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15 lead staff software engineer jobs at 9 companies in Santee, CA

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Staff Software Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
$190k-$210k/yr HybridFull Time
Art of Problem Solving
Art of Problem Solving: Provides advanced K-12 math curriculum and online learning platforms.
4+ YOE4+ years full-stack web development with Typescript, React, Next.js; strong JavaScript; startup experience; can lead and mentor; build consumer experiences; scale foundations.
Typescript, React, Next.js, PostgreSQL
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Sr. Staff Software Engineer (Full Stack Software Discipline Lead)
San Diego or Melbourne or El Segundo or Palmdale or Manhattan Beach or Oklahoma City or Redondo Beach
$158k-$289k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Designs and manufactures advanced aerospace and defense systems.
9+ YOESTEM degree with 9+–14+ years software engineering experience (depending on degree), active U.S. Secret clearance (in-scope within 6 years) and eligibility for TS/SCI, subject-matter expertise in full stack/cloud/geospatial/interoperability/cybersecurity, and ~25% travel.
AWS, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack, Docker, OCI, Kubernetes, Istio, Jenkins, GitLab, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Ansible, DTED, GeoTIFF, OGC, CesiumJS, Web-GL, PostGIS, Selenium, Cypress, Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, TypeScript, Python, Node.js, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, HTTP, websockets, OMS, Universal Command and Control Interface (UCI), STANAG 4586, RMF, NIST 800-53
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Sr. Staff Software Engineer (Full Stack Software Discipline Lead)
Melbourne or Palmdale or San Diego or El Segundo or Redondo Beach or Manhattan Beach or Oklahoma City
$158k-$289k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Develops and manufactures advanced aerospace, defense, and space systems.
9+ YOERequires STEM degree plus extensive software engineering experience (Bachelor+14 / Master+12 / PhD+9), active U.S. Secret clearance (eligible for TS/SCI), expertise in cloud, containers, CI/CD, front- and back-end stacks, geospatial and cybersecurity competencies, and ~25% travel.
AWS, Azure, OpenStack, Docker, OCI, Kubernetes, Istio, Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Ansible, CesiumJS, Web-GL, PostGIS, Selenium, Cypress, Java, Python, Node.js, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, TypeScript, REST, GraphQL, gRPC, SQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, HTTP, websockets, OMS, Universal Command Interface (UCI), RMF/NIST 800-53
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Senior Staff Software Engineer - Cloud (Technical Lead Manager)
San Diego or United States
$214k-$267k/yr HybridFull Time
Brain Corp
Brain Corp: Develops AI software for commercial autonomous mobile robots.
10+ YOE3+ Mgmt10+ years software engineering experience, 3+ years cloud architecture and 3+ years technical leadership; bachelor’s or master’s in CS or Software Engineering; proven GCP and ML systems experience.
Google Cloud Platform (GCP), GKE, Dataflow, BigQuery, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, Vertex AI, Cloud Storage, Go, Python, TypeScript, Pulumi, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Kubeflow, TensorFlow Serving, Kafka
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Staff Software Engineer - Thread Lead
San Diego or El Segundo or Oklahoma City
$145k-$266k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Designs and manufactures advanced aerospace and defense systems.
8+ YOEActive U.S. Top Secret clearance (investigation within 5 years or Continuous Evaluation), STEM degree with significant engineering experience (8+ years minimum), technical project lead/Product Owner experience, data acquisition/storage/analysis expertise, and ability to obtain SAP/PAR access.
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Software Segment Lead - Staff Software Engineer
San Diego or Palmdale
$177k-$266k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Designs and manufactures advanced aerospace and defense systems.
8+ YOESTEM degree with 8–12 years engineering experience (depending on degree), active U.S. Top Secret clearance, ability to obtain SAP/PAR access, technical leadership experience in data acquisition, storage, processing and analysis, and experience driving cross-functional teams.
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Staff Software Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
$143k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Exact Sciences
Exact SciencesNASDAQ: EXAS: Provides molecular diagnostic tests for early cancer detection.
