#Software Engineer – Senior Engineer

Qualcomm•San Diego, CA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship. Come work with us in beautiful and sunny San Diego on impactful web and platform development projects! The QCT Software Automation and Tools (QSWAT) group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help design, develop, test, and maintain web‑based and cloud‑hosted tools that form part of Qualcomm’s cloud‑based software automation and CI/CD ecosystem, enabling internal engineering teams to build, integrate, and release high‑quality software at scale. In this role, you will own and deliver moderately complex systems, collaborate across teams, and contribute to technical direction while remaining hands‑on. As a Senior Engineer, you will work with a high degree of autonomy on the design, development, testing, deployment, and operational readiness of production systems. You will own and deliver moderately complex services and features end to end, solving open‑ended problems and making pragmatic technical decisions that balance quality, scalability, and delivery. Our team builds modern, AI‑enhanced applications following a microservices architecture with event‑driven, CQRS, and domain‑driven design patterns. You will work across the full stack — React/TypeScript monorepo frontends deployed via Kubernetes and CloudFront, .NET Core and Python backend services, SQL Server and Redis data stores, and AWS cloud infrastructure managed with Terraform. You will leverage AI tooling (e.g. MCP servers) to accelerate development and integrate AI capabilities (RAG, LLM APIs) into our platform. You will collaborate closely with engineers, product partners, and stakeholders across teams and geographic locations. As a senior member of the team, you will contribute to improving system architecture, development workflows, and CI/CD pipelines, and you will mentor junior engineers through example, code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance — raising the overall engineering bar while remaining hands‑on.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Nice To Haves

5+ years of industry or equivalent software development experience (or strong equivalent combination of academic and professional work)
Proven experience delivering and supporting production software systems
Strong understanding of object‑oriented design and programming concepts
Proficiency in TypeScript and React, with hands‑on experience building modern single‑page applications (React Router v7, Vite, TanStack Query)
Backend development experience using C# (.NET Core) or Python within medium‑to‑large‑scale codebases
Experience building or maintaining microservices and RESTful APIs with proper versioning, error handling, and OpenAPI documentation
Practical experience with Git, GitHub, and collaborative development workflows (pull requests, code reviews, branching strategies)
Strong experience with relational databases, particularly SQL Server (schema design, query optimization, stored procedures)
Experience developing software that is built, tested, and released through CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines)
Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes), including Helm charts and deployment strategies
Exposure to cloud computing platforms, particularly AWS (EKS, S3, CloudFront, ALB)
Experience with architectural patterns: microservices, event‑driven architecture, CQRS, domain‑driven design
Hands‑on experience with the modern React ecosystem: Jotai/Zustand for state management, React Hook Form + Zod, Turborepo monorepo
Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform) and Kubernetes package management (Helm, Kustomize)
Familiarity with observability tooling: OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, structured logging
Experience with or strong interest in AI/LLM integration: prompt engineering, RAG patterns, MCP (Model Context Protocol), Claude API
Experience with AI‑assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot) and willingness to adopt AI‑augmented workflows
Experience with Redis or other caching solutions
Familiarity with security practices: threat modeling, security scanning, OWASP top 10
Testing experience with modern frameworks: Vitest (unit), Playwright (E2E), MSW (API mocking)
Experience with feature flag systems (e.g., OpenFeature) for progressive rollouts

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and maintain moderately complex web applications and backend services in a cloud‑based environment
Own features or services end‑to‑end, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operational support
Break down ambiguous or loosely defined requirements into concrete technical solutions
Contribute to and review software designs, API contracts, and architectural decisions aligned with team patterns (microservices, CQRS, event‑driven architecture, DDD)
Build and maintain React/TypeScript frontend applications using the team’s validated stack (React Router v7 or TanStack Start, Vite, Jotai, TanStack Query, QUI component library)
Develop backend services in .NET Core and Python, applying design patterns documented in team standards
Design and optimize SQL Server schemas, queries, and data access patterns; leverage Redis for server‑side caching
Improve CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm), and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Terraform)
Integrate AI capabilities into the platform, including LLM APIs, MCP servers, RAG pipelines, and AI‑assisted development workflows
Implement observability using OpenTelemetry (distributed tracing, metrics, logging) and support operational readiness
Participate in code reviews and help raise engineering quality, consistency, and security posture
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to less experienced engineers
Document designs, decisions, and operational considerations clearly and thoroughly