Top Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Leads research and development across multiple product companies, driving AI-enabled and agentic software delivery, technical roadmaps, release execution, product quality, security, modernization, and engineering standards. Owns R&D budgets, resource allocation, executive reporting, organizational development, and customer-facing technology strategy. The role also guides platform migration, legacy modernization, AI governance, regulatory compliance, and cross-functional coordination across public safety and justice software portfolios.

Leads application development across the software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, system design, coding, debugging, testing, data warehouse development, system implementation, documentation, and user training. Analyzes complex business problems and develops cost-effective automated solutions. Requires expertise in Cogito, Caboodle, data modeling, SQL-based data analysis, code management, and agile methodologies, with preferred Epic HB/BP experience and Clarity certification.

Build edge-focused full-stack product experiences integrating machine learning and autonomy for frontline defense users. Collaborate with designers, infrastructure teams, product teams, and ML engineers to create intuitive applications, efficient edge-deployed application stacks, and internal modeling APIs. Develop maintainable software using strong engineering practices, including design documents, code reviews, and style guides.

Designs and develops APIs, system integrations, and AI-agent workflows for enterprise applications. Builds integrations with platforms such as Salesforce and REST APIs, deploys and supports solutions on AWS, and develops AI-powered automation using LLMs, tool calling, and multi-step workflows. The role includes client requirements gathering, troubleshooting, reliability optimization, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring junior developers.

Leads the hands-on development and scaling of Oasis’s healthcare software platform. Responsibilities include architecture, production coding, AWS infrastructure, DevSecOps, AI-native workflows, external system integrations, reliability, observability, compliance, roadmap execution, and recruiting a high-performing engineering team. The role begins primarily as an individual contributor and evolves into player-coach leadership while delivering patient- and provider-facing applications.

Build and maintain full-stack software for startup clients, including backend services, frontend experiences, new features, redesigns, bug fixes, and product improvements. Collaborate daily with product managers, designers, and engineers in a distributed, agile environment. Take ownership across the technology stack, write clean maintainable code, contribute to client missions, and support team growth and knowledge sharing.

Leads architecture, design, and hands-on development for scalable backend APIs and interoperability services. Sets engineering standards, drives cross-team technical initiatives, mentors engineers, reviews code and designs, manages technical risks, and partners with engineering leadership on roadmaps. The role focuses on distributed systems, authentication, cloud SaaS, API integrations, and standards such as FHIR, while contributing production code and fostering collaboration.

Develop and maintain full-stack web applications for a federal environmental data client. Responsibilities include participating in Agile SDLC activities, designing and implementing scalable software, collaborating with analysts and stakeholders, testing and deploying applications, maintaining technical documentation, following development best practices, and recommending modern tools and technologies. The role requires AWS, TypeScript, Node.js, React or Angular, PostgreSQL, event-driven architecture, and strong communication skills.

Leads a team of 10 engineers building and maintaining NIBRS and compliance reporting capabilities for public safety records platforms. Oversees technical quality, validation, certification, delivery, incident follow-through, resource allocation, and team development. Partners with product, R&D, agencies, and regulators to implement federal and state reporting requirements, improve engineering operations, and define the roadmap for new states, report types, automation, and platform capabilities. The role is remote within the United States with travel of up to 25%.

Designs, builds, tests, deploys, and optimizes full-stack product features using React and Python. Develops GraphQL integrations, scalable backend services, data visualizations, analytics instrumentation, and production-ready platform capabilities. Contributes to UX workflows, CI/CD, monitoring, code quality, and stakeholder updates while collaborating in agile sprints and evaluating new technologies.