Staff Software Developer

Dexcom • Remote California, CA

1d • $116,600 - $194,400 • Remote

About The Position

At Dexcom, we're revolutionizing diabetes care with cutting-edge continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology that empowers people to live more freely and confidently. As a Staff Software Developer, you'll join a passionate, collaborative team obsessed with innovation and patient-centricity—where the software you build has a direct, tangible impact on people's lives. If you love leading talented engineers, solving hard problems before they become problems, and delivering high-quality software that matters, this is your team.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software development experience, including at least 3 years leading small development teams.
• Strong proficiency in either Python or JavaScript-experience with both is highly desirable.
• Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures.
• Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines on cloud platforms (GCP or AWS).
• Experience working with and managing overseas teams, and collaborating with Marketing and other non-IT business partners.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills, along with strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
• Proficient working within a JIRA-centric workflow and comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with specific GCP or AWS services (e.g., serverless functions)
• Experience with frameworks relevant to your language (e.g., React, Node.js, Django, Flask)
• Experience with security best practices and tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a small team of developers, providing guidance, code reviews, and support to ensure the team delivers high-quality, well-documented code that meets established standards.
• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable software applications using Python or JavaScript, with a strong focus on event-driven architectures.
• Champion coding standards, best practices, and deployment processes, driving initiatives that improve code quality, security posture, and overall development efficiency.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient and reliable software releases.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of cloud-based solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Collaborate closely with Marketing and other non-IT business partners, translating their needs into technical requirements and communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Partner with vendors to optimize platform utilization and advocate assertively for the services and outcomes Dexcom needs.
• Collaborate with and help manage teams in overseas locations, and anticipate potential problems, proactively implementing solutions before issues arise.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior