Senior Staff Cloud-Native Backend Architect (AI-Driven)

Dexcom; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Global growth opportunities

Career development programs

Job summary

Dexcom is hiring a senior backend leader within the System and Solution Organization to architect and evolve cloud-native platforms powering our CGM and AI features. You will drive technical strategy across multiple teams, champion scalable event-driven design using Pub/Sub, Kafka, and Firestore/Cloud SQL on GCP, and guide modernization, security, and cost optimization.

Remote/hybrid work in the US is available.

Qualifications

• Expertise in building large-scale cloud-native backend systems.
• Strong leadership and ability to influence architectural decisions across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, and evolution of scalable cloud-native backend platforms and data systems.
• Drive technical strategy and engineering excellence across multiple teams.
• Champion AI-assisted software development practices and establish standards for velocity and quality.
• Provide technical leadership from design through deployment and operation.
• Design and optimize distributed systems leveraging GCP services for scalability and cost efficiency.
• Mentor senior engineers and drive improvements in developer experience and observability.

Skills

Backend development

Python

Kotlin

Distributed systems

Event-driven architectures

Pub/Sub

Kafka

Firestore

Cloud SQL

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

AI-assisted development

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline

Master’s degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Pub/Sub

Kafka

Firestore

Cloud SQL

Google Cloud Platform

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Dexcom is hiring a senior backend leader within the System and Solution Organization to architect and evolve cloud-native platforms powering our CGM and AI features. You will drive technical strategy across multiple teams, champion scalable event-driven design using Pub/Sub, Kafka, and Firestore/Cloud SQL on GCP, and guide modernization, security, and cost optimization.

Remote/hybrid work in the US is available.