Top Software Engineer Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Own the end-to-end development of a secure SMS Adapter connecting retail and grocery store systems, beginning with BRdata, to Ottimate’s AP platform. Responsibilities include sync architecture, retries, conflict handling, local credential security, monitoring, testing, packaging, updates, installation, and deployment on Windows machines. The engineer will work directly with pilot customers to troubleshoot network, permissions, and data-access issues while evolving data models and integrations for additional store systems.

Own and evolve cloud infrastructure, internal developer tooling, release automation, preview environments, and reliability practices. Build reusable libraries and SDKs, improve monitoring and tracing, manage SLOs and incident response, and solve scaling challenges across data and compute systems. The role requires strong AWS, Terraform or Pulumi, TypeScript and Node.js knowledge, startup infrastructure experience, and clear technical documentation.

Designs, develops, tests, deploys, monitors, and operates large-scale distributed cloud services for Azure Arc. Builds software across agents, Kubernetes environments, and globally distributed Azure services using languages such as C# and Go. Responsibilities include automation, debugging, performance optimization, reliability improvements, telemetry, live-site operations, and cross-team collaboration. The role requires participation across the full software development lifecycle and ownership of features from design through production support.

Build scalable Golang microservices, APIs, and data-centric systems supporting eligibility, coverage, billing, client workflows, and healthcare operations. Automate manual processes, develop self-service tools, ensure data accuracy and traceability, and collaborate with data and AI teams on validation, automation, and anomaly detection. The role requires production backend experience, event-based architectures, cloud platforms, and strong stakeholder communication.

Early-career Software Engineer developing and maintaining Windows desktop fluid-flow simulation applications. Responsibilities span user interfaces, application logic, data models, integrations, testing, debugging, build automation, CI/CD, and modernization. The role involves collaboration with engineering, QA, product, and domain experts while contributing clean, maintainable code and participating in reviews, bug triage, and build pipeline rotations.

Own backend and product delivery from scoping through production. Design customer-facing backend services, AI agent capabilities, APIs, data models, and system architecture for large unstructured datasets. Lead high-impact technical initiatives independently, maintain engineering quality, shape product direction with founders, and translate customer needs into dependable software. The role requires advanced Python, production-scale backend experience, system design expertise, and a product-minded approach.

Build scalable web applications, APIs, data pipelines, and data integrations for a cybersecurity platform. Responsibilities include architecting software for high-volume data environments, designing algorithms and data structures, optimizing storage and performance, maintaining coding standards, supporting analytics data systems, and collaborating across technical and non-technical teams throughout the product lifecycle.

Build and scale a fintech risk and compliance platform as the second engineer. Responsibilities include developing full-stack features, owning product areas end to end, improving reliability and performance, collaborating with customers, participating in architecture and code reviews, and establishing engineering best practices. The role requires independent feature delivery, strong full-stack fundamentals, production experience, sound technical judgment, clear asynchronous communication, and willingness to learn compliance and AI domains.

Designs and extends Salesforce Health Cloud solutions, including custom Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components, data models, integrations, and deployments. Collaborates with stakeholders and QA to deliver scalable solutions, troubleshoot defects, and support clients. Debugs JavaScript and Node.js services, web and mobile applications, and cross-stack issues involving AWS and containerized environments. Ensures relevant HL7 and HIPAA compliance while coordinating with engineering, product, DevOps, and India-based support teams.

Build and ship end-to-end features for Dover's marketplace and ATS. Propose product ideas, implement designs, launch, iterate in production, and collaborate closely with a small engineering team to move quickly and maintain high quality.

Build responsive Bubble.io applications for startup clients, collaborate with product managers and designers, refine requirements, test tools and assumptions, communicate with clients weekly, and contribute reusable components and tutorials to the internal library. The role offers autonomy, client exposure, and opportunities to advance into technical leadership or product management.

Lead full-stack development for Huntress’s SOC platform, building analyst-facing investigation, triage, remediation, queueing, and customer reporting experiences. Shape architecture, data models, interfaces, security practices, reliability, observability, and testing while mentoring engineers and partnering with Product, UX, and SOC stakeholders. The role emphasizes Ruby on Rails, modern frontend development, cloud infrastructure, relational databases, and technical leadership across complex cybersecurity software products.

