Top Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Own and build Hercules’ billing, payments, subscriptions, usage-based billing, monetization, and commerce infrastructure. Integrate payment providers, support currencies and payment methods, and design reliable, low-latency systems with webhook processing, retries, reconciliation, and scalable usage metering. The role requires strong system design, architecture, data modeling, API design, code quality, product judgment, and proficiency with Hercules’ TypeScript-based stack, including React, Postgres, Redis, containers, and Temporal.

Design, build, test, deploy, and scale full-stack SaaS features across Angular and backend services using Spring. Develop APIs, optimize relational and NoSQL databases, integrate third-party systems, improve performance, support cloud infrastructure and CI/CD, implement security practices, monitor services, resolve incidents, and contribute to architecture and agile development.

Build and maintain responsive web, PWA, and mobile app experiences; design secure APIs and third-party integrations; develop conversational AI and voice bots; implement targeted messaging, ad-tech, analytics, and A/B testing; and optimize performance, reliability, and uptime. The role requires full-stack development, marketing technology integration, cloud and DevOps fundamentals, and collaboration in a fast-paced startup environment.

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.

Design, build, and maintain AI-powered B2B SaaS products across frontend, backend, and AI. Own projects end-to-end, collaborate with product and design, ensure maintainability, mentor teammates, and inform roadmap and implementation decisions.

Build and ship frontend features for a financial marketplace using React and Next.js. Collaborate with product, design, and backend engineers; contribute to architecture, component design, code quality, tooling, and the shared component library. Own work from design through delivery, participate in pairing and code reviews, and use AI-assisted development tools thoughtfully.

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.

Build, maintain, and deploy a high-volume, fault-tolerant observability platform. Architect and develop OpenTelemetry-based systems, implement services in Go (concurrency/gRPC), work with ClickHouse/Postgres, Kafka/Redis streaming, and containerized deployments on Kubernetes/Docker. Evaluate new tools and improve platform reliability and performance.

Create and optimize high-quality, mobile-optimized character shaders and material workflows in Unity URP. Develop master materials, tools, and editor extensions (C#). Profile and debug performance on iOS/Android, collaborate with artists on look development, and ensure efficient rendering across mobile devices.

Build the realtime, HIPAA-compliant messaging and collaboration frontend ('Pulse') that makes an AI colleague feel human. Implement complex interactive data visualizations, micro-interactions, and high-performance accessible interfaces. Work embedded with product and design, own UI quality, iterate on AI-driven specs, and deliver production frontend experiences clinicians will trust.