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Founding Full-stack / Product Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$130k-$300k/yr On-SiteFull Time
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Help us build a 100× better job search engine. We need a full-stack engineer with great taste, sharp fundamentals, and a track record of shipping polished product on React/Next.js plus a real backend (Firebase, Elasticsearch, Redis, Stripe).
React, Next.js, TypeScript, Firebase, Elasticsearch, Redis, Stripe
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Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer
McClellan Park, California, United States
$92k-$171k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Designs and manufactures advanced aerospace and defense systems.
2+ YOEUS citizen able to obtain Top Secret clearance. Bachelor's in STEM with 2+ years (or Master's with 0) for Software Engineer; or Bachelor's with 5+ years (or Master's with 3+) for Principal. Experience with Agile, Git/GitLab/Bitbucket, C/C++, Python, Java, Docker; software test planning and execution experience preferred.
Agile, Git, GitLab, Bitbucket, C/C++, Python, Java, Docker, Kubernetes, Atlassian, JIRA, Jenkins, Confluence, Linux Bash
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Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer
McClellan, California, United States
$92k-$171k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Develops and manufactures advanced aerospace, defense, and space systems.
2+ YOEU.S. citizen with ability to obtain Top Secret clearance; Bachelor's in STEM + 2 yrs experience (or Master's with 0 yrs) for Software Engineer, or Bachelor's + 5 yrs (Master's + 3 yrs) for Principal. Experience with Agile, Git/GitLab/Bitbucket, C/C++, Python, Java, Docker; software test planning and execution.
Agile, Git, GitLab, Bitbucket, C/C++, Python, Java, Docker, Kubernetes (K8s, k3s), Atlassian, JIRA, Jenkins, Confluence, Linux Bash, Linux/UNIX, CI/CD, Scrum
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Principal/Senior Principal Engineer Software
McClellan, California, United States
$114k-$171k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Develops and manufactures advanced aerospace, defense, and space systems.
5+ YOEUS citizen able to obtain Top Secret/SAP clearance. STEM degree plus multi-year software engineering experience, leadership of software teams, software lifecycle and testing experience, Agile/Git toolchain, C/C++, Python, Java, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux.
Agile, Git, GitLab, Bitbucket, C/C++, Python, Java, Docker, Kubernetes (K8s, k3s), Atlassian, JIRA, Jenkins, Confluence, Linux Bash, Linux, CI/CD, DevOps, DevSecOps
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Senior Principal Software Engineer
McClellan Park, California, United States
$142k-$213k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Designs and manufactures advanced aerospace and defense systems.
4+ YOEUS citizen with active TS/SCI clearance; STEM degree plus 4–8+ years experience; strong C++/C#/Java, Python, JavaScript, Linux, containers, REST APIs, SQL, GitLab and DevOps experience.
C++, C#, Java, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, REST APIs, SQL, NetApp, VM, Linux, cron, bash, GitLab, Grafana, Docker, Kubernetes (K8s, k3s), Bitbucket, JIRA, Jenkins, Confluence, ss, nc, netstat, tcpdump, ip addr, OCI
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Principal Software Engineer
Folsom, California, United States
$165k-$227k/yr HybridFull Time
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Sierra Nevada Corporation: Develops mission-critical aerospace and national security technology systems.
14+ YOEB.S. in CS/CE plus ~14+ years experience; expertise in C/C++, Linux, embedded systems; software design/architecture, project leadership, Agile, DevSecOps, Bash/Python scripting, Yocto, and customer communication.
C/C++, Linux, Embedded Systems, I2C, SPI, Xilinx/AMD SOCs, BASH, Python, Yocto, Mongo, Containerization, virtual machines, DevSecOps, AI tools
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Principal/Senior Principal Engineer Software
McClellan Park, California, United States
$114k-$213k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Designs and manufactures advanced aerospace and defense systems.
5+ YOEUS citizen able to obtain Top Secret/SAP clearance; STEM degree plus 3–8+ years experience (varies by level); software lifecycle, test planning/execution, team leadership, Agile/Git workflows; development in C/C++, Python, Java, Docker.
Agile, Git, GitLab, Bitbucket, C, C++, Python, Java, Docker, Kubernetes, JIRA, Jenkins, Confluence, Linux Bash, Linux, CI/CD, DevOps, DevSecOps
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Principal Engineer, AI Software Solutions
Folsom or Santa Clara
$256k-$361k/yr HybridFull Time
Intel
IntelNasdaq: INTC: Designs and manufactures microprocessors and semiconductor components.
