Top Senior Linux Jobs in San Diego, CA

Architect, develop, test, and distribute software, services, and infrastructure supporting Akamai’s cloud hypervisor platforms. Improve observability, automate infrastructure processes, troubleshoot complex distributed-system issues, mentor engineers, and participate in on-call service restoration. The role requires deep Linux, kernel, virtualization, ARM hardware, large-scale infrastructure, DevOps, and configuration-management expertise.

Own the full lifecycle of tooling and ground support equipment for microreactor manufacturing, assembly, testing, transportation, installation, maintenance, and decommissioning. Design detailed CAD models and drawings, perform mechanical analysis, collaborate with fabrication teams and suppliers, commission equipment, and support factory and field operations. Develop safe, ergonomic, reliable solutions for lifting, handling, alignment, testing, and deployment of complex hardware in safety-critical environments.

Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of software applications. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, translate requirements into technical specifications, improve existing codebases, conduct peer reviews, and mentor junior developers. The role requires software development, programming, SQL databases, cloud services, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and Agile experience.

Leads the design, development, testing, debugging, maintenance, and implementation of software applications. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into technical specifications, improves existing codebases, leads peer reviews, mentors junior developers, and provides technical guidance. The role requires experience with programming languages, SQL databases, cloud services, CI/CD, DevOps, and Agile methodologies, plus Fiserv systems experience.

Lead architecture, integration, testing, and global certification of secure payment kernel infrastructure for POS devices. Design Android-to-RTOS/MCU interfaces, develop payment features (contactless, wallets, offline, DCC), own L2/L3 kernels, ensure compliance with international test bodies, triage system issues, and participate in production on-call support to maintain terminal uptime.

Leads development of high-volume silicon photonics hybrid integration processes, including III-V-to-silicon integration, wafer fabrication, process optimization, photonic chip testing, and yield improvement. Collaborates with fabrication, design, and test engineering teams to deliver cost-effective, high-performance photonic integrated circuits for cloud, networking, data center, and AI applications.

Build Netflix’s centralized authorization platform for its Ads organization. Responsibilities include evaluating policy engines, designing RBAC, ABAC, and ReBAC models, architecting low-latency decision services, implementing caching and policy versioning, integrating authorization across services, and developing SDKs, middleware, testing practices, and migration plans. The role requires strong backend engineering and systems design experience, authorization expertise, and familiarity with multi-tenant platforms and policy-as-code technologies.

Design, configure, and optimize CAI’s Atlassian platform, including Jira workflows, schemes, automation, Jira Service Management portals, queues, and SLAs. Gather requirements, translate business needs into technical solutions, maintain governance standards, document configurations in Confluence, conduct reviews and testing, collaborate with architecture and operations teams, and mentor junior developers.

Develops predictive maintenance, optimization, feedback, and model predictive control algorithms for power conversion and generation systems. Builds component models in Simulink, generates C++ code, validates algorithms through simulation and hardware testing, integrates designs into existing codebases, and creates internal engineering tools. Serves as a technical expert in software and model-based design while supporting troubleshooting and technical reviews across the business.

Provides enterprise architecture leadership for software development, integrations, APIs, middleware, SAP extensions, and cloud solutions. Defines architecture standards and solution blueprints, leads technical project delivery, oversees internal teams, MSPs, and vendors, and governs quality, security, scalability, and compliance. The role also manages middleware, resolves integration issues, maintains documentation, identifies risks, and drives continuous improvement aligned with business priorities and service levels.

Lead acoustical consulting projects focused on environmental noise and vibration assessments, particularly under California CEQA. Responsibilities include noise surveys, sound-level analysis, computer modeling, mitigation design, regulatory interpretation, client communication, reports, proposals, and fee estimates. The role requires coordinating with CEQA agencies and assessing commercial, industrial, transportation, energy, and infrastructure projects.

Leads the design and delivery of complex enterprise technology solutions across multiple systems and business domains. Defines integration strategies, validates proofs of concept, ensures architecture and governance compliance, oversees implementation, resolves technical risks, conducts architectural reviews, and presents solution designs to stakeholders. Mentors team members and promotes architecture, development, and coding standards.

Develop and support enterprise data integration solutions for supplier and procurement information across ERP systems, databases, middleware, APIs, and external applications. Responsibilities include data migration, transformation, validation, reconciliation, testing, deployment, incident resolution, documentation, and integration-process improvement. The role partners with technical and business stakeholders in an Agile environment while ensuring data integrity, security, compliance, and operational reliability.

Leads systems engineering for a safety-critical surgical robotic platform across its full lifecycle. Defines system architecture, requirements, interfaces, risk controls, verification strategies, and design controls. Coordinates hardware, software, controls, mechanical, clinical, quality, manufacturing, and V&V teams. Supports regulatory submissions, reliability engineering, design transfer, product launches, failure investigations, CAPA, and post-market activities while applying MBSE and UML methods.