Top Systems Engineer Jobs in San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Own the design, administration, security, reliability, and roadmap of enterprise identity, endpoint-management, and SaaS systems. Lead SSO, SCIM, device-management, integrations, automation, and AI-assisted workflow projects end to end. Troubleshoot complex incidents, establish change-management and documentation practices, support audits, evaluate vendors, mentor engineers, and participate in an after-hours on-call rotation.

Design, build, and operate Cloudflare’s globally distributed cache and reverse-proxy data plane. Responsibilities include improving Pingora-based asynchronous systems, cache performance and correctness, purge and Tiered Cache services, APIs, observability, reliability, and production operations. The role owns features end to end, including design, implementation, testing, staged rollouts, incident response, and cross-team collaboration.

Lead systems engineering for a next-generation unmanned aircraft system. Responsibilities include defining system architecture, behaviors, requirements, interfaces, fault responses, and traceability; integrating avionics, autonomy, propulsion, sensors, and mission systems; conducting MBSE modeling, trade studies, safety analyses, flight testing, and performance validation; and coordinating cross-functional teams, DoD stakeholders, and government partners through development and operational deployment.

Build, deploy, and manage large-scale multi-region PostgreSQL clusters in production. Develop automation, monitoring, observability, and performance-tuning tools; implement high availability, backup, and disaster recovery solutions; optimize indexing and queries; and collaborate with infrastructure and application teams to integrate database tooling and improve platform reliability.

Build and operate CoreWeave’s multi-cloud internal infrastructure across GCP, Azure, and AWS. Manage cloud foundations, IAM, networking, Terraform infrastructure as code, monitoring, logging, CI/CD, backups, disaster recovery, and production reliability. Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and application issues, support cloud migrations and acquisitions, implement secure architecture patterns, and contribute to incident response and root-cause analysis. Mentor junior engineers and communicate technical decisions across teams.

Build and maintain lead-to-order business systems across Salesforce and connected platforms. Design complex applications, declarative automation, Apex and Lightning solutions, integrations, APIs, data models, and security controls. Remediate technical debt, lead migrations and tool rollouts, manage testing and cutovers, and ensure production systems are observable, documented, and governed. Partner cross-functionally to translate business requirements into scalable solutions while supporting AI capabilities in go-to-market workflows.

Lead systems engineering work to define and measure critical driving behaviors, develop metrics, provide verification requirements, anticipate risks, and drive cross-functional projects to improve autonomous vehicle system performance and reliability.

Own clean-sheet mechanical design of small modular gas turbines, including rotors, stators, combustors, cases, bearings, materials, and subsystem interfaces. Perform structural, thermal, and rotordynamic analyses; assess fatigue and durability; design for manufacturability; and work with suppliers and machinists to produce reliable hardware. The role spans conceptual sizing through detailed design and running test articles in a high-ownership seed-stage environment.

Own embedded controls and firmware for prototype and deployed microturbines, taking systems from initial hardware integration through startup, steady-state operation, testing, and safe shutdown. Responsibilities include sensor selection, P&ID and valve decisions, control logic, troubleshooting unfamiliar hardware, turbine data transmission, and on-site installation and commissioning. The role requires close collaboration with test teams and substantial field work on safety-critical rotating machinery.

Own and develop production systems supporting AI-powered customer experience, including support agents, ticketing, billing workflows, reporting, QA, monitoring, releases, guardrails, and knowledge management. Build TypeScript and Node.js services on AWS, manage AI vendor integrations, create test suites and evaluations, and coordinate improvements across Product, Engineering, Education, Analytics, and community teams.

Design, develop, configure, and support enterprise financial applications for revenue accounting, billing, receivables, payments, settlements, and reconciliation. Translate accounting and business requirements into scalable technical solutions, integrations, automations, and workflows. Use SQL and large datasets for analysis and troubleshooting, support testing and deployments, investigate production issues, and maintain financial controls and audit readiness. Collaborate with Finance, Accounting, Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Operations teams, including applying AI automation to financial processes.

Leads technical safety due diligence and integration assessments for autonomous vehicle partners. Defines safety criteria, conducts Safety Risk Assessments, evaluates V&V and regulatory compliance, and improves partner onboarding processes. The role bridges Uber and external engineering teams, communicates complex technical risks to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, and evaluates responsible AI/ML applications for safety validation.

