Top Senior C++ Jobs in San Diego, CA

Lead development of core client systems and engine-level infrastructure in Unity/C#. Diagnose and fix cross-cutting performance issues, upgrade third-party SDKs, evolve build tooling, produce design docs, scope multi-week infrastructure initiatives, mentor engineers, and drive profiling, optimization, and architecture changes to enable future features.

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 the General Platform team owning tenant and store onboarding and the core front-end experience. Hands-on engineering manager: set technical direction, participate in architecture and code reviews, mentor engineers, manage agile execution, partner with Product/UX, drive operational quality, and support hiring and cross-functional integration.

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.

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.

Support Triton UAV Guidance & Navigation Control: perform nonlinear 6DOF simulation and linear MATLAB analysis, design/code/test embedded flight control software, support flight test activities (predictions, real-time support, post-flight analysis, parameter identification), develop improved G&C methods and tools, and contribute to proposals and new-project tasks.

Designs and implements enterprise Java (JEE) solutions and microservices in an Agile environment. Collaborates with systems, cloud, DevSecOps, and test teams across the SDLC to prototype, build, test, and release GUI and backend services. Requires Top Secret clearance and SAP/PAR access, on-site work in San Diego or El Segundo, and periodic travel.

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.

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.

Design and develop software to onboard hardware accelerators and improve cluster-level storage performance. Collaborate across teams, produce design docs, implement and optimize code, perform tuning and RCA, act as DRI, and participate in on-call operations and scaling/validation efforts.

Develop and improve a proprietary C++ real-time renderer across DirectX11/12, Vulkan and console APIs. Implement rendering features, optimize CPU/GPU performance, debug vendor-specific issues, collaborate with artists, assist CI and integrations, and mentor teammates.

Design and deliver scalable control-plane and management services for Azure Storage at hyperscale. Lead architecture, reliability, and performance work for storage platforms that support AI workloads, adopt AI-assisted engineering practices, and own system health, incident response, and long-term technical roadmaps.

Design and implement runtime protocols, formats, and systems to capture, serialize, stream, and replay interactive 3D content across engines. Own C++ runtime and C# APIs across editor, build, simulation, streaming, and playback. Optimize for low-latency, determinism, memory and bandwidth constraints, and build AI interfaces for inspecting and invoking engine state.

Design, develop, and execute system test procedures; participate in formal/non-formal test execution, validation, discrepancy reporting, and post-test analysis. Support lab artifacts, communicate results, and work variable shifts to meet test schedules. Integrate software, hardware, and systems engineering test activities for complex aerospace systems.

The DevOps Engineer will enhance the DevOps culture within agile teams by implementing CI/CD, coaching, and developing quality products across various roles.

The SharePoint Developer will focus on architecture and development using SharePoint technologies, oversee web development, and support both legacy and new applications while consulting with project managers and clients.

Develop and maintain real-time sensor software solutions for autonomous vehicles, integrating AI/ML algorithms for various sensor systems across multiple domains.

Lead design and implementation of modernized insurance underwriting and policy administration solutions. Drive cloud transformation, data-driven and secure architectures, improve risk selection and claims resolution, enhance customer experience through automation, mentor technical teams, manage client relationships, and oversee project lifecycle, budgets, and delivery quality.

Work on Backblaze's storage platform (B2 Object Storage and Computer Backup) to improve durability, throughput, and architecture. Lead technical design, drive implementation of large features, shape coding practices, and participate across design, implementation, testing, and rollouts while collaborating proactively in a remote-first team.

Lead alignment of NVIDIAcompiler codebases with open-source projects, build tooling and workflows to improve developer productivity, automate rebasing/patch management and apply AI-assisted workflows, while partnering with architecture and CI teams to scale changes across NVIDIA.

Lead and grow a developer experience team responsible for monorepo strategy, CI/CD, build systems, developer environments, and onboarding. Improve engineering velocity, CI reliability, and developer trust; establish standards, adopt AI-assisted workflows, and partner with infra/ML teams to remove friction for large-scale AI research.

Lead porting and performance analysis of diverse HPC applications on novel architectures. Profile node- and scale-level bottlenecks, design algorithmic/software solutions, translate application needs into software and hardware features, and develop performance models for future hardware.

Design, build, and operate large-scale, highly available distributed file storage services on Oracle Cloud. Lead architecture and development, troubleshoot and optimize performance, collaborate with product management, and establish operational best practices.

Design and implement high-reliability embedded firmware for a satellite user terminal: low-level drivers, beamforming control, networking optimization, thermal and power management, secure boot/OTA, hardware debugging, and RTOS/Embedded Linux integration to enable real-time beam steering and high-throughput communications.