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Distinguished Engineer - Distinguished Engineer, Data Foundation
Mountain View or California or United States
$273k-$370k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Intuit
IntuitNASDAQ: INTU: A global financial technology platform powering prosperity.
15+ YOE15+ years building large-scale data platforms; expertise in distributed data systems, streaming, governance, cloud services, semantic infrastructure, AI systems, privacy architecture, and company-wide technical leadership.
Spark, Kafka, Spark Streaming, Pulsar, AWS, GCP, RAG, LLM
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Distinguished Engineer, Networking
Redwood City or Toronto or New York City or Dallas or Tampa
$224k-$403k/yr HybridFull Time
Equinix
EquinixNASDAQ: EQIX: Global provider of data center colocation and interconnection services.
15+ YOE15+ years in network engineering, expert large-scale architecture and operations experience, virtualized/cloud-native networking expertise, routing protocol knowledge, and company-level technical leadership.
DPDK, SR-IOV, Kubernetes, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, VXLAN, MPLS, Segment Routing, SDN/NFV, CNI, AI/ML, CCIE, JNCIE
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Distinguished Engineer, Networking
Redwood City or Dallas or Tampa or New York City or Toronto
$202k-$403k/yr HybridFull Time
Equinix
EquinixNASDAQ: EQIX: Global provider of data center colocation and interconnection services.
15+ YOERequires 15+ years in network engineering, large-scale network architecture, VNF and cloud-native networking expertise, routing protocols, multi-site topology design, technical leadership, and customer advisory experience.
Virtual Network Function (VNF), DPDK, SR-IOV, VXLAN, MPLS, Segment Routing, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, Kubernetes, CNI, service mesh, AI/ML
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Distinguished Engineer - Memory Architecture
Santa Clara or Austin or Redmond
$320k-$489k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Computing platform for AI and accelerated graphics.
18+ YOEMSEE, MSCE, PhD, or equivalent experience in electrical, computer, or software engineering; 18+ years of relevant industry or academic experience; expertise in memory architecture, RTL, microarchitecture, or backend implementation.
DRAM, SRAM, RTL, ML
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Distinguished Engineer, AI Threat Defense
Eagan or Frisco or New York City or Richmond or San Francisco or Los Angeles or Irvine or McLean or Washington
$198k-$368k/yr HybridFull Time
Thomson Reuters
Thomson ReutersTSX, NASDAQ: TRI: Global provider of trusted information, software, and news.
12+ YOE12+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience at Principal, Staff, or Distinguished Engineer level, with AI threat defense, production AI systems, mature SOC/CIRT, enterprise security architecture, and technical influence expertise.
Model Context Protocol (MCP), SIEM, SOAR, SAST, AppSec, AWS, Azure, GCP, LLM
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Distinguished Engineer – Hyperscaler Solutions Engineering
Basking Ridge or Alpharetta or Ashburn or Irving or Irvine or Livingston
$149k-$286k/yr FieldFull Time
Verizon
VerizonNYSE: VZ: Leading global provider of telecommunications and technology services.
10+ YOERequires 10+ years in sales engineering or network architecture, hyperscaler or complex enterprise account experience, advanced networking credentials, revenue and RFP success, and a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Dark Fiber, In-Line Amplifier (ILA), Private Wireless, DLM, EMR, Gemini, Claude, NIDR, Salesforce, GenAI, BGP
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Distinguished Engineer, System Software Integration
California, United States
$320k-$489k/yr RemoteFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Computing platform for AI and accelerated graphics.
15+ YOE7+ Mgmt15–20+ years in low-level systems integration, 7–10+ years of leadership, and a BS/MS or equivalent in systems, software, or related engineering; expertise in cloud, virtualization, and datacenter architectures.
Linux, Kubernetes, CAPI, KubeVirt, Kata
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Distinguished Engineer, Scaled Out Inferencing
Santa Clara or California
$320k-$489k/yr HybridFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Computing platform for AI and accelerated graphics.
16+ YOE7+ Mgmt16+ years in technical roles, 7–10+ years of leadership, and BS/MS or equivalent experience in systems or software engineering. Requires AI infrastructure, distributed systems, GPU, CUDA, and cloud-native expertise.
CUDA, Dynamo, TensorRT-LLM, vLLM, SGLang, Linux, Kubernetes, Ray
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Distinguished Engineer - Orange Apron Media
Georgia or United States or California or Colorado or Connecticut or Rhode Island or Nevada or New York City or Ithaca or Westchester County or Washington
$200k-$300k/yr RemoteFull Time
The Home Depot
The Home DepotNYSE: HD: World's largest home improvement specialty retailer.
8+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent, 8+ years engineering experience, deep domain expertise in MarTech/Retail Media/loyalty, experience with AI/ML and cloud-native architectures (GCP/Azure/AWS), executive influence and people leadership skills.
GCP, Azure, AWS, Customer Data Platforms (CDPs), data clean rooms, AI/ML, GenAI, Retail Media Networks (RMNs)
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Distinguished Software Engineer, Data Platform
Milpitas, California, United States
$300k-$320k/yr HybridFull Time
Saviynt
Saviynt: Private enterprise software providing AI-powered identity security and access governance for global enterprises and government institutions.
