Top Remote Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Develop and maintain Medicare claims-processing software in a legacy mainframe environment using COBOL and related technologies. Responsibilities include coding, debugging, unit testing, requirements analysis, defect resolution, software installation, technical documentation, and Agile/Scrum collaboration. The developer will support DME contract operations, deliver moderate-complexity solutions, estimate tasks, and coordinate with team members, clients, vendors, and other organizations.

Design and implement infrastructure services for a GPU-as-a-Service platform. Build REST and gRPC APIs, bare-metal provisioning workflows, Kubernetes cluster automation, reconciliation loops, and durable asynchronous operations. Manage server enrollment, inspection, OS provisioning, cluster creation, hardware inventory interfaces, error handling, idempotency, and multi-tenant infrastructure reliability.

Build scalable data processing and exploration pipelines, ML infrastructure, and cloud-based applications. Write, test, instrument, and deploy software in Kubernetes environments while contributing to distributed systems and data-driven products. The role focuses on Python, big data technologies, containerization, and systems supporting marketplace intelligence.

Designs and operates production data infrastructure, ETL/ELT pipelines, APIs, containerized AWS services, and graph-based systems. Responsibilities include relational, document, and graph database architecture; data quality and lineage; CI/CD automation; and integration of blockchain, financial, and investigative data. Partners with R&D, data scientists, and investigations teams to deliver production software for federal and commercial clients.

Lead complex systems analysis, software design, development, testing, debugging, documentation, and application support. Coordinate technical project plans, evaluate vendor solutions, manage milestones, and collaborate with technology teams, business units, clients, and vendors. Mentor less experienced staff, monitor performance, recommend technology and process improvements, support budgets and risk controls, and contribute to strategic studies and due diligence.

Leads major technical initiatives while designing enterprise identity systems, authorization models, and scalable multi-tenant SaaS architecture. Builds platform components with .NET/C# on AWS, improves data pipelines, resolves complex production issues, and shapes the technical roadmap. Mentors engineers, drives architecture and reviews, coordinates across teams, and supports security, compliance, automation, and continuous platform improvement.

Build full-stack Django applications with a frontend focus, creating intuitive, interactive, and performant data visualizations for complex healthcare pricing data. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define user experiences, prioritize features, write scalable code, test and debug systems, improve existing functionality, and translate user requirements into technical solutions.

Develop and maintain mission-critical full-stack software for a DoD program. Build Java Spring Boot microservices, React applications, REST APIs, WebSocket features, and RabbitMQ integrations. Manage databases, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes deployments, automated testing, Git workflows, technical documentation, and Agile tasking. Provide code reviews, architectural input, technical leadership, and mentorship to junior developers. The role requires an active Top Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, and approximately 10 weeks of travel annually.

Build and maintain a React/TypeScript operations portal and Supabase/PostgreSQL backend for autonomous aircraft medical logistics. Improve aircraft allocation, mission generation, telemetry ingestion, live dashboards, reliability, testing, logging, and observability. Integrate Python services with ArduPilot aircraft and simulations while collaborating with autonomy and simulation engineers to mature real-flight and digital-twin systems.

Build and maintain enterprise web applications, APIs, and containerized microservices using Python and Django. Develop workflow engines, financial validation logic, relational database schemas, asynchronous integrations, role-based access controls, and CI/CD automation. Support complementary applications across multiple technology stacks while maintaining secure, auditable, and reliable systems.

Develops, tests, documents, enhances, and maintains software solutions using Appian and related technologies. The role includes application development, process modeling, system integration, security remediation, performance improvement, user story analysis, technical documentation, and collaboration within an Agile software development team.

Develops, tests, documents, enhances, and maintains software solutions using Appian and related technologies. Designs integrations with external systems, resolves technical issues, remediates security vulnerabilities, improves performance, participates in requirements analysis and Agile development processes, and documents standards. The role also contributes to planning, mentors other engineers, collaborates with team members, and stays current with software development practices and technologies.

Own performance optimization, reliability, observability, capacity modeling, and automated failover for Coinbase’s blockchain node infrastructure. Diagnose resource bottlenecks, reduce infrastructure costs, define SLOs and SLIs, support protocol upgrades, and improve node performance across distributed systems at scale. Collaborate with protocol integration, wallet, and indexer teams while applying backend programming and systems profiling expertise.

