Qualcomm

#Backend Software Engineer

$100K–$149K

San Diego, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026

Experience: Entry-level role for a recent graduate or early-career engineer; no specific number of years stated.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
Visa sponsorship: Not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship.

About the job

Build and maintain cloud backend services for device management and IoT security, including microservices, APIs, and event pipelines.

What you'll do

Develop backend microservices, REST APIs, event listeners, and data models for the Compute Sentra SaaS platform.
Write and test code, participate in code reviews, and troubleshoot, debug, and monitor cloud services.
Collaborate with product, QA, and engineering teammates to deliver features; use AI-assisted development tools for coding, testing, and debugging.

What they ask for

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Foundational programming experience in an object-oriented language such as Java, Kotlin, or C#.
Familiarity with relational databases and SQL fundamentals.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills; fluent English; able to work on-site in San Diego, CA.

Nice to have

Exposure to server-side frameworks, REST/HTTP, Git, microservices, cloud platforms, distributed systems or event-driven design, relational databases, and containers/Kubernetes.
Exposure to AI coding assistants, or interest in IoT, device management, or security.

Pay

$99,500.00 - $149,300.00 USD base salary

Tools

Java, Kotlin, C#, Spring / Spring Boot, Flask, FastAPI, .NET, SQL

AI focus

Use AI-assisted software development tools to accelerate coding, testing, and debugging; exposure to assistants such as Claude or Codex is a nice-to-have.

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