Top Senior C++ Jobs in San Diego, CA

Develop and optimize GPU-accelerated numerical linear algebra libraries for AI and high-performance computing. Design kernel generation, JIT compilation, matrix operations, and operator fusions; lead projects involving multiple engineers and teams; provide technical mentorship; collaborate with product management and customers on requirements and roadmaps; and improve performance and maintainability through architectural enhancements.

Design, develop, and maintain complex distributed software systems. Translate product requirements into scalable, secure, modular designs; write well-tested code; lead design and code reviews; guide agile sprint teams; collaborate with stakeholders; and mentor engineers. The role also contributes to technical strategy, resolves delivery impediments, and promotes engineering best practices.

Develop and support NVIDIA CUDA Math Libraries across emerging and specialized platforms. Responsibilities include platform integration, functional qualification, defect triage, bug fixing, performance benchmarking, regression resolution, and building CI/CD qualification pipelines. The role requires high-performance numerical software development using C++ and Python, parallel computing, numerical methods, and software architecture, with preferred experience in CUDA, GPU computing, math libraries, cross-platform development, and embedded or safety-critical systems.

Design and optimize carrier networking solutions, support RFP/RFQ responses, and provide technical guidance for network planning and deployment. The role develops specifications, evaluates products and vendors, creates sales engineering tools, analyzes network economics and roadmap impacts, and collaborates with marketing, product, sales, optical, and software engineering teams. Expertise in carrier-class optical and IP networking, scripting, planning tools, and DWDM systems is required.

Design and build production tools, content pipelines, DCC integrations, and AI-enabled agentic workflows for creative production teams. Responsibilities include architecture, API development, testing, monitoring, release management, production support, and workflow automation. The role partners with artists and engineers, mentors team members, and leads technical decisions. Required experience includes 8+ years of software engineering, 2+ years of technical leadership, strong Python skills, DCC and content pipeline integration, and reliable multi-step AI workflow development.

Build and improve Azure Kubernetes Service capabilities for Linux and Windows containers. Develop distributed cloud infrastructure, automation, observability tooling, and reliability improvements at global scale. Support AI-native infrastructure, including GPU orchestration, model deployment, inference, and platform operations. Accelerate engineering workflows, prevent production incidents, integrate AI tools, and contribute to Kubernetes and cloud-native platform innovation.

Build and maintain production-quality gameplay systems, workflows, and tools in C++ using Unreal Engine 5. Provide technical guidance on simulation and networking, and collaborate with designers, artists, content creators, and engine teams to develop game-building systems and tools for an unannounced PlayStation project from pre-production through release.

Lead the development of onboard real-time beam control systems, integrating control software with mission requirements, while managing interfaces and conducting performance analyses.

Lead development and technical delivery of maritime autonomy capabilities for USVs, UUVs, and cooperating UAVs. Design motion planning, localization, tracking, safety assurance, COLREGS-compliant behaviors, and heterogeneous multi-agent collaboration. Build high-performance, well-tested software, integrate it onto real platforms, support deployment and demonstrations, analyze mission logs, and contribute to R&D roadmaps. Collaborate across perception, planning, simulation, hardware, and operational test teams while helping customers define requirements and technical approaches.

Lead technical direction for maritime autonomy capabilities across multiple programs. Develop motion planning, localization, tracking, safe maritime behaviors, COLREGS-compliant operations, and heterogeneous multi-agent collaboration for USVs, UUVs, and UAVs. Build and integrate high-performance, rigorously tested software; support deployment, vehicle testing, demonstrations, and mission-log analysis. Mentor engineers, guide architecture and roadmaps, research new algorithms, and collaborate across perception, planning, simulation, hardware, and operational test teams. Travel is typically about 25%.

Develop and deploy autonomy software for unmanned surface, underwater, and aerial vehicles in maritime missions. Responsibilities include motion planning, localization and tracking, safety assurance, COLREGS adherence, multi-agent coordination, distributed optimization, rigorous software testing, platform integration, deployment support, mission-log analysis, and autonomy R&D. The role also involves cross-functional collaboration, customer and demonstration support, roadmap development, and mentoring junior engineers. Travel is typically approximately 25% annually.

