system-design jobs in San Diego

Senior software engineer responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining cloud-based backend systems and data pipelines for medical device software at Dexcom. You'll build distributed systems, APIs, and ETL/ELT pipelines that ingest and transform large-scale data, integrate AI insights, and serve internal systems and external partners.…See more The role requires 5–8 years of experience with general-purpose programming (Java/Kotlin/Scala preferred), cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD, and data platform architecture, with mentorship of junior engineers expected.

Staff-level backend engineer responsible for designing and maintaining statistical capacity models that forecast infrastructure resource needs (CPU, memory, connections, ElasticCache, DynamoDB, AuroraDB) to support traffic demands during peak sales events. Sets technical strategy for the team, collaborates across product and analytics to ensure system sustainability, owns operational excellence including monitoring and on-call processes, and establishes code review and design standards.…See more Requires 8+ years building highly available distributed systems at scale using Python or Kotlin, AWS, MySQL, Spark, and Kubernetes, with proven experience scaling systems for major sales events like Prime Day and Black Friday.

Senior Software Engineer responsible for integrating autonomous systems into Shield AI's platform, working across multiple engineering disciplines to ensure seamless operation of autonomy components. The role involves architecting integration solutions, collaborating with autonomy, platform, and infrastructure teams, and maintaining system reliability at scale.…See more Requires expertise in software architecture, system design, and hands-on development of integration layers and interfaces.

Senior Software Engineer responsible for designing and communicating architectural decisions across technical and non-technical teams at a healthcare technology company. Will reduce technical debt, improve developer experience, provide code and design reviews, and mentor engineers in AI-enabled development practices.…See more Requires 8+ years of software engineering experience with strong fundamentals in production systems, APIs, distributed systems, cloud-native applications, CI/CD, and observability. Should demonstrate leadership in technical initiatives, influence without formal authority, and hands-on proficiency with AI-assisted development tools while maintaining code quality accountability.

MaXentric seeks an embedded software engineer to develop and optimize software for custom processor architectures supporting defense and commercial applications. The role involves low-level programming, system design, performance tuning, and collaboration with hardware teams to transition research prototypes into production DoD systems.…See more Candidates will work across the full stack from embedded systems to application-level software, with emphasis on security, software-defined networking, and software-defined radio in highly constrained environments.

This is a 10-week summer internship where students will work with senior architects to design cloud and AI solutions for San Diego County services. Interns will create system diagrams, architecture patterns, and AWS-based designs under the AI-DLC framework, learning how enterprise systems are architected before implementation.…See more The role requires understanding of software design and cloud computing fundamentals, with the ability to create technical diagrams and explain design decisions.

Staff Data Engineer at Qualcomm responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable batch and streaming data pipelines on AWS and Databricks. Develop reusable data engineering frameworks, libraries, and templates while implementing AI-driven automation for schema inference, data quality checks, pipeline orchestration, and self-healing mechanisms.…See more Lead reliability and operations efforts by defining SLIs/SLOs, participating in incident response, and driving performance tuning and cost optimization. Mentor junior engineers, collaborate across analytics and platform teams, and drive adoption of standardized data frameworks and best practices.

The SOC Platform Architect will work with hardware designers to gather and analyze power estimation data for Qualcomm SoC infrastructure IPs (interconnect, system cache, memory controllers, MMU), identify architectural bottlenecks and bugs, and propose optimizations. The role requires deep ASIC design and computer architecture expertise, along with understanding of system-level design, hardware-software trade-offs, and complete silicon design flows.…See more The candidate will coordinate with domain leads to ensure robust infrastructure deployment aligned with product requirements. Required background: 7+ years ASIC design/verification (or 5+ with a master's degree).

Senior Staff Software Engineer leading design and delivery of multi-tenant, distributed data platform services on Kubernetes at scale. You will mentor mid-level and junior engineers, architect highly available stateful workloads (databases, message queues, caches), and integrate AI into infrastructure and operational workflows.…See more The role requires 8+ years building production distributed systems, deep expertise in Kubernetes and at least one hyperscaler (AWS, Azure, GCP), and hands-on experience operating services like Postgres, Kafka, or Redis at scale with explicit HA, failover, and durability targets.

Staff Engineer responsible for designing and building scalable test automation frameworks and CI/CD infrastructure for machine-learning systems at scale. The role requires expertise validating ML quality across the full lifecycle (data, training, evaluation, packaging, deployment, monitoring), GPU-accelerated workloads in Kubernetes, and integrated hardware-software systems.…See more You will develop automated evaluation suites, performance baselines, release thresholds, and observability solutions while mentoring teams on ML testing best practices and dependency/reproducibility standards.

Principal Engineer leading AI-native application development across Intuit's products (TurboTax, Credit Karma). Drives end-to-end technology initiatives, designs scalable distributed systems, and applies AI/LLM technologies to customer problems.…See more Requires 8+ years developing software for large enterprises, 5+ years designing complex distributed systems, full-stack development experience with AI tools, and proficiency across front-end (React, Angular, SwiftUI, Kotlin), back-end (Java, TypeScript, Spring, Express), and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP).

Lead product strategy and roadmap for AI-centric data center platforms and rack-level systems, including compute nodes, interconnect fabrics, power delivery, and cooling. Define system-level requirements by collaborating with silicon architects, systems engineers, and software teams while engaging directly with hyperscale and enterprise customers to gather feedback and drive early deployments.…See more Track product performance post-launch across system metrics like power efficiency and thermal headroom, and mentor a high-performing product management team.

