distributed-systems jobs in San Diego

Sr Product Surveillance Engineer responsible for investigating postmarket software and device issues, driving complaint investigation processes, and ensuring regulatory compliance for medical devices. The role requires deep understanding of Dexcom's software architecture to evaluate product performance, apply structured problem-solving and statistical analysis to root-cause investigations, and communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders.…See more You will support quality system activities (CAPA, HHEs), conduct software risk assessments, and partner with product and quality teams to translate postmarket insights into product improvements. Success requires demonstrated knowledge of FDA 21 CFR Part 820, IEC 62304, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and medical device quality systems.

Design, build, test, and operate production ML and LLM-powered components for cybersecurity applications at scale. You will turn ambiguous requirements into working code, partner across product and security teams, and apply AI safety and guardrail practices.…See more The role requires solid software engineering fundamentals, hands-on experience building production ML/LLM applications (RAG, embeddings, agents), and the ability to take prototypes to reliable, maintainable systems. You'll work with distributed systems, cloud-native technologies, and graph/data plumbing while contributing to code reviews and raising team quality standards.

Saronic Technologies seeks experienced Systems Software Engineers to develop software for autonomous maritime systems, working across the full stack from low-level hardware interfaces and embedded systems to backend services and infrastructure. The role requires strong software engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience with cyber-physical systems, sensor/actuator integration, distributed services, and mission-critical reliability.…See more Candidates should have 5+ years of professional experience with C++, Python, Rust, or Go, Linux proficiency, and a track record building systems that interact with real-world hardware in robotics, autonomy, aerospace, or similar domains.

Lead complex debugging and root-cause analysis of system-level issues in high-performance Linux environments, spanning hardware, firmware, OS, and networking layers. Design and optimize high-throughput, low-latency data transport protocols, leveraging deep expertise in Linux kernel development, InfiniBand/Ethernet networking (RDMA, RoCE), and bare-metal/virtualized systems.…See more Partner with cross-functional teams to prototype, benchmark, and productionize platform enhancements while mentoring engineers through design and code reviews. Conduct research initiatives and proof-of-concepts to validate new technologies and influence platform roadmaps.

Staff Inbound Product Manager for ServiceNow University, responsible for defining and executing product strategy across AI-powered learning experiences. The role involves leading product discovery across personalization, conversational AI, recommendations, and search capabilities; partnering with Engineering, Architecture, and Design to deliver enterprise-grade features; and translating learner and business needs into technical requirements.…See more Requires 8+ years of product/technical product management experience with strong expertise in enterprise platforms, AI technologies (LLMs, agents, conversational systems), and complex system integration.

As a Qualcomm Software Engineering Intern, you'll develop and maintain software for wireless devices alongside world-class engineers. You'll apply your computer science or engineering degree to the full software development life cycle, working on Qualcomm's diverse software technologies.…See more The role requires 1+ years of programming experience in C, C++, or Python, with preferred skills in object-oriented design, distributed systems, networking protocols, and multi-threaded/multi-core programming. You must be available for 11–14 weeks during Summer 2027 and have an expected graduation date of November 2027 or later.

Lead large-scale technical program management across Petco's ecommerce, digital platforms, and veterinary services technology initiatives. Manage a team of TPMs and program managers, driving delivery using Agile and hybrid methodologies while ensuring alignment between technology investments and business outcomes.…See more Partner with engineering, product, and executive leadership to deliver complex enterprise initiatives involving cloud platforms, APIs, distributed systems, and customer-facing applications. Establish program governance, manage cross-functional dependencies, track KPIs, and ensure security, compliance, and operational readiness.

Senior Software Engineer leading integrations of third-party SDKs, APIs, and payloads into Firestorm OS, a Linux-based software platform for modular autonomous aircraft. You will own end-to-end integration of external systems from partners and government, work across avionics and autonomy stacks, develop integration tools, debug distributed systems, and ensure production-ready implementations.…See more Requires 5+ years of C++ software engineering, deep Linux expertise, networking knowledge, and experience integrating complex systems through APIs and SDKs.

