Senior Web Platform Developer
About The Position
Join Dexcom’s global web engineering team, building the digital experiences behind Dexcom.com and Stelo.com. The team’s work supports products that help people better understand and manage their health. The Senior Web Platform Developer is a hands-on individual contributor who builds reliable software and helps other engineers succeed. The role contributes to architecture and technical decisions, ships production code, improves testing and delivery practices, and works with business partners to translate needs into practical solutions. Technical leadership is provided through mentoring, thoughtful code reviews, and leading by example; the role does not manage direct reports. The position designs, develops, and maintains scalable applications and services using Python or JavaScript/TypeScript, including event-driven architectures and integrations. It helps shape technical designs and engineering standards, builds and improves CI/CD pipelines and automated testing, and develops and supports cloud-based solutions on Google Cloud Platform. The developer partners with Marketing and other business teams, collaborates with engineering teams across North America and overseas, works with platform vendors, supports planning and delivery, follows through on production issues and preventive improvements, and maintains technical documentation. The role is remote from a home office; living within commuting distance of an assigned Dexcom site is not required. A hybrid working environment may be available for people who live within typical commuting distance of a Dexcom site. Travel required is 0–5%.
Requirements
- Seven or more years of experience developing and delivering production software, including at least three years providing technical leadership or mentoring engineers.
- Strong proficiency in Python or JavaScript/TypeScript; the posting also states proficiency in both Python and JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Hands-on experience designing and working with event-driven architectures.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and working with a major cloud platform such as GCP or AWS.
- Experience collaborating with geographically distributed engineering teams.
- Strong communication skills and experience working directly with non-technical business stakeholders.
- Sound problem-solving skills, independent judgment, and ownership of work from implementation through production.
- Experience using Jira or a similar tool to plan and track engineering work.
- Typically, a bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and 5–8 years of related experience, or a master’s degree and 2–5 years of equivalent industry experience, or a PhD and 0–2 years of experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with React, Node.js, Django, or Flask.
- Experience with cloud services such as Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Secret Manager, or comparable AWS services.
- Experience with automated testing, application security, dependency scanning, and secrets management.
- Experience developing software in healthcare, medical-device, or other regulated environments.
- Experience with AWS is valued.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable applications and services using Python or JavaScript/TypeScript, including event-driven architectures and integrations.
- Contribute to technical designs and engineering standards while balancing business needs with maintainability, security, and reliability.
- Mentor engineers and provide constructive code reviews.
- Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment practices to make releases safer and more repeatable.
- Develop and support cloud-based solutions on Google Cloud Platform.
- Partner with Marketing and other business teams to clarify requirements, evaluate trade-offs, and communicate technical concepts clearly.
- Collaborate with engineers across North America and overseas teams to support delivery across time zones.
- Work with platform vendors to resolve issues, improve service quality, and advocate for Dexcom’s needs.
- Contribute to planning and delivery, identify risks early, and follow through on production issues and preventive improvements.
- Maintain technical documentation that enables teammates and new hires to understand, operate, and extend systems.
Benefits
- A full and comprehensive benefits program.
- Growth opportunities on a global scale.
- Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
- A front-row seat to life-changing CGM technology and the Dexcom Warriors community.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
