Top Remote Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Modernize and evolve a large-scale React Native mobile app with offline-first architecture, BLE device integrations, local data storage and sync. Improve performance, reliability, and scalability, influence architecture, mentor developers, collaborate cross-functionally, and occasionally visit farms to understand user workflows.

Develop and maintain Linux user-space and driver-level software to integrate radio hardware (Wi‑Fi/cellular) into drone connectivity stacks. Implement logging and analysis of link metrics, collaborate with RF and embedded teams on rate-adaptation algorithms, run hardware-in-the-loop tests, and validate aerial connectivity performance.

Build full-stack features and infrastructure analytics products to improve Netflix's cloud and AI efficiency. Design frontends (React/TypeScript), backend services/APIs (GraphQL/Node), shape data models, collaborate with analytics and data engineers, and own product direction from design through implementation.

Design, develop, and modernize scalable front-end UI applications using Angular and TypeScript. Lead large UI projects, enforce coding standards, write technical specifications, optimize performance, mentor engineers, collaborate full-stack, and support CI/CD and Agile practices to deliver user-centric features.

Design, implement, test, and modernize backend services and integrations (TypeScript/Node.js and C++). Lead large projects, write technical specifications and API contracts, enforce coding standards, coach engineers, and drive legacy-to-modern migrations within online banking and core systems.

Senior backend engineer responsible for designing, building, testing, and documenting scalable Node.js/TypeScript services and APIs. Lead projects end-to-end, enforce coding standards, write technical specifications, optimize performance, and mentor junior engineers. Champion Agile and CI/CD practices while providing technical thought leadership on backend architecture and data modeling.

As a Software Development Engineer in Test, you'll create and conduct automated tests, resolve technical issues, and collaborate with development teams to ensure software quality.

Build full‑stack web features from zero to one, integrate with third‑party APIs, design and manage state machines for financial workflows, own features through launch and post‑launch customer iteration, and maintain high code quality and accountability.

The Staff Software Engineer will develop and execute technical strategies for Cash App Banking, lead architectural decisions, and mentor engineers, focusing on innovative financial solutions.

Design and build agent-powered mission consoles, collaborate with stakeholders to improve user workflows, and maintain agentic workflows for mission outcomes.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and build a cutting-edge identity search platform and implement AI systems for defense applications, working closely with cross-functional teams to enhance user workflows and support national security.

Lead cross-pod technical direction and system design for high-scale backend services, embed AI-native development practices, collaborate with product and design, mentor engineers, and drive ambiguous initiatives from design through production.

The Staff Software Engineer will lead technical strategy, ensure system availability, and develop backend systems at scale, collaborating across teams to drive capacity modeling and operational quality.

The Engineering Manager for Developer Productivity will lead a remote team to enhance developer productivity, focusing on AI integration, tooling evaluation, and team development while collaborating with cross-functional partners.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and maintain systems, mentor team members, and improve both code quality and team practices.

Build and maintain full-stack features for Saga, Deepgram's voice OS. Develop backend services (Node.js, Socket.IO, DynamoDB, AWS Amplify), frontend interfaces (TypeScript, React, Next.js), and scalable REST/GraphQL APIs. Participate in architecture, code reviews, performance optimization, and translate product requirements into iterative deliverables.

The role involves providing technical leadership, hands-on execution, and cross-team influence in software engineering, focusing on solutions for scaling and performance challenges while using AI tools.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will enhance platform engineering by improving deployment strategies and developer experiences, establishing reliable systems and mentorship across teams.

Design, build, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks and tooling (Playwright, C#, JS/TS). Integrate automated tests into CI/CD, develop end-to-end, integration, and performance tests, apply AI techniques for test generation and defect detection, troubleshoot system issues, mentor QA teams, and drive automation and quality engineering best practices.

Build and operate scalable backend services and integrations for chat, voice, and agent-assisted support. Improve reliability, performance, and AI-driven capabilities; collaborate across product, design, AI, and operations; mentor engineers and lead technical design and architecture.

Design and build end-to-end web and AI-powered dashboard features, scale cross-platform full-stack infrastructure, standardize product patterns, mentor engineers, lead cross-team technical projects, and collaborate with product and design to improve user workflows and AI adoption.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead technical strategies, drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and develop consumer banking solutions using various technologies.

Lead and deliver quarterly goals for a backend team; guide engineers through ambiguous problems; collaborate with product, design, and analytics; identify and resolve project and technical issues; ensure operational availability and on-call readiness; set code and design quality standards; and mentor and develop team members.

As a Software Engineer, you will build features, improve the product development cycle, and ensure code quality while collaborating with teams and solving complex problems.

Partner with customers to scope, build, and deploy software integrations. Configure and troubleshoot REST APIs, networking/authentication, and data formats; document implementations and feed product insights to engineering and product teams. Travel 25–50% for onsite deployments.