Software Design Engineer Jobs in Nashville, TN
Software Design Engineer jobs in Nashville are concentrated in Midtown, the Gulch, and the growing tech corridor along Charlotte Pike, with demand across healthcare IT, fintech, and SaaS companies. Employers hiring right now include Amazon, Genesco, and Jacobs. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
Arcadis seeks a Senior Roadway Design Engineer to join our Tennessee Mobility team in Nashville, Chattanooga, or Knoxville.
You will have the opportunity to work on infrastructure projects for roadways, including intersections, collector streets, urban arterials, rural and urban expressways, interstates and interstate interchanges.
The Arcadis Mobility team is expanding and involved in providing solutions to some of the most complex and exciting highway design challenges for TDOT and other State DOTs and municipalities throughout the Southeast. We are looking for a candidate with the skills to address these challenges and the desire to develop junior staff.
Role accountabilities:
- Serving as a professional engineering discipline lead for roadway design projects of varying size and scope.
- Mentoring and providing direction to junior staff and design/drafters, development of project plans and schedules, managing production and ensuring project compliance with all Arcadis practices including quality and safety standards.
- Interaction with client technical staff, either as a team or individual, making presentations and managing client expectations.
- Performing various roles on multi-disciplined projects including QA/QC reviewer, technical advisor, design leader and/or client facing project manager.
- Preparation of written reports, calculations and other design documentation.
Qualifications & Experience:
Required Qualifications
- 10 or more years of relevant engineering experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
- Tennessee PE license, or the ability to obtain one within 6 months.
Key Skills/Attributes
- Task management experience within infrastructure design and construction engineering, including cost estimates, technical reports, construction plans and project displays.
- Proficiency with MicroStation, OpenRoads, Geopak, InRoads and 3D Design.
- Proficiency with TDOT design standards and policies.
- Must have strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills and be a self-motivated, team-oriented and flexible individual who possesses the initiative and ability to tackle new projects, challenges, and concepts.
- Excellent, clear and concise, oral and written communication skills, and a demonstrated ability to coordinate meetings, conduct effective client presentations and prepare written reports.
Preferred Qualifications
- Interchange design experience.
- TDOT roadway design experience.
- Active participation in regional and/or national professional associations.
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 20 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $120,000 - $150,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.
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Who's Hiring
- Amazon18

- Genesco4

- Jacobs2

- Ware Malcomb2

- HCA Healthcare2

Top Industries Hiring
- Retail13
- Technology & Software13
- E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces13
- Fashion & Apparel3
- Chemicals & Materials2
Software Design Engineer Jobs in Nashville: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a software design engineer job in Nashville?
Focus on Nashville's strongest hiring sectors: healthcare IT, fintech, and enterprise SaaS, where demand for software design engineers is highest. Companies concentrated in the Gulch, Midtown, and Cool Springs actively recruit engineers with embedded systems, full-stack, or UX engineering backgrounds. Familiarity with healthcare data standards or financial platforms gives candidates a clear edge in this market.
Which companies hire software design engineers in Nashville?
Nashville software design engineer roles are posted by Amazon, Genesco, and Jacobs and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. Nashville's employer mix leans toward health technology firms, regional banks and insurance companies, and fast-growing SaaS startups that have relocated or expanded into the city.
Are there remote software design engineer jobs in Nashville?
Yes, though availability depends on the role type, since hardware-adjacent or lab-based design engineering positions tend to require on-site presence while software-focused and UX engineering roles are more frequently remote. About 39% of software design engineer openings tied to Nashville are remote or hybrid as of July 2026. Product-facing and cloud platform roles are the most likely to offer fully remote arrangements in the Nashville market.
How can I get a software design engineer job in Nashville with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path in Nashville is targeting associate or junior engineer roles at mid-size health IT companies and fintech startups, which tend to hire more aggressively at the junior level than large enterprises. Roles like QA engineer, junior front-end developer, or embedded systems technician can serve as lateral starting points. Contributing to Nashville's active tech meetup community and building a portfolio with relevant domain projects strengthens local applications considerably.
Which industries hire the most software design engineers in Nashville?
Most software design engineer openings in Nashville sit in Retail, Technology & Software, and E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. Nashville's position as a national hub for healthcare services and its growing reputation for fintech and insurance technology make those sectors the consistent drivers of local software engineering demand.
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