Senior Staff Systems Engineer
Dexcom · San Diego, CA
$149,000–$248,300from the description
Jul 6, 2026
San Diego, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior technical leadership role focused on systems architecture for a connected continuous glucose monitoring ecosystem, covering mobile applications, cloud services, SDKs, APIs, and partner integrations. The position owns requirements definition, risk management, and cross-functional alignment across multiple concurrent regulated product programs, while also mentoring systems engineers and shaping engineering practices organization-wide. Suits a deeply experienced systems architect with a background in software-intensive medical or digital health products.
Staff level · 13+ years · San Diego, CA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 180 people in the San Diego, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer occupations, all other). range 50–270
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $130,406 (middle half $85,183–$159,921). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
This role is titled 'Senior Staff Systems Engineer' — a hybrid seniority label. The advertised level is treated as Staff (the dominant modifier), and the actual scope and experience requirements (13+ years, org-wide architectural authority, mentoring across disciplines, multi-program leadership) also support Staff.
SOC classification is genuinely ambiguous. Systems Engineering for software-intensive medical devices sits between 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other — the closest match for model-based systems engineering and requirements architecture) and 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts). 15-1252 (Software Developers) was considered but the role does not ship code; it architects and governs requirements across teams.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline' as the baseline path; a Master's or PhD with fewer years is offered as an alternative. Because equivalent experience is NOT explicitly accepted in lieu of the degree, Bachelors is treated as the minimum hard requirement.
Total years minimum is set to 13, the lowest threshold stated ('13+ years related experience' with a Bachelor's). The Master's path (8 years) and PhD path (5 years) are alternative qualifying routes, not a lower floor for the same credential.
Skills listed under 'What makes you successful' are treated as hard gates (requirements section framing). Skills under 'Nice to haves' are preferred. 'Systems architecture,' 'requirements engineering,' 'risk management,' 'ISO 14971,' 'Jama Connect,' 'mobile application architecture,' 'cloud platforms,' 'APIs,' and 'microservices' are drawn from the requirements section; all others are from the Nice-to-haves section.
Location is inferred as San Diego, CA — Dexcom's headquarters — as no explicit city is stated in the posting.
Travel is listed as 0–5%, effectively on-site; remote=false.
Ignored 5 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): systems architecture, requirements engineering, risk management, mobile application architecture, SDK development.
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