system-design jobs in San Diego

Senior embedded software engineer role developing mission-critical firmware for Amazon's Leo satellite constellation. Responsibilities include architecting ASIC firmware, RF communication subsystems, secure boot operations, real-time embedded software, and hardware interfaces using protocols like I2C, SPI, UART, and Ethernet.…See more The role requires security-by-design principles, threat modeling, secure coding practices, and collaboration with hardware architects and systems engineers to bring custom silicon from concept through secure bring-up and production integration.

The Senior Systems Engineer will design, develop, and support communications and encryption devices, providing technical expertise in cryptographic technologies and deployment strategies. Responsibilities include advising on cryptographic equipment deployment, analyzing emerging threats, conducting technical analysis of cryptographic products for acquisition decisions, liaising with vendors on device lifecycle, and supporting leadership with briefings and fielding decisions.…See more The role requires 5–15 years of cybersecurity, systems engineering, or network security experience, along with strong analytical, problem-solving, and written communication skills. A bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field is required.

Senior Software Engineer with 4+ years of full-stack development experience to design, build, and scale PrecisePK's clinical software platform. The role requires technical leadership within a small engineering team, mentoring fellow developers, and taking ownership of full-stack applications including database integration, APIs, and feature development.…See more Responsibilities include system architecture improvements, deployment support, and cross-functional collaboration with product and business stakeholders on roadmap prioritization. Required skills include Node.js, React.js, AWS or Docker, strong computer science fundamentals, and the ability to produce clear technical documentation.

Lead the architectural design of server-side, backend, and cloud platform capabilities supporting Dexcom's continuous glucose monitoring products. Collaborate across product, cybersecurity, firmware, data, and mobile teams to translate business and regulatory requirements into secure, scalable, and maintainable platform solutions.…See more Establish architectural direction for distributed services, APIs, data pipelines, event-driven systems, and shared platform capabilities. Guide technology exploration, system integration, performance testing, and serve as an authority for platform architecture principles and modern backend development practices across the organization.

As Vence Collar Tech Lead, you will provide technical leadership for an animal wearable device (collar) from concept through mass production. You'll lead technical design, system architecture, and cross-functional execution across electronics, embedded software, RF communications, and validation.…See more You'll own collar-specific performance metrics (battery life, field failure rates, manufacturability, cost) and collaborate with product, R&D, NPI, operations, and manufacturing partners to deliver a technically robust, scalable solution for real-world farm environments.

Lead Veracyte's Quality Engineering Platform team as Manager of Software Test Automation, defining quality strategy and building scalable automation frameworks that enable product teams to own software quality. Manage a team of SDETs, Automation Engineers, and Quality Platform Engineers to develop self-service testing platforms, reusable automation libraries, and AI-assisted quality tools supporting unit, integration, API, UI, end-to-end, regression, performance, security, and compliance testing.…See more Establish modern engineering practices, quality standards, and reference architectures across the organization while fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. Drive Veracyte's strategy for AI throughout the software testing lifecycle, including automated test generation, regression analysis, defect classification, and synthetic test data creation.

Qualcomm seeks a Staff Embedded Software Engineer (6+ years) to design, implement, and maintain real-time operating system (RTOS) software components across QuRT OS and Zephyr RTOS platforms deployed on Qualcomm SoCs. You will own complex system-level issues, lead feature design from requirements through deployment, perform deep root-cause analysis on crashes and traces, and collaborate across hardware, systems, validation, and software teams.…See more The role emphasizes technical leadership, ownership of large technical areas, and raising team quality through example while leveraging modern development tools and automation. Strong hands-on experience with RTOS concepts, C/C++, low-level system software, and embedded development is required.

Lead Software Engineer managing a team of cloud engineers with technical mentorship, career guidance, and performance management responsibilities. The role involves defining and executing a cloud technical roadmap aligned with business goals, architecting high-availability and scalable systems on Google Cloud Platform, and supporting machine learning workloads and data ingestion at scale.…See more Requires 10+ years of software engineering experience, 3+ years in cloud architecture or distributed systems, and 3+ years of technical leadership.

Design and implement software integrations connecting lab automation infrastructure (liquid handlers, plate readers, robotic workstations, analytical instruments) with orchestration layers and digital workflows. Build production-grade Python applications and containerized services using Docker and Kubernetes, deploy CI/CD pipelines, and maintain LIMS integrations.…See more Explore AI-driven decision-making and autonomous orchestration capabilities, staying current with LLM tooling and agent frameworks. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the automation engineering team while shaping the roadmap for closed-loop autonomous discovery systems.

Staff Site Reliability Engineer at SHEIN responsible for operating and evolving large-scale, mission-critical production systems with 24/7/365 on-call participation. Design, build, and maintain observability solutions (metrics, logs, traces, alerting) with AI-powered anomaly detection; own and operate core open-source infrastructure (APISIX, Nginx, Kubernetes, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Redis, Consul, Etcd, Zookeeper).…See more Automate operational workflows, reduce incident frequency and MTTR, and provide technical leadership across global engineering teams. Requires strong software engineering skills, deep Linux/networking/distributed systems expertise, and passion for solving problems at scale.