Top Senior Software Engineer Jobs in San Diego, CA

Leads the development and deployment of data solutions using Palantir Foundry and AIP. Manages engineering teams, coaches team members, oversees project planning and execution, analyzes system interactions, manages client relationships, and drives innovation. The role applies software engineering, data engineering, analytics, and AI/ML techniques to deliver scalable client solutions while maintaining technical and professional standards.

Leads the development and deployment of software and data solutions using Palantir Foundry and AI/ML technologies. Responsibilities include data engineering, analytics, system improvement, client account management, project ownership, team leadership, coaching, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement. The role requires building scalable applications with large datasets and delivering customer-focused solutions.

Develop scalable Java software for ServiceNow’s platform persistence systems. Manage data lifecycles, storage, retrieval, security, performance, telemetry, and visualization across distributed environments. Investigate data loss detection and recovery, optimize concurrency and memory utilization, and collaborate cross-functionally on data initiatives. The role uses technologies including relational databases, S3, Apache Iceberg, Kubernetes, and AI-assisted development tools.

Lead architecture and technical direction for a high-volume log analytics platform spanning ingestion, storage, querying, reliability, and AI-driven capabilities. Shape the roadmap with engineering, product, leadership, and customers; build prototypes; guide migrations and schema changes; set reliability and cost standards; influence teams without direct ownership; mentor senior engineers and technical leads; and promote strong practices in quality, on-call operations, and incident learning.

Build, support, and optimize enterprise applications using Workday Extend. Develop and maintain Workday integrations through Studio, Orchestrate, Core Connectors, EIBs, APIs, and Web Services. Translate business requirements into secure, maintainable solutions; participate in Agile delivery, architecture and code reviews, troubleshooting, automation, CI/CD, and monitoring. Mentor junior engineers, reduce technical debt, improve workflows, and support the full application lifecycle.

Develop customer-facing AI Developer products using scalable, reusable software. Responsibilities include designing, implementing, testing, and delivering features; collaborating with product owners; enabling customer customization; improving existing products; enforcing engineering best practices; and mentoring colleagues. The role requires strong JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js experience, web development expertise, software design fundamentals, and familiarity with modern UI frameworks.

Develop and integrate safety-critical Run-Time Assurance software for autonomous aircraft. Responsibilities include modern C++ development, real-time embedded systems, hardware and simulation integration, HIL and flight testing, interface design, testing, CI, static and dynamic analysis, documentation, traceability, and collaboration across software, systems, test, and platform teams.

Design and build software tooling, firmware, and infrastructure supporting semiconductor design, verification, manufacturing, and post-silicon validation. Collaborate with hardware and EDA teams, develop scalable compute infrastructure and data pipelines, automate workflows, debug complex systems, and translate ambiguous requirements into production-quality solutions. The role also involves code and design reviews, cross-functional communication, documentation, and mentoring junior engineers.

Develop and lead projects for deterministic, scalable simulation software supporting safety-critical autonomous aviation systems. Responsibilities include improving framework performance, reproducibility, flexibility, flight dynamics modeling, hardware emulation, and simulation-based testing. Collaborate with flight software, guidance, navigation and control, and hardware test teams. Support hardware-in-the-loop, high-fidelity physics simulation, and cloud-based Monte Carlo infrastructure while mentoring team members.

Integrate, validate, and deploy autonomy software across simulations, hardware-in-the-loop environments, and flight platforms. Configure sensors, interfaces, and platform adapters; develop integration tooling, deployment scripts, and configuration management; troubleshoot system behavior using logs, telemetry, and rosbag data; optimize CI/CD workflows; validate requirements and interface contracts; and collaborate with engineering, product, DevOps, and customer teams to deliver reliable autonomous systems.

Design, architect, implement, debug, and optimize embedded software for prototype and shipping consumer eyewear products. Work across system layers including kernels, memory management, I/O, camera, audio, persistence, and security. Participate in design and code reviews, triage product issues, and develop performant, energy-efficient solutions using ARM architecture, C or C++, and embedded Linux.

Leads architecture and hands-on development for ServiceNow’s Workflow Data Fabric, including federated query, data synchronization, private connectivity, streaming, ingestion, and data quality platforms. Owns scalability, reliability, security, performance, technical standards, production escalations, and cross-team engineering direction. Mentors senior engineers and partners with product, infrastructure, security, quality, and support teams to deliver large-scale distributed data systems.

