Senior Software Engineer (L4)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 7, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 5, 2026. Exiger scores A on the Alion truth index.
Who We Are:
Exiger is the AI partner for supply chain and procurement automation. Its centralized 1EXIGER.AI platform allows organizations to manage their entire operating network, from parts to suppliers, regulators, and customers, through an autonomous agentic workforce that learns, adapts, and augments with every decision. The AI-native platform, combined with the largest supply chain knowledge asset, empowers 550+ global customers, including 150 Fortune 500 and 80+ government and defense industrial organizations, to act first. Exiger is FedRAMP® authorized and a 2x Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supplier Risk Management.
Location: Remote or Hybrid (McLean, VA | New York, NY | Richmond, VA)
Who We Are:
Exiger transforms supply chains into a strategic advantage, advancing our mission to make the world a safer and more transparent place to succeed. Our AI platform, 1Exiger, delivers instant visibility into complex supplier ecosystems, leveraging proprietary data and advanced AI to surface risk, automate compliance, and unlock efficiencies and cost savings to strengthen long-term resilience. Trusted by 550+ global customers, including Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, Exiger is a recognized, award-winning leader in supply chain AI and a FedRAMP® authorized provider to the federal government.
About the Role
We are seeking talented and motivated Senior Software Engineers (L4) to help build and scale the backend services powering our 1ExigerAI platform.
As part of a collaborative engineering team, you'll design, develop, and maintain the services behind critical platform capabilities, including real-time alerting, workflow automation, and supply chain investigation tools. Your work will help customers uncover risks, streamline complex processes, and make smarter decisions using AI-powered technology.
You'll work closely with a technical lead, product manager, product designer, and fellow engineers to deliver reliable, scalable, and high-performing software. This is a hands-on individual contributor role with opportunities to take ownership of meaningful projects, influence technical decisions, and help shape how we build software.
We're also embracing AI throughout our engineering organization. Our engineers actively use tools like Claude, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot to accelerate development, improve code quality, and rethink traditional software development workflows. You'll have the opportunity to leverage these tools daily while helping evolve our AI-enabled software development lifecycle.
Whether you're an experienced engineer ready to take ownership of larger projects or a senior individual contributor looking to influence architecture and mentor others, we're looking for engineers who enjoy solving complex problems and building impactful products.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, test, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs supporting the 1ExigerAI platform.
- Develop and enhance product capabilities such as real-time alerting, workflow builders, and supply chain investigation tools.
- Take ownership of features and projects from technical design through development, deployment, and production support.
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners, including engineering, product management, and design, to turn business requirements into reliable technical solutions.
- Build and maintain cloud-native applications, leveraging microservices, containerization, and modern infrastructure practices.
- Contribute to system design discussions, architectural improvements, and technical decisions that improve scalability, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
- Troubleshoot production issues, improve observability, and proactively identify opportunities to strengthen system reliability.
- Leverage AI-powered development tools such as Claude, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Help improve our AI-enabled engineering workflows, including development, testing, code reviews, deployment, and automation.
- Participate in a fast-paced, collaborative engineering environment using Kanban, continuous delivery, and daily deployments.
- Contribute to code reviews, share technical knowledge, and help maintain high standards for engineering quality.
What You Bring to the Team
- Strong hands-on software engineering experience, with a focus on backend development and building production-grade applications.
- Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot, or strong experience with comparable backend technologies and a willingness to work in our core stack.
- Experience designing, developing, and maintaining RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Solid understanding of databases, data modeling and SQL
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS and containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern software development practices.
- Understanding of system design principles, application performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Experience troubleshooting production issues and supporting applications in live environments.
- Familiarity with messaging and asynchronous processing technologies such as Kafka, ActiveMQ, or Redis.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools, or a strong interest in incorporating AI into everyday engineering workflows.
- Strong problem-solving skills, technical curiosity, and a commitment to writing clean, maintainable code.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers and cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-moving environment.
- A strong sense of ownership and accountability, with a willingness to continuously learn and improve.
What We're Looking for at this Level
Senior Software Engineer (L4)
- Demonstrated ability to serve as a technical go-to person for a team or product area, guiding the design and implementation of complex systems.
- Experience designing reusable components, services, and architectural patterns that improve engineering efficiency and scalability.
- Ability to navigate complex technical tradeoffs and influence architecture and engineering best practices.
- Comfortable mentoring other engineers informally through technical guidance, code reviews, and collaborative problem-solving.
- Strong ownership of system quality, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
Our Tech Stack
- Backend: Java / Spring Boot
- Data: Postgres
- Frontend: TypeScript / Angular
- Messaging & Caching: ActiveMQ, Kafka, Redis
- Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Argo CD
- Observability: ELK, Grafana
- AI Development Tools: Claude, Cursor
- Development Practices: Kanban, CI/CD, daily deployments
Exiger is named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supplier Risk Management, twice selected as one of Fast Company's 'Brands That Matter,' and recipient of the Third Party Risk Association's Innovator Award, Exiger's technology has been recognized by leading analyst evaluations and 50+ awards. Learn more at Exiger.com and follow Exiger on LinkedIn.
At Exiger, our values define how we work and why we lead. We are mission-inspired, imagination-driven, trust-anchored, and compassion-focused-committed to building technology that makes the world safer, more transparent, and more resilient.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
Exiger’s hybrid work policy is periodically reviewed and adjusted to align with evolving business needs.