Provides architectural and technical leadership for institutional exchange systems, including matching engines, order management, market data, risk, and unified trading platforms. Leads ultra-low-latency distributed-system design, cross-team technical alignment, reliability standards, incident response, and multi-quarter initiatives. Maintains hands-on engineering contributions while mentoring senior engineers and developing technical leadership across teams.

Build and operate low-latency market data systems for institutional trading, including feed handlers, normalization pipelines, venue connectivity, and distribution services. Develop high-throughput services, improve reliability and performance through observability and incident response, participate in on-call support, and collaborate with engineering and product teams. The role requires production backend engineering experience, market data infrastructure expertise, Java or C++, messaging frameworks, and exchange connectivity protocols.

Leads a team of 5–10 engineers building real-time market data and analytics infrastructure for trading systems. Owns technical strategy and roadmap, drives delivery, ensures data accuracy, reliability, low latency, and scalability, and partners with Product and engineering teams. Responsibilities include hiring, coaching, developing senior engineers, maintaining engineering standards, and delivering index pricing, market data ingestion and distribution, and funding rate computation systems.

Design, develop, test, and maintain complex distributed software systems. Translate product requirements into scalable, secure, modular designs; lead code and design reviews; guide agile sprint delivery; collaborate with stakeholders; and mentor engineers. The role focuses on Guidewire PolicyCenter configurations and integrations, Java/J2EE development, cloud and messaging technologies, microservices, containerization, CI/CD, and technical strategy.

Define multi-generation hardware/software architectures for AI inference silicon, including boot, memory, DMA, scheduling, security, telemetry, and host/device interfaces. Integrate firmware, Linux, runtimes, simulation, and developer tooling; lead architecture reviews; resolve cross-team technical issues; prototype high-risk interfaces; and mentor senior engineers. The role requires deep systems expertise, strong C or C++ skills, and architecture-level ownership across pre-silicon, silicon bring-up, and production software.

Own web compatibility triage and incident response across DuckDuckGo browsers on Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android. Debug complex web applications and third-party code, distinguish site, browser, and privacy-related issues, reverse-engineer obfuscated code, build durable cross-platform fixes, and develop automation and LLM agent tooling to reproduce and triage breakage. Lead ambiguous projects independently and communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Forward Deployed Engineer embedded with strategic customers to design and operate large-scale data infrastructure, troubleshoot distributed systems and networking issues, develop automation and APIs, and translate deployment challenges into product improvements. The role requires deep expertise in storage, Linux internals, high-performance networking, Python and C/C++, plus customer-facing communication and up to 25% travel.

Develop and optimize detection, tracking, and multi-sensor fusion algorithms (Kalman/particle filters, multi-target tracking) for resource-constrained UAVs. Train and deploy neural networks for ATR, design distributed swarm fusion, validate against flight data and simulation, and optimize models for real-time edge inference. Travel up to 25% for tests.

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.

Build and operate low-latency, event-sourced trading infrastructure for Coinbase’s institutional exchange, including matching engines, order management, risk, market data, and funding systems. Own reliability, correctness, incident response, and failover for high-throughput 24/7 production systems. Drive technical designs, collaborate cross-functionally on milestones, and write highly tested performance-critical backend code in Java, C++, or Go.

Lead domain architecture for Blue Yonder/JDA solutions, translating business needs into technical roadmaps, high-level designs, integrations, and standards. Collaborate with stakeholders, enterprise architecture, partners, and development teams to ensure secure, scalable, and compliant implementations across the domain.

Lead and develop a software engineering team within NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW Developer Portal. Drive technical roadmaps, software architecture, distributed cloud services, developer-facing APIs, infrastructure, partner support, and operational excellence. Collaborate across internal teams and external partners while overseeing deployments, incident response, observability, and delivery of scalable, low-latency cloud gaming services.

The Principal Firmware Engineer will design FPGA-based solutions, mentor junior engineers, manage project scopes, and collaborate across teams to enhance embedded systems.

Own the assessment, hardening, testing, modernization, and sustainment of a government SDN software baseline. Develop secure C++ and Python solutions, remediate vulnerabilities, improve testing, debug application and network issues, and support containerization, CI/CD, deployment, and security scanning. Collaborate with platform engineers and government stakeholders, document technical decisions, validate releases, and mentor engineers in Navy environments.