Senior SW Development Engineer

Dexcom Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Global growth opportunities

Career development programs

Innovative CGM technology focus

Job summary

Dexcom Inc. is hiring for a platform-focused software engineer to build low-latency, fault-tolerant shared services and APIs delivering healthcare data. You’ll join a multi-disciplinary team practicing Agile methods, gathering requirements, and interfacing with product managers and customers.

The role emphasizes cloud-based development, frontend and backend work, and deployment automation within a distributed environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and 5–8 years of related experience, or Master’s with 2–5 years of experience, or PhD with 0–2 years.
• Experience building cloud-based, full-stack applications with modern authentication (OAuth/OpenID/SAML).
• Proficient in Kotlin/Java and frontend frameworks (Angular/JS/TS).

Responsibilities

• Develop cloud-based APIs and web interfaces for healthcare data delivery.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and customers to gather requirements.
• Participate in Agile processes, design reviews, and on-call rotations.

Skills

Full stack development

Cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP)

OAuth 2.0/OpenId/SAML

Kotlin

Java

Angular

JavaScript

TypeScript

Scala

NoSQL databases (Cassandra/MongoDB/Dyn

RDBMS (MySQL/Postgres/Oracle)

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Master's degree in a technical discipline

PhD in a technical field

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

DynamoDB

Cassandra

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Job description

Meet the team

The Platform Service team builds low latency, fault tolerant shared services and APIs to meet various business and customer needs. Your role will involve building applications to delivery customer healthcare data, handle customer onboarding and account management, and integrate to hospital and partner solutions, ensuring Dexcom remains the most connected CGM.

Where you come in

You will be joining the development of cloud-based software systems (APIs and Websites) as part of a multi-disciplinary team that works with an Agile methodology that integrates design, development, testing, and quality control. Participate in and drive gathering and documentation of technical requirements

• Directly interface with product managers, tech support, and customers occasionally, gaining an understanding of customer needs, providing support (both integration/onboarding and sustaining), and sharing customer feedback with the greater team


• Select development approaches that can accommodate high uncertainty in requirements and changing needs


• Work with architects on technical design, feasibility study, provide implementation estimates to help define project timelines


• Develop software programs or systems that align with user needs, and run tests to provide high quality deliverables


• Apply best practices for development, testing and deployment of application in an Agile environment


• Understand and look for opportunities to optimize quality management and business processes


• Support product assurance in diagnosing and resolving bugs


• Participate in on-call rotation for applications

What makes you successful

• You bring a rich experience developing full stack applications, preferably in a cloud environment, like AWS, Azure, or GCP.


• You have good knowledge of modern Auth and SSO frameworks such as OAuth 2.0, OpenId and/or SAML.


• You have excellent programming skills in Kotlin, Java, Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript, Scala or other similar languages.


• You are experienced in building frontend and backend applications using modern frameworks and technologies.


• You have a background in building frontend and backend applications in a distributed systems using message brokers.


• You have previously worked with a NoSQL (Cassandra, MongoDB, DynamoDB) or RDBMS (MySQL, Postgres, Oracle)


• Familiarity using relevant, modern, software test tools and equipment


• You are experienced in building cloud-based, container components, CI and CD Pipelines


• You are experienced, and comfortable with, being part of a team that builds components as part of a distributed environment


• You possess the ability to work in a dynamic team environment, and possess time management skills to meet schedules and participate in Agile software development.


• You have exposure to GitHub Actions, Helm, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform.

What you’ll get

• A front row seat to life changing CGM technology.


• 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.


• An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.

Travel Required

• 0-5%

Experience and Education Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, and a minimum of 5-8 years related experience or Master’s degree and 2-5 years equivalent industry experience or a PhD and 0-2 years experience.

Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcom’s AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at [e-mail].

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at [e-mail].

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Salary

$116,600.00 - $194,400.00