Senior Backend Engineer — AI-Powered Cloud Platform

1 DexCom Inc; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits program

Career growth opportunities

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Dexcom is seeking an experienced software engineer to design and build cloud‑based backend systems powering AI‑augmented features. You will work with AI Platform Engineers on scalable services, APIs, and data pipelines, embracing modern DevOps and cloud practices.

You will engage across the full software lifecycle, integrating Firestore and Cloud SQL, Dockerized services, and CI/CD pipelines, while continuously improving reliability and efficiency in a high‑velocity environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and 13+ years of related experience, or Master’s with 8+ years (PhD route also mentioned).
• Experience building cloud-native backend services on GCP is required.
• Strong background in API design, testing, and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain cloud‑based backend systems including APIs, event‑driven services, and data pipelines using AI‑assisted development workflows.
• Work across the full software lifecycle: architecture, design, implementation, testing, performance tuning, and verification.
• Develop and integrate services with Firestore, Cloud SQL, and other GCP‑native components.
• Improve engineering processes through automation, observability, and cost optimization.
• Participate in code reviews and champion best practices in API design, security, testing, and cloud architecture.
• Learn and maintain internal applications, modernizing and refactoring where appropriate.

Skills

Python

Kotlin

Shell scripting

GCP

Pub/Sub

Kafka

Firestore

Cloud SQL

Docker

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

Master’s degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

GitHub

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Dexcom is seeking an experienced software engineer to design and build cloud‑based backend systems powering AI‑augmented features. You will work with AI Platform Engineers on scalable services, APIs, and data pipelines, embracing modern DevOps and cloud practices.

You will engage across the full software lifecycle, integrating Firestore and Cloud SQL, Dockerized services, and CI/CD pipelines, while continuously improving reliability and efficiency in a high‑velocity environment.