Meet the team:In this role, you will be a key contributor within Dexcom's System and Solution Organization, building the next generation of cloud-native, data-driven, and AI-augmented platform capabilities.You will work closely with AI Platform Engineers to deliver scalable backend services, APIs, and the infrastructure powering Dexcom's rapidly growing AI features. Our team develops at high velocity using modern AI-assisted development tools while maintaining the reliability and regulatory discipline required for medical-grade systems (ISO/FDA). If you enjoy solving complex problems, iterating quickly, and leveraging cutting-edge engineering practices, you will thrive here.
Where you come in: - Design, build, and maintain cloud-based backend systems-including APIs, event-driven services, and data pipelines-using AI-assisted development workflows to increase speed and quality.
- 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, DevOps, and cloud architecture.
- Learn and maintain existing internal applications, modernizing and refactoring where appropriate.
- Diagnose and resolve issues alongside QA and SRE teams across lower environments and production.
- Use GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, and JIRA to manage development and releases.
- Participate in on-call rotations as required.
What makes you successful:- 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.
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: Experience and Education Requirements: - Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, and a minimum of 8-12 years related experience or Master's degree and 5-7 years equivalent industry experience or a PhD and 2-4 years of 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.
Salary:
$135,100.00 - $225,100.00
