Top Senior C++ Jobs in San Diego, CA

Work as the US-based technical face for Bitmovin's Encoding team: contribute production C++/Java/Kotlin code, triage and resolve customer encoding incidents during US hours, run on-site integrations and workshops, and feed field learnings into sprint planning and the product roadmap.

Build and maintain the GG App across Windows, macOS, and iOS including installers, background services, auto-update systems, enterprise deployment paths, health reporting, AWS backend, and documentation. Lead architecture decisions, mentor engineers, participate in on-call support, and champion AI adoption and automation across engineering.

The Robot and Automation Programming Specialist will develop, program, and implement robotic automation systems to enhance manufacturing productivity, integrating systems, troubleshooting, and leading projects.

Lead and execute developmental flight testing of sub-scale and full-scale UAVs. Design and run flight and environmental tests, ensure safety and regulatory compliance, build instrumentation and data-acquisition setups, analyze data (MATLAB/Simulink/Python), coordinate cross-functional teams and test ranges, and document results and corrective actions.

Design, develop, integrate, and test safety-critical embedded real-time software for flight/mission systems. Develop automated tests, analyze software requirements, debug hardware/software integration issues, produce technical documentation, and support lab-based Agile development and system-level qualification activities.

Participate in full SDLC building and integrating software for DoD customers. Develop C++/Python systems, curate synthetic geospatial raster data, apply TDD, operate in DevSecOps pipelines, and use containerization and CI/CD for deployment and testing.

Define and execute verification plans for block-to-full-chip ASICs using SystemVerilog/UVM. Build testbenches, assertions, constrained-random and directed tests, manage regressions and CI, run simulations, triage failures, close coverage, and support silicon bring-up and post-silicon debug while collaborating across architecture, RTL, DFT, firmware, and physical design teams.

The role involves modeling and verifying analog/mixed-signal IPs, collaborating with teams for optimal performance in communication SoCs.

The role involves designing and optimizing GPU architectures for AI Inference, analyzing hardware-software relationships, and developing performance models.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will architect AI-enabled systems, mentor teams, and guide technical decisions for scalable products.

Design and implement an LLVM-based backend JIT compiler for NVIDIA GPUs. Develop compiler passes and optimizations, focusing on high performance and low compile time. Collaborate with hardware, compiler, and application teams to resolve issues and influence future GPU architectures.

Lead development and adoption of Warp by implementing CUDA C++ and Python integrations, turning CUDA features into supported functionality, integrating CUDA-X libraries, partnering with internal teams for production integration, and designing APIs and abstractions to expand simulation, optimization, and AI workloads.

The Sr. Vision Software Engineer will design, test, and integrate machine vision solutions, develop computer vision algorithms, and troubleshoot production issues while collaborating with engineering teams.

Design, develop, verify and optimize embedded firmware for low-power mixed-signal sensing SoCs. Lead pre- and post-silicon validation, FPGA prototyping, testability features, system-level architecture, and cross-functional integration. Mentor junior engineers and support application, production test, and customer issue resolution.

Design, develop, and optimize GPU- and CPU-accelerated image and data-processing libraries. Perform performance tuning, benchmarking, and optimization across architectures; collaborate with product management and partners; provide technical leadership and guidance to library engineers; and improve library performance and maintainability.

Lead architecture and scaling of the AV simulation engine, develop high-fidelity vehicle dynamics and multi-body physics, integrate rendering and sensor-simulation, ensure determinism and performance, own unified evaluation metrics backend, collaborate with HiL partners, lead design/code reviews, and mentor engineers.

Design and build developer-facing infrastructure and tools to enable reliable, reproducible CI/CD for safety-critical flight software. Provision and manage AWS and on-prem resources with Terraform, integrate CI pipelines (GitHub Actions), support SIL/HITL testbeds, bridge embedded flight software with simulation and IT, and automate workflows with scripting and Linux administration.

Lead systems engineering for complex aeronautical HW/SW systems: perform trade studies, develop requirements and architectures (using MBSE/DOORS), support integration and test, participate in Agile teams, author technical artifacts, and support verification, interfaces, and system-level analyses. On-site role requiring a Top Secret clearance and ability to obtain SAP access.

Lead systems engineering for autonomous construction vehicles: define and maintain requirements and traceability, design and execute V&V plans, build simulation and validation tooling, perform FMEAs/FTAs/HARAs, validate perception and safety-related components, and collaborate across ML, software, hardware, and safety teams to enable safe field deployment.

Design, architect, and implement production-quality player progression and investment systems in C++ on Unreal Engine 5. Build workflows, tools, and networked systems for long-term player engagement, provide technical guidance, and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams from pre-production to live operations.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll design and build scalable market data systems, improve API architecture, and enhance overall system performance, contributing to Alpaca's infrastructure for trading financial assets.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll collaborate with customers to design and implement scalable real-time applications, troubleshoot issues, and enhance the developer experience on the LiveKit platform.

As a Staff Backend Engineer for Tempo, you'll lead technical initiatives, own core component architecture, drive operational excellence, mentor engineers, and contribute to open-source projects, focusing on enhancing Grafana's tracing capabilities and API development.

Own and patch Chromium/Firefox C++ source to build an in-house stealth browser. Fix fingerprinting at the engine level (navigator, WebGL, canvas, fonts, Client Hints), eliminate CDP leaks, maintain per-OS fingerprint profiles, continuously rebase patches, build validation tooling, and debug detection issues to keep automation indistinguishable from real users.

Build and optimize Nitro node software powering Arbitrum: improve transaction execution, state management, networking, throughput, performance, reliability, observability, and security. Design and operate distributed systems at scale and add runtime capabilities such as Stylus/WASM for smart contract execution.