SW Development Engineer

Job Summary

Dexcom is seeking a backend engineer to develop cloud‑native, data‑driven, AI‑augmented platform capabilities within the System and Solution organization.

• Design, build, and maintain cloud‑based backend systems — APIs, event‑driven services, and data pipelines — using AI‑assisted development workflows.
• 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, Dev Ops, and cloud architecture.
• Maintain and modernize existing internal applications.
• Diagnose and resolve issues alongside QA and SRE teams across lower environments and production.
• Use Git Hub, CI/CD pipelines, and JIRA to manage development and releases.
• Participate in on‑call rotations as required.

• 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.

Full benefits program, growth opportunities on a global scale, access to career development through in‑house learning programs and tuition reimbursement.

0‑5% travel required.

Typically requires a bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline and 8‑12 years related experience, or a master’s degree and 5‑7 years industry experience, or a PhD and 2‑4 years experience.

Position is a home office. Employees may work remotely; hybrid may be available if within 75 miles/120km of a Dexcom site. Flex workplace option is available.

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Dexcom is 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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.