Top Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Lead architecture and development of scalable full-stack systems spanning web, mobile, backend, data, and partner integrations. Build React and TypeScript applications, Node.js services, APIs, and AWS-based distributed systems. Drive cloud-native DevOps, reliability, security, compliance, and AI-assisted engineering practices. Influence cross-team technical direction, establish shared standards, mentor engineers, and lead initiatives across frontend, backend, mobile, and data domains.

Design, build, and scale high-throughput, low-latency Go services powering blockchain RPC infrastructure. Architect distributed systems, own production delivery, improve uptime and latency, resolve complex production issues, and collaborate across Product, Infrastructure, and Developer Experience teams.

Design, build, and operate high-throughput blockchain infrastructure using Go and Rust. Own distributed systems end to end, including architecture, performance optimization, security, testing, deployment, observability, incident response, and reliability. Lead technical designs and code reviews, mentor engineers, debug complex production issues, and collaborate across Product, Infrastructure, Security, and Developer Experience teams.

Lead backend-focused software architecture and development across distributed systems, data ingestion, experimentation platforms, AI workflows, and product capabilities. Build primarily in Python while contributing to React and TypeScript frontend work. Translate ambiguous product needs into scalable production systems, guide technical direction, partner with product and data teams, mentor engineers, and improve engineering practices.

Leads full-stack software development across the Censis application stack, including design, coding, testing, deployment, production support, and defect resolution. Develops C#/.NET and Vue.js applications, REST APIs, and SQL Server solutions. Improves security, reliability, observability, and performance through automated testing, secure coding, root-cause analysis, and preventive engineering practices. Mentors developers, leads technical discussions, collaborates across Product, QA, DevOps, Security, and Support, and uses approved generative AI tools responsibly.

Leads and mentors ServiceNow software engineers delivering complex customer projects. Develops and customizes ServiceNow solutions, troubleshoots platform and CSM issues, maintains integrations and modules, collaborates with stakeholders, supports upgrades and performance initiatives, documents technical solutions, and performs deployments.

Lead the technical design and delivery of banking features at Cash App, collaborating across teams, driving architecture improvements, and mentoring engineers.

Lead front-end technical strategy for Coinbase Advanced trading platform: define and execute a scalable roadmap, deliver a low-latency interface across web and mobile, mentor engineers, anchor complex projects, and ensure high standards for code quality and system design.

Lead architecture and delivery of Control Center platform capabilities (MCP tool registries, AI orchestration, access automation). Design agentic AI integrations, HITL workflows, and evaluation/guardrail frameworks. Own backend services, SLOs, observability, incident response, and operational readiness for Tier-1 systems. Drive cross-team technical direction, author TDDs, run design reviews, mentor engineers, and partner with Product and Security to deliver secure, scalable platform primitives.

Lead technical strategy for Solana staking at Coinbase, optimizing validator performance and driving cross-product integration while mentoring engineers.

Design and implement AI systems for customer support and compliance, architect solutions, mentor team members, and manage project deliverables.

Lead the technical strategy for Coinbase's Data Platform, architecting data systems for AI/ML workloads and ensuring data reliability, performance, and cross-functional alignment.

The Staff Software Engineer will develop and execute technical strategies for Cash App Banking, lead architectural decisions, and mentor engineers, focusing on innovative financial solutions.

Build simulation and planning systems for complex communications networks. Develop tools that model hypothetical scenarios, vary configurations and assumptions, compare outcomes, surface tradeoffs, and identify risks. Design scalable, reliable backend systems for complex, evolving network states while collaborating across product engineering to integrate capabilities into broader workflows. Responsibilities span system design, implementation, testing, debugging, and operational support.

Develop and maintain scalable build and test automation tools and services, automate manual development workflows, support mobile device labs, collaborate cross-functionally to deploy developer productivity tooling, and drive adoption of code quality and testing best practices.

Design, build, and operate highly available, scalable backend services and APIs powering Netflixs Creative Studio. Lead architecture, data pipelines, and integrations with GenAI and ML platforms, set technical direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate across product, design, and partner teams to deliver reliable, high-performance creative tooling.

Design and build large-scale ad tech systems across inventory, serving, measurement, forecasting, identity, and campaign management. Drive architecture, set technical direction, collaborate with ad operations and cross-functional partners, and deliver high-performance, privacy-safe cloud services and data pipelines for Netflix Ads.

Lead technical direction and architecture for a low-latency, high-throughput ad-serving platform. Design and optimize concurrent distributed systems, profile and mitigate tail latencies, build automated performance benchmarking in CI/CD, and create modular entry points for model-serving and demand systems. Ensure operational excellence, resiliency, and cross-team collaboration to meet SLAs and uptime targets.

Build and maintain scalable build and test automation tools and services to improve developer productivity. Automate manual development tasks, collaborate cross-functionally, set technical direction, and drive adoption of code quality and testing best practices.

Build and operate large-scale Ads Identity Graph and Identity Resolution systems (deterministic and probabilistic) in batch and near-real-time. Integrate identifier collection flows, DSPs, programmatic platforms, and data clean rooms while enforcing privacy, consent, and data governance. Handle extremely large datasets with big-data tools like Spark and design high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems. Collaborate cross-functionally on ad-targeting, measurement, and privacy-preserving solutions.

Build and operate resilient, high-scale, low-latency microservices and APIs (gRPC/GraphQL/REST) using OO languages (Java/C#). Design data models, optimize concurrency and performance, ensure observability, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to support content promotion, localization, and distribution workflows at Netflix.

Senior software engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and operating scalable systems for targeting and policy. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to define requirements, builds backend services, ensures reliability and performance, mentors engineers, and drives technical roadmap and operational excellence.

Design and implement high-quality iOS features and core infrastructure using Swift and advanced UIKit/Core Animation APIs. Architect maintainable client code, write automated tests (XCTest, XCUITest), run A/B experiments, and collaborate with product, design, and partner engineering teams to deliver performant, accessible user experiences.

Support and maintain high-availability Netflix apps and device firmware across multiple TV platforms. Manage app store updates, investigate monitoring alerts and JS component canaries, execute configuration and CI updates, develop playbooks, and drive automation and tooling improvements to reduce operational drag.

Build and operate Ads Reporting Infrastructure: design low-latency, highly available event ingestion and streaming pipelines that process billions of ad events daily. Ensure data accuracy with monitoring, alerting, and auditing. Integrate with ad tech (SSPs/DSPs/Ad Servers), real-time analytics (Apache Druid), and stream-processing frameworks to support measurement, serving, pacing, budgeting, and reporting workflows.