Top Systems Engineer Jobs in San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Design and guide secure, scalable enterprise and cloud architectures (DNS, Azure, AWS, on-prem). Lead cloud migrations, implement monitoring, integrate hybrid environments, present technical briefings, and mentor staff while ensuring security and performance for a mission-focused government client.

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.

Owns the technical roadmap for hyperscale AI infrastructure and GPU-cluster solutions involving CPO, silicon photonics, optical interconnect, networking, and compute architectures. Evaluates industry technology and competitive roadmaps, guides R&D priorities, develops ecosystem partnerships, advises leadership, and represents the company at conferences, standards bodies, and co-innovation forums. The role requires strong systems expertise, executive communication, external influence, and strategic technology forecasting.

Owns the technical roadmap for hyperscale AI cluster solutions spanning CPO, silicon photonics, optical interconnect, networking, and compute architectures. Tracks GPU, switching, and photonics ecosystems; advises R&D and executives on technology strategy, partnerships, and competitive positioning; represents the company at conferences, standards bodies, and co-innovation forums; and delivers technical presentations and keynotes. The role requires deep systems expertise, ecosystem relationships, strategic leadership, and significant external engagement.

Develop embedded application software for electric RV controllers across drivetrain, power distribution, and body-control domains. Build device drivers, shared software stacks, testing frameworks, and CI/CD integrations. Collaborate across product and engineering teams to diagnose defects, review code and hardware schematics, and derive software requirements through systems-engineering workflows. The role requires substantial microcontroller, communications-protocol, and safety-critical systems experience.

Own the stability and reliability of LiteLLM’s AI gateway. Identify root causes of regressions and security issues, lead refactors and migrations, strengthen testing, maintain trustworthy CI and releases, and improve critical code paths through implementation and code review. The role is hands-on, customer-focused, and responsible for mission-critical production infrastructure.

Designs, deploys, troubleshoots, and validates network and Microsoft 365 infrastructure projects. Responsibilities include firewall, switch, wireless, VLAN, VPN, UniFi, cloud migration, identity, MFA, and infrastructure cutover work. The role performs pre-staging, maintenance-window implementations, post-deployment validation, troubleshooting, rollback support, and detailed technical documentation while working independently and directly with clients.

Leads architecture, engineering, security, integration, deployment, and sustainment of the Informatica Data Governance Suite in AWS GovCloud. Designs high availability, disaster recovery, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, monitoring, identity, security, and compliance capabilities. Coordinates Informatica, cloud, database, cybersecurity, and testing teams; supports RMF/ATO and STIG activities; reviews technical artifacts; manages risks; and transfers operational knowledge to government personnel.

Analyzes ground laboratory and flight-test data for avionics, sensors, radar, and electronic warfare systems. Develops Python-based data processing pipelines, correlates TSPI and telemetry, decodes avionics data buses, evaluates system performance, identifies anomalies, and produces verification metrics and formal test reports. Presents findings to test directors and acquisition leaders and supports readiness reviews and milestone decisions.

Executes technical integration for mergers and acquisitions, including Microsoft 365 tenant, email, collaboration, identity, endpoint, security, and cloud migrations. Performs configuration, testing, troubleshooting, cutovers, and hypercare; supports Entra ID, Active Directory, Intune, Azure, and PowerShell automation. Collaborates with acquired-company IT teams, vendors, and internal stakeholders, documents environments and risks, follows migration plans, and improves reusable integration playbooks.

Design, implement, and operate Oracle Fusion Financials and integrated finance platforms. Build accounting solutions, Financial Accounting Hub implementations, APIs, middleware, controls, reconciliations, monitoring, and automation across accounting, payables, supply chain, revenue, infrastructure, and intercompany processes. Lead production issue resolution and apply AI and agentic technologies to improve finance operations, auditability, and close processes.

Leads complex electrical, electronic, and vehicle network diagnostics for public vehicles. Performs hands-on troubleshooting, repairs, and formal root cause analyses; develops diagnostic procedures, containment actions, and permanent corrective solutions. Collaborates with technicians and hardware, firmware, and software engineers, provides training, documents failures, and communicates findings to technical and executive stakeholders. Works onsite in Foster City with regular travel to Hayward.

Design and integrate hardware systems for residential energy applications, focusing on battery management and inverter systems, while ensuring compliance with industry standards.

