Staff SW Development Engineer

Dexcom Inc.; California (MO); Remote; USD 135,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Global growth opportunities

Tuition reimbursement

Career development programs

Job summary

Dexcom Inc. is seeking a seasoned software engineer to lead cloud-based API and website development within a multi-disciplinary Agile team. You will collaborate with product managers, support, and customers to understand needs, drive architecture, and evangelize platform capabilities.

The role emphasizes full-stack delivery in a cloud environment with strong emphasis on authentication, security, and interoperability with healthcare data systems.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a technical bachelor’s degree and 5–8 years of related experience or MSc with 2–5 years, or PhD with 0–2 years.
• Experience in building cloud-based APIs and frontend/backend web apps in a distributed environment.
• Knowledge of modern auth frameworks (OAuth2/OIDC, SAML) and healthcare interoperability (FHIR, HL7v2) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of cloud-based software systems (APIs and Websites) in an Agile team.
• Interface with product managers, tech support, and customers for onboarding and feedback.
• Drive architectural decisions and platform capabilities, ensuring quality and reliability.

Skills

Full stack development

Cloud platforms

OAuth/OpenID/SAML

Kotlin/Java/Angular/JS/TS/Scala

Distributed systems

NoSQL/SQL databases

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

CI/CD pipelines

EHR/FHIR/HL7

Education

Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline

Master’s degree or PhD (optional)

Tools

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

NoSQL/SQL databases

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

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 lead 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
• Drive and influence the technical architecture and design
• Influence and evangelize platform capabilities and architecture with larger audience
• 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.
• Bonus: You have experience with EHRs such as Epic or Cerner, FHIR integrations or other Healthcare Interoperability protocols such as HL7v2.

What you’ll get:

• A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.
• 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%

Education and Experience:

• 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.

Remote Workplace:

Your location will be a home office; you are not required to live within commuting distance of your assigned Dexcom site (typically 75 miles/120km). If you reside within commuting distance of a Dexcom site (typically 75 miles/120km) a hybrid working environment may be available. Ask about our Flex workplace option.

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].

Meritain, an Aetna Company, creates and publishes the Machine‑Readable Files on behalf of Dexcom. To link to the Machine‑Readable Files, please click on the URL provided: https://health1.meritain.com/app/public/#/one/insurerCode=MERITAIN_I&brandCode=MERITAINOVER/machine-readable-transparency-in-coverage?reportingEntityType=TPA_19874&lock=true

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Salary:

$135,100.00 - $225,100.00