Shield AI seeks an experienced SRE Lead to establish and mature reliability practices across Hivemind's cloud infrastructure and platform services. This hands-on technical role involves defining SLIs/SLOs, building monitoring and alerting systems, leading incident response, and driving root-cause analysis.…See more The SRE Lead will mentor teams, develop operational tooling in Python or Go, and partner with product and cloud engineering teams to embed reliability-first practices into system design and infrastructure provisioning.

Lead Shield AI's Shared Services Engineering team, building and operating common APIs, SDKs, and customer-facing applications across the product portfolio. This is a hands-on technical management role requiring 7+ years of software engineering experience including team leadership, where you'll guide architecture and delivery of full-stack systems, establish secure and versioned interfaces for internal and external customers, and balance roadmap priorities across product needs and operational health.See more

Lead engineering and data science roadmap for Teradata's AI Platform, overseeing architecture, LLM integrations, RAG pipelines, vector store implementations, and data science experimentation frameworks. Partner with product, research, and engineering teams to define requirements for predictive modeling, multi-agent collaboration, and tool orchestration.…See more Manage and mentor a team of backend engineers, data scientists, and AI platform specialists while driving technical excellence, cloud-native practices, and platform scalability.

Senior Software Engineer role focused on building scalable payment infrastructure and banking integrations. Responsibilities include designing and implementing core platform services and APIs, building secure integrations with financial institutions, ensuring high availability and system reliability, and collaborating across teams on fintech solutions.…See more Requires 5+ years of backend systems experience with strong proficiency in Java, Spring, Kubernetes, microservices architecture, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), plus understanding of payments processing, financial compliance, and security best practices.

Build and maintain a native Go-based Identity SDK with feature parity to existing authentication libraries, including Client Bearer Token validation, cryptographic signature verification, token expiration and revocation handling, and security header injection. Integrate token validation within Go-based service mesh and proxy environments (Envoy, Istio), design migration strategies with progressive rollouts and rollback capabilities, and conduct performance benchmarking and latency optimization.…See more Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver secure, scalable identity solutions and create technical documentation for adoption by engineering teams.

Senior Engineer, Software role focused on building and improving internal developer platforms, tools, and workflows at Shield AI. Responsibilities include bringing agentic AI into developer tooling, partnering with engineering teams to reduce friction, enabling collaboration through accessible tools and standards, and driving adoption through feedback and metrics.…See more The role requires 4+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated expertise in developer tools, backend services, APIs, and distributed systems, plus strong systems thinking and cross-team collaboration skills. At the Staff level, the role expands to leading cross-team initiatives and shaping organizational approach to developer productivity.

Staff Software Engineer role focused on building autonomous trajectory planning and motion control software for single and multi-agent systems. The engineer will develop reliable, maintainable C++ software with Python for prototyping and testing, diagnose complex algorithmic and software failures, and take features from ideation through flight testing.…See more Requires a Master's degree in computer science or robotics (or PhD) with 5+ years of professional experience building and debugging motion planning, robotics, or autonomous systems software. The role includes mentoring junior engineers and collaborating across teams to refine requirements and deliver scalable autonomy architectures.

Build safety-critical communication systems for uncrewed aircraft, architecting link management algorithms, network performance monitoring, and failover logic for robust data links between remote pilots and aircraft. Develop latency-sensitive software across bare-metal embedded systems, Linux environments, and cloud platforms, integrating third-party hardware/software and applying cryptography and network security best practices.…See more Requires 2+ years of systems-level C++ or Rust programming and professional experience with high-performance networking or cloud applications.