As a Senior AI Engineer at Teradata, you will design and build agent-based AI solutions that enhance developer productivity, working on AI agents and platforms across the Software Development Lifecycle. You'll develop scalable, reliable systems with strong proficiency in backend technologies (Java, Go, Python), design RESTful APIs, work with SQL/NoSQL databases, and apply AI/ML technologies including agentic AI and LLMs.…See more The role requires 5+ years of experience in backend services, distributed systems, or data platform development, with hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud platforms. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and stay current with emerging AI/ML and cloud-native technologies.

Lead and manage a team of IT engineers while driving the design, development, and implementation of IT infrastructure, systems, and applications. Ensure IT solutions align with company objectives, maintain engineering standards and policies, and optimize system performance and security.…See more Collaborate cross-functionally to understand IT requirements and evaluate emerging technologies for adoption. Monitor vendor relationships, manage contracts, and lead initiatives to enhance IT capabilities and competitiveness.

Staff Software Engineer responsible for GPU driver development on Google Pixel devices, including kernel and user-space graphics driver stacks. Requires 8+ years of low-level systems programming (C++/C), 5+ years of device driver development, and 3+ years of technical leadership experience.…See more Role involves developing new GPU features, performance optimization, silicon bring-up, and providing technical direction to distributed teams across Android, Pixel, and Silicon organizations.

Lead and manage a team of IT engineers while driving the design, implementation, and maintenance of IT infrastructure, systems, and applications. Responsibilities include planning scalable and secure IT solutions, collaborating across departments to understand technical requirements, evaluating emerging technologies, establishing engineering standards and procedures, monitoring system performance, and managing vendor relationships.…See more Requires 5+ years of IT engineering experience with a focus on system design and infrastructure management, plus 2+ years in a leadership/managerial role.

Lead the design and implementation of AI-assisted HR systems at ServiceNow, owning agentic workflows, evaluation infrastructure, and production safety mechanisms for large-language-model-powered employee-relations features. You will author and refine prompts and agent instructions, build multi-turn evaluation suites with drift detection and CI gating, and ensure entitlement-aware data handling across retrieval and tool layers.…See more Collaborate across product and engineering to translate business requirements into robust technical designs, and drive hands-on integration, migration, and incident resolution on customer-facing systems. Requires 10+ years of software engineering with direct production LLM experience, orchestration migrations, system design rigor, and proficiency in Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, and React.

Principal System Architect role responsible for defining mobile SoC and chipset product architecture, managing trade-offs across CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, AI engines, memory subsystems, power delivery, and interconnects. Will collaborate cross-functionally with core IP, hardware design, software, and product teams to align roadmaps, set priorities, and communicate architectural decisions to technical and executive stakeholders.…See more Requires 8+ years of semiconductor product development experience, 5+ years in technical leadership, and comfort with large data sets and strategic problem-solving from undefined requirements.

Senior systems software engineer focused on power optimization for Snapdragon mobile SoCs. The role spans hardware-software integration across firmware, Linux kernel, and Android, requiring expertise in low-power design, DVFS, scheduler optimization, and post-silicon power debugging.…See more Responsibilities include prototyping power features from pre-silicon through productization, executing power KPI optimization across real workloads, and building power telemetry and analysis infrastructure. Strong foundation in computer architecture, embedded systems, and OS fundamentals required; hands-on firmware and Linux kernel development experience essential.

Staff Software Engineer role leading technical strategy and architecture for TurboTax and Tax Experiences products at Intuit. You'll drive end-to-end technology initiatives across customer-facing and backend systems, architecting highly scalable applications that handle massive seasonal traffic while integrating AI capabilities like intelligent guidance and document extraction.…See more Responsibilities include setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, designing resilient distributed systems, and collaborating cross-functionally with product, design, data science, and compliance teams to solve complex tax fintech problems at scale.

Qualcomm seeks an embedded software engineer to design, develop, and validate real-time sensors software for mobile and IoT devices. You will architect scalable, high-performance systems integrating sensors, audio, location, camera, and connectivity technologies, working cross-functionally with hardware and systems teams.…See more The role requires proficiency in C/C++, embedded RTOS, Linux/Android, and software debugging tools, with potential contributions in digital signal processing, machine learning, and AI. You will manage complex projects independently, optimize performance, and produce technical documentation while ensuring architectural decisions align with business and technical requirements.

Staff Backend Engineer to design and build the core backend of Crucible, Firestorm's production planning and execution software. You will own system models representing production state (materials, inventory, resources, work), design for distributed operation across cloud, factory, and air-gapped deployments, and build durable integrations with PLM, ERP, quality, and optimization systems.…See more The role requires 8+ years shipping backend or distributed systems in production, strong relational data modeling and API design, and experience with complex state, workflows, and synchronization challenges. You'll partner on architecture, improve observability and reliability, and help raise the engineering bar across the team.

Senior Software Engineer role focused on developing and maintaining ServiceNow's server-side JavaScript engine and runtime systems. Responsible for optimizing execution engines, memory management, and performance at the systems level while owning code from design through production delivery.…See more Requires deep expertise in compiler and runtime systems, distributed systems, and backend programming, with opportunities to mentor colleagues and architect scalable, modular solutions for the platform.

Lead Software Engineer role at Petco requiring 8+ years of software engineering experience and leadership of end-to-end development projects. Responsibilities include architecting scalable systems, conducting code reviews, mentoring junior developers, and collaborating with product and cross-functional teams.…See more Required expertise in one or more of Java, C++, or Python, with strong understanding of design patterns, version control, and software best practices.

Software engineer responsible for the full software development lifecycle in a maritime cybersecurity environment, from requirements gathering through deployment. Design and develop scalable, distributed applications using Java, C#, Python, C++, and serverless architecture while applying cryptography, network security, endpoint security, and computer network defense principles.…See more Write clean, well-documented code; test and debug applications; and collaborate with security specialists, clients, and technical stakeholders to deliver defensive capabilities and situational awareness tools.