Top Remote Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Lead architecture and hands-on development for a core SaaS product suite (50% coding). Own technical roadmap, drive DevSecOps/IaC/TDD adoption, mentor teams, resolve performance and reliability issues, and translate product needs into scalable designs.

Architect, implement, and optimize live and on-demand streaming pipelines in Wowza. Design scalable transcoding and packaging workflows, integrate accelerators, debug performance issues, support cross-functional projects, and serve as a streaming domain expert.

Design, build, and maintain automated migration workflows to onboard dental practices. Implement C#, .NET, and PowerShell scripts, manage ETL processes and SQL data transformations, troubleshoot live routines, leverage AI tools to speed development, and produce technical documentation to ensure secure, reliable migrations.

Design, build, and operate highly concurrent, distributed backend services in Go. Drive architecture, performance optimization, reliability, observability, and secure development practices. Partner with frontend, platform, autonomy, and embedded teams to deliver mission-critical systems from edge devices to cloud production.

Perform senior-level QA testing for DHS biometric systems: write and execute test plans in JIRA, validate enhancements, collaborate with stakeholders, support Agile sprints, and create/customize automated test cases.

Volunteer senior engineer to develop a cross-platform medical/wellness app (web, iOS, Android). Own full SDLC: design, coding, testing, data models, pipelines, deployments, and collaborate in Agile processes. Attend weekly standups and commit at least 4 hours weekly.

Build and own foundational data infrastructure for Member Marketing and Coverage Eligibility: define data contracts, ensure identity and lineage, implement observability and reconciliation, modernize file/API integrations, design for correctness and auditability in regulated workflows, and lead cross-functional delivery and technical standards.

Design, build, and operate scalable, highly concurrent backend services in Go. Architect distributed, fault-tolerant systems, optimize performance and reliability, define APIs and service boundaries, improve observability and operational readiness, and collaborate cross-functionally to support mission-critical autonomous deployments.

Senior full-stack engineer responsible for designing, building, and maintaining TypeScript/React frontends and backend services. Lead architecture, mentor engineers, write automated tests, optimize systems for scalability and performance, and collaborate with product and stakeholders to deliver secure, reliable cloud-based solutions.

Senior full-stack engineer responsible for building performant TypeScript/React front-ends and C#/.NET Core microservice APIs, modifying SQL/PLSQL database objects, working with Snowflake and Metabase, writing automated tests, improving engineering practices, mentoring engineers, collaborating with product and architecture, and integrating AI-assisted development tools to increase productivity.

Design, build, and maintain Python-based services and AWS data pipelines to compute and validate autonomy performance metrics. Translate system-level safety requirements into production implementations, process telemetry and validation data, implement release validation logic, debug pipeline and telemetry issues, and contribute to workflow orchestration, code reviews, and cross-functional design.

Lead design and implementation of the audio engine for Splice's DAW plugins and desktop app. Drive complex technical initiatives, propose and implement cross-stack solutions, optimize performance, mentor engineers, author RFCs, and collaborate with product and design to shape user experience and roadmap. Deliver high-quality, production-ready audio software under tight deadlines.

The Staff Software Engineer will enhance developer productivity by designing tools, automating workflows, and mentoring teams on best practices in developer experience.

The Staff Software Engineer - Platform will design and build core services for scalable data analytics, mentor teams, enhance platform reliability, and implement cloud-native solutions.

The Staff Software Engineer will design and operate high-integrity financial systems including ledgering, transaction processing, and money movement while ensuring system correctness and resilience.

The Staff Software Engineer will design and operate financial systems involving ledgering, transaction processing, decisioning, and money movement, ensuring correctness and reliability while mentoring engineers and improving system resilience.

Design, build, and evolve customer-facing backend services and public APIs; own features end-to-end from design through rollout; create technical design documents; ensure services are observable, resilient, and usable across multiple products; collaborate closely with Product and Experience teams to prioritize and ship iterations.

The Staff SDET will design and implement automated test frameworks using TypeScript, collaborate with developers, and enhance testing processes within CI/CD pipelines.

The Senior Software Engineer will enhance the core product by developing features and tools for Chainguard Images, collaborating with teams and ensuring product quality.

Develop core backend components for a blockchain network, focusing on reliability and scalability, mainly using Rust. Ensure code quality through testing and debugging.

The Senior Software Engineer will design, build, and maintain backend services and REST APIs while supporting data pipelines and governance practices within the Infrastructure team.

Provide technical and architectural leadership to the software development team, design software solutions, mentor team members, and drive projects to completion.

Develop and implement features by building backend APIs and frontend code, lead projects, and collaborate with teams to solve user problems.

The Software Test Engineer will design, implement, and maintain test frameworks for back-end services, ensuring product quality through test case creation and automation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The Senior Software Engineer will collaborate with teams to build and optimize a robust web application, ensure code quality, and elevate team impact.