Design, build, and own backend services that ingest, process, and store real-time and historical vehicle telemetry at fleet scale for autonomous maritime vessels. Architect APIs exposing vehicle and mission data to internal tools and customer integrations, with focus on reliability and low latency.…See more Design data models and storage strategies for high-volume time-series and geospatial data, and improve scalability, observability, and reliability of existing backend systems as fleet size grows. Requires 8+ years backend engineering experience, strong proficiency in Python or Go, deep REST/streaming API design experience, relational database expertise (PostgreSQL preferred), and distributed systems knowledge.

Software Engineer responsible for the full software development lifecycle in a maritime cybersecurity environment, from requirements gathering through deployment. Must design and build scalable, distributed applications using Java, C#, Python, or C++, with strong expertise in cybersecurity principles, crypto/key management, network security, endpoint security, and computer network defense.…See more Role requires knowledge of serverless architecture, event-driven design, software testing, debugging, and code optimization, plus the ability to work with cross-functional teams including security specialists and end-users.

Senior Systems Engineer responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining production services supporting enterprise mail and messaging infrastructure. The role requires strong Linux administration, Python development, and expertise in email technologies (SMTP, message routing, authentication, anti-spam).…See more You will troubleshoot complex distributed systems issues, implement service integrations and operational tooling, drive medium-sized projects, and mentor junior engineers.

Staff Platform Engineer at Shield AI will design, build, and operate highly available infrastructure platforms supporting mission-critical systems across cloud and on-prem environments. Responsibilities include improving CI/CD pipelines, developer platform tooling, and automation frameworks; implementing scalable solutions for compute, networking, identity, and storage; and partnering with security teams to embed controls and compliance into platform architectures.…See more The role requires 8+ years of hands-on platform engineering, DevOps, or SRE experience with deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible), Linux systems, distributed systems, and scripting/programming languages (Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell).

Software Engineer II responsible for operating and improving large-scale data platforms (SQL, NoSQL, streaming, caching) with a focus on reliability, automation, and self-service infrastructure. The role involves building observability tooling, participating in on-call incident response, troubleshooting database and infrastructure issues, and collaborating across teams to deliver reliable stateful services.…See more Required skills include Go, Terraform, API design, Kubernetes, and hands-on experience with databases like Cassandra, Aurora, Kafka, Redis, and DynamoDB on AWS or GCP.

Software Engineer II responsible for operating and improving large-scale data platforms (SQL, NoSQL, streaming, caching) with a focus on reliability, automation, and developer experience. The role involves building self-service infrastructure tooling, contributing to observability and SLO definitions, participating in on-call rotations, and automating infrastructure provisioning using Terraform.…See more Requires 3+ years of software or infrastructure engineering experience, production Go development, hands-on Terraform expertise, and deep knowledge of distributed systems concepts and operational practices.

Shield AI seeks software engineer interns for a 10–12 week paid program, working on autonomous systems across applications, embedded firmware, machine learning, and systems development. Interns will analyze requirements, write production-quality code in languages like C++, Python, or Java, and ship real features using Agile practices alongside full-time engineers.…See more The role spans user-facing applications, embedded flight software, perception models, and platform tools that support autonomy pipelines. Candidates should have a strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, version control (Git), and collaborative development.

Lead Shield AI's Shared Services Engineering team as a technical manager responsible for building, hiring, and coaching engineers who deliver cross-product infrastructure, SDKs, APIs, and customer-facing systems. Define and execute the team's roadmap while remaining hands-on in architecture and complex engineering decisions, balancing customer needs, operational health, and long-term technical investment.…See more Establish secure, reliable, and well-documented interfaces for internal and external users, and communicate plans and tradeoffs across engineering, product, and leadership.

Shield AI seeks software engineering interns for a 10–12 week paid program working on autonomous systems across applications, embedded firmware, machine learning, and systems platforms. Interns will analyze requirements, write production-quality code, and ship real features alongside full-time engineers using Agile practices.…See more Candidates should have proficiency in modern programming languages (C, C++, Python, Java, or JavaScript), solid foundations in data structures and algorithms, version control experience, and strong problem-solving skills. The role offers hands-on mentorship and potential for a full-time offer upon completion.