Top Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Full‑stack product engineer role with backend emphasis: build scalable Node.js services, develop React + TypeScript UIs (React Router v7), design APIs (tRPC/OpenAPI), optimize PostgreSQL queries and data pipelines, improve observability and infrastructure, write well‑tested code, and contribute to architecture and engineering practices in a fintech product.

Leads hands-on architecture, development, and delivery of secure healthcare systems while mentoring engineers and establishing engineering standards. Drives Azure, microservices, DevSecOps, automated testing, AI-assisted development, and scalable solutions. Partners with product, clinical, cloud, and security stakeholders to translate business needs into technical direction and support WelbeHealth’s PACE model.

Develop and deploy life-saving technologies as a fullstack engineer, focusing on web applications for public safety, collaborating with various engineering disciplines and leveraging customer feedback.

Build and maintain full-stack features across core financial platforms using Python, Django, PostgreSQL, and modern JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks. Design scalable systems, implement front-end interfaces and back-end APIs, write automated tests, optimize performance, resolve bugs, participate in code reviews, collaborate cross-functionally, and guide junior engineers while using AI-assisted development tools.

Design, build, and maintain pipeline and artist-facing tools across web, desktop, and Unreal surfaces. Develop Python integrations with Maya, Unreal, Nuke, Perforce, and AYON; build AI-assisted features; and own tools through production. Collaborate directly with artists and supervisors, manage work autonomously, and deliver responsive, maintainable, well-tested software.

Lead complex software projects and mentor engineers while building scalable full-stack products for Vanta’s expansion team. Develop purchasing, checkout, upgrade, renewal, billing, and trial experiences that support self-serve growth and revenue automation. Set technical direction, own product functionality and infrastructure, collaborate across teams, and contribute to engineering culture. The role uses TypeScript, React, and Node.js and involves greenfield development in a rapidly scaling startup environment.

Leads the Treasury engineering team while remaining hands-on with coding, architecture, production monitoring, and incident response. Owns technical strategy for financial infrastructure, including ACH transfers, card issuing, QuickBooks integration, payment tools, wallets, rewards, and financial dashboards. Manages and mentors engineers, improves engineering workflows, ensures security and reliability, and partners with the VP of Engineering on product delivery and scalable team practices.

Develop and maintain scalable Python/Django backend features for Cyware’s Cyber Fusion platform across commercial and AWS GovCloud environments. Design microservices, REST APIs, AI and RAG integrations, multi-tenant architectures, and secure identity systems. Ensure FedRAMP/GovRAMP compliance through secure coding, audit logging, RBAC, encryption, testing, and continuous monitoring. Collaborate with DevOps, GRC, Security, and engineering teams on CI/CD, code reviews, production support, and platform improvements.

Build and own backend services, web applications, REST APIs, webhooks, and enterprise integrations. Lead customer integrations from scoping through launch, improve the operator dashboard, and maintain production reliability through monitoring, incident response, and root-cause analysis. Collaborate with product, success, and customer engineering teams while contributing to code reviews, technical design, mentoring, security, and AI-assisted development.

Lead enterprise Salesforce architecture by translating business requirements into scalable Salesforce solutions, driving taxonomy and domain alignment, managing architecture reviews, guiding integrations and data migrations, developing technical standards and roadmaps, and mentoring teams to deliver large-scale CPQ/Product-to-Cash and SaaS implementations.