Top Software Engineer Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Design, implement, and operate critical, highly scalable backend services (identity, friend graph, persistence). Collaborate across teams, build and test distributed systems, ensure availability and operational excellence, use AI tools to accelerate development, and participate in incident response and debugging.

Design and scale technical systems supporting advertiser acquisition, activation, retention, and growth. Build orchestration layers integrating CRM, BigQuery, Ads APIs, experimentation infrastructure, personalization, communications, signals, and automation tools. Translate GTM objectives into scalable systems and measurable outcomes while partnering across Sales, Growth, BI, Finance, Product, and Engineering. Recruit and lead technically fluent teams, manage roadmaps, and communicate adoption, ROI, and business impact to executives.

Build and ship automation systems powering Snap’s long-tail advertiser growth across acquisition, activation, retention, and expansion. Integrate CRM, BigQuery, Ads APIs, and other data platforms; develop personalized recommendations and multichannel outreach; automate workflows; and use behavioral and performance data for decisioning. Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Sales, Finance, and Business Intelligence, while mentoring peers and communicating outcomes to leadership.

Leads multiple software engineering teams and managers responsible for scaling B2B SaaS products. The role combines people management, technical leadership, recruiting, mentoring, performance development, and engineering culture improvement. Responsibilities include promoting software quality, automated testing, CI/CD, DevOps, Agile practices, and cross-functional collaboration with product, QA, security, sales, marketing, HR, and customer success teams.

Lead delivery of Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Sites and Assets solutions: manage client relationships, ensure quality, mentor junior staff, design components and workflows, resolve dependencies, support testing and releases, and translate product objectives into solution designs.

Designs, develops, tests, integrates, debugs, and maintains non-embedded software for classified defense programs. Translates customer requirements into software architectures, interfaces, algorithms, and designs; supports system integration and lifecycle processes. The role also handles technical issues, improves development processes and metrics, conducts software research, and ensures compliance with quality, safety, regulatory, and customer standards. Work involves Java, ReactJS, DevOps tools, Agile methodologies, and classified-program environments.

Embed with customers to integrate and deploy Revel's platform: write production code, connect to hardware (sensors, actuators, test stands), build dashboards, troubleshoot in-field, translate feedback to product, and partner with internal teams. Requires frequent travel (30–50%) and deep technical customer relationships.

Design, build, test, and operate mission operations software for the Mars 2028 spacecraft, including command generation, validation, sequencing, telemetry processing, data dissemination, interfaces, visualization, and data pipelines. Develop automated testing and validation frameworks, support simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing, document external APIs and data formats, and collaborate with mission operations, flight software, instrument teams, and external partners. Shift work and on-call availability are required during critical mission phases.

Leads architecture, development, and optimization of integration and data platforms. Responsibilities include API and service design, database optimization, observability, testing, cloud infrastructure, event-driven systems, technical strategy, engineering initiatives, mentoring, and cross-team technical leadership.

Develop and maintain distributed spacecraft ground control software in Elixir, including satellite command and control, mission planning, mission data processing, and data analysis systems. Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews while collaborating across engineering disciplines. The role involves solving greenfield problems involving resilient, fault-tolerant, concurrent, and real-time distributed systems.

Own the architecture and technical direction of Metropolis Recognition Platform, including edge-to-cloud pipelines, identity resolution, real-time decisioning, privacy and consent models, observability, and progressive delivery. Lead cross-functional alignment across engineering, computer vision, data, security, platform teams, and partners. Establish RFCs, SLOs, testing standards, operational practices, and architectural best practices while mentoring engineers and managing high-scale distributed systems.

Leads enterprise software architecture across Red 6’s AR defense products and future platforms. Defines architecture roadmaps, governance, engineering standards, modernization initiatives, and secure cloud, edge, embedded, real-time, AI/ML, simulation, and mission software architectures. Partners with engineering, product, systems, program, and executive teams; guides integrated hardware/software systems, aircraft and avionics integration, digital engineering, risk mitigation, customer engagements, staffing, and mentorship. Ensures scalable, secure, reliable, maintainable, and mission-ready software ecosystems.