2+ YOERequires 2–3 years as a Distinguished Engineer in distributed systems and data engineering, deep distributed database expertise, real-time streaming experience, multi-tenant SaaS architecture, cloud, and executive stakeholder leadership.
Platform as a Service, AI, machine learning
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Distinguished Engineer – Private Cloud Platform Engineering
Palo Alto, California, United States
$140k-$300k/yr HybridFull Time
GEICO
GEICO: A leading provider of auto and property insurance.
15+ YOERequires 15+ years in software, infrastructure, cloud, or platform engineering; 5+ years at principal-level leadership; expertise in Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, SDN, distributed systems, and automation.
OpenStack, Kubernetes, Ceph, Software Defined Networking, Nova, Neutron, Cinder, Glance, Keystone, Ironic, Placement, RBD, RGW, EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, SmartNIC, Go, Python, Rust, Java, VMware, Infrastructure-as-Code, SRE
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Distinguished Engineer – Hyperscaler Solutions Engineering
Basking Ridge or Alpharetta or Irving or Ashburn or Irvine
$149k-$286k/yr FieldFull Time
Verizon
VerizonNYSE: VZ: Leading global provider of telecommunications and technology services.
10+ YOERequires 10+ years in sales engineering or network architecture, advanced networking credentials, hyperscaler or enterprise experience, revenue and RFP success, and a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
DLM, EMR, Gemini, Claude, NIDR, Salesforce, GenAI
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Distinguished Engineer
San Francisco or Washington or Oregon or California or Portland
$196k-$352k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Autodesk
AutodeskNASDAQ: ADSK: Global provider of software for design, engineering, and manufacturing.
12+ YOERequires 12+ years building large-scale distributed systems, strong hands-on software engineering expertise, cloud-native and microservices experience, and technical leadership across organizations.
Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP
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Distinguished Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure
Mountain View or Bellevue
$253k-$416k/yr HybridFull Time
LinkedIn: The world's largest professional network.
10+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent experience, 10+ years in software engineering focused on infrastructure, distributed systems, or databases, and technical leadership experience. Expertise in scalable platforms and AI/ML production systems.
AI, AI/ML
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Distinguished Engineer - AI
San Jose, California, United States
$266k-$396k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NetApp
NetAppNASDAQ: NTAP: Global cloud-led, data-centric software.
15+ YOEExpert in AI inferencing and distributed systems at scale with 15+ years experience; hands-on with inference engines, model optimization, GPU/TPU orchestration, Kubernetes, RDMA/DPDK; strong architecture, communication, and mentorship skills.
TensorRT, vLLM, ONNX Runtime, Triton, RDMA, DPDK, Kubernetes, GPU, TPU
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Distinguished Technologist, Distributed Systems & Agentic Query Optimization
San Jose or Houston or Durham or Andover
$170k-$413k/yr HybridFull Time
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseNYSE: HPE: Global edge-to-cloud advancing how people live and work.
15+ YOE15+ years engineering and architectural leadership experience building large distributed systems, cloud-native architecture knowledge across public clouds, experience with distributed query engines, analytics, and strong technical communication.
Spark, Kafka, Parquet, Go, Java, BigQuery, AWS, GCP, Azure
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Distinguished Engineer, Reactor Systems
Alameda or Albuquerque or Oak Ridge or United States
RemoteFull Time
Kairos Power
Kairos Power: American nuclear technology, engineering, and manufacturing commercializing fluoride salt-cooled reactors for clean electricity.
20+ YOEBachelor's or advanced degree in mechanical, nuclear, or related engineering; 20+ years technical leadership in reactor or complex engineered systems; deep knowledge of reactor systems, codes, and design analysis.
SolidWorks, AVEVA, FEA, CFD
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Distinguished Engineer, Heart Failure Sensors
Irvine, California, United States
$159k-$226k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Edwards Lifesciences
Edwards LifesciencesNYSE: EW: Global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease.
12+ YOEBachelor's in engineering or scientific field with ~12 years technical leadership in complex electronic systems; expertise in MEMS, signal processing, system integration, manufacturing for implantable devices; travel up to 25%.
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Distinguished AI Engineer (Hybrid)
San Jose or Austin or Seattle or New York City
$343k-$433k/yr HybridFull Time
Cisco
CiscoNASDAQ: CSCO: Global leader in networking, cybersecurity, and cloud-native technology solutions.
10+ YOEExtensive AI/ML leadership with deep learning, NLP, LLMs, large-scale model development and production deployment; strong communication and mentorship skills.
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Distinguished Technologist, Electrical/Hardware Engineer
Spring or San Jose
$161k-$390k/yr HybridFull Time
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseNYSE: HPE: Global edge-to-cloud advancing how people live and work.
15+ YOEBachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, 15+ years' experience, electronic hardware architecture expertise, CAD and electrical design skills, program management, patents, and advanced English communication.
CAD
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