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Distinguished Engineer, Power Architecture
Santa Clara, California, United States
$320k-$489k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs GPU-accelerated computing and artificial intelligence hardware.
18+ YOELead power architecture across multiple silicon generations; 18+ years in Electrical/Computer Engineering; MS/PhD or equivalent; deep low-power design; GPU/CPU/accelerator architectures; power modeling; cross-functional collaboration.
NVLink, PCIe, HBM, LPDDR, on-die SRAM, GPU, CPU, accelerator architectures
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Distinguished Engineer - Cybersecurity (Session Management)
McLean or San Jose or Richmond or Plano
$269k-$307k/yr HybridFull Time
Capital One
Capital OneNYSE: COF: Financial services offering credit cards, banking, and loans.
7+ YOEBachelor’s degree; 7+ years in software engineering/solution architecture; 5+ years in cloud; 10+ years preferred; cloud experience (AWS, Google Cloud).
Java, Python, Go, AWS, Google Cloud
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Senior Distinguished Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$242k-$363k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Marvell
MarvellNASDAQ: MRVL: Designs and develops high-performance semiconductor and infrastructure solutions.
15+ YOE15+ years in ASIC architecture and design with leadership; expertise in networking/ switching, Layer 2/3, QoS; strong modeling and architecture skills; patent/publication track record.
ASIC, Networking, SerDes, Firmware, Validation, System Software, IEEE 802.3, Ethernet
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Health AIML - Distinguished Engineer
Cupertino, California, United States
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Apple
AppleNASDAQ: AAPL: Designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and online services.
Experienced engineer in machine learning and health domain to solve real-world problems, collaborate with research scientists and engineers, and deliver impactful technologies.
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Distinguished Engineer, Machine Learning
Santa Clara, California, United States
$147k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Netskope
NetskopeNASDAQ: NTSK: Cloud-native cybersecurity and data protection platform for enterprises.
12+ YOE12-15+ years AI/ML architecture experience; expertise in large-scale security AI/ML; strong deployment of LLMs; able to communicate with executives.
vLLM, SGLang, KV Cache, LLM_serving, Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch
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Distinguished Engineer - AI
San Jose, California, United States
$266k-$396k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NetApp
NetAppNasdaq: NTAP: Provides intelligent data infrastructure for hybrid cloud environments.
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: Providing global edge-to-cloud infrastructure and IT solutions for businesses.
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 - Chief Architect
San Jose or Portland or Research Triangle Park or Seattle or New York City or Irvine or San Diego
$337k-$427k/yr HybridFull Time
Cisco
CiscoNASDAQ: CSCO: Develops and sells networking hardware and cybersecurity software.
17+ YOEBachelor's in CS/Engineering or equivalent; 17+ years in software engineering, technical architecture, distributed systems or AI/ML; principal/architect experience; proven ability to set technical strategy and drive cross-organizational architecture; cloud and AI/ML experience.
CIRCUIT, GCP, AWS, Azure, LLM, RAG
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Distinguished Engineer, Digital IC Design
Santa Clara, California, United States
$210k-$314k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Marvell Technology
Marvell TechnologyNASDAQ: MRVL: Developing semiconductor solutions for cloud, enterprise, and AI infrastructure.
15+ YOEMaster's required (Ph.D. preferred),15+ years experience in uLED/uVCSEL, ASIC architecture, chiplet and multi-die design, demonstrated leadership, patents/publications, system integration expertise.
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Distinguished Engineer - AI (San Jose, CA, US, 95128)
San Jose, California, United States
$266k-$396k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NetApp
NetAppNASDAQ: NTAP: Sells enterprise data storage and cloud management software.
15+ YOE15+ years building low-latency, fault-tolerant distributed systems and AI/ML inference platforms; expertise with inference engines, model optimization, storage for AI, RDMA/DPDK, and Kubernetes-based orchestration.
TensorRT, vLLM, ONNX Runtime, Triton, RDMA, DPDK, Kubernetes
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Principal / Distinguished Engineer - Multi-Cloud Control Plane - Kubernetes
San Diego or Santa Clara or Kirkland
$255k-$445k/yr HybridFull Time
ServiceNow
ServiceNowNYSE: NOW: Provides a cloud platform for automating enterprise digital workflows.
12+ YOE12+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems with expertise in Kubernetes, hyperscalers, Go, platform architecture, and technical leadership.
Kubernetes, Crossplane, GitOps, CNI, Go, EKS, AKS, GKE, SPIFFE/SPIRE, Kata Containers, OCI
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Distinguished Software Engineer - ADEM (Backend)
Santa Clara, California, United States
$230k-$315k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto NetworksNASDAQ: PANW: Provides enterprise-grade network, cloud, and endpoint security software.
12+ YOE12+ years software engineering experience; expertise in large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native architectures; GCP (GKE, Spanner, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow); Kafka/Pulsar/Flink; Rust, Go, Java, or Python; experience with AI dev tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot).
Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Rust, Go, Java, Python, GKE, Spanner, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Kafka, Pulsar, Flink, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Istio
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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: Provides edge-to-cloud IT infrastructure and platform services.
15+ YOE15+ years engineering and architectural leadership experience building and operating large distributed systems and cloud platform services; strong data engineering, distributed query, cloud-native, and AI-first prototyping skills.
Spark, Kafka, Parquet, Go, Java, BigQuery, AWS, GCP, Azure
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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: Provides global edge-to-cloud technology solutions and IT infrastructure services.
15+ YOE15+ years designing and operating large distributed systems and cloud platform services; expertise in distributed query engines, federated data, cloud-native architecture; strong communication and technical leadership skills.
Spark, Kafka, Parquet, Go, Java, BigQuery, AWS, GCP, Azure
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Distinguished Technical Staff, Network architecture, Co-packaged optics, and systems
San Jose, California, United States
$170k-$242k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Lumentum
LumentumNASDAQ: LITE: Manufacturer of optical and photonic components for global networks.
15+ YOE15+ years in optics and network technology, experience with co-packaged optics, SiPh, lasers, high-speed systems and modeling, SerDes, Ethernet/PCIe, strong communication skills; MS/PhD in EE, photonics, or related field.
SiPh, Ethernet, PCIe, SerDes, PAM4, Coherent
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