Software Engineering Interns design, implement, test, document, and present software for Zoox’s autonomous vehicle systems. Projects may involve profiling tools, network schedulers, automated checkers, middleware, security, simulation, or sensor tooling. Interns evaluate designs through experiments, benchmarks, and research while collaborating with engineering teams. The internship is full-time for 12 weeks in the Bay Area and provides exposure to software foundations supporting autonomy and robotics.

Hardware Engineering Interns support autonomous vehicle systems through electrical and functional validation, failure root-cause analysis, hardware stability tooling, quality and reliability analysis, supplier assessments, and sourcing projects. They analyze engineering and supplier data, recommend improvements, and present findings to cross-functional stakeholders. The role requires Python or similar data-analysis tools, hands-on lab equipment experience, strong analytical skills, and relocation to the Bay Area for a full-time summer internship.

Operate and monitor automated laboratory experiments, troubleshoot hardware and software faults, perform equipment maintenance, document incidents, and collaborate with engineering and scientific teams to improve system reliability and performance. The role requires hands-on automation or robotics experience, live equipment validation, strong written communication, and availability for staggered evening, overnight, and weekend schedules.

Design and build advanced applications, integrate external APIs, and contribute to large open-source codebases for global clients. The role requires strong systems programming, networking, memory management, concurrency, operating-system concepts, data modeling, parallelism, API design, and technical documentation skills. Candidates should learn quickly, take ownership, navigate unfamiliar codebases, identify edge cases, and continuously improve through feedback. The process includes a technical assessment, interview, and OSS hackweek.

Own and scale Cribl’s corporate IT systems, including Okta identity, AWS infrastructure, endpoint management, ServiceNow, SaaS integrations, automation, and AI tool governance. Lead lifecycle workflows, security baselines, compliance reporting, incident escalation, and on-call operations while partnering with Security, Enterprise Applications, Finance, Compliance, and People teams.

Owns the IT aspects of mergers and acquisitions, including technical due diligence, risk assessment, integration planning, migrations, cutovers, and systems retirement. The role administers identity, applications, endpoints, infrastructure, and collaboration platforms while building automation and an M&A playbook. It partners with Security, Legal, Corporate Development, People, Finance, and IT teams, and contributes to broader Corporate Systems projects when acquisition work is limited.

Lead the architecture and technical evolution of Alluxio’s large-scale distributed data platform. Design scalable, fault-tolerant, high-performance systems; provide hands-on development and technical guidance; resolve performance and reliability issues; lead design reviews; mentor engineers; and influence technical strategy across teams through collaboration and open-source contributions.

Leads the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise infrastructure, cloud services, identity, endpoint management, and monitoring systems. Drives automation, security hardening, incident response, root-cause analysis, migrations, disaster recovery, and operational improvements. Mentors junior administrators, maintains technical documentation, manages vendor escalations, and supports cross-functional technology initiatives. Requires strong infrastructure, cloud, security, troubleshooting, scripting, observability, and IT service management expertise.

Own CodeRabbit’s agentic GTM Systems engineering harness and architecture. Build Salesforce solutions, full-stack internal tools, agents, and integrations spanning CRM, billing, CPQ, provisioning, data warehouses, and reverse ETL. Establish engineering standards for Business Systems, including testing, CI, deployment, security, reviews, and runbooks. Partner with Finance, GTM, Deal Desk, and Data teams to deliver scalable systems while mentoring engineers and analysts and reducing reliance on consultants.

Own the architecture, reliability, automation, and roadmap for core IT platforms including identity, device management, endpoint security, and internal tooling. Lead cross-functional technical initiatives, implement security controls, evaluate vendors, mentor IT staff, and support executives. Manage the San Francisco office’s network, conference-room technology, equipment, and vendor relationships while providing occasional support at company events and other locations.

Designs, builds, and operates data center, server, storage, HPC, and GPU infrastructure. Responsibilities include hardware procurement and lifecycle management, power and cooling design, bare-metal provisioning, automation, Linux and Windows administration, monitoring, capacity planning, maintenance coordination, incident response, compliance, and technical documentation. The role requires hands-on work across both data center operations and infrastructure engineering, including 24/7 on-call readiness.

Provide internal and customer-facing managed infrastructure support, including monitoring, incident response, systems administration, network troubleshooting, Azure and virtualization administration, escalation management, documentation, and change activities. Resolve incidents within SLA targets, participate in root cause analysis, maintain infrastructure records, and use PowerShell automation to improve operations. The role also serves as a technical escalation point and mentors junior engineers.