Top Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Lead technical direction for Elastic’s core billing platform across cloud providers. Design and operate scalable billing systems, data pipelines, APIs, and PostgreSQL architecture. Improve reliability, observability, incident response, deployment, and CI/CD practices. Partner with SRE, Cloud Infrastructure, Product, Design, and Finance teams, guide architecture and roadmap decisions, review technical work, mentor engineers, and participate in on-call rotations.

Design, build, and optimize scalable cloud and web software with focus on infrastructure, performance, and hardware integration for IoT devices. Collaborate with hardware teams to ensure connectivity and high availability, implement new features, and improve system efficiency.

Lead architecture and implementation of scalable web applications using NestJS and Next.js. Build and optimize PostgreSQL schemas and queries, implement responsive UIs with Tailwind CSS, integrate LangChain-driven AI features, manage authentication with Clerk, and create end-to-end tests and automation with Puppeteer to ensure launch readiness and reliable user experiences.

Own and build Nectar Social’s React Native mobile platform for iOS and Android. Responsibilities include establishing architecture, shared components, testing, CI/CD, performance standards, monitoring, and error tracking. The engineer will develop AI-powered experiences, integrate social and e-commerce APIs, support real-time data-intensive features, and collaborate with product, design, and company leadership to shape the product and technical direction.

Build and launch reliable, performant Android features for Airbnb’s account and commerce experiences. Responsibilities include designing declarative UI, implementing unidirectional state architecture, collaborating with backend, iOS, web, product, and design teams, writing tested maintainable code, participating in reviews, troubleshooting performance and reliability issues, and contributing to Android patterns and best practices.

Design, implement, and optimize gameplay mechanics and systems. Collaborate with designers, artists, and developers to troubleshoot and refine code, optimize performance across platforms, and maintain clean modular code while staying current with game technologies.

Develop and maintain complex AEM Forms XDP templates for print, web, and correspondence channels. Build dynamic layouts, integrate XML/XSD, FDM, and JSON data, and perform hands-on Java full-stack development. Support a large migration effort through batch monitoring, pager support, documentation, standards revision, and team coaching.

Develop and maintain scalable Java backend systems using Spring Boot and microservices architecture. Collaborate with customer teams, review specifications, write clean code, participate in code reviews, document solutions, and troubleshoot and optimize backend performance, reliability, and security. The role also contributes technical expertise to training next-generation AI systems, though prior AI experience is not required.

Designs scalable systems, leads end-to-end technical execution, drives cross-team initiatives, and contributes hands-on production code. The role maintains engineering standards across architecture, testing, CI/CD, observability, and DevOps; leads incident response and root-cause analysis; mentors engineers; troubleshoots production issues; and aligns technical delivery with product priorities.

Develop and sustain full-stack applications supporting DISA’s IDEAS system in a secure DoD environment. Responsibilities include Java and JavaScript development, database and web-service integration, cloud deployment, testing, troubleshooting, Tier 2/3 support, root-cause analysis, documentation, and Agile/Scrum collaboration. The role also supports cybersecurity standards, release activities, configuration control, system monitoring, and integration with DoD and federal systems.