Top Remote Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

The role involves using AI tools to rapidly develop software, working across product and engineering teams, and owning software projects end-to-end.

This role requires shaping technical direction, leveraging AI tools for production systems, and making crucial decisions to align product intent with engineering realities.

Own architecture, development, and reliability of ecommerce web applications (Symfony storefront and Laravel back-office). Lead front-end JavaScript/CSS direction, optimize SQL schemas/queries, improve observability and incident response, reduce legacy technical debt, establish AI-assisted development workflows, mentor engineers, and drive end-to-end delivery of scalable customer-facing features.

Develop and maintain XNAT platform functionality for clinical and research imaging: design and implement features, write and test code (Java, JavaScript, Python), manage releases and CI/CD, triage defects, mentor junior engineers, integrate with adjacent systems (DICOM, JupyterHub, data lakes), and document architecture and upgrade procedures.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will develop new products and improve engineering infrastructure while taking ownership of product deliverables and enhancing technical architecture.

Build and ship full‑stack product features on a Python/Flask backend and React frontend. Design REST/GraphQL APIs, work with SQLAlchemy and relational data models, integrate LLM/AI features, use async task queues (Celery), and collaborate with product, design, and engineers to deliver reliable, well-tested features end-to-end.

Design, implement, and operate cloud-native microservices and platform services for high-throughput supply chain systems. Build and optimize real-time and batch data pipelines, define APIs and event-driven integrations, use AI-assisted development tools, own production reliability, participate in code review, and mentor engineers while producing robust, scalable solutions.

Design, build, and architect stablecoin and crypto infrastructure; integrate DEXs, DeFi protocols, and wallet providers; develop smart contract interactions; expand crypto product functionality and asset selection; collaborate cross-functionally; establish crypto development standards and ensure security and reliability for large-scale user experiences.

Build and maintain backend services and infrastructure to support core ML/AI product features. Design scalable, resilient, high-performance systems, implement production REST APIs, deploy and manage applications (Docker/Kubernetes), and collaborate cross-functionally while coding daily.

Design, build, and operate hyperscale Azure availability and control-plane services to achieve high VM SLAs. Lead architecture, author designs, implement reliable code, run livesite as DRI, and integrate predictive ML/AI models and generative AI for diagnostics and automated root-cause analysis.

Design, implement, and operate low-level components of Azure Storage distributed file systems. Define requirements, produce designs, write and reuse high-quality code, break down work, estimate tasks, and act as an on-call DRI to monitor and restore services. Drive reliability, performance, observability, and scalability improvements.

Design and develop software to onboard hardware accelerators and optimize storage datapaths for Azure Storage. Drive design, debugging, performance tuning, operations, and cross-team collaboration across research, compute, and storage to improve throughput, scale, reliability, and observability.

Lead architecture, design, and implementation of cloud-native TFDM applications. Drive DevOps/GitOps CI/CD pipelines, containerization (OpenShift/Kubernetes), infrastructure-as-code, AI-assisted development, system modernization, troubleshooting, mentoring, and executive briefings to support deployment, automation, reliability, and security.

Design, build, and scale backend services, APIs, and orchestration workflows for claims identification and recovery. Integrate AI/ML models, manage cloud infrastructure (AWS), and implement durable workflows (Temporal) while ensuring secure, reliable, maintainable systems. Collaborate with product, data science, and business stakeholders to deliver production-grade solutions.

Design and build monitoring, telemetry, and data pipelines to operate flagship supercomputers at scale. Diagnose and troubleshoot GPU hardware, networking, datacenter and software stack issues, implement systemic mitigations, improve observability, and drive reliability and performance improvements through incident reviews and tooling.

Build and operate AlphaSense's identity platform across user management, authentication, and authorization. Design scalable RBAC/ABAC/ReBAC systems, integrate authentication patterns (OAuth/OIDC/SAML), implement SCIM provisioning, and expose GraphQL/gRPC/REST APIs. Partner with security on SOC2/GDPR compliance, drive platform roadmap, champion testing, observability, and reliability, and operate autonomously from North America in close collaboration with the Helsinki team.

Design, implement, and operate highly scalable Azure cloud services and full‑stack features for Compute Manager. Own design, coding, debugging, reliability, and on‑call operations as a DRI. Collaborate across teams to improve availability, performance, observability, and run distributed systems at hyperscale.

Lead architecture and implementation of large-scale, elastic Pub/Sub and messaging services. Define scalable, reliable designs, mentor engineers, drive CI/CD and testing strategies, manage incidents, partner with PMs/EMs, and advance AI tooling across the SDLC to enable real-time analytics and integrations.

Design, build, and operate high-performance Places/Search API services; drive architecture and scalability decisions; improve code quality and operational standards; mentor engineers; run experiments and telemetry-driven analysis; participate in feature delivery, on-call rotation, and customer-facing collaboration with automotive and mapping partners.

The Senior Software Engineer will design and develop systems for processing communication data, ensure software quality, provide technical leadership, and solve complex problems in real-time media systems.

Design, implement, and maintain scalable Java-based software solutions. Collaborate across the SDLC with stakeholders and development teams, integrate DevOps and CI/CD practices, support operational tasks, ensure security and performance, drive feature development, conduct code reviews, and stay current with emerging technologies.

Lead design, implementation, and maintenance of scalable backend systems and services. Improve performance, reliability, and deployments; operate production systems (incident response rotation); conduct code reviews; mentor engineers; collaborate with product, sales, and customers.

Lead product and technical discovery for a new initiative, build prototypes and end-to-end MVPs, define metrics and decision processes, rightsize architecture for iteration and integrations, and engage customers for feedback while coordinating external PM/design/business stakeholders.

Lead backend development and operate services end-to-end: design, implement, deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot cloud-based back-end systems. Participate in on-call rotation, collaborate with frontend, CloudEng, and product teams, conduct code and security/privacy reviews, and mentor junior engineers.

Join as a full-stack software engineer to design, build, test, and deploy web applications. Write and debug code across application and data layers, participate in code reviews, and support the full software lifecycle including planning, requirements, QA, and documentation while collaborating with product and design teams.