Top Senior C++ Jobs in San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Develop and support C++ features for Lens Engine and Lens Studio, enabling augmented reality experiences across Snapchat and Specs. Contribute to agentic development tooling, architecture, technical roadmaps, code reviews, and cross-functional engineering efforts. Improve code quality, reliability, performance, testing, maintainability, and developer productivity while integrating AI-assisted workflows and systems.

Design and optimize high-performance C++/CUDA libraries for GPU-based data processing. Improve multi-node GPU communication (UcxExchange), optimize Presto GPU query performance, and lead enhancements across Presto, Velox, and cuDF projects for efficient DataFrame and database acceleration.

Design, implement, test, and modernize backend services and integrations (TypeScript/Node.js and C++). Lead large projects, write technical specifications and API contracts, enforce coding standards, coach engineers, and drive legacy-to-modern migrations within online banking and core systems.

Develop scalable C++ software that defines and enforces endpoint behavior across millions of managed Windows endpoints. Responsibilities include implementing features, improving platform performance, shipping production code, designing new systems, writing architecture documents, defining subsystem contracts, and collaborating with server, UI, product, and design teams. The role requires deep Windows systems and kernel-driver expertise, with preferred experience in WHQL, minifilter or WFP drivers, macOS Endpoint Security, and Linux kernel development.

Design, develop, and support high-traffic web applications using .NET backend technologies and modern frontend frameworks. Build accessible, responsive interfaces, architect reusable components, implement product features, improve code quality, and participate in testing, automation, and code reviews. Collaborate with product and business teams, mentor junior engineers, and deliver solutions from concept through implementation in an Agile environment.

Build and lead high-performance browser features in modern C++ and Chromium, including tracker blocking, subscription integrations, and responsiveness monitoring. Own complex projects from proposal through post-mortem, solve ambiguous technical problems, make architecture decisions, collaborate asynchronously with product and design, and use metrics to evaluate outcomes in a large-scale consumer codebase.

Design, develop, and optimize high-performance C++ systems software for Linux-based manufacturing intelligence platforms. Build multithreaded and asynchronous architectures, profile performance, debug software-hardware issues, maintain Python tooling, and collaborate with firmware, hardware, and application teams throughout the product lifecycle.

Build and maintain scalable, cloud-native APIs and high-value core system components using .NET and related technologies. Lead software architecture and testing discussions, enhance core offerings, collaborate cross-functionally, and ensure quality through code reviews, unit testing, functional testing, telemetry, and performance tuning. Mentor teammates and contribute to continuous technical and process improvement.

Design, build, and maintain Stellar Core, the distributed system powering the Stellar blockchain ledger and consensus. Develop scalable, resilient components; improve peer-to-peer networking and processing performance; investigate bottlenecks; and contribute to architecture, code reviews, RFCs, formal verification, simulations, and open-source collaboration. The role requires production C++ or Rust expertise, strong software design skills, and ownership of core subsystems.

Leads and develops a software engineering team while contributing hands-on to enterprise application design, coding, testing, code reviews, production support, and technical decisions. Builds scalable solutions using C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server, and modern web technologies; partners with product and business stakeholders; supports Agile delivery, CI/CD, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and engineering best practices. The role also includes mentoring engineers, monitoring delivery and operational metrics, and driving continuous improvement.

Design and develop low-latency, high-throughput distributed database kernels for massively parallel analytics. Responsibilities include query execution, columnar storage, transaction management, cluster coordination, hardware-aware optimization, SIMD vectorization, RDMA networking, in-database machine learning, vector indexing, performance tuning, architecture reviews, code reviews, mentoring, and resolving scalability issues.

Develop and maintain the Java client library and high-performance C/C++ server applications. Implement message parsers and feed handlers, optimize for extreme throughput and low latency, build tools for petabyte-scale processing, collaborate on build/deploy/CI practices, monitor uptime, and support smooth feature rollouts.

Implement and maintain the C# client library and high-performance C++ server applications. Build message parsers and feed handlers, optimize for millions of messages/second and nanosecond latency, develop petabyte-scale data tools, collaborate on build/deploy/CI/CD, monitoring, and ensure reliable feature rollouts.

Develop high-performance client-side systems in C++/WebAssembly, optimize multiplayer protocols, and collaborate on impactful features for Figma's design platform.

Develop user interface components for ArcGIS Pro using C# and WPF, work in an agile team, and design software solutions for raster and imagery processing.

You will develop and maintain components of the LLVM based toolchain, collaborating with the community while ensuring platform-specific optimizations and tests.

Design, build, and implement changes to Stellar Core while working on performance improvements, decentralization, and incentive mechanics. Collaborate on architectures and contribute to code reviews under the Stellar Development Foundation.

Design and develop key components of Stellar Core while collaborating with team members. Engage in performance optimization and ensure the system's scalability and security.

Develop and optimize ultra-low-latency, high-performance trading infrastructure in modern C++. Implement and tune order execution, market data connectivity, multi-threaded systems, and risk modules. Profile and benchmark real-time systems, collaborate with quants and traders, and maintain robust, fault-tolerant continuous trading operations.