11 principal software engineer jobs at 5 companies in Modesto, CA
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Founding Full-stack / Product Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$130k-$300k/yrOn-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
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).
Principal Software Development Engineer - Developer Platform
Pleasanton, California, United States
$223k-$334k/yrHybridFull Time
WorkdayNASDAQ: WDAY: Provides cloud-based software for financial and human capital management.
12+ YOE12+ years software engineering (including 3+ years principal/staff level), 6+ years in distributed systems, deep front-end expertise (React, HTML, CSS), API/SDK design, cloud-native and Kubernetes experience, strong communication; BS required, MS preferred.
Principal Software Engineer - Core Platform Integration
Pleasanton, California, United States
$223k-$334k/yrHybridFull Time
WorkdayNASDAQ: WDAY: Provides cloud-based software for financial and human capital management.
12+ YOE12+ years in software and infrastructure engineering with deep AWS and GCP experience; expertise in Kubernetes, Terraform/Terragrunt, Go/Python, observability, CI/CD, multi-cloud migrations, security fundamentals; bachelor's preferred.
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
Pleasanton or Seattle or Atlanta or Vancouver or Boulder or San Francisco or Toronto
$246k-$370k/yrHybridFull Time
WorkdayNASDAQ: WDAY: Provides cloud-based software for financial and human capital management.
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering experience with distributed systems and cloud; 2+ years integrating LLMs and building AI orchestration; expertise in system design, Responsible AI, and mentoring senior engineers.
Santa Clara or Milpitas or Mountain View or East Foothills or Los Altos or Stanford
$176k-$293k/yrHybridFull Time
BMC Software: Provides enterprise software for IT management and automation.
8+ YOE8+ years building and operating production-grade software with recent depth in AI/ML; proven experience shipping agentic AI systems, evaluation/experimentation frameworks, RAG/retrieval, and cloud-native tooling (Git, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS/Azure/GCP).
LangGraph, Google ADK, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, Azure, GCP
Santa Clara or Milpitas or Mountain View or East Foothills or Los Altos or Stanford
$176k-$293k/yrHybridFull Time
BMC Software: Provides enterprise software for IT management and automation.
10+ YOE10+ years software development with expert Python; proven experience building, deploying, and operating production AI/LLM systems for B2B customers; cloud deployment experience (AWS/Azure/GCP); agent/LLM/ RAG expertise.
Principal Hardware Engineer - Fluidics - Pleasanton, CA
Pleasanton or United States
$250k-$270k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Calyxo: Develops vacuum-assisted devices for minimally invasive kidney stone removal
15+ YOEBachelor's in engineering required, 15+ years developing fluidic/mechatronic/control systems for regulated products, expertise in fluid dynamics, closed-loop control, prototyping, embedded software (C/C++, Python), medical device standards (IEC 60601, ISO 13485).
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.
Senior/Principal R&D Digital Systems Security, Hybrid
Albuquerque or Livermore
$140k-$281k/yrHybridFull Time
Sandia National Laboratories: Conducts science and engineering research for national security.
5+ YOEBachelor's plus 5 years relevant experience (or equivalent), ability to obtain DOE Q-level clearance, expertise in hardware/software security, formal methods, and familiarity with secure-system design and verification.
Senior/Principal R&D Digital Systems Security, Hybrid
Livermore, California, United States
$140k-$281k/yrHybridFull Time
Sandia National Laboratories: Federal research and development laboratory for national security.
5+ YOEBachelor's +5 years or equivalent experience in digital systems security, ability to obtain DOE Q-level clearance, expertise in hardware/software security, formal methods, and programming; strong communication skills.