Lead the architecture, design, and development of complex backend software systems for data-intensive applications. Drive technical direction, implement new technologies, improve code quality, reduce technical debt, and promote testing and continuous delivery. Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, collaborate cross-functionally with product and design teams, engage with customers, and help deliver maintainable, scalable solutions using backend technologies, databases, distributed computing, and cloud platforms.

Develop and maintain Java enterprise applications using Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, Oracle, and MongoDB. Design scalable systems, conduct testing, remediate vulnerabilities, troubleshoot distributed environments, participate in code reviews, document solutions, and mentor junior developers. The role also involves Linux, Git, Maven, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud platforms such as OCI or AWS. An active Public Trust clearance and cybersecurity certification are required.

Develop and maintain full-stack features for a secure, cloud-based medical imaging platform. Responsibilities include frontend and Perl API development, PostgreSQL query optimization and schema changes, debugging across web, database, storage, DICOM, and HL7 systems, code reviews, testing, documentation, and production support. The role also contributes to AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, and Agile initiatives while expanding across multiple languages and codebases.

Build and maintain backend or full-stack services for Cadence’s remote patient monitoring platform. Collaborate with product owners, stakeholders, customers, and engineers to deliver scalable clinical care features, improve engineering standards and tooling, and support the platform’s continued growth.

Develops, maintains, tests, documents, and supports healthcare software applications across varied technology stacks. Responsibilities include collaborating with engineers and business stakeholders, participating in Agile Scrum, designing and coding secure applications, resolving defects, triaging production issues, maintaining production modules, and providing first-level operational support. The role requires full-stack development experience with .NET technologies, C#, web frameworks, APIs, JavaScript frameworks, SQL, and relational databases.

Build and maintain automation, integrations, file-processing tools, migrations, and other software that reduces operational toil. Investigate root causes, resolve implementation and escalation issues, develop reusable solutions, and support systems through on-call participation. Partner with commercial, product, and engineering teams while using Ruby on Rails, APIs, workflow automation platforms, and AI-assisted development. The role also involves debugging, optimization, code quality, and ramping onto unfamiliar systems.

Build and evolve Netflix’s shared JavaScript application platform, including internal CLIs, SDKs, CI/CD workflows, development tooling, monorepo infrastructure, deployment integrations, and supporting services. Improve platform observability, performance, reliability, and developer experience while partnering across teams, supporting users, defining interfaces, validating infrastructure changes, and providing technical leadership without direct management.

Build and maintain full-stack donor-facing giving forms, campaign tools, administrative features, and payment flows across Stripe, ACH, and digital wallets. Own features from technical design through deployment, testing, and production support. Collaborate with product, design, and engineering partners in an Agile environment, contribute to code quality and team initiatives, and participate in rotational support and on-call coverage.

Build and scale a fintech risk and compliance platform as the second engineer. Responsibilities include developing full-stack features, owning product areas end to end, improving reliability and performance, collaborating with customers, participating in architecture and code reviews, and establishing engineering best practices. The role requires independent feature delivery, strong full-stack fundamentals, production experience, sound technical judgment, clear asynchronous communication, and willingness to learn compliance and AI domains.

Develops, tests, enhances, and troubleshoots software and database products. Collaborates with senior developers, project managers, and stakeholders throughout design, development, deployment, and code review. Writes unit tests, fixes defects, prototypes features, documents technical decisions, and participates in Agile sprints. The role requires strong programming skills, a bachelor's degree, and the ability to obtain and maintain an active Secret clearance.

Lead technical ownership of InfiniBand and GPU interconnect fabric operations for hyperscale AI supercomputers. Drive incident response, deep multi-layer debugging across hardware/firmware/drivers/OS, and define failure models, playbooks, telemetry, and automation to improve reliability, observability, and scalability of GPU clusters and platform SLAs.

Design, build, and operate scalable, secure data platform infrastructure for ingesting, processing, cataloging, and accessing petabytes of data. Improve Spark/Databricks reliability and developer experience, build ingestion/replication systems, develop internal libraries and tooling (Go/Python), and collaborate with cross-functional teams to support analytics, ML, and customer-facing data products.