Top Linux Jobs in San Diego, CA

Designs and delivers secure, scalable cloud-native self-service platforms for containerized applications and enterprise APIs. Leads Kubernetes standards, PaaS solutions, CI/CD automation, infrastructure-as-code, monitoring, DevSecOps practices, and compliance. Collaborates with stakeholders and security teams to establish technical roadmaps, improve developer experience, and ensure reliable, auditable federal systems. The role also provides technical leadership, mentoring, and end-to-end software delivery across the development lifecycle.

Leads the KFC US site reliability engineering team responsible for cloud infrastructure, restaurant connectivity, in-store edge systems, reliability, security, compliance, and operational excellence. Oversees architecture, infrastructure as code, deployment automation, observability, incident response, vendor coordination, and continuous improvement. Develops engineers, establishes sustainable on-call practices, manages platform risks, and partners with technology, restaurant operations, cybersecurity, and global reliability leadership.

Conduct and oversee tire performance testing across rotating shifts. Translate test objectives into execution protocols, acceptance criteria, and setups; monitor test parameters and data quality; troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, control, and data acquisition issues; document deviations and non-conformances; maintain shift reports; and coordinate with technicians, Engineering, and Operations to ensure safe, timely, high-quality testing.

Work with physicists and engineers to develop next-generation neutral-atom quantum computer hardware. Projects may involve optical, mechanical, atomic physics, or software systems, including designing, building, debugging, and iterating experimental systems. Candidates should be curious, analytical, and comfortable in a fast-paced laboratory environment.

Leads engineering for Buffer’s Growth area across acquisition, activation, and retention. Coaches engineers, shapes priorities with Product, Design, Marketing, and Data, guides technical decisions, connects customer insights to measurement, supports AI-enabled development, and contributes to hiring and engineering practices. The role requires strong technical judgment, product-growth understanding, clear communication, and experience helping engineers develop in a distributed environment.

Own and manage client relationships, make architectural decisions, run discovery and stakeholder interviews, deliver software or automations, and contribute intellectual property back to the practice.

Build, deploy, and maintain production software that improves robotics operations. Develop internal tools, dashboards, automations, and integrations; learn and contribute to an Elixir-heavy system and Google Cloud applications. Partner with Operations and Engineering to discover workflow improvements, validate AI-assisted code, improve reliability, and support applications after launch.

Leads end-to-end architecture, integration, verification, testing, deployment, and technical execution of complex C4ISR/C5ISR, surveillance, and Counter-UAS systems. Translates mission needs into scalable architectures, requirements, interfaces, and technical designs; guides multidisciplinary and multi-vendor engineering teams; resolves system-level issues; and supports customer demonstrations, proposals, field trials, and operational acceptance.

Owns software features from concept through delivery, building and enhancing customer, supplier, and internal business applications across frontend and backend systems. Partners with stakeholders to translate business needs into maintainable solutions, investigates production issues, contributes to architecture and engineering improvements, and leads projects or features. The role requires strong .NET, database, microservices, cloud, messaging, and modern software development experience, along with mentoring and cross-functional collaboration.

Leads the engineering department’s people, workload, priorities, and performance while developing customer relationships and engineered solutions. Coordinates applications engineering, quotations, design, manufacturing, quality, and sales activities. Oversees technical execution, documentation, capacity planning, continuous improvement, employee development, and cross-functional communication. The role combines mechanical engineering leadership with customer-facing business development in a custom industrial gearbox manufacturing environment.