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Developer Relations Lead
San Francisco or New York City
RemoteFull Time
Flox
Flox: Reproducible and secure software development environment management platform.
6+ YOE6+ years in Developer Relations, software engineering, or solutions engineering; strong technical ability with demos; cross-functional collaboration; CI/CD and platform experience; excellent communication; self-directed.
Go, Python, Rust, Shell
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Lead Engineer
New York City or Birmingham or Miami or Tampa or Blue Ash or Cincinnati or Los Angeles
$140k-$199k/yr HybridFull Time
Green Dot
Green DotNYSE: GDOT: Provides mobile banking and payment solutions to consumers and businesses.
8+ YOE8+ years in software engineering; proficiency in .NET/C#, SQL Server; experience with Azure migration, cloud-native apps, CI/CD; familiarity with AI code assistants.
.NET, C#, SQL Server, Azure, AKS, Cosmos DB, App Services, Functions, GitHub Copilot, Claude
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Software Engineer Lead
El Segundo, California, United States
$115k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
BTAS
BTAS: A woman-owned small business providing IT engineering and program management services to government and defense programs.
3+ YOESenior-level software lead with Agile expertise, experience delivering secure enterprise software, and DoD/SSC process familiarity.
Agile, Secure software, Cloud
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Software Engineer, Lead
Long Beach, California, United States
$142k-$189k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Rocket Lab
Rocket LabNasdaq: RKLB: Operates launch vehicles and manufactures satellites for space missions.
5+ YOE5+ years software development; proven team leadership; full-stack skills; experience with REST APIs and SQL.
HTML/CSS, TypeScript, Angular, React, Vue, SQL, REST APIs, NodeJS, C#/.Net, Linux
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Lead Software Engineer
Glendale or Santa Monica
$156k-$209k/yr HybridFull Time
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney CompanyNYSE: DIS: Produces movies, operates theme parks, and provides streaming services.
7+ YOELead software engineer with 7+ years experience, strong Java, SpringBoot, DynamoDB, Kafka; experience with microservices, cloud (AWS), DevOps tools; strong communication and leadership.
Java, SpringBoot, DynamoDB, Redis, MemCache, Kafka, Kinesis, AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Microservices
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Developer Education Lead
San Francisco, California, United States
$198k-$335k/yr HybridFull Time
OpenAI
OpenAI: Develops artificial intelligence models and generative AI software services.
7+ YOE7+ years in developer education or related field; owns education roadmaps; strong writing and storytelling; collaborates with product and engineering teams.
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Lead Engineer - AI Trust & Governance
San Francisco or Palo Alto or Chicago or New York City or Seattle or Bellevue
$173k-$260k/yr HybridFull Time
Salesforce
SalesforceNYSE: CRM: Sells cloud-based customer relationship management and business software solutions.
10+ YOE10+ years of software development; full stack expertise; AWS cloud; CI/CD; observability; platform engineering; AI governance; strong collaboration and leadership.
AWS, CI/CD, Monitoring/Observability, Claude, Generative AI tools, LLM platforms
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Lead Design Engineer
Fremont, California, United States
$101k-$172k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Coherent
CoherentNYSE: COHR: Manufactures lasers, engineered materials, and optical networking components.
3+ YOELead engineer to design and develop high-power InP-based semiconductor lasers; hands-on device development; cross-functional coordination.
Device Simulation, DOE, Semiconductor Fabrication, Electrical Measurements, Optical Measurements
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Lead AI Engineer (FM Hosting, LLM Inference)
New York or McLean or San Jose
$197k-$246k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Capital One
Capital OneNYSE: COF: Financial services offering credit cards, banking, and loans.
4+ YOELead AI Engineer with 4+ years of AI/ML experience, strong Python/Java, cloud deployment, and AI services development.
AWS, Huggingface, PyTorch, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, Scalability, Guardrails, Memory, Golang, C++, Java, Python
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Lead Software Engineer (San Francisco, CA, US, 94107)
San Francisco, California, United States
$157k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Paramount
ParamountNASDAQ: PSKY: Produces and distributes media content across global entertainment platforms.
