Top Software Engineer Jobs in San Diego, CA

Full-stack product engineer (backend-focused) who builds scalable NodeJS services, crafts React/TypeScript UIs, designs APIs, writes well-tested code, optimizes PostgreSQL queries and data pipelines, improves observability, and contributes to architecture and engineering practices for a fintech platform.

Leads architecture, design, and hands-on development for scalable backend APIs and interoperability services. Sets engineering standards, drives cross-team technical initiatives, mentors engineers, reviews code and designs, manages technical risks, and partners with engineering leadership on roadmaps. The role focuses on distributed systems, authentication, cloud SaaS, API integrations, and standards such as FHIR, while contributing production code and fostering collaboration.

Lead and mentor a small software engineering team while setting technical direction, facilitating Agile processes, writing maintainable code, and owning software delivery from requirements through maintenance. Architect reliable databases and secure, scalable AWS cloud infrastructure using infrastructure as code. Ensure healthcare data compliance with HIPAA and HITRUST and guide system architecture, API design, security, scalability, and CI/CD practices.

Develop, test, deploy, and maintain full-stack enterprise applications in AWS. Build front-end interfaces, backend services, APIs, integrations, and database components; troubleshoot complex technical issues; contribute to architecture and design decisions; support CI/CD and production readiness; conduct code reviews; collaborate across Product, QA, and DevOps; and mentor junior developers.

Own frontend product experiences end-to-end, from problem definition and interaction design through implementation, launch, and iteration. Build polished, responsive interfaces with React and TypeScript, develop reusable components and design systems, and improve performance, accessibility, reliability, and cross-browser behavior. The role requires strong product and UX judgment, sophisticated animations, attention to detail, ownership, and comfort working on ambiguous problems in a fast-paced distributed startup environment.

Develop, maintain, and optimize mission-critical backend APIs and scalable cloud services for web and mobile clients. Implement secure, high-performance systems, automated tests, observability, and technical documentation. Mentor peers, follow best practices, and support a proof-of-concept launch and fundraising activities as a volunteer contributor.

Volunteer Principal Front End Developer to build React/React Native web and mobile features, mentor engineers, implement scalable full‑stack solutions, ensure cross‑browser compatibility and testing, work with Node/MongoDB/AWS, attend weekly standups, and support a fundraising launch. Minimum 4 hours/week commitment.

Volunteer senior engineer to develop a cross-platform medical/wellness app (web, iOS, Android). Own full SDLC: design, coding, testing, data models, pipelines, deployments, and collaborate in Agile processes. Attend weekly standups and commit at least 4 hours weekly.

Design and scale a feature flagging and A/B testing platform, including high-throughput event ingestion, warehouse-native analytics, real-time feature flag delivery, multi-database SQL support, and distributed systems infrastructure. The role involves full-stack development, architecture, performance optimization, reliability engineering, and technical product influence within a remote startup team.

Develop and document enterprise-grade SaaS platform functionality while improving quality and performance. Responsibilities include full-stack development, functional and unit testing, defect triage, code reviews, API and process documentation, operational support in regulated environments, and collaboration within Agile and DevOps teams. The role requires expertise in C#, ASP.NET Core, T-SQL, Entity Framework Core, web technologies, software design, debugging, distributed architectures, and high-performance APIs.

Support building and redesigning responsive, mobile-friendly websites; create wireframes and sitemaps; develop front-end UIs and assist with back-end tasks; optimize for performance, scalability, and SEO; participate in brainstorming, debugging, testing, and follow clean coding and version-control best practices under developer mentorship.

Leads a remote engineering team building scalable Python and Golang microservices for Canonical’s software distribution marketplaces. Responsibilities include mentoring and developing engineers, managing delivery and expectations, shaping technical strategy and roadmaps, reviewing code, guiding architecture, maintaining engineering quality, and collaborating with product managers, architects, other teams, open-source contributors, and commercial partners.

Work as a Python development intern building applications and APIs, processing and analyzing data, working with databases and data pipelines, contributing to system architecture, writing clean documented code, and collaborating with the team. Strong emphasis on backend development, SQL, ORMs, and REST API design with potential conversion to full-time.