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Principal Software Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$200k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Halo Industries
Halo Industries: Manufactures silicon carbide wafers using laser-based slicing technology.
20+ YOEBachelor’s in software engineering or computer science; 20+ years in machine control/automation; industrial protocol experience; C# for hardware control; industrial automation hardware; motion control knowledge.
C#, WPF, SECS/GEM, TCP/IP, EtherCAT, Modbus, Ethernet/IP, RS232/RS485
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Principal Engineer, Mission Software
Arvada or Los Angeles or San Francisco or Seattle or Washington
HybridFull Time
Quindar
Quindar: Cloud-native software for automated satellite mission operations.
8+ YOE3+ MgmtLead complex software and systems engineering in aerospace/defense; architecture focus; leadership; government programs; security clearance readiness.
Programming, Software Architecture, Distributed Systems, APIs, Operator tooling, Mission-critical applications
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Principal Software Engineer
Huntington Beach or San Francisco
$220k-$265k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Mach Industries
Mach Industries: Designs and manufactures autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles for defense.
10+ YOE10+ years leading large-scale software projects; expert in C++, Rust, Python or C; real-time/embedded systems experience.
C++, Rust, Python, C, RTOS, embedded systems
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Principal, Software Engineer
Sunnyvale or Bellevue
$132k-$286k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Walmart
WalmartNYSE: WMT: Multinational retail operating discount stores and supermarkets.
5+ YOEPrincipal-level software engineer with 10+ years building large-scale, distributed, cloud-native systems; expertise in microservices, event-driven architectures, Java and modern web frameworks (React/Redux); strong architecture and cross-team leadership.
Java, React, Redux
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Principal Software Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$221k-$387k/yr OnsiteFull Time
ServiceNow
ServiceNowNYSE: NOW: Provides a cloud platform for automating enterprise digital workflows.
15+ YOE15+ years engineering experience; strong system design and architecture for large-scale distributed systems; technical depth in Java or Python; experience with AI-powered products, observability, and enterprise platforms; mentoring and cross-team influence.
Java, Python, ServiceNow Platform
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Principal Software Engineer, AI Onboarding
San Francisco, California, United States
$240k-$250k/yr HybridFull Time
Saviynt
Saviynt: Provides AI-powered identity governance and cloud security platforms.
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering; expert in Java, Spring, REST, microservices; strong AI tooling knowledge; cloud, security, and containerization savvy.
Java, Spring Framework, REST, Microservices, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, SQL, ElasticSearch, Redis, CI/CD, Kafka, Git, GitHub, GitLab, Maven, Ant, IntelliJ, Eclipse, Q, Github Copilot, Cursor
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Principal Software Engineer, Prisma Access
Santa Clara, California, United States
$147k-$238k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto NetworksNASDAQ: PANW: Provides enterprise-grade network, cloud, and endpoint security software.
5+ YOE5+ years of software engineering; backend systems; proficiency in Go, Python, Java, or C++; cloud experience; AI integration; distributed systems expertise.
Go, Python, Java, C++, AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI
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Principal Software Development Engineer
Seattle or Santa Clara or Austin or United States
$100k-$235k/yr OnsiteAll Commitments Available
Oracle
OracleNYSE: ORCL: Provides cloud infrastructure and enterprise software for global businesses.
10+ YOE10+ years in software engineering; leadership in design/architecture; distributed systems and security services; Linux/Unix knowledge; microservices; databases.
Linux, Unix, Distributed Systems, Security, KMS, HSMs
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Principal Software Engineer, Data
Cambridge or San Francisco
$204k-$348k/yr HybridFull Time
Lila Sciences
Lila Sciences: Develops an AI platform for autonomous scientific research and discovery.
8+ YOE8-15 years of backend-focused engineering; full stack experience; AWS, Kubernetes; API design; data pipelines; Python; collaboration with scientists and engineers.
React, TypeScript, Nx, Tailwind, FastAPI, SQL/NoSQL, Python, Pydantic, SQLAlchemy, SQLModel, Django, Airflow, Prefect, Temporal, Dagster, pandas, numpy, scipy, jax, pytorch, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions
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Principal Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
RemoteFull Time
DocuSign
DocuSignNASDAQ: DOCU: Provides electronic signature and agreement management software solutions.
15+ YOE15+ years in distributed systems/infra; Go or Python; Kubernetes and Terraform; incident commander; cloud migrations; OpenTelemetry; Azure/AKS; on-call leadership.
