Top Senior C++ Jobs in San Diego, CA

Lead technical delivery and integration of autonomy software for new platforms (air, maritime, space). Own end-to-end development, testing, and fielding of autonomy features, mentor teams, drive architecture and ICDs, support live tests, and transition R&D into operational capabilities.

Lead technical direction and architecture for expeditionary autonomy across V-BAT and X-BAT. Drive development, integration, validation, and fielding of mission autonomy, flight-autonomy interfaces, payloads, and multi-agent capabilities. Mentor senior engineers, influence cross-team engineering standards, support deployments and operational readiness, and define long-term strategy and interoperability for defense customers.

Lead design verification for FPGA/ASIC signal-processing and control systems: plan and build SystemVerilog/UVM/OVM/VHDL self-checking, constrained-random testbenches; develop test plans; collect/analyze coverage; create reusable VIP; lead and mentor DV teams; drive process improvements and execute schedules.

Build edge-focused full-stack product experiences integrating machine learning and autonomy for frontline defense users. Collaborate with designers, infrastructure teams, product teams, and ML engineers to create intuitive applications, efficient edge-deployed application stacks, and internal modeling APIs. Develop maintainable software using strong engineering practices, including design documents, code reviews, and style guides.

Lead architecture, development, and delivery of Azure SmartNIC and networking software, including RDMA, virtualization, hardware offloads, and high-performance networking. Collaborate across hardware, firmware, silicon, and cloud teams; improve reliability and performance using telemetry; guide platform strategy; troubleshoot production systems; and provide technical leadership through design reviews, mentoring, and incident response.

Lead the architecture and technical direction of Alpaca’s margin and risk systems across equities, options, crypto, and future asset classes. Design low-latency, high-throughput services for margin calculation, real-time risk enforcement, exposure limits, margin calls, and operational workflows. Drive reliability, correctness, transactional integrity, observability, incident prevention, technical reviews, mentorship, and cross-functional integration with product, brokerage operations, compliance, and engineering teams.

Deploy and integrate Shield AIs Hivemind autonomy software with customers worldwide. Provide on-site technical support, training, debugging, and documentation. Collaborate with sales and product engineering to support pre- and post-sales activities and improve autonomy products.

Lead architecture and roadmap for Azure PostgreSQL systems; design and review scalable, maintainable database engine features (query processing, storage, transaction logging, recovery, versioning, IO, scale-out). Influence coding standards and run code reviews, write proof-of-concept or production code, contribute to open-source PostgreSQL/Linux, and participate in rotational on-call operations.

Design and scale ARM64 compute platform infrastructure, hypervisor integrations, instance management, resource orchestration tools, and compute APIs. Develop and maintain low-level services using Python, Go, or compiled systems languages. Collaborate with hardware and global engineering teams, participate in design reviews, debug distributed Linux systems, and mentor junior engineers.

Designs, develops, and maintains complex distributed software systems. Writes high-quality code, leads design and code reviews, translates product requirements into scalable architectures, leads sprint delivery, collaborates with stakeholders, and mentors engineers. The role requires expertise in programming, databases, APIs, messaging, microservices, containerization, DevSecOps, and technical strategy.

Design, develop, and maintain complex distributed software systems. Write tested, high-quality code; translate product requirements into scalable designs; lead design, code, and sprint activities; collaborate with stakeholders; and mentor engineers. The role also drives technical strategy, resolves delivery impediments, and promotes secure, maintainable, and reusable engineering solutions.

The role involves architecting and operating NVIDIA's cloud-native attestation platform, developing high-availability services, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and mentoring engineers.

Design and optimize future GPU and processor memory systems for power, performance, area, and cost efficiency. Develop architecture and microarchitecture features, prototype models, and simulation workflows. Analyze benchmarks and performance or power results, debug issues across models, RTL, silicon, and systems, and collaborate with external partners. The role requires deep CPU/GPU architecture and memory systems expertise, power analysis experience, and proficiency in C, C++, and scripting languages.