Designs, deploys, configures, supports, and troubleshoots Esri ArcGIS Enterprise environments across on-premises, Azure, and AWS infrastructures. Responsibilities include system design, automation scripting, security, licensing, disaster recovery, backups, documentation, updates, third-party integrations, incident response, and root-cause analysis. Collaborates with geospatial, network, and development teams to support enterprise GIS systems for internal and external clients.

Design and integrate mechanical and electromechanical systems by defining requirements, interfaces, boundaries, and verification plans. Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering inputs across mechanical, electrical, thermal, fluids, materials, manufacturing, suppliers, and CAE. Lead trade studies, document technical rationale and risks, assess backward compatibility and revalidation impacts, and develop requirement traceability and phased implementation recommendations.

Design, develop, and ship operating system services and frameworks for reliable, efficient on-device AI inference. Integrate and optimize models and runtimes through quantization, memory management, scheduling, profiling, and power-performance improvements. Diagnose complex cross-stack issues, build testing and instrumentation tools, and collaborate with research, hardware, firmware, platform, and product teams to deliver production-ready consumer device capabilities.

Design, develop, and maintain operating-system connectivity capabilities for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, IP networking, network services, and security policies. Build connection management, routing, service discovery, APIs, diagnostics, and automated tests. Investigate interoperability, concurrency, reliability, performance, and power-efficiency issues across OS and protocol stacks. Collaborate with hardware, firmware, security, platform, and application teams to deliver maintainable connectivity features in shipped consumer devices.

Designs, develops, and maintains Linux kernel capabilities for consumer devices. Owns features across kernel and userspace, debugs complex system behavior, validates performance, power, and reliability improvements, collaborates with hardware and software teams, and contributes maintainable patches upstream.

Architects and develops electrical systems for implantable and wearable Class III medical devices. Responsibilities include system architecture, PCB and mixed-signal hardware design, embedded C/C++ firmware, hardware-software integration, verification and validation, regulatory compliance, risk analysis, documentation, and transition from prototypes to production.

Designs and develops low-power, miniaturized electrical systems for implantable and wearable medical devices. Responsibilities include architecture, schematic design, component selection, simulation, PCB development, analog/digital debugging, board bring-up, prototyping, validation, and production transition. The engineer collaborates with firmware, mechanical, manufacturing, and systems teams while addressing power, communications, scalability, and product performance.

Develop embedded firmware for motor control and real-time robotic systems. Responsibilities include building microcontroller and embedded Linux firmware, implementing real-time behavior, debugging low-level communications, bringing up circuit boards, integrating electromechanical hardware, and connecting firmware to robot communication frameworks. The role requires laboratory-based hardware debugging and collaboration with hardware teams on integration and testing.

The Information Systems Engineer will design integrations and enhance engineering processes across various business systems, focusing on scalability and efficiency. Responsibilities include collaborating with teams to implement systems solutions, optimizing integrations, monitoring performance, and supporting production applications.

Administer and provide Tier 3 support for SaaS collaboration and endpoint management platforms. Manage Mac and Windows policies, deployments, patching, security compliance, integrations, and platform lifecycles. Develop Python, PowerShell, and workflow automation; onboard applications for SSO; monitor system health; investigate systems for Legal and HR; support vendor evaluations; and lead IT engineering projects, operating procedures, and security-focused roadmaps.

Designs, deploys, manages, and optimizes enterprise datacenter infrastructure across virtualization, storage, networking, cloud, Windows and Linux systems. Administers Nutanix, VMware, Microsoft 365, Okta, Active Directory, email security, and disaster recovery environments. Develops automation scripts, monitors availability and security, manages infrastructure lifecycle and costs, troubleshoots escalated issues, and supports infrastructure projects. The role requires senior-level communication, technical leadership, and occasional domestic and international travel.

Design and optimize GPU kernels and tensor libraries for scalable AI inference. Apply HPC and parallel-computing techniques, evaluate emerging GPU architectures and resource-management approaches, and improve GPU infrastructure efficiency. The role requires advanced C++ development, parallel programming expertise, systems optimization, and performance tooling experience. This is a full-time, on-site position in San Francisco or Los Angeles.

Supports the IHS Electronic Health Records Modernization program by designing, integrating, installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining biomedical and end-user devices. Develops solutions for complex device engineering, infrastructure, security, backup, and redundancy challenges; maintains technical documentation; collaborates with cyber and implementation teams; and may lead or mentor others. The role is fully remote, requires Oracle Health experience, and may involve up to 25% travel.