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We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technologyexperiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.\nMeet the team:\nIn 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).\nIf you enjoy solving complex problems, iterating quickly, and leveraging cutting-edge engineering practices, you will thrive here.\nWhere you come in:\nLead the architecture, design, and evolution of highly scalable cloud-native backend platforms, APIs, event-driven services, and data systems powering critical business and product capabilities.\nDrive technical strategy and engineering excellence across multiple teams, influencing architectural decisions, technology adoption, and long-term platform investments.\nChampion AI-assisted software development practices, establishing standards, workflows, and best practices that improve engineering velocity, code quality, and developer productivity.\nProvide technical leadership throughout the software lifecycle, including solution design, implementation, automated testing, performance optimization, security, observability, deployment, and operational readiness.\nDesign and optimize distributed systems leveraging GCP services such as Firestore, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, and other cloud-native technologies to ensure scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.\nPartner closely with Product, Architecture, Security, SRE, Data, and Engineering leaders to define technical roadmaps, resolve complex cross-functional challenges, and deliver strategic initiatives.\nLead modernization efforts for legacy platforms and services, driving simplification, maintainability, and operational excellence across the ecosystem.\nMentor and coach senior engineers, fostering technical growth, promoting engineering best practices, and raising the technical bar across the organization.\nDrive continuous improvements in developer experience, CI/CD automation, system observability, resiliency, and cloud cost optimization.\nProvide technical leadership during production incidents and critical escalations, leading root cause analysis and ensuring long-term corrective actions.\nWhat makes you successful:\nExtensive experience architecting and delivering large-scale distributed cloud-native systems.\nDeep expertise in backend development using Python, Kotlin, and modern software engineering practices for highly available, mission-critical applications.\nProven track record designing scalable event-driven architectures using technologies such as Pub/Sub, Kafka, or equivalent messaging and streaming platforms.\nStrong experience building data-intensive services utilizing Firestore, Cloud SQL, and other cloud-native persistence technologies.\nExpert knowledge of cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including security, reliability, observability, and cost optimization best practices.\nDemonstrated ability to lead technical strategy and influence architectural decisions across teams, organizations, and product areas.\nStrong experience with containerized and cloud-native deployment models, including Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices.\nProven ability to drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools and workflows while maintaining high standards for software quality, security, and maintainability.\nExceptional problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to align engineering investments to business outcomes.\nExperience mentoring senior engineers and serving as a recognized technical leader who elevates engineering practices across an organization.\nWhat you’ll get:\nA front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.\nA full and comprehensive benefits program.\nGrowth opportunities on a global scale.\nAccess to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.\nAn exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve. \nTravel Required:\n0-5%\nExperience and Education Requirements:\nTypically requires a Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, and a minimum of 13+ years related experience or a Master’s degree and 8+ years equivalent industry experience of a PhD and 5+ years of experience.\nRemote 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.\nPlease 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.\nAn 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. Dexcom’s AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at .\nIf you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Dexcom Talent Acquisition at .\nMeritain, an Aetna Company, creates and publishes the Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Dexcom. To link to the Machine-Readable Files, please click on the URL provided: https://health1.meritain.com/app/public/#/one/insurerCode=MERITAIN_I&brandCode=MERITAINOVER/machine-readable-transparency-in-coverage?reportingEntityType=TPA_19874&lock=true\nTo all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Dexcom. Only authorized staffing and recruiting agencies may use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes on specific requisitions. Dexcom does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to the Talent Acquisition team, Dexcom employees or any other company location. Dexcom is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.\nAI in Hiring Notice: We may use AI supported tools to help make our hiring process more efficient, consistent, and accessible for candidates around the world. 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