Top Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Build and ship product features incorporating machine intelligence and large language models. Architect scalable AI-powered functionality, conversational agent experiences, data pipelines, and third-party integrations. Collaborate with subject-matter experts and designers, make pragmatic technical decisions, and mentor teammates on data and AI practices. The role requires hands-on server-side web development, flexible scripting skills, strong system design judgment, and experience delivering AI-enabled products in a startup environment.

Lead Unity architecture and build persistent, multi-user spatial systems for mobile and wearables. Design spatial persistence, synchronization, AI-assisted content pipelines, and define long-term platform direction as a founding technical contributor.

Design and build the distributed systems layer powering a spatial computing platform: real-time coordination, persistent world state, APIs, AI platform infrastructure (vector search, retrieval, agent orchestration), and scalable services to support many concurrent users and third-party developers.

The Digital Consulting Architect will lead CPQ strategy and architecture, ensuring alignment with client goals, and manage scalable solutions for Quote-to-Cash processes, including integration and hands-on development tasks.

Lead architecture and hands-on development for API-first, cloud-ready PIM systems. Build event-driven microservices, Kafka pipelines, integrations, databases, and catalog data models connecting Akeneo with enterprise systems and commerce platforms. Optimize performance, monitor production availability, maintain data integrity, support upgrades, and deliver incremental catalog features across global retail brands.

Lead and architect scalable web systems, mentor frontend and backend developers, define coding standards and roadmaps, drive implementations using React/Next/Node/NestJS, produce technical documentation, conduct code reviews, and collaborate with product and DevOps to deliver secure, maintainable solutions.

Full‑stack staff engineer to ship web products end-to-end, iterate on and expand a suite of sales/CRM-focused tools, define engineering culture and best practices, and hire/mentor future engineers. Must move fast in a small team, engage with users, and solve new problems creatively.

Lead company technology vision and strategy, oversee R&D and deployment of software solutions, build and manage a high-performing engineering team, align technology with business goals, and ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.

Lead frontend and full-stack engineering, architect scalable features, integrate APIs and cloud services, optimize rendering and performance, establish engineering standards, conduct code reviews, and mentor developers. Collaborate with product, UX, and backend teams to deliver user-focused software while managing priorities in an ambiguous environment.

Build and maintain scalable backend services, RESTful and GraphQL APIs, database schemas, and cloud infrastructure. Own architecture decisions, optimize performance and reliability, improve CI/CD practices, collaborate across product and engineering teams, lead architecture sessions, review code, and mentor junior developers.

Design, implement, and optimize edge computing solutions; collaborate with customers and engineering teams; run POCs; produce documentation and training; provide technical support and troubleshooting.

Work on front-end and back-end web projects: create and redesign websites, build sitemaps and wireframes, collaborate with teams, and focus on UI/UX and performant back-end functionality.