Top Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Design and develop scalable backend systems for SaaS applications, mentor engineers, and lead projects while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Lead technical direction for the Growth team at Sanity.io, focusing on scalable solutions, mentoring engineers, and making data-informed architectural decisions.

Own and modernize iHerb's product catalog across backend, React frontend, and relational data. Build end-to-end features, use AI-driven SDLC tools, write automated tests, ensure observability, participate in on-call incident response, and contribute to shared engineering standards.

As a Principal Software Engineer at Fetch, you'll design scalable systems for user engagement, drive experimentation, lead technical strategy, and mentor teams to improve engineering productivity and system reliability.

The Senior Software Engineer, Payments will design and implement backend infrastructure for a blockchain-integrated banking platform, focusing on payment processing and operations.

Join Dakota's core engineering team to design and implement back-end infrastructure for a blockchain-integrated banking platform, addressing high-visibility projects.

As a Founding Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the design and development of robust backend systems and APIs, optimize large-scale data workflows, and mentor a growing engineering team.

The Staff Software Engineer role involves leading projects, coordinating engineers, improving processes, and representing PayPal to external partners, focusing on cloud and DevOps responsibilities.

The Sr./Principal Software Engineer will design and implement core capabilities for SingleStore's cloud platform, focusing on scalability and reliability, while mentoring other engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The Staff Software Engineer will lead the software development lifecycle focusing on observability, design high-scale distributed systems, and mentor team members while ensuring technical excellence.

Design, build, and ship full‑stack applications end-to-end within small pods. Own the full SDLC, deploy and operate cloud applications, contribute to architecture, and use AI-assisted tools to accelerate development, testing, and code quality while maintaining reliability.

Build and ship lightweight internal full-stack tools end-to-end within small pods. Rapidly prototype, deploy, operate, and iterate tools using cloud platforms and AI-assisted development to improve team productivity and automate workflows.

Design, build, and operate shared backend services and APIs. Own full SDLC, define service boundaries and data models, ensure scalability and reuse, apply DDD and systems thinking, and use AI-assisted tools to accelerate development while maintaining maintainability.

Design, build, and maintain automation and testing infrastructure for the North platform: CI/CD pipelines, GitHub workflows, containerized test environments (Docker/Kubernetes), Helm and ArgoCD deployments, infrastructure-as-code, benchmarking, parallel test execution, and cross-team standards to improve test coverage, reliability, and deployment confidence.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll design, develop, and maintain production-ready API solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams while utilizing cloud technologies and agile methodologies.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll design and develop systems to integrate AI in healthcare payment processes, mentor engineers, and optimize workflows.

The Senior Software Engineer will design and build scalable data solutions, manage backend systems, and enhance performance leveraging Golang and Python. Responsibilities include optimizing ETL processes and collaborating with teams to meet evolving customer needs.

The Staff Software Engineer will design and build scalable backend systems, lead projects, and contribute to enterprise software solutions, focusing on application architecture, API development, and ML techniques.

The Senior Software Engineer will modernize healthcare technology systems using C#, .NET, SQL Server, and cloud services, leveraging AI tools while ensuring software quality and development efficiency.

The role involves designing and maintaining scalable software, leading technical projects, mentoring engineers, and influencing technology direction at UniUni.

The Senior Software Engineer will develop and maintain Docker Desktop's lifecycle components, focusing on installation, updates, and performance across macOS and Windows environments, while debugging complex OS-level issues and collaborating with teams.

The Senior Front-End Engineer will solve complex architecture problems, develop features using Vue, optimize performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Develop and maintain back-end systems and APIs, collaborating with teams to build scalable features and improve system architecture.

The Staff Engineer will lead the Systems team, design scalable cloud infrastructure, optimize data pipelines, and ensure platform reliability and security.

Design and evolve systems for Motion's infrastructure, focusing on reliable and secure operations across APIs, Linux systems, and cloud environments with a focus on hands-on coding and engineering judgment.