Top Remote Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Design, develop, test, and deploy Go and Python microservices for a B2B financial platform. Collaborate cross-functionally, support client onboarding and documentation, build automations, monitor system reliability, and later transition to product development or team lead responsibilities.

As a Software Engineer in AI Infrastructure, you will design and develop core platform components, build APIs and services, enhance performance, and automate tooling while collaborating across teams and improving system reliability.

Build and maintain backend APIs and data pipelines that ingest and process large-scale construction data (360° video, schedules, IoT). Optimize storage and query performance using DuckDB and PostgreSQL, extend Airflow workflows, integrate Wasm for local computation, monitor data quality, and collaborate with frontend, CV, and ML teams to deploy production models and analytics.

Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services using TypeScript and NestJS. Implement APIs, integrations, event-driven and asynchronous processing with queues and workers. Improve platform reliability, observability, performance, and operational efficiency. Collaborate with product and cross-functional teams, influence architecture, and take ownership from design through deployment.

Design, build, and maintain scalable TypeScript/NestJS backend services and APIs. Implement event-driven, asynchronous processing with queues/workers, ensure observability, performance, and reliability, and collaborate across product and operations to deliver high-throughput, integration-heavy systems.

Design, build, and maintain software applications; collaborate with engineers, analysts, and stakeholders; resolve bugs and production issues; write scalable, testable code; perform testing and debugging; produce technical documentation; mentor peers; participate in on-call rotation; leverage the team's data ecosystem to inform application design and improvements.

The role involves full-stack software development, adhering to Agile practices, and collaborating across teams. Responsibilities include coding, testing, and maintaining software systems while mentoring team members.

Design, develop, test, and maintain software applications. Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to implement features, perform code reviews, troubleshoot defects, write tests, and participate in Agile ceremonies. Improve and document systems, recommend technology enhancements, and ensure high-quality, maintainable code.

Work on backend and frontend features for a waste-management SaaS: build Java/Spring Boot services, React UI, work with PostgreSQL/PostGIS, debug production, write tests, collaborate with Customer Success, participate in on-call rotation, and adopt AI-assisted development tools.

Lead backend Java development and architecture for enterprise applications. Design and deliver scalable, resilient microservices and APIs, mentor developers, lead technical decisions, support production incidents, and implement CI/CD and cloud-native solutions on AWS.

Design, develop, and maintain Linux graphics driver features for NVIDIA GPUs, focusing on Vulkan, OpenGL, and Wayland support. Collaborate with hardware, architecture, OEMs, and test automation to ensure performance, reliability, and timely regression detection across Linux platforms.

Build and operate services and tooling to automate network lifecycle, ensure safe network changes, develop scalable observability and telemetry, integrate network source-of-truth via APIs, and collaborate with network engineers and SREs to deliver production-grade automation and reliability.

The Software Engineer will improve product engagement through full stack feature development, user behavior analysis, and collaboration with product and design teams.

Develop and maintain infrastructure for software development and AI operations, manage CI/CD pipelines, and automate configurations using various tools.

Lead design and implementation of a custom MAC layer for a satellite constellation. Develop TDMA/DAMA schedulers, ARQ/AMC, handover logic, and optimize interfaces to high-speed packet engines (DPDK/VPP). Collaborate with PHY and network architects, drive MAC architecture decisions, and lead protocol development from simulation through hardware integration and field testing.

Develop and maintain GPU performance foundation libraries and test frameworks for Nsight tools. Implement GPU assembly tests, use emulators/simulators to validate instruction events, and document data workflows. Collaborate with hardware architecture teams to enable performance analysis and optimization of GPU-accelerated applications.

Design and build infrastructure services and APIs that manage bare-metal GPU servers and multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters. Implement provisioning workflows, reconciliation loops, and consoles to visualize inventory and provisioning state while ensuring reliability, idempotency, and durable long-running operation handling.

Design and build backend services, REST APIs, and integrations for bank administrators and customers. Apply domain-driven design and microservice architecture, write well-tested, documented code, and participate in system design, code reviews, and agile SCRUM processes. Integrate with third-party services such as Plaid and SendGrid.

Build, test, and maintain scalable full‑stack applications. Work across front-end (React, HTML/CSS/JS) and back-end (Python or C#) services, collaborate on feature design and deployment, and optimize performance, security, and maintainability.

Investigate and resolve complex customer-reported issues in large Java enterprise codebases, perform root-cause analysis, deliver production-ready fixes, use AI-assisted debugging and test generation, contribute to documentation and product enhancements, and participate in on-call pager rotations.

Design and implement cloud-native, AI-augmented full-stack geospatial applications. Build frontend interfaces, serverless backends, RESTful APIs and microservices; integrate AI/ML and enterprise GIS; ensure automated testing, security guardrails, CI/CD, and collaborative agile development.

Design, build, test, and maintain scalable software systems; collaborate with cross-functional teams; write high-quality code with automated tests; participate in code reviews and incident response; contribute to product and architectural decisions.

Design, build, and maintain core Android infrastructure, app architecture, developer frameworks, and release tooling. Implement cross-platform UI frameworks, server-driven UI, and scalable libraries using Kotlin, Java, Jetpack Compose, Dagger/Hilt, and GraphQL. Drive testability, performance, accessibility, and production tooling while collaborating with product and client teams to enable engineering velocity at scale.

Design, build, and operate highly available, scalable distributed systems and data pipelines for Netflixs global CDN (Open Connect). Responsibilities include service design for real-time and prepositioned control planes, operational tooling, large-scale data analysis, optimization, and improving Quality-of-Experience for streaming members.

Senior individual-contributor engineering leader responsible for defining technical and architectural direction for Growth Engineering, modernizing systems, building scalable, highly available consumer-facing platforms, partnering with cross-functional teams, mentoring engineers, and driving experimentation and A/B testing integration.