Top Remote Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Design, build, and maintain full-stack features across React/TypeScript frontend and C# backend. Develop APIs, optimize MySQL schemas/queries, implement caching, monitor on AWS, participate in code reviews, and collaborate with Product and Design to deliver reliable SaaS solutions.

Modernize legacy .NET and C# systems by reducing technical debt, refactoring monoliths into microservices, and re-platforming applications onto AWS cloud-native architectures. Build APIs, containerized services, infrastructure as code, and modern data migration workflows. Apply AI-assisted development tools for code analysis, refactoring, testing, and documentation while promoting simplicity, observability, scalability, and sound engineering standards.

Develop and deploy full-stack software using AI capabilities, Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture. Implement SecDevOps practices, automate CI/CD pipelines and security testing, manage AWS infrastructure, and integrate services with existing systems and third-party APIs. Collaborate with security and cross-functional teams to implement controls, support compliance, and address vulnerabilities. The role requires 5+ years of software development experience and expertise with Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform, and related cloud and deployment technologies.

Develop scalable, automated software that improves product and platform security. Build and maintain full-stack applications, including front-end interfaces, application frameworks, data management, analytics, and visualization tools. Provide performance insights to customers and internal teams, research relevant technologies, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver effective solutions.

Develops and maintains Java applications, backend services, and REST APIs in cloud environments. Designs high-volume, low-latency systems supporting fleet utilization, inventory optimization, and operational decisions. Collaborates with product managers and stakeholders, participates throughout the software development lifecycle, writes and tests production-ready code, troubleshoots technical issues, documents designs, reviews code, and evaluates infrastructure and technology improvements.

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.

Leads the technical design and delivery of full-stack web features for AI products, spanning data models, APIs, responsive interfaces, testing, deployment, cloud infrastructure, and ongoing operations. Builds and optimizes Python API applications, integrates Azure data and DevOps services, improves system reliability and performance, and supports security and CI/CD practices. Partners with product, design, data science, and machine learning teams while mentoring engineers and guiding architectural decisions.

Build and ship end-to-end product features across an author analytics dashboard, marketing site, free tools, billing, email, and AI-assisted functionality. Design data models and APIs, integrate third-party services, develop production LLM features, and maintain testing, monitoring, performance, and observability. The role includes code review, technical documentation, independent product decisions, and close collaboration with the founder in a remote-first environment.

Develop, test, deploy, operate, and maintain enterprise software and legacy systems while modernizing cloud infrastructure on AWS. Build and support development, testing, production, and disaster-recovery environments for a federal disaster loan application system. Apply full-stack development, solution architecture, secure system design, DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, containerization, monitoring, troubleshooting, and software lifecycle practices. Collaborate with customers and technical teams to communicate requirements and resolve complex operational issues.

Build, test, deploy, and support production software using .NET/C#, React or Next.js, cloud platforms, databases, observability, and modern architecture patterns. Incorporate Claude Code, Gemini CLI, AI agents, MCP, and automation into structured engineering workflows while validating AI-generated output. Own delivery from planning through production, implement secure integrations and testing, document architectural decisions, troubleshoot systems, identify risks, and mentor engineers on responsible AI adoption.

Build and scale full-stack financial product experiences for OnePay’s employer benefits platform. Lead technical design, establish architectural and coding standards, optimize systems for reliability, security, performance, and scalability, and make technical decisions balancing rapid delivery with sustainable solutions. Collaborate with product, design, and operations to deliver features across web, iOS, and Android using distributed systems, APIs, and modern frontend technologies.

The Software Engineer, Platform role involves designing and maintaining backend APIs for various services at Speechify, focusing on performance and scalability while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Design, develop, and deploy software for Azure SmartNIC platforms and networking offloads. Improve performance, scalability, reliability, and telemetry for cloud networking services supporting compute and storage. Collaborate across hardware, firmware, silicon, platform, and service teams while troubleshooting production incidents and delivering high-availability solutions. Responsibilities include software design, coding, testing, performance analysis, monitoring, diagnostics, and production deployment for hyperscale distributed systems.