Develop and maintain ChartCheck, a full-stack application supporting radiotherapy plan checking and clinical workflows. Responsibilities include building performant WPF desktop software, DICOM integrations, image and dose visualization, DVH evaluation, architecture, testing, code reviews, and technical decision-making. The role collaborates with physicists and product leaders, mentors teammates, and requires front-end and back-end development across C#, .NET, JavaScript, databases, and cloud systems.

Develop and maintain cross-platform build, packaging, and release pipelines for AAA games across consoles and mobile platforms. Bring engines up on new hardware, manage SDK upgrades, resolve low-level crashes and memory issues, and evolve internal tools for profiling, metrics, and data packaging. Lead infrastructure modernization, maintain build automation, and coordinate branch integration across engineering, QA, and production teams.

Defines system requirements and architectures, integrates software onto autonomous vehicles and defense systems, and deploys and validates robotics, sensor, perception, communication, and autonomy systems. The role includes field testing, simulation, troubleshooting, system modeling, cross-functional collaboration, and technical documentation in operationally challenging environments.

Develop and maintain system-level models and simulations for architecture trades, requirements analysis, performance assessments, and design decisions. Plan and execute model verification and validation using test, flight, or operational data. Document assumptions and results, support risk identification and technical recommendations, and present trade-study findings to stakeholders. Collaborate across systems, software, hardware, and integration engineering teams on complex airborne ISR and mission systems.

Designs, develops, tests, documents, and integrates algorithms and software for intraoperative neuromonitoring medical devices. Responsibilities include machine learning model development using clinical data, software architecture, application development, root-cause analysis, cross-functional product collaboration, and full lifecycle ownership of algorithm projects. The role requires compliance with FDA regulations, ISO 13485, and related medical-device standards, with travel up to 10%.

Leads architecture, design, implementation, and delivery of complex embedded, connected-device, and application software for regulated medical products. Owns technical decisions, secure connectivity, device management, lifecycle traceability, verification, and software quality. Partners cross-functionally to address risk, cybersecurity, regulatory requirements, and delivery constraints. Mentors engineers, improves engineering practices, resolves architectural issues, and remains hands-on with C/C++, embedded Linux, RTOS, real-time behavior, networking, and software development tools.

Develop, integrate, and maintain system-level models and simulations for architecture trades, requirements analysis, and performance assessments. Plan and execute model verification and validation using test, flight, or operational data. Collaborate across engineering disciplines, document model assumptions and credibility, analyze results, identify risks, and present technical findings to stakeholders and leadership. The role supports the AISR&T airborne ISR program and requires an active Secret clearance.

Leads systems engineering across compute, camera, and radio portfolios, including requirements development, architecture, interface definition, integration, verification, qualification, testing, and lifecycle oversight. Coordinates technical teams, develops specifications and test plans, performs trade studies, and ensures customer requirements are satisfied. The role requires embedded software, flight and ground systems, processor, communications protocol, and technical leadership experience.

Develops and supports software for the SSEE Family of Systems, including integrating software branches, refactoring Java and JavaScript code, designing reusable components, troubleshooting systems, and implementing new integrations. The role conducts independent research, coordinates technical integration across teams, and supports full software and systems engineering activities. It requires STEM education or equivalent experience, substantial software engineering experience, Security+ certification, virtualization and scripting knowledge, and eligibility for a Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Design and implement secure, scalable backend services for speech inference and audio processing. Optimize networking, transcoding, latency, memory, and distributed compute orchestration. Measure and improve system performance, debug complex networking/scheduling/HPC issues, customize services for customers, and partner with Product to deliver features end-to-end.

Design, develop, and modernize enterprise-scale applications, RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems. Build cloud-neutral solutions across AWS and Azure, support legacy application migrations, participate in architecture and code reviews, troubleshoot production issues, document technical designs, and mentor engineers. The role emphasizes scalable, secure, high-performance backend systems, technical leadership, and engineering best practices.

Build and maintain scalable, cloud-native APIs and high-value core system components using .NET and related technologies. Lead software architecture and testing discussions, enhance core offerings, collaborate cross-functionally, and ensure quality through code reviews, unit testing, functional testing, telemetry, and performance tuning. Mentor teammates and contribute to continuous technical and process improvement.