5+ YOE2+ Mgmt5+ years of iOS development experience, Swift expertise, strong iOS/tvOS knowledge, experience leading iOS developers, RESTful APIs, Agile processes, strong communication.
Swift, iOS, tvOS, Xcode, RESTful APIs
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Software Engineer Lead (Hybrid)
Santa Ana, California, United States
$173k-$199k/yr HybridFull Time
First American Financial
First American FinancialNYSE: FAF: Provides title insurance and settlement services for real estate.
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering with leadership, deep database design, full-stack development, AI/ML integration, document processing, workflow design, cross-functional leadership, and cloud experience.
Python, FastAPI, React, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, LangChain, Vector databases, Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure)
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Lead Senior Software Engineer
Port Hueneme, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Engineering Services Network
Engineering Services Network: A defense-focused technology.
10+ YOELead software engineer with 10+ years in Navy weapon/combat systems; Secret DoD clearance; master's degree.
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Lead Coating Engineer
Richmond, California, United States
$101k-$178k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Attalon
Attalon: Designs and manufactures precision optical and laser systems.
7+ YOELead the design, development, and deployment of thin-film coating processes; 7+ years in thin-film coating engineering; aerospace experience preferred; bachelor’s in physics/optics/materials science/engineering.
TFCalc, Macleod, Thin Film Deposition (Thermal Evaporation, E-Beam, Sputtering, CVD), Tooling Design, SolidWorks, MS Office
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Lead Data Platform Engineer
Burbank or Orlando or Seattle
$156k-$219k/yr HybridFull Time
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney CompanyNYSE: DIS: Produces media content and operates global theme parks.
7+ YOE7+ years in Scala/Java/Python; lead data/software projects; data lakehouse; cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP); Snowflake; CI/CD; data modeling.
dbt, Python, Airflow, Snowflake, Java, SQL, ETL, ELT, AWS, Azure, GCP
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Lead Java Software Engineer
Phoenix or San Francisco or Chicago or Denver or Salt Lake City or Madison
$85k-$160k/yr RemoteFull Time
Resource Innovations
Resource Innovations: Provides clean energy services and software solutions for utilities.
8+ YOE8+ years software development; Java/Spring Boot; cloud-based enterprise apps; strong analytical, communication, and independent working skills.
Java, Python, Spring Boot, MySQL, NoSQL, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Apache Camel, RabbitMQ, Data pipelines, AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, REST, SOAP, Microservices
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Lead Mechanical Engineer, Research & Development
Sunnyvale, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Qnity Electronics
Qnity ElectronicsNYSE: Q: Manufactures materials and solutions for the semiconductor industry.
Lead Mechanical Engineer with R&D and customer-facing experience to develop advanced material solutions for electronics.
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Developer Relations Lead
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Sapiom
Sapiom: Financial infrastructure for autonomous AI agents.
Experience with developer-facing content and APIs, SDKs, and technical documentation; hands-on with LLMs and agentic apps; comfortable with developer toolchains and communities.
GitHub, SDKs, Developer portals, Discord
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Lead Software Engineer
Palo Alto, California, United States
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JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan ChaseNYSE: JPM: Global financial services firm providing banking and investment solutions.
10+ YOE10+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Software Engineering; delivers system design, production code, automation, CI/CD; strong SDLC and agile security knowledge.
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Lead Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$115k-$213k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Cadence Design Systems
Cadence Design SystemsNASDAQ: CDNS: Develops computational software and hardware for electronic system design.
4+ YOEBS with 4+ years or MS with 2+ years or PhD; strong C++, data structures, algorithms; static timing analysis a plus; electronics design experience a plus; AI-assisted tooling a plus.
C++, Static Timing Analysis, Data Structures, Algorithms, AI-assisted programming tools
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Lead Software Engineer
Foster City, California, United States
$192k-$308k/yr HybridFull Time
Visa
VisaNYSE: V: Global payment technology facilitating electronic funds transfers.
10+ YOE10+ years experience; strong Java/J2EE; cloud, Docker/Kubernetes; security; API design; CI/CD; leadership.
Java, J2EE, Docker, Kubernetes, REST, APIs, Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD
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