12+ YOEBachelor's in CS/SE/EE or related, 12+ years software development/optimization experience, strong system-level software and computer architecture knowledge, proficiency in development, debugging, validation, modeling, and prototyping.
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Principal + Staff Software Engineers
San Francisco or San Jose or Seattle or Sacramento
RemoteFull Time
Unstructured
Unstructured: Enterprise data transformation for LLM and AI applications.
10+ YOE10+ years in software engineering; deep Python, Kubernetes, and Postgres expertise; experience with distributed systems and data architecture.
Python, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL
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Senior Principal Software Engineer
McClellan, California, United States
$142k-$213k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Develops and manufactures advanced aerospace, defense, and space systems.
4+ YOEUS citizen with active TS/SCI clearance. STEM degree (Bachelor/Master/PhD) with corresponding experience (B+8/M+6/PhD+4). Strong OOP in C++, C#, or Java; scripting with Python/JavaScript; Linux, containers, REST APIs, SQL, GitLab, and DevOps experience.
C++, C#, Java, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, REST, SQL, NetApp, VM, Linux, cron, bash, GitLab, Grafana, Docker, OCI, Kubernetes, K8s, k3s, Bitbucket, JIRA, Jenkins, Confluence, ss, nc, netstat, tcpdump, ip addr
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Principal Systems Design Engineer
Folsom, California, United States
$175k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
AMD
AMDNASDAQ: AMD: Designs and manufactures computer processors and graphics technology.
10+ YOEBachelor's in electrical or computer engineering with 10+ years of experience; strong hardware/software systems design, verification, and leadership skills.
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Principal Civil / Structural Engineer
Roseville, California, United States
$140k-$180k/yr HybridFull Time
GFT (Gannett Fleming)
GFT (Gannett Fleming): Provides infrastructure engineering, design, and construction management services.
15+ YOEBachelor’s in Civil Engineering; 15+ years civil/structural exp; CA PE license or comity; project management; client development; AutoCAD/MS Office; structural analysis software knowledge.
AutoCAD, MS Office, Structural analysis software
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Sr. Staff / Principal Software Engineer – Linux Kernel & ARM Server Platforms
Folsom or Austin
$193k-$289k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Qualcomm
QualcommNASDAQ: QCOM: Designs and manufactures semiconductors and wireless telecommunications products.
6+ YOEBachelor's +8 yrs (or Master's +7 / PhD +6) in CS/Engineering/IS; 4+ yrs with C, C++, Java, or Python; experience with Linux kernel, firmware, platform software for ARM server SoCs; knowledge of ACPI, UEFI, SystemReady, SBSA/SBBR, PSCI.
Linux kernel, ACPI, UEFI, SystemReady, SBSA, SBBR, PSCI, C, C++, Java, Python, assembly
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Principal Engineer
McLean or Irving or Concord or Charlotte
$159k-$305k/yr HybridFull Time
Wells Fargo
Wells FargoNYSE: WFC: Global provider of banking, investment, and mortgage financial services.
7+ YOE7+ years engineering and software development experience with cloud services, IaC (Terraform), multi-cloud architecture, and leading complex cloud-native solutions; strong programming and CI/CD experience.
AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Bicep, Pulumi, C#, Java, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, Rust, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins
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Principal AI Workflow Engineer
Rancho Cordova, California, United States
$196k-$314k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Solidigm
Solidigm: Develops and manufactures NAND flash memory and solid-state drives.
10+ YOE10+ years software/embedded engineering with C/C++ for embedded systems; hands-on LLM and agentic AI experience; AI-assisted tooling and CI/CD integration; firmware validation expertise; strong technical communication.
C/C++, RTOS, CI/CD, IDE, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), MLOps, vector databases, LLM gateways, RAG, LLMs, SWE-bench, EDA
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Data Scientist, Principal
Oakland or Washington or Ohio or District of Columbia or California or Long Beach or Arizona or Colorado or Connecticut or Florida or Georgia or Maryland or Minnesota or Nevada or Oregon or El Dorado Hills or San Diego or Woodland Hills or Alabama or Illinois or Virginia or Wisconsin or Texas or New York
$182k-$273k/yr HybridFull Time
Ascendiun
Ascendiun: Nonprofit parent overseeing health insurance and clinical service organizations.
8+ YOEAdvanced experience in applied AI/ML and software development, strong Python engineering, hands-on with deep learning and LLM frameworks, experience building production AI applications and leading ML design.
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, LangGraph, SQL, Spark, Azure, Google Cloud, AWS
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