Senior Staff Systems Engineer

The Company Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health. We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. 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. Meet the team: Join our world-class Systems Engineering team as we shape the future of connected diabetes management. As a Senior Staff Systems Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader and systems architect for Dexcom's next-generation digital ecosystem, spanning Mobile Applications, SDKs, Cloud Services, Data Platforms, Partner Integrations, and connected CGM products. This role is ideal for a seasoned Systems Engineering technical leader who thrives in ambiguity, can navigate highly complex cross-functional programs, and is passionate about driving architecture, requirements, risk management, and technical strategy across multiple concurrent initiatives. You will act as the technical anchor for software-centric systems, partnering closely with Product Management, Software Engineering, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Cybersecurity, Data Platform, and Commercial teams to deliver innovative solutions that improve the lives of people living with diabetes. Beyond project execution, you will serve as a mentor, coach, and advocate for Systems Engineering excellence across the organization. If you are equally comfortable discussing cloud architecture, mobile application design, system requirements, risk analysis, and executive-level strategy, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact. Where you come in: You will serve as the Systems Engineering architect and technical lead for Dexcom's connected ecosystem, driving architecture and design decisions across Mobile Applications (iOS/Android), SDKs, Backend Services, Cloud Infrastructure, APIs, and partner integrations. You will lead the definition, decomposition, and governance of system architectures, requirements, interfaces, and workflows for complex, software-intensive medical device systems. You will own and drive resolution of highly complex cross-functional initiatives, including user-facing experiences such as alerts, notifications, data sharing, interoperability, and connected product functionality. You will serve as the primary Systems Engineering leader across multiple concurrent programs and commercial product launches, balancing technical priorities, architectural tradeoffs, schedule constraints, and regulatory requirements. You will develop and maintain system-level requirements, interface specifications, operational concepts, architecture views, and traceability strategies while ensuring alignment with product needs, user workflows, and risk controls. You will lead system-level risk identification and mitigation activities, working closely with Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Human Factors, Cybersecurity, and Software Engineering teams to proactively address product risks. You will champion robust requirements engineering practices using Jama Connect and establish scalable approaches for requirement quality, traceability, impact assessment, and change management across product portfolios. You will mentor Systems Engineers across all experience levels, helping elevate architectural thinking, systems modeling, requirements development, technical problem solving, and risk management capabilities throughout the organization. You will advocate for Systems Engineering as a strategic technical discipline by driving technical leadership, facilitating architecture reviews, enabling informed decision-making, and influencing organizational direction beyond traditional documentation activities. What makes you successful: You possess expert-level Systems Engineering knowledge and have successfully architected and delivered large-scale, connected software-enabled products comprising Mobile Apps, Cloud Services, APIs, Backend Platforms, and embedded devices. You demonstrate exceptional systems thinking and can rapidly connect business objectives, user needs, technical constraints, regulatory requirements, and operational considerations into a cohesive system architecture. You have deep experience defining and managing requirements for software-intensive systems, including complex user workflows, data flows, alerts and notifications, connectivity, interoperability, and cloud-based services. You possess strong architectural expertise across modern software ecosystems including mobile applications, SDKs, cloud platforms, web services, data platforms, microservices, security frameworks, and system integrations. You are highly effective at driving technical alignment across diverse stakeholders and can navigate ambiguity, conflicting priorities, and organizational complexity while maintaining forward momentum. You have demonstrated success leading multiple high-visibility projects simultaneously while providing technical l