Go, Python, Kubernetes, Terraform, AKS, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, OpenTelemetry
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Principal Software Engineer
South San Francisco, California, United States
$220k-$275k/yr HybridFull Time
Natera
NateraNASDAQ: NTRA: Provides clinical genetic testing and diagnostics services.
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering experience; production cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), Kubernetes, Terraform, Python/Go/Java; experience designing platforms, mentoring engineers, and shipping production software.
Claude Code, Cursor, AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Python, Go, Java, Groovy, Helm, Nextflow, WDL, Django, React, Airflow, Argo, Temporal, Dagster, LIMS, MCP servers
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Principal Embedded Software Developer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$170k-$210k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Fortinet
FortinetNASDAQ: FTNT: Develops and sells cybersecurity software and network security appliances.
10+ YOEMinimum 10 years in networking, embedded software; BS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering; MS preferred; strong C/C++ in Unix/Linux; experience with L2/L3 features, TCP/IP, and various ASICs; US citizenship required.
C/C++, Unix/Linux, ARM, PPC, x86, Open vSwitch, Shell, Python, Ruby
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Principal Software Engineer, Platform Security
San Francisco, California, United States
$197k-$314k/yr HybridFull Time
Salesforce
SalesforceNYSE: CRM: Sells cloud-based customer relationship management and business software solutions.
10+ YOE10+ years in software development; strong in databases, APIs, data pipelines; experience with large projects and security infrastructure.
API development, REST APIs, SDLC, AWS, GCP, Azure, Python, Ruby, Unix/Linux, Security infrastructure
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Principal Software Engineer, Robot Software
Sunnyvale, California, United States
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Wayve
Wayve: Develops AI software for autonomous vehicle navigation.
Extensive robotics middleware, real-time systems, C++ 17/20, Python; architecture of autonomous systems; leadership and mentorship; safety-focused.
ROS2, Cyber RT, Inter-process Communication, C++, Python, Distributed systems
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Principal Software Engineer
Santa Monica or Los Angeles or New York City or Bellevue or Seattle or San Francisco or Palo Alto
$235k-$414k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Snap
SnapNYSE: SNAP: Provides visual messaging software and augmented reality wearable devices.
10+ YOE10+ years software development experience, technical leadership experience, BS in a technical field (or equivalent), experience architecting distributed systems, strong software design and debugging skills, proficiency using AI tools and modern engineering workflows.
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Principal Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
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Midjourney
Midjourney: Independent research lab developing generative AI and medical imaging technology.
Deep software architecture and technical leadership for complex distributed systems; strong Python and concurrency experience (asyncio, multiprocessing); observability, testing, and performance engineering skills.
Python, asyncio, multiprocessing, profiling, gRPC, protobuf, CI
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Principal Software Engineer (Platform Team)
Hawthorne or Palo Alto or Redmond or Sunnyvale
$210k-$295k/yr OnsiteFull Time
SpaceX
SpaceX: Designs and launches advanced rockets and satellite internet constellations.
7+ YOE7+ years of experience building production platforms; or 9+ years without a degree; Bachelor's in CS/CE or other engineering.
Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Python, MLOps, Cloud computing, Distributed compute
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Principal Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$204k-$337k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Mastercard
MastercardNYSE: MA: Global payment processing and financial technology service provider.
Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Engineering, extensive software engineering and platform architecture experience, strong Java/JVM and Spring skills, REST/microservices, cloud-native (AWS/Kubernetes), distributed systems (Hadoop/Spark/Kafka), CI/CD and leadership skills.
Java, JVM, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Spring Cloud, RESTful web services, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, React, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, AWS, PCF, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Jenkins, Git, Maven, Gradle, SonarQube
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Principal Software Engineer - Rack Scale Systems Infrastructure
Santa Clara, California, United States
$272k-$431k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs GPU-accelerated computing and artificial intelligence hardware.
15+ YOE BS or MS in Computer Science/Engineering; 15+ years in systems software, distributed systems, or infrastructure engineering; Go/C++, or Rust; Kubernetes; data center networking; open source; security; mentoring.
Go, C++, Rust, Kubernetes, Linux, Redfish, IPMI
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Principal Research Software Engineer
San Francisco or United States
RemotePart Time
UCSF Health
UCSF Health: Academic medical center providing advanced patient care and research.
10+ YOE10+ years experience leading technical strategy for research software and data platforms; expert Python and SQL; experience with AI, data architecture, secure/regulated health data, and multi-institutional collaborations.
Python, SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Parquet, DuckDB, Linux, Git, CI/CD
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