Top Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Build and enhance cloud-based applications for mission-critical workloads. Responsibilities include designing, coding, testing, debugging, integrating, and deploying application modules; developing CI/CD pipelines; applying cloud-native, DevOps, security, scalability, and performance practices; and collaborating with project managers and development partners to deliver, monitor, and support cloud services.

Build and maintain internal AI-powered tools and automations for sales, customer success, and revenue operations. Implement features, automate lead routing and pipeline workflows, troubleshoot integrations, monitor tools, fix bugs, and evaluate AI platforms. Collaborate with nontechnical stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver reliable, documented code using APIs, scripting languages, and database systems.

Own post-sale technical deployments for enterprise customers, configuring monitors, alerts, and integrations in Snowflake and Databricks environments. Write production Python, SQL, and API integrations, drive customer adoption and measurable value, expand usage across teams and use cases, and provide feedback to Product and Engineering. Help establish the forward-deployed engineering playbook while advising data engineering teams and executives.

Develop and launch reliable backend systems using Python or Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, and Kubernetes. Break projects into deliverable phases, collaborate with product, design, and analytics teams, monitor system metrics, support availability and on-call operations, debug code, conduct code reviews, and contribute to team growth and interviewing. The role requires 1.5+ years of software engineering experience and strong communication skills.

Leads software teams developing, integrating, deploying, and maintaining full-stack mission applications for DoD and intelligence customers. Builds prototypes, scales applications, develops responsive frontend features, integrates systems, collaborates with government operators, and conducts deployment and field testing in secure environments. The role requires customer relationship management, technical leadership, software engineering expertise, and active security clearance.

Lead a small, hands-on engineering team responsible for analytics infrastructure and member growth. Own technical strategy for ClickHouse-powered analytics, data visualizations, and LLM-enabled data experiences, while guiding onboarding and activation roadmaps. Write and review code, design experiments, partner with product and design, make architectural decisions, and hire, mentor, and develop engineers. The role requires strong web application experience, product judgment, communication skills, and expertise across Ruby on Rails, databases, ReactJS, and TypeScript.

Own end-to-end commercial navigation features for fleet customers across mobile, backend, and web platforms. Build reliable, tested, observable software for challenging conditions such as poor connectivity and changing routes. Collaborate with product, design, Maps, Telematics, and customer-facing teams to define priorities, success metrics, and tradeoffs. Ship and maintain customer-facing experiences, with opportunities to use React Native, Swift, Kotlin, geospatial technologies, and AI-assisted development tools.

Design, build, and operate backend services for Toast’s Business Map platform, including location and organization APIs. Own features from design through production rollout, testing, monitoring, and feature-flagged deployment. Collaborate with partner teams, participate in on-call support, resolve production issues, write technical designs, conduct code reviews, and mentor newer engineers.

Staff Software Engineer responsible for building and operating Block’s card issuing platform at the network boundary. The role requires deep expertise in card networks, ISO 8583, authorization and clearing flows, certifications, mandates, and direct network connectivity. Responsibilities include writing production code, developing conformance tooling, debugging protocols, leading cross-team technical initiatives, influencing network requirements, mentoring engineers, supporting AI-assisted development, and participating in on-call operations for critical financial systems.

The Staff Software Engineer will develop and execute technical strategies for Cash App Banking, lead architectural decisions, and mentor engineers, focusing on innovative financial solutions.