Sr. Software Development Engineer

Renesas Electronics•Los Angeles, CA

9h•$164,000 - $178,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr. Software Development Engineer on the Duro Design team builds and ships product experiences that hardware engineers rely on every day. This role involves working across a modern stack—from frontend interfaces to backend architecture—to deliver elegant, performant, and scalable solutions. This role partners closely with product, design, and engineering teammates in a fast-moving, highly autonomous environment. The company is looking for engineers who think end-to-end, embrace experimentation, and leverage modern AI-powered workflows to move with speed and precision. This is a hybrid role based in Los Angeles, CA, requiring 3 days per week in the office. Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier,’ offering scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on a broad product portfolio. With a diverse team of over 22,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, Renesas aims to expand boundaries, offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization, and design sustainable, power-efficient solutions.

Requirements

5–12 years of professional software engineering experience with a demonstrated track record of shipping production-grade products
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
Strong foundation in TypeScript and React
Experience working with design systems such as Ant Design, Material UI, or similar
Backend experience with Node.js, NestJS, and GraphQL
Experience working with PostgreSQL and ORMs such as TypeORM or Prisma
Strong architectural thinking and ability to design scalable systems
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Comfort operating in autonomous, fast-paced environments
A product mindset with the ability to navigate the full feature lifecycle

Nice To Haves

Experience building PLM, PDM, or hardware/manufacturing industry software
Background with AWS infrastructure
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or Terraform
Familiarity with event-driven systems (NATS, Redis, Kafka)
Testing experience using Vitest, Jest, or Playwright
Experience working in AI-augmented development environments

Responsibilities

Decompose product requirements into well-structured tasks and own delivery from concept through production release.
Build across our stack (TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, React, Apollo GraphQL, PostgreSQL, AWS) to deliver scalable, high-quality software.
Partner with product and design teams to translate user needs into thoughtful, intuitive, and performant experiences.
Architect, implement, test, deploy, and measure features with a focus on long-term maintainability and system integrity.
Instrument features using PostHog, run experiments, analyze real user data, and iterate based on measurable outcomes.
Leverage modern AI development workflows to increase velocity, structure context effectively, and deliver production-ready systems.
Identify opportunities to refine architecture, improve performance, and scale systems while maintaining engineering excellence.