6 principal data engineer jobs at 5 companies in Modesto, CA
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Founding Machine Learning / AI Search Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$160k-$310k/yrOn-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Build the ML and AI search behind HiringCafe — ranking, recommenders, retrieval, and LLM agents that surface jobs people would never find on their own.
Oakland or Washington or Rhode Island or Ohio or Missouri or California or Long Beach or Arizona or Colorado or Florida or Georgia or Maryland or Minnesota or Nevada or Oregon or El Dorado Hills or Lodi or Los Angeles or Rancho Cordova or San Diego or Woodland Hills or Alabama or Illinois or Virginia or Texas or New York
$168k-$252k/yrHybridFull Time
Ascendiun: Nonprofit parent overseeing health insurance and clinical service organizations.
10+ YOEBachelor's or equivalent, 10+ years data engineering, experience with enterprise AI/ML and Data Vault 2.0, expertise in data architecture, data modelling, MDM, integration, privacy, and CI/CD tooling.
WorkdayNASDAQ: WDAY: Provides cloud-based software for financial and human capital management.
7+ YOE7+ years in analytics/data engineering with strong SQL, cloud data warehouse (Snowflake/BigQuery/Redshift), dbt expertise, GitHub/CI/CD experience, Python proficiency, and coaching/architectural skills; bachelor’s required.
Lead Principal Application Software Engineer- Forward Deployed Engineer
Pleasanton or California or United States
$105k-$264k/yrOnsiteFull Time
OracleNYSE: ORCL: Provides cloud infrastructure and enterprise software for global businesses.
10+ YOE10+ years designing and delivering enterprise data platforms; expert with Oracle AI Data Platform, Databricks, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, cloud platforms, and stakeholder communication.
Oracle AI Data Platform, OCI services, Databricks, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, Azure, AWS, Kafka, Python, SQL, Scala, Java, OCI - DevOps, OCI Generative AI, OCI - Generative AI Agent Hub
Senior/Principal R&D Systems Engineer - Special Programs, Onsite
Livermore, California, United States
$140k-$281k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Sandia National Laboratories: Conducts science and engineering research for national security.
5+ YOEBachelor's degree + 5 years relevant experience (or equivalent); ability to obtain DOE Q-level security clearance with SCI; systems engineering, requirements, testing, IT/software architecture, and data analysis skills; ability to work onsite in Livermore, CA.
Principal API Architect, Product Engineering – Agent‑Ready APIs & Data
Pleasanton, California, United States
$206k-$310k/yrHybridFull Time
WorkdayNASDAQ: WDAY: Provides cloud-based software for financial and human capital management.
12+ YOE12+ years building large-scale backend systems and APIs, 5+ years in senior architecture roles, hands-on TypeScript or Python, OpenAPI/Swagger and API governance experience, MCP familiarity, strong communication and mentoring skills.
Administrative Specialist - Engineering Principal Associate Director's Office
Livermore, California, United States
$38-$46/hrHybridFull Time
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Develops science and technology for United States national security.
Advanced administrative support for senior leadership, calendar and event coordination, document preparation, data compilation, strong communication, discretion with sensitive information, and ability to obtain DOE Q-level clearance (U.S. citizenship required).
Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe DC, MS Forms, Microsoft SharePoint, LEAP, TIME, EAM, LTRAIN, ePay, Cliqbook