Top Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Designs and implements software-defined networking, routing, traffic engineering, observability, and self-healing capabilities for TeraWave’s dynamic low-Earth-orbit satellite network. Responsibilities include developing topology management, fast reroute, programmable transport, telemetry, packet forwarding, and network resilience solutions while optimizing latency, throughput, power, and capacity. Collaborates with RF and silicon teams, guides technical decisions, and mentors junior engineers.

Designs and implements networking software for TeraWave’s satellite communications constellation. Responsibilities include routing, topology management, fast reroute, SDN control planes, traffic engineering, programmable transport, telemetry, packet forwarding, observability, and self-healing network automation. The role requires advanced networking expertise across satellite, wireless, cloud, or service-provider environments, collaboration with RF and silicon teams, and mentorship of junior engineers.

Design and develop highly available distributed services for TeraWave’s satellite network, including orchestration, telemetry processing, control-plane operations, data pipelines, APIs, and observability platforms. Build scalable data models and storage solutions, troubleshoot performance issues, collaborate across spacecraft and networking disciplines, and support mission-critical services through on-call and mission operations.

Leads electrical software testing for TeraWave spacecraft avionics, from requirements and test planning through qualification, acceptance, integration, and flight support. Develops procedures, automation, instrumentation, data acquisition infrastructure, and scalable ground support equipment. Leads electrical and RF test campaigns, anomaly investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions while coordinating across engineering, manufacturing, and production teams. Drives production readiness through test-time, yield, and anomaly metrics.

Leads electrical software testing for TeraWave spacecraft avionics from requirements through qualification, acceptance, integration, and flight support. Develops test strategies, procedures, verification matrices, automation, instrumentation, and scalable ground support equipment. Coordinates cross-functional test campaigns, investigates anomalies, drives corrective actions, and improves production readiness through metrics such as test time, first-pass yield, and anomaly rates.

Lead end-to-end electrical and avionics testing for TeraWave spacecraft systems, including test strategy, requirements, procedures, qualification, acceptance, integration, and flight support. Develop test infrastructure, automation, instrumentation, and scalable ground support equipment. Lead electrical test campaigns, anomaly investigations, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, cross-functional coordination, and production-readiness efforts for repeatable, high-throughput vehicle testing.

Leads electrical software test strategy, requirements, procedures, automation, instrumentation, and verification for TeraWave spacecraft avionics. Directs bench, vehicle-level, qualification, acceptance, EMI/EMC, and pre-launch test campaigns; investigates anomalies and drives corrective actions. Partners with manufacturing and production engineering to develop scalable ground support equipment, modular test infrastructure, and production-ready processes. Coordinates cross-functional technical teams and supports spacecraft integration and flight operations.

Design, develop, test, and maintain backend systems and APIs for ingesting, processing, and routing large-scale telemetry data. Own end-to-end features, contribute to architecture and internal tools, write automated tests, participate in on-call/support rotation, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, high-performance distributed systems.

Designs, develops, tests, troubleshoots, documents, and maintains software applications throughout the project lifecycle. Responsibilities include coding, database and system administration, performance testing, debugging, software upgrades, requirements documentation, user support, vendor coordination, and collaboration with analysts, administrators, and engineers. The role also provides guidance to junior development staff and supports cross-departmental projects.

Develop and maintain Python-based software applications integrating with hardware, sensors, peripherals, and single-board computers. Responsibilities include software design, testing, debugging, GUI development, hardware interfaces, system integration, documentation, troubleshooting, prototyping, and deployment support for government and mission-focused customers. The role is hybrid/remote-friendly and suited to an early-career or journeyman developer with approximately 2–5 years of experience.

Develop and maintain Tailscale’s open-source client and backend networking software. Design, test, document, and optimize networking components, distributed systems, and overlay routing features. Own services through observability, incident response, and customer escalations while collaborating with product managers and designers. Apply security-first practices and improve system efficiency, scalability, and stability in a fully remote, asynchronous startup environment.

Build and maintain core digital banking experiences for bank administrators and customers. Responsibilities include developing user flows, robust REST APIs, backend services, and third-party integrations such as Plaid and SendGrid. The role emphasizes clean, tested, documented code, system design, error handling, logging, domain-driven design, microservice architecture, agile Scrum practices, architectural decision-making, technical guidance, and code reviews.