Build and maintain secure, scalable APIs and infrastructure for an AI-powered fintech platform. Develop features across the stack, integrate third-party APIs, deploy infrastructure with Terraform, apply compliance and security practices, and support customers as a technical point of contact. The role involves close collaboration with the CTO in a greenfield, early-stage startup environment.

Design, develop, and maintain 5G Core network functions, control-plane services, protocols, microservices, and monitoring probes. Troubleshoot distributed telecommunications systems, analyze signaling and logs, build automated testing frameworks, optimize performance, and support products through release and deployment. Collaborate on requirements, documentation, research, and demonstrations while advancing satellite-network capabilities.

Lead the design and delivery of complex distributed systems and high-impact product initiatives for Toast’s Catering & Events platform. Own critical architecture, drive technical strategy, improve scalability and reliability, mentor engineers, establish engineering best practices, and collaborate with Product and Design. The role also involves applying AI tools to improve developer productivity and enable new capabilities.

Design and deliver scalable, secure software systems for Bankrate’s digital products. Responsibilities include shaping architecture, developing APIs and cloud services, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, partnering with product and design, delivering large initiatives independently, resolving cross-team technical issues, mentoring engineers, improving engineering standards, and evaluating tools that enhance reliability, performance, and team productivity.

Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable payroll onboarding software. Drive technically complex initiatives, influence architecture and roadmaps, collaborate across product, design, and engineering, improve reliability, promote coding best practices, mentor engineers, and use AI tools to enhance development productivity.

Leads technical initiatives for Toast’s restaurant scheduling product, designing and delivering scalable full-stack software. Responsibilities include architecture, API and system design, roadmap influence, cross-functional collaboration, engineering quality, performance, and technical leadership. The role also promotes AI-assisted development and improved employee and customer experiences.

Build and scale customer-facing iOS marketplace experiences using Swift and SwiftUI. Implement feature-flagged functionality, write unit and UI tests, collaborate with Product, Design, Android, backend, QA, and senior iOS engineers, and take increasing ownership of reliability and operational health. Use AI tools for coding, refactoring, testing, debugging, documentation, and reducing repetitive work while critically validating generated outputs.

Develops software solutions at Zoom, collaborating in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment to support communication and collaboration products. The provided description does not include specific responsibilities, qualifications, technologies, salary figures, or travel requirements.

Lead the architecture and technical direction of Forward Financing’s core fintech platform. Design scalable distributed backend systems, guide cross-team initiatives, establish engineering best practices, resolve incidents, and mentor engineers. The role owns the technical roadmap and architectural vision while partnering across teams to improve reliability, observability, code quality, and delivery. Ruby on Rails expertise is required, along with strong communication, influence, agile development experience, and a broad backend or full-stack perspective.

Develop and deliver features for large-scale web applications using full-stack technologies across React, TypeScript, Node.js, Microsoft, and cloud stacks. Collaborate in agile Scrum or Kanban teams with architects, QA, product management, and stakeholders. Contribute to CI/CD, DevOps, troubleshooting, performance, security, and continuous improvement while building high-quality software solutions.

Build and maintain core products and collaborate on larger consulting projects using TypeScript, Python, FastAPI, Next.js, GCP, and generative AI frameworks. The role involves hands-on software development within a rapidly growing, remote team serving Saudi Arabia and the GCC.

Enhances Akamai’s platform core services by designing and implementing scalable, highly available software for data collection, streaming, processing, telemetry, delivery, and visualization. Develops full-stack applications and highly concurrent systems using Java and cloud technologies, optimizes performance, supports distributed network services, and troubleshoots complex production issues. The role focuses on security, scalability, low latency, and high throughput.

Own and improve Glydways’ Bazel monorepo infrastructure across C++, Python, and Go. Responsibilities include implementing remote caching and remote build execution, optimizing build and test performance, maintaining toolchains and dependencies, supporting embedded cross-compilation, improving CI/CD workflows with AWS and Buildkite, developing developer automation, monitoring build health, and participating in on-call support.