Top Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Design, develop, and modernize enterprise-scale applications, RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems. Build cloud-neutral solutions across AWS and Azure, support legacy application migrations, participate in architecture and code reviews, troubleshoot production issues, document technical designs, and mentor engineers. The role emphasizes scalable, secure, high-performance backend systems, technical leadership, and engineering best practices.

Architect, build, and maintain scalable full‑stack applications using React, TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS. Own features end-to-end, optimize performance and usability, collaborate with founders, and use AI tools to accelerate development in a fast-paced startup.

Build and maintain Safari AI’s cloud infrastructure, including production services, system design, reliability, documentation, and security compliance. The role sets technical direction for the cloud stack, collaborates with engineering and operations teams, improves development processes, and delivers incremental features. Candidates should have 4–6 years of software engineering experience, public cloud expertise, and experience taking complex services from concept through production. Streaming processing and machine learning experience are advantageous.

Build and maintain scalable, cloud-native APIs and high-value core system components using .NET and related technologies. Lead software architecture and testing discussions, enhance core offerings, collaborate cross-functionally, and ensure quality through code reviews, unit testing, functional testing, telemetry, and performance tuning. Mentor teammates and contribute to continuous technical and process improvement.

Design, develop, integrate, test, and productize perception software for autonomous driving systems. Responsibilities include implementing robust and reusable software components, deploying deep neural network models to embedded real-time platforms, developing verification plans, debugging systems, maintaining documentation, and analyzing real or synthetic benchmark data. The role requires close collaboration with perception engineers and researchers throughout the software development lifecycle.

Build and maintain versioned data ingestion and conflation pipelines that transform complex retail and spatial data into accurate, reliable insights. Responsibilities include entity resolution, golden-record creation, rules-based normalization, RegEx logic, LLM integration, schema evolution, and cost-effective scaling. The role emphasizes engineering rigor, high-fidelity outputs, and production-ready data for consumer dashboards.

Build and ship features for a large-scale Android app using Kotlin and modern Android technologies. Responsibilities include writing tested code, collaborating with product and design teams, improving performance and stability, partnering on APIs and data flows, and participating in code reviews. The role is a full-time, long-term remote contract within the U.S.

Build, test, support, and enhance scalable web applications using Node.js, React, MongoDB, and APIs. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, troubleshoot production issues, contribute to architecture and technical documentation, and lead medium-complexity initiatives. Participate in code reviews, Agile development, on-call support, technical debt reduction, and monitoring. Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering best practices, automated testing, CI/CD, and software quality standards.

Develop and maintain Medicare claims-processing software in a legacy mainframe environment using COBOL and related technologies. Responsibilities include coding, debugging, unit testing, requirements analysis, defect resolution, software installation, technical documentation, and Agile/Scrum collaboration. The developer will support DME contract operations, deliver moderate-complexity solutions, estimate tasks, and coordinate with team members, clients, vendors, and other organizations.

Design and implement infrastructure services for a GPU-as-a-Service platform. Build REST and gRPC APIs, bare-metal provisioning workflows, Kubernetes cluster automation, reconciliation loops, and durable asynchronous operations. Manage server enrollment, inspection, OS provisioning, cluster creation, hardware inventory interfaces, error handling, idempotency, and multi-tenant infrastructure reliability.

Build scalable data processing and exploration pipelines, ML infrastructure, and cloud-based applications. Write, test, instrument, and deploy software in Kubernetes environments while contributing to distributed systems and data-driven products. The role focuses on Python, big data technologies, containerization, and systems supporting marketplace intelligence.

Leads major technical initiatives while designing enterprise identity systems, authorization models, and scalable multi-tenant SaaS architecture. Builds platform components with .NET/C# on AWS, improves data pipelines, resolves complex production issues, and shapes the technical roadmap. Mentors engineers, drives architecture and reviews, coordinates across teams, and supports security, compliance, automation, and continuous platform improvement.

Build full-stack Django applications with a frontend focus, creating intuitive, interactive, and performant data visualizations for complex healthcare pricing data. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define user experiences, prioritize features, write scalable code, test and debug systems, improve existing functionality, and translate user requirements into technical solutions.

