Top Software Engineer Jobs in San Diego, CA

Architect and build scalable distributed systems, data ingestion pipelines, and data lake platforms using Kafka, Apache Iceberg, and Apache Spark. Lead complex technical initiatives, establish engineering best practices, develop reusable libraries and frameworks, optimize JVM performance, troubleshoot production systems, and collaborate across teams to deliver reliable, high-performance platform capabilities.

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.

Lead and manage software engineering teams: run agile processes, design and ship secure scalable APIs and services, guide architecture, manage technical debt, recruit and mentor engineers, and align work with company objectives.

Design and lead the technical strategy for search across Vannevar’s products. Build and improve full-text, vector, and LLM-powered retrieval systems, optimizing latency, relevance, index quality, freshness, and performance. Collaborate with ML, product, design, and mission strategy teams to translate user needs into search innovations. Apply expertise in information retrieval, NLP, machine learning, indexing, ranking, query parsing, tokenization, vector search, and evaluation frameworks.

Lead full-stack mission engineering: design, build, deploy, and integrate secure software for DoD/IC missions. Lead engineering teams, collaborate with military/government users, prototype MVPs, perform field deployment and testing, and deliver high-performance, user-focused interfaces.

Lead design and implementation of modernized insurance underwriting and policy administration solutions. Drive cloud transformation, data-driven and secure architectures, improve risk selection and claims resolution, enhance customer experience through automation, mentor technical teams, manage client relationships, and oversee project lifecycle, budgets, and delivery quality.

Provides technical leadership for complex software engineering programs supporting electronic warfare, secure communications, radar warning, and electronic attack systems. Responsibilities include C++ software development in Linux, design analysis, code modification, testing and validation, technical presentations, process improvement, mentoring, and collaboration with systems, hardware, and test engineering teams. The role is fully onsite and requires an active DoD Secret clearance.

Forward Deployed Software Engineers create solutions to customer challenges by leveraging Palantir technology and open-source tools. They handle project design and implementation while iterating based on user feedback.

The Director of Engineering - CAD will lead the development of SoC design methodologies, focusing on power delivery and implementation strategies across advanced technology nodes. Responsibilities include collaborating with teams to optimize designs and drive innovations in automation for complex systems.

Lead ServiceNow technical architecture and delivery: define solutions, guide developers, manage sprints and demos, ensure quality, mentor team, and liaise with clients and engagement managers.