26 principal software engineer jobs at 14 companies in Ripon, CA
🚀PromotedHiringCafe
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).
Saviynt: Provides AI-powered identity governance and cloud security platforms.
2+ YOEPrincipal-level systems software engineer with 2+ years principal experience; strong C++, Rust, or Go; deep OS internals and endpoint security knowledge; experience with EDR/XDR/DLP/PAM/PEDM, ETW/eBPF, AI-assisted development tools, and AI/agent architectures.
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.
Anaplan: Provider of cloud-native enterprise business planning and modeling software.
10+ YOEBachelor's in CS/Electronics or related and 10 years' related experience; expertise in authentication/authorization, distributed systems, AWS/DynamoDB, Kubernetes; technical leadership and experience supervising engineers.
DynamoDB, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Kubernetes Operator
Graphcore: Produces specialized processors for artificial intelligence workloads.
Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/EE or related field; proven automation/test framework experience; Python, Bash; Linux; strong problem solving and collaboration; experience with scalable automation; CI/CD experience preferred.
Python, Bash, Linux/Unix, Test frameworks, CI/CD, Git
Principal Engineer - Secure Workload Isovalent (Golang)
Milpitas or San Jose or Sunnyvale or Mountain View or San Francisco or Palo Alto
$231k-$332k/yrHybridFull Time
CiscoNASDAQ: CSCO: Develops and sells networking hardware and cybersecurity software.
10+ YOE10+ years building software (Go, C++, Java), 5+ years technical leadership, degree in computer science/engineering or related field, experience with scalable distributed systems, Kubernetes, cloud APIs, algorithms and performance engineering.
DTEX Systems: Provides software for insider risk management and data protection.
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering experience, Bachelor's in CS or related, deep OpenSearch expertise, Python and JVM proficiency, AWS experience, large-scale cluster management, migration experience, and strong debugging and communication skills.
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
ArloNYSE: ARLO: Provide wireless smart home security cameras and monitoring services.
Expert-level Kotlin and Android framework knowledge, architecture and large-codebase leadership, testing/CI-CD and performance engineering, mentoring skills, and experience with Jetpack, coroutines, DI, media/IoT preferred.
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).
Principal Engineer – Embedded Linux / Systems Architecture
Austin or Fremont
$130k-$227k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Enphase EnergyNASDAQ: ENPH: Manufacturer of microinverter-based solar and energy storage systems.
12+ YOEB.E. or M.S. in EE/CE/CS with 12+–15+ years embedded systems experience. Deep embedded Linux, BSP, device tree, kernel config, hardware/software co-design, SoC and driver development; C/C++/Python; CI/CD and Atlassian tooling.
Onto InnovationNYSE: ONTO: Provides metrology and inspection solutions for semiconductor manufacturers.
5+ YOE5–7 years delivering technical solutions, automation, analytics, or software development in an enterprise setting; bachelor’s in CS/IS/Engineering/Data & Analytics; strong communication; experience architecting enterprise AI/analytics.
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 Applied AI Researcher - Domain- Specific Models (Dublin, CA)
Dublin, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Articul8: Builds and deploys secure generative AI platforms for enterprises.
10+ YOEPhD or MSc in CS/ML; 10+ years AI/ML research; 4+ years building LLM-based systems; full model lifecycle leadership; strong evaluation; Python/PyTorch; scalable software engineering.
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.