Lead the design, development, and operation of highly available, multi-tenant data platform services on Kubernetes, including Postgres, streaming systems, and key-value stores. Define distributed-system architecture, disaster recovery, failover, scalability, security, and reliability standards. Build Kubernetes operators, controllers, CRDs, automation, and self-service APIs; lead major technical initiatives, resolve risks, mentor engineers, and partner across engineering teams on platform contracts, SLOs, and operating models.

Develop and maintain autonomy integration environments, reference configurations, automated software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop tests, integration tools, and vehicle or hardware interfaces. Debug failures across planning, controls, simulation, perception, deployment, network, timing, and hardware boundaries. Support autonomy stack deployment, lab and flight testing, failure analysis, documentation, and technical collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

Design, build, deploy, and operate cloud-native data platform components and services. Lead scoped projects from requirements through production, ensuring reliability, scalability, testing, instrumentation, and operational readiness. Develop Kubernetes operators, controllers, automation, and platform services using Go or another systems language. Collaborate with senior engineers, participate in on-call, and mentor junior engineers through reviews, design feedback, and pairing.

Integrate, modify, test, and maintain mission systems software across the full software development lifecycle. Responsibilities include requirements development, architecture, implementation, hardware-software integration, verification, qualification, deployment, and maintenance. The role supports Agile Scrum teams developing safety-critical embedded real-time software and requires collaboration with systems, hardware, and test engineers. Candidates need experience with C, C++, or Python, RTOS environments, RHEL, software testing, and government clearance requirements.

Designs, builds, and improves test automation frameworks and production-quality test code across unit, integration, end-to-end, performance, and security testing. Partners with cross-functional teams to embed quality throughout the software development lifecycle, validates APIs and databases, supports CI/CD automation, and works with distributed systems and modern web architectures. The role also involves code and design reviews, debugging, documentation, communication, and mentoring junior engineers.

Design, build, and maintain scalable C#/.NET production applications and backend services on AWS. Use Claude for AI-assisted coding, refactoring, debugging, and analysis. Collaborate on architecture, system design, code reviews, performance, scalability, and reliability. Participate in technical decision-making, mentor engineers, and promote engineering best practices across cloud-native systems.

Verify safety-critical flight software for automated aircraft, including developing DO-178C-compliant verification strategies, test tooling, requirements-based unit and hardware-in-the-loop testing, flight-test planning, and DO-330 tool qualification. The role collaborates across embedded, avionics, control, hardware, and aircraft teams while supporting software certification and testing both in laboratory environments and on aircraft.

Develop and maintain C++ and Python software for distributed, hard- and soft-real-time control systems. Responsibilities include designing modular solutions, integrating complex hardware and communication protocols, conducting unit and on-target testing, evaluating technical risks, gathering requirements, and supporting the full software development lifecycle. The role involves collaboration with architects and cross-functional engineers, continuous process improvement, and potential AI integration. Work is primarily onsite in San Diego and may require cleanroom access.

Design, develop, and maintain C++ software and Qt-based GUIs for instrument communication and hardware interaction. Build reliable components, write Google Test unit tests, use CMake and Git, debug and optimize applications, collaborate with firmware/hardware teams, conduct code reviews, and produce clear documentation while operating in an agile startup environment.

Build and maintain robotics software for motion and trajectory planning, kinematics, controls, world modeling, device integration, and multi-robot coordination. Develop collision-free plans for physical robotic manipulators, contribute to learning-based methods and simulation, and validate systems through testing. Collaborate with hardware and process engineers, mentor teammates, review code, document systems, and ensure safe, reliable operation on real hardware.

Design, develop, and modernize a proprietary loan management platform. Build scalable full-stack solutions, improve architecture, reliability, monitoring, testing, and deployment practices, and resolve complex technical issues. Partner with Product, QA, DevOps, and Engineering teams while contributing to technical strategy, code reviews, development standards, mentoring, and continuous improvement across production and development environments.

Designs, develops, tests, and maintains Python-based APIs, backend services, data platforms, and AI-ready data foundations. Builds scalable and secure FastAPI and SQL solutions, supports cloud-native integrations, CI/CD, observability, testing, deployment automation, and production operations. Collaborates with product, AI, application, architecture, reliability, and security teams in an agile environment to deliver maintainable platform capabilities.

Design, architect, develop, integrate, test, and administer embedded and real-time software for flight- and mission-critical systems. Participate in the full software development lifecycle within Agile Scrum teams, using C++, C, and Python. Collaborate with systems engineering, cloud, test automation, DevSecOps, and systems test teams to resolve software and system issues, support multiple software baselines, and deliver qualified products.