Staff SW Development Engineer

Dexcom • Remote California, CA

1d • $135,100 - $225,100 • Remote

About The Position

The Company Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health. We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us. Meet the team: In this role, you will be a key contributor within Dexcom’s System and Solution Organization, building the next generation of cloud‑native, data‑driven, and AI‑augmented platform capabilities.You will work closely with AI Platform Engineers to deliver scalable backend services, APIs, and the infrastructure powering Dexcom’s rapidly growing AI features. Our team develops at high velocity using modern AI‑assisted development tools while maintaining the reliability and regulatory discipline required for medical‑grade systems (ISO/FDA). If you enjoy solving complex problems, iterating quickly, and leveraging cutting‑edge engineering practices, you will thrive here.

Requirements

• Strong programming skills in Python, Kotlin, and shell scripting.
• Experience building distributed, cloud‑native backend services on GCP.
• Hands‑on experience with Pub/Sub and Kafka for messaging and streaming.
• Proficiency with Firestore and Cloud SQL for data persistence and querying.
• Experience building and deploying services using Docker and container‑based environments.
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly—especially AI‑assisted development tools.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑moving engineering environment with shifting priorities and multiple simultaneous projects.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain cloud‑based backend systems—including APIs, event‑driven services, and data pipelines—using AI‑assisted development workflows to increase speed and quality.
• Work across the full software lifecycle: architecture, design, implementation, automated testing, performance tuning, documentation, and verification.
• Develop and integrate services with Firestore, Cloud SQL, and other GCP‑native components.
• Improve engineering processes through automation, developer‑efficiency enhancements, monitoring/observability improvements, and cost‑optimization initiatives.
• Participate in code reviews and champion best practices in API design, security, testing, DevOps, and cloud architecture.
• Learn and maintain existing internal applications, modernizing and refactoring where appropriate.
• Diagnose and resolve issues alongside QA and SRE teams across lower environments and production.
• Use GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and JIRA to manage development and releases.
• Participate in on‑call rotations as required.

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