Develop high-performance dataplane software for TeraWave satellite communications points of presence. Responsibilities include building C/C++ packet-processing applications, optimizing 100G/400G line-rate performance, implementing routing and tunneling protocols, integrating SmartNIC and FPGA accelerators, architecting distributed systems, conducting code reviews, mentoring engineers, and collaborating with hardware, platform, and networking teams.

Develop and maintain mission-critical full-stack software for a DoD program. Build Java Spring Boot microservices, React applications, REST APIs, WebSocket features, and RabbitMQ integrations. Manage databases, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes deployments, automated testing, Git workflows, technical documentation, and Agile tasking. Provide code reviews, architectural input, technical leadership, and mentorship to junior developers. The role requires an active Top Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, and approximately 10 weeks of travel annually.

Build and maintain a React/TypeScript operations portal and Supabase/PostgreSQL backend for autonomous aircraft medical logistics. Improve aircraft allocation, mission generation, telemetry ingestion, live dashboards, reliability, testing, logging, and observability. Integrate Python services with ArduPilot aircraft and simulations while collaborating with autonomy and simulation engineers to mature real-flight and digital-twin systems.

Build and evaluate software prototypes for a blockchain data acceleration network. Develop full-stack solutions, design benchmarks, measure performance against competitors, gather product feedback, and iterate rapidly. Collaborate with engineering and product leaders to validate user needs, inform the roadmap, and communicate findings. The role involves AI-assisted coding tools and may include systems programming, real-time data, P2P networking, blockchain, and high-performance workloads.

Lead end-to-end design, development, and delivery of full‑stack features; drive architecture and code reviews; coordinate engineering work, write design docs and tests, and participate in Agile ceremonies. Must have blockchain/crypto experience.

Build and maintain enterprise web applications, APIs, and containerized microservices using Python and Django. Develop workflow engines, financial validation logic, relational database schemas, asynchronous integrations, role-based access controls, and CI/CD automation. Support complementary applications across multiple technology stacks while maintaining secure, auditable, and reliable systems.

Develops, tests, documents, enhances, and maintains software solutions using Appian and related technologies. The role includes application development, process modeling, system integration, security remediation, performance improvement, user story analysis, technical documentation, and collaboration within an Agile software development team.

Develops, tests, documents, enhances, and maintains software solutions using Appian and related technologies. Designs integrations with external systems, resolves technical issues, remediates security vulnerabilities, improves performance, participates in requirements analysis and Agile development processes, and documents standards. The role also contributes to planning, mentors other engineers, collaborates with team members, and stays current with software development practices and technologies.

Own performance optimization, reliability, observability, capacity modeling, and automated failover for Coinbase’s blockchain node infrastructure. Diagnose resource bottlenecks, reduce infrastructure costs, define SLOs and SLIs, support protocol upgrades, and improve node performance across distributed systems at scale. Collaborate with protocol integration, wallet, and indexer teams while applying backend programming and systems profiling expertise.

Lead the architecture, design, and development of complex backend software systems for data-intensive applications. Drive technical direction, implement new technologies, improve code quality, reduce technical debt, and promote testing and continuous delivery. Mentor engineers, conduct code reviews, collaborate cross-functionally with product and design teams, engage with customers, and help deliver maintainable, scalable solutions using backend technologies, databases, distributed computing, and cloud platforms.

Develop and maintain Java enterprise applications using Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, Oracle, and MongoDB. Design scalable systems, conduct testing, remediate vulnerabilities, troubleshoot distributed environments, participate in code reviews, document solutions, and mentor junior developers. The role also involves Linux, Git, Maven, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud platforms such as OCI or AWS. An active Public Trust clearance and cybersecurity certification are required.

Build and maintain backend or full-stack services for Cadence’s remote patient monitoring platform. Collaborate with product owners, stakeholders, customers, and engineers to deliver scalable clinical care features, improve engineering standards and tooling, and support the platform’s continued growth.