Top Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Own Payabli’s AWS infrastructure, platform roadmap, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, developer environments, observability, and security posture. Design resilient cloud architecture, improve local development, enable secure AI-assisted workflows, and maintain PCI-DSS-aligned controls. Establish deployment standards, monitoring, documentation, and runbooks while partnering with engineering leadership to increase developer productivity and operational reliability.

Designs and directs development of scalable software systems using AI-assisted engineering practices. Owns architecture, APIs, data models, testing strategy, security, reliability, observability, deployment, and production operations. Decomposes work for AI agents, validates generated code and tests, leads incident response, and coaches engineers on effective AI-enabled development. Requires full-stack experience, modern server-side development, event-driven systems, cloud infrastructure, regulated-data security, and production use of agentic AI.

Design, deploy, operate, and automate reliable large-scale EDA infrastructure services on NVIDIA hardware. Build tools that reduce manual work, support distributed private and public cloud systems, define service-level objectives, improve observability, and participate in incident response and on-call rotations. The role also provides systems-design guidance to peer teams and may involve Kubernetes, OpenStack, Docker, Slurm, multi-cloud infrastructure, networking, storage, and GPU-based systems.

Lead development and operation of a scalable Kubernetes-based cloud-native platform. Shape the engineering roadmap, deliver enterprise platform capabilities, establish best practices, mentor engineers, and collaborate across Agile teams. Build highly available and fault-tolerant production services using Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies, while applying expertise in Go, Python or Bash, networking, Linux, and CI/CD practices.

Develop and support high-volume, mission-critical web applications across the full software development lifecycle. Build with TypeScript, JavaScript, Next.js, and SQL; deploy and operate applications in Microsoft Azure; use AI-assisted development tools; troubleshoot complex technical issues; make architectural decisions; and mentor other engineers. The role requires multi-tier system development, database optimization, Agile collaboration, and proactive delivery of reliable, high-quality software.

Develop and deliver high-volume enterprise applications across the full software development lifecycle. Design, code, test, debug, optimize SQL solutions, troubleshoot complex issues, contribute to scalable architecture, collaborate with technical and business stakeholders, and mentor other developers. Work independently while participating in Agile development and production implementation.

Own and evolve enterprise AWS infrastructure, governance, security, identity, networking, and shared platforms. Build and operate full-stack services in TypeScript and Python, automate infrastructure and delivery, improve monitoring and reliability, manage incidents and on-call operations, and establish audit-ready controls. Partner across engineering and IT, improve production readiness, and mentor engineers while delivering secure, scalable, low-blast-radius systems.

Build, own, deploy, and operate backend services and APIs powering Mozilla products. Responsibilities include backend development, cloud infrastructure collaboration, monitoring and alerting, production support, incident response, releases, security and privacy reviews, API design, code reviews, and mentoring. The role requires end-to-end service ownership, on-call participation, and maintaining reliable production systems.

Build and own backend services for Mozilla’s Ecosystem Services, including server-side logic, APIs, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, monitoring, deployments, and production reliability. Participate in on-call support, incident response, releases, security and privacy reviews, code reviews, and cross-functional collaboration. Mentor junior engineers and drive improvements in quality, testing, and engineering processes.

Own ambiguous, cross-team product engineering problems from framing through launch and iteration. Partner with product, design, and data; lead architecture, reliability, performance, and technical decisions across the stack. Influence teams without formal authority, mentor engineers, improve engineering practices, use metrics and experimentation, and apply AI throughout software development. Participate in on-call support.

Own the design, development, and automation of Coinbase’s routing infrastructure connecting services to Kubernetes backends. Build scalable capabilities using Envoy, Istio, Ambient Mesh, and SPIFFE; improve routing latency, reliability, and performance; enhance developer tooling with responsible AI; and collaborate with security, reliability, and observability teams to resolve complex distributed-systems issues.

Lead development and maintenance of internal design system libraries, tools, and Figma plugins. Implement AI solutions to speed design workflows, own medium-to-large features end-to-end, run internal user research, provide support and on-call coverage, conduct design and code reviews, and collaborate with designers and engineers to drive technical strategy and adoption.

Lead the architecture, development, testing, and maintenance of scalable backend systems and APIs. Drive technical decisions, code quality, performance optimization, documentation, continuous delivery, and monitoring. Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to translate requirements into reliable solutions. Mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, resolve complex technical issues, and contribute to agile development and overall technology strategy.