Build and maintain full-stack software using TypeScript, Go, and Python, including backend, frontend, and architectural development. Collaborate with developers, designers, product managers, and Department of Defense stakeholders to develop AI-powered solutions, take products from concept to launch, conduct code reviews, and support customers through travel when needed.

Designs, builds, scales, and operates distributed CI/CD services supporting millions of builds, tests, and releases. Develops code for Azure-based infrastructure spanning virtual machines, containers, and custom lab environments. Responsibilities include requirements analysis, architecture and design documentation, estimation, debugging, optimization, operational playbooks, on-call incident response, monitoring, reliability improvements, and mentoring engineers.

Designs and maintains enterprise software, APIs, microservices, databases, ETL pipelines, CI/CD workflows, RPA solutions, and AI/LLM applications. Leads architecture and engineering reviews while implementing secure integrations, data governance, HIPAA/PII compliance, vector search, RAG, agentic workflows, and responsible AI practices. Collaborates with technical, compliance, data, and business stakeholders to move automation and AI solutions from prototypes into production.

Work directly with the founder to design and build core product features: integrations that pull license data, automation to file renewals/applications, data cleaning with AI, dashboard and alerting UX, and establish engineering practices for testing, deployments, and security. Term contractor role with potential conversion to full-time based on performance.

Build and optimize Azure Storage’s hyperscale distributed file system. Responsibilities include designing and implementing storage features, analyzing performance, ensuring availability, security, reliability, and durability, creating technical designs, estimating work, monitoring services on call, and improving observability and operational efficiency at scale.

Build and ship production software across the frontend and backend, working closely with founders, customers, and product teams. Develop AI-powered features and systems involving web scraping, unstructured data, PDF parsing, and cloud infrastructure. Translate real-world real estate and financing problems into technical solutions, make high-impact decisions, and own shipped code. The internship may convert to a full-time role.

Lead the technical roadmap for partner integrations across APIs, SDKs, and web experiences. Design and build scalable products, standardize external partner integrations, and deliver payment and data-sharing capabilities. Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Design, Infrastructure, Sales, Partner, and Customer Success teams while remaining hands-on. Drive architecture, code quality, delivery, stakeholder alignment, and technical strategy for high-impact fintech products.

Design and implement backend services, modernize legacy systems into microservices, ensure strong testing and production observability, and collaborate with Product and Engineering teams. The role requires independent project ownership, strong system design, AI-assisted development using tools such as Claude or Cursor, effective communication with nontechnical stakeholders, and adaptability in an ambiguous, fast-changing environment.

Build and optimize automated release engineering systems, including CI/CD pipelines, build and deployment tooling, and AWS cloud infrastructure. Ensure software delivery quality, security, compliance, and reliability. Lead complex projects, participate in on-call support, mentor teammates, and promote technical excellence. The role uses Go, Java/Kotlin, TypeScript, GitHub Actions, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Backstage, AWS, and AI development tools.

Build and own user-facing features and core platform architecture across frontend, backend, and ML pipelines. Integrate AI workflows (LLMs, embeddings) for curriculum generation and automated evaluation. Manage end-to-end development: requirements, design, implementation, CI/CD, testing, observability, and iteration while collaborating with product, design, ML, and customer teams.

Design, develop, test, and operate secure, scalable cloud microservices for Veeam’s FedRAMP-compliant SaaS data protection platform. Implement cryptography, authentication, auditability, observability, and reliability controls using Go and C#/.NET. Translate compliance requirements into application code and security tests, participate in technical design and code reviews, collaborate with compliance engineers, and support production services through on-call rotation.

Join as a full-stack software engineer to design, develop, and maintain web applications and services. Collaborate cross-functionally, write clean code, perform code reviews, debug issues, and stay current with industry trends.