engineer

Lgads

Denver, Colorado, United States Full-time On-site

LG Ad Solutions seeks a Software Engineer II, Data Engineer to build and scale terabyte‑scale data pipelines for its DSP/SSP and ACR systems. The role focuses on designing, developing, and deploying robust backend services, creating platform tooling for data governance, quality, and compliance, and troubleshooting distributed data workflows.

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Senior Software Engineer, Open Harness Engineering

Nvidia

US, CO, Remote Full-time Remote

NVIDIA's Open Harness Engineering team builds core libraries, evaluation systems, and reusable harness capabilities that make AI agents safer, faster, and easier for developers to trust. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work hands-on across open-source agent harnesses, sandboxed execution, model-provider infrastructure, and agent benchmarks, turning evaluation evidence into real improvements by diagnosing failures, contributing upstream, and proving quality, reliability, cost, and latency

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Sr. Software Engineer (Data & Application Engineer)

U.S. Bancorp

Denver, CO Full-time $111,605 - $131,300 / year

U.S. Bank seeks a Senior Software Engineer (Data & Application Engineer) to design, build, and maintain scalable software and data solutions that enable commercial banking and treasury management capabilities. Day-to-day work includes developing data pipelines, APIs, microservices, and reporting solutions; collaborating with product owners, architects, and platform teams; driving production support and performance tuning; and supporting cloud adoption, automation, and DevOps modernization.

Last seen Aug 25, 2026
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Senior Software Engineer I/II - Simulation Engineering

Rocket Lab Corporation

Littleton, CO Full-time $115,000 - $165,000 / year

Rocket Lab's Space Systems team in Littleton, CO is seeking a Senior Software Engineer I/II – Simulation Engineering to architect large-scale simulation environments and drive high-level data analysis for complex aerospace challenges. Day-to-day work includes designing distributed simulation campaigns, building data pipelines to process and visualize massive simulation datasets, optimizing HPC and distributed cluster infrastructure, and collaborating with domain experts to translate mission obje

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Sr Software Engineer, Product Owner - Ground Software

Sierra Space

Centennial, CO Full-time On-site $156,666 - $215,437 / year

Sierra Space’s Ground Software team builds mission‑critical software for space systems, ensuring national security and space sustainability. The Sr. Software Engineer designs, develops, and tests complex applications, leads code reviews, mentors peers, and makes high‑level design decisions that impact program cost and schedule.

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Software Engineer Lead - Site Reliability Engineering Center

PNC Financial Services

Lakewood,CO,USA Full-time On-site $86,250 - $158,125 / year

Site Reliability Engineering Center (SRC) at PNC builds and operates reliable, scalable platforms supporting critical banking services. The Software Engineer Lead designs and develops Java/Kubernetes microservices, guides technical solutions, and leads incident response rotations.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Senior Software Engineer, Engineering Productivity, Cloud Learning Services

Google

Boulder, CO, USA Full-time $174,000 - $252,000 / year

Google Cloud Learning Services seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Engineering Productivity to build and improve tools that boost developer efficiency across the team. Day-to-day work includes writing and testing product code, leading design reviews, reviewing peers' code, maintaining documentation and educational content, and triaging and debugging system issues.

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Software Engineer Jobs in Colorado: FAQ

How many Software Engineer jobs in Colorado are open right now?

10,000 Software Engineer jobs in Colorado are live on NextGig, all seen active within the last 45 days. The list refreshes daily as new roles are posted and filled ones drop off.

Which companies are hiring for Software Engineer jobs in Colorado?

Employers with current openings include Northrop Grumman, Katalyst Space Technologies, Sierra Space, 2100 NVIDIA USA, Amazon, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and others. Every listing links straight to the employer's application page.

What do Software Engineer jobs in Colorado pay?

15 of the 20 newest listings disclose pay, for example $103,600 - $155,400 / year at Northrop Grumman, $129,776 - $178,441 / year at Sierra Space, $156,666 - $215,437 / year at Sierra Space. Open a listing for the full compensation details.

Are any of these roles remote?

Of the 20 newest listings on this page, 1 is remote and 2 are hybrid. The work model is shown on each job card.