Build and operate multicloud Kubernetes infrastructure and platform capabilities, including cloud foundations, networking, identity, cluster lifecycle, disconnected deployments, packaging, GitOps delivery, infrastructure as code, observability, upgrades, and incident response. Partner with engineering teams to provide reusable self-service infrastructure primitives across commercial, government, secure, classified, and disconnected environments.

Design and develop high-performance optimization and scheduling systems for complex network-resource allocation problems. Translate network requirements into computational models, improve solution quality and scalability, and evolve solver architecture for reliability. Responsibilities include managing project priorities, designing, testing, debugging, and maintaining production software. Preferred experience includes numerical optimization, solver development, performance profiling, distributed or cloud computing, and telecommunications or networking.

Lead a hands-on software engineering effort for Zeta’s real-time events pipeline. Design, build, deploy, and operate high-volume event ingestion, processing, and delivery systems. Own architecture, reliability, observability, performance, cost, data quality, and on-call improvements. Collaborate with Product, Data, and downstream platform teams, define stable interfaces and SLAs, evaluate technologies, lead production launches, and mentor engineers through design and code reviews.

Designs and delivers full-stack software features for electromagnetic warfare test and mission systems. Integrates TCP/IP-connected radios, instruments, servers, and rack components; builds accessible Angular interfaces; supports system evaluation, installation, testing, and sustainment. Develops data pipelines, warehouses, visualizations, threat-signal processing, software distribution tools, and on-premises LLM assistants. Works in Agile and DevSecOps environments while tracking project hours and assisting with effort estimates.

Leads software architecture, full-stack delivery, cross-product integration, and technical quality for ARAT mission systems. Owns classified-enclave deployment, secure GitLab CI/CD pipelines, STIG compliance, RMF and information-assurance coordination, and Windows Army Gold Master compatibility. Establishes shared UI architecture and accessibility standards, designs enterprise test-data platforms and analytics strategies, and governs hybrid cloud, network security, identity, and cross-domain distribution across NIPR, SIPR, and JWICS. Mentors engineers and advises the Government on technical, security, data, and cloud investments.

Develop scalable .NET software components in Azure and Windows environments. Responsibilities include designing core functionality, troubleshooting production issues, conducting code reviews, improving development standards, collaborating on requirements and testing, and coordinating vendor integrations. The role requires C#, .NET, front-end, SQL, ORM, REST API, and SFTP experience. Strong DevOps and Azure skills, distributed energy resource knowledge, and electric energy industry experience are preferred.

Performs requirements-based and automated testing of embedded aircraft networking software, Ethernet switches, drivers, APIs, and powered network systems. Develops Python test scripts, analyzes network traffic, troubleshoots hardware and software issues, manages defects, improves test infrastructure, and documents certified test environments and procedures. Collaborates with development and hardware teams to verify timing, latency, throughput, redundancy, robustness, and certification requirements.

Develop and test safety-critical embedded software for novel aircraft and flight automation systems. Responsibilities include defining triplex compute platform architecture, integrating peripheral devices, hardening real-time Linux systems, implementing communication protocols, and building hardware- and software-in-the-loop simulation, testing, and automation infrastructure.

Design and implement low-level embedded software for aircraft systems, adapting existing flight software for manufacturing, tooling, and specialized test applications. Develop production-ready software for hardware-in-the-loop setups, automated test equipment, and factory operations. Analyze embedded systems and communication protocols, diagnose issues, optimize performance, and contribute to system architecture within a cross-functional aerospace engineering team.

Integrate, test, and debug GNC and flight automation software on test aircraft. Develop flight test procedures, automated testing frameworks, simulation tools, monitoring and analysis scripts, and embedded software. Investigate flight-test issues, support readiness reviews and configuration management, correlate simulations with flight data, and contribute to C++ flight controls and mission-management development.

Design and maintain scalable services, APIs, distributed systems, and data pipelines for AI training data infrastructure. Own systems through design, implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring. Lead architectural decisions, improve reliability and scalability, mentor engineers, and collaborate with AI/ML, product, and data operations teams. Contribute to CI/CD, containerization, DevOps, and cloud deployment practices.

Develop, test, and ship features for data platforms, pipelines, contributor tools, quality assurance systems, and client-facing infrastructure. Collaborate with senior engineers, participate in code reviews, debug issues, and improve automation supporting large-scale AI training data workflows. The role offers hands-on experience with production engineering, data systems, and AI-adjacent technologies in a fully remote environment.