Top Senior Linux Jobs in San Diego, CA

Lead development, testing, and technical design of highly available, scalable services. Conduct code and design reviews, translate product requirements into technical solutions, mentor engineers, contribute to architecture and team culture, and support large-scale migrations and technology modernization. The role involves distributed systems, microservices, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, AI agent development, monitoring, and production operations.

Build and evolve highly available backend services for Wise’s North America Account products. Own projects end to end, from customer problem discovery through implementation, rollout, measurement, and operational improvement. Design resilient distributed systems using Java, Spring Boot, relational databases, microservices, and APIs. Collaborate with product, design, operations, compliance, treasury, and engineering teams while improving reliability, security, scalability, and customer outcomes. Mentor teammates, review designs and code, and strengthen engineering practices.

Lead infrastructure automation and DevSecOps initiatives across globally distributed environments. Investigate automation opportunities, own feature delivery, deploy configurations through automated pipelines, and maintain infrastructure standards using configuration management, templates, scripting, and version control. Collaborate in agile teams, develop quality code, document processes and technical solutions, and support cloud, containerization, networking, identity, and security capabilities.

Design, analyze, and qualify solid rocket motor primary and secondary structures and propulsion elements. Lead clean-sheet designs, development and qualification campaigns, prototype assembly and testing, test-data review, technical documentation, and design changes. Generate and approve CAD models and drawings, resolve discrepant hardware, manage schedules and design risks, coordinate with cross-functional and procurement teams, and mentor junior engineers. Designs must support additive manufacturing, automation, high-rate production, and reduced touch labor.

Develop and lead the delivery of high-quality C++ software for FreeWheel’s cloud-based ad-serving and distributed systems. Responsibilities include designing scalable architectures, deploying and troubleshooting Linux systems, optimizing algorithms, working with Snowflake and Aerospike, reviewing code, collaborating with stakeholders and QA, documenting technical work, and mentoring junior engineers. The role requires independent judgment, strong communication, and flexibility for nights, weekends, variable schedules, and overtime.

Develop and run high-fidelity simulations of satellites, aircraft, sensors, and ISR systems. Analyze mission architectures, technologies, operating concepts, and large simulation datasets to identify performance drivers and risks. Build automation, engineering tools, visualizations, and simulation capabilities; validate analytical methods; and communicate findings and recommendations to engineers, customers, program leaders, and senior decision-makers.

Lead the design, automation, and scaling of global compute infrastructure across data centers, cloud, and on-prem. Operate GitOps with Rancher Fleet/Flux/Helm, build self-healing tooling, own cluster autoscaling and capacity strategy, define SLOs using Datadog, and participate in on-call rotation while mentoring peers.

Design, build, and maintain scalable Android applications using Kotlin and modern Android frameworks. Lead end-to-end feature delivery, including API design, data modeling, backend integration, testing, and deployment. Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver high-quality mobile experiences. Improve code quality, architecture, observability, performance, and incident resolution while safely integrating AI/ML-enabled capabilities. Mentor engineers and drive architectural improvements across Android applications.

Develop and customize insurance applications on the Guidewire platform (PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter). Design, code, test solutions using OOP and Guidewire technologies, manage system configurations, mentor junior staff, build client relationships, and apply firm methodologies to deliver high-quality insurance technology solutions.

Lead and manage embedded firmware teams to deliver scalable, maintainable software for consumer products. Coordinate cross-functional teams, drive architecture and release processes, manage resourcing and schedules, mentor engineers, and ensure on-time, high-quality product launches across multiple product roadmaps.