Design and own secure, scalable wallet infrastructure for custody, key management, transaction signing, authorization, recovery, and multichain systems. Architect support for MPC, HSMs, secure enclaves, TEEs, smart contract wallets, account abstraction, and emerging cryptographic approaches. Define security boundaries, policy engines, secrets management, authentication, and programmable authorization while making foundational build-versus-buy decisions and guiding systems from first principles through production.

Develop production C++ and Python software for industrial robots used in assembly and inspection. Integrate cameras, sensors, and actuators; implement calibration, coordinate transforms, and real-time data pipelines; architect reliable multi-process and multithreaded systems; collaborate on 3D vision deployment; and build testing, debugging, and deployment infrastructure.

Own the assessment, hardening, testing, modernization, and sustainment of a government SDN software baseline. Develop secure C++ and Python solutions, remediate vulnerabilities, improve testing, debug application and network issues, and support containerization, CI/CD, deployment, and security scanning. Collaborate with platform engineers and government stakeholders, document technical decisions, validate releases, and mentor engineers in Navy environments.

Build and maintain developer tools, SDKs, CLI, MCP interfaces, integrations, and supporting backend services. Collaborate on API contracts, compatibility, testing, releases, documentation, and shared tooling. Support developers through GitHub issues and pull requests while designing reliable systems with authentication, retries, idempotency, rate limits, monitoring, and error recovery.

The role involves optimizing hardware support within a software stack for AI model deployment, collaborating with teams and hardware vendors to enhance performance and portability across platforms.

Design, develop, test, and deploy supply chain software for inventory, warehouse, and fulfillment systems. Lead technical decisions, mentor engineers, coordinate cross-functional Agile projects, decompose work, delegate tasks, and promote strong development and testing practices. Build monitoring systems that ensure business-process correctness and support high-volume, data-intensive applications.

Own and evolve a shared engineering platform spanning cloud infrastructure, delivery tooling, reliability, security, authentication, and deployment. Build backend and full-stack solutions, improve production availability, lead platform projects and technology decisions, and support internal engineering teams through shared tooling, documentation, reviews, and coaching. Participate in on-call rotations and help scale an established product platform.

Lead the design, development, and optimization of scalable web and mobile applications using Ruby on Rails, React, React Native, Docker, PostgreSQL, and AWS. Own architecture, APIs, data models, monitoring, performance, and code quality while collaborating with product, data, and DevOps teams. Provide technical leadership through system design, code reviews, mentoring, and continuous improvement in a remote-first healthcare technology environment.

Design, build, and ship native Android features in Kotlin for BJAK's AI Neobank app. Integrate backend APIs, improve performance, reduce crashes, collaborate with product/design, use analytics to iterate, and add on-device AI where it improves UX.

Develop scalable C++ software that defines and enforces endpoint behavior across millions of managed Windows endpoints. Responsibilities include implementing features, improving platform performance, shipping production code, designing new systems, writing architecture documents, defining subsystem contracts, and collaborating with server, UI, product, and design teams. The role requires deep Windows systems and kernel-driver expertise, with preferred experience in WHQL, minifilter or WFP drivers, macOS Endpoint Security, and Linux kernel development.

Lead the technical vision and architectural evolution of Huntress’s Core Platform. Build complex Ruby on Rails features, solve scaling challenges, manage cross-team dependencies, drive architectural decisions, and oversee system lifecycle and technical risk. Mentor engineers, establish engineering excellence, collaborate with managers and product leaders, and help teams adopt AI coding tools responsibly.

Build and ship production software for Toast’s retail platform, partnering with engineering, product, and customers. Responsibilities include identifying opportunities, designing and prototyping end-to-end solutions, making foundational technical decisions, incorporating customer feedback, tracking industry trends, and deploying AI-powered experiences. The role supports large grocery and convenience-store customers and may involve visiting stores to understand operator workflows.

Develop and release full-stack features from discovery through production for a consumer-facing education technology product. Collaborate with engineers, designers, and program staff; make product and architectural decisions; write and review maintainable code; participate in on-call rotation; and improve platform operations and internal tooling.