Top Remote Software Engineer Jobs in San Francisco, CA

Leads technical vision and hands-on engineering for customer resiliency platforms. Designs scalable, operable systems; modernizes monoliths into microservices and event-driven architectures; establishes API, architecture, coding, and design standards; and drives cross-divisional technology initiatives. The role mentors engineers, influences senior leaders, supports platform strategy, communicates technical knowledge, and contributes across the full software development lifecycle.

Build and own backend services and APIs for Gusto Retirement’s money movement and financial infrastructure. The role covers payments, settlements, reconciliation, payroll integrations, compliance workflows, billing, and retirement products. Responsibilities include shipping reliable production code, debugging issues, improving observability and operational tooling, partnering cross-functionally, and mentoring engineers. Candidates should have substantial software engineering experience, financial systems exposure, end-to-end ownership, and Ruby on Rails or comparable backend framework experience.

Senior software engineer responsible for owning commercial navigation features from design through production, spanning mobile applications, backend services, and web experiences. The role involves building reliable, customer-facing navigation capabilities for commercial fleets, improving observability and testing, defining success metrics, and collaborating with product, design, Maps, Telematics, and adjacent engineering teams. Candidates should have strong software engineering experience across multiple product surfaces, with mobile development and logistics, industrial IoT, geospatial, or mapping expertise preferred.

Lead online services for a AAA cross-platform free-to-play game: set technical vision, manage Backend and Build Engineering, own release management, launch readiness, CI/CD and submission pipelines, observability and incident response, partner with Product/Analytics for experimentation and telemetry, and direct frontend online systems (authentication, matchmaking, social, commerce, player safety).

The role focuses on backend services and Unity tooling for live operations, including workflows, API design, and internal tools to enhance game performance and reliability.

As a Software Engineer, you'll improve Ruby practices, create tooling, aid in onboarding, and mentor developers at Chime.

Lead the design, development, deployment, and operation of Azure regional networking infrastructure spanning router hardware, SONiC, optical systems, and distributed orchestration. Develop maintainable code, improve reliability and observability, apply AI-driven engineering, coordinate cross-functional projects, and provide technical leadership across engineering, hardware, supply chain, datacenter operations, research, and external partners.

Lead fullstack engineering for GitLab’s purchase experience, building Ruby on Rails and Vue.js features across checkout, subscriptions, promotions, billing, and CRM integrations. Set technical direction, mentor engineers, uphold quality and rollout standards, reduce architectural risk, participate in incident response, and partner with Product, Design, Billing, and Support to deliver reliable, secure, revenue-critical purchasing workflows.

Implement enterprise EDI and integration solutions for clients by analyzing requirements, mapping data, configuring and deploying solutions, and documenting business processes. The role develops expertise in Cleo Integration Suite, APIs, communication protocols, ERP integrations, and automation while collaborating with customers and internal teams. It also involves using AI tools to accelerate coding, documentation, testing, troubleshooting, and project delivery.

Owns company-critical, long-term technical problems across multiple teams and organizations. Defines technical strategy, architecture, engineering standards, and roadmaps for customer-facing systems serving hundreds of millions of users. Remains hands-on in software development, leads AI adoption and production AI capabilities, resolves complex technical decisions, and partners with senior product, engineering, and executive leaders.