Open Source Software Engineer, Senior Staff

Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm's Open Source Engineering team is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to architect, drive, and elevate both internal and external systems supporting Qualcomm's open source initiatives. In this leadership role, you will guide multidisciplinary teams and collaborate across functions to set the technical vision and roadmap for open source development and release. You will be responsible for defining best practices and strategies that shape how engineers at Qualcomm develop, release, and test open source software, ensuring reliability, scalability, and innovation across platforms.

As a lead Software Engineer, you will oversee the architecture and evolution of critical applications and systems, lead cross-functional initiatives, and mentor team members to foster technical excellence. Your role will include delivering operational support, resolving complex technical issues, and implementing effective solutions to advance Qualcomm's open source distribution and development platforms. You will manage and develop both cloud-hosted and internal systems, vendor engagements, automation, and establish robust CI/CD workflows that align with Qualcomm's open source objectives, utilizing open source and InnerSource methodologies.

Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Required Skills

• Ability to lead multi-organization initiatives. Ensuring alignment across departments and divisions towards a common goal. Collaborating effectively to design, plan and implement these cross-functional initiatives.
• Proficiency with Git and modern version control systems, including designing and enforcing branching strategies and repository structures for large-scale, distributed engineering organizations.
• Deep expertise in architecting, managing, and integrating software forge platforms such as GitLab and GitHub, including overseeing organization-level governance, security, and workflow automation.
• Extensive experience architecting, deploying, and optimizing cloud-based infrastructure on platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Leadership in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines and release management systems, driving automation and best practices across multiple projects and teams.
• Experience in establishing and scaling open source and InnerSource engineering practices, including mentoring teams in open source forking workflows, Pull/Merge Request processes, cross-functional collaboration, code review standards, issue management, branching strategies, and compliance with community guidelines and licensing requirements.
• Expert-level capability in developing and maintaining automation tools using Python, Bash, or equivalent languages, with a focus on improving operational efficiency and reliability.
• Extensive experience designing, integrating, and troubleshooting APIs (REST, JSON, GraphQL, OpenAPI), including leading efforts in API lifecycle management and documentation.
• Expertise in containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes, enabling scalable, resilient deployment architectures.
• Mastery of SQL, relational database systems (Postgres, MySQL), and database architecture, including performance tuning, security, and disaster recovery planning.
• Comprehensive background in UNIX/Linux development environments, including system-level troubleshooting and environment optimization.
• Familiar with agile, scrum, or kanban methodologies, facilitating sprint cycles, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives to drive continuous delivery and foster effective communication across engineering and stakeholder teams.
• Experience with ticketing and issue tracking systems such as Jira, Bugzilla, including workflow customization and reporting for large teams.
• Exceptional analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to lead incident response, perform root cause analysis, and drive long-term solutions.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining comprehensive documentation of troubleshooting processes, operational decisions, and system resolutions.

Preferred Skills

• Experience managing GitHub organizations and repositories, including advanced configuration, access control, and policy enforcement.
• Expertise in designing, developing, and maintaining complex GitHub Actions and automated workflows for large-scale, multi-team environments.
• Knowledge embedded software testing systems such as LAVA, and their integration into automated CI workflows.
• Software development experience across backend APIs, frontend web applications, microservices, and serverless architectures, with a focus on scalability and maintainability.
• In-depth knowledge of distributed search and analytics platforms such as Elasticsearch, including cluster design, performance optimization, and data lifecycle management.
• Proven ability to architect and design highly available, redundant, and resilient systems for mission-critical applications.
• Expertise in Python application development, familiarity with frameworks such as Django.
• Experience designing and managing Message Queue systems such as RabbitMQ, including integration into distributed application architectures.
• Advanced proficiency with REST, GraphQL, OpenAPI, and JSON API standards, including designing and documenting complex API ecosystems.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$146,400.00 - $219,600.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer - and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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