12+ YOEBachelor's in CS/related or HS+12yrs experience; expert in object-oriented programming, RESTful services, relational DBs, cloud frameworks; mentor junior engineers and lead technical design.
RESTful web services, Postgres, SQL Server, JPA2, Hibernate, Entity Framework, Azure, Amazon AWS Services/SDKs, JIRA, Confluence, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL, PL/SQL, .NET, Google Web Toolkit
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Staff Software Engineer - Thread Lead
San Diego or El Segundo or Oklahoma City
$145k-$266k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Develops and manufactures advanced aerospace, defense, and space systems.
8+ YOESTEM degree (BS+12 yrs / MS+10 yrs / PhD+8 yrs), active U.S. Top Secret clearance (investigation within 5 years or continuous evaluation), ability to obtain SAP access, experience leading technical projects and data acquisition/architecture/analytics.
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Supervisor Staff Software Developer
Poway, California, United States
$116k-$209k/yr OnsiteFull Time
General Atomics
General Atomics: Designs and manufactures unmanned aircraft and nuclear technology systems.
8+ YOEBachelors/masters/PhD in CS or related field with progressive software development experience; strong Python experience in Linux and big-data libraries; technical lead experience and ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance.
Python, Linux
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Software Segment Lead - Staff Software Engineer
San Diego or Palmdale
$177k-$266k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Develops and manufactures advanced aerospace, defense, and space systems.
12+ YOEBachelor’s in STEM with 12+ years or Master’s with 10+ years; TS clearance; on-site leadership in data solutions.
Big Data, Data Acquisition, Data Processing, Data Storage, Networking Protocols
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Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5401)
Washington or San Diego or Boston or Dallas
$195k-$293k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Shield AI
Shield AI: Develops autonomous flight software and unmanned aircraft for defense.
7+ YOE7+ years relevant experience, expert C++ and Linux, experience leading autonomy or systems integration, BS/MS in engineering or equivalent, ability to obtain SECRET clearance.
C++, Linux, HivemindSDK, ViDAR, ATR, UCI, OMS, STANAG 4586
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Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208)
Washington or Boston or San Diego or Dallas
$195k-$293k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Shield AI
Shield AI: Develops autonomous flight software and unmanned aircraft for defense.
7+ YOEBS/MS or equivalent,7+ years experience,expert C++ and Linux,experience leading autonomy/embedded integration,ability to obtain SECRET clearance,experience with operational deployments.
C++, Linux, HivemindSDK, ViDAR, EO/IR, GCS, Docker, ARM, CI/CD
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Sr. Staff Engineer / Principal Robotics SLAM and Positioning Lead
Santa Clara or San Diego
$199k-$298k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Qualcomm
QualcommNASDAQ: QCOM: Designs and manufactures semiconductors and wireless telecommunications products.
4+ YOEExpertise in SLAM, sensor fusion, calibration, and system observability; C++ and ROS2/DDS experience; production-grade robotics software development; bachelor's/master's/PhD plus relevant years of systems engineering experience.
C++, ROS2, DDS, CI/CD, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Qualcomm SoCs, LiDAR, IMU, GNSS
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Staff Product Owner
San Diego, California, United States
$144k-$190k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Element Biosciences
Element Biosciences: Develops benchtop DNA sequencing platforms for research and diagnostics.
8+ YOE8–12+ years in life sciences software; hands-on coding; lead multiple scrum teams; strong requirements engineering; experience with ML/AI and regulated software.
Go, React, MongoDB, Redis, gRPC, AWS, Ubuntu Core, Cursor, Claude
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Manager, Applications Development
San Diego, California, United States
$10k-$16k/mo OnsiteFull Time
San Diego Community College District
San Diego Community College District: Public community college district providing higher education and vocational training.
5+ MgmtManage application development staff; hands-on experience with PeopleSoft, Oracle Fusion, or Workday; cloud and integration expertise; 5+ years leading software teams; bachelor’s in CS/IS/Engineering or equivalent.
PeopleSoft, Oracle Fusion, Workday, OCI, AWS, Azure
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