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Scotts Valley • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments
Scotts Valley • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments
Scotts Valley • 50 milesRemote · Hybrid · Onsite · Field · All Environments
447 principal software engineer jobs at 105 companies in Scotts Valley, CA
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Principal Software Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$200k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
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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(USA) Principal, Software Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$143k-$286k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOEBachelor's degree and 5 years' software engineering experience, or 7 years' experience. Requires distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, AI/ML, CI/CD, testing, observability, and technical leadership.
AI/ML, CI/CD
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Principal, Software Engineer
Sunnyvale or Bellevue
$132k-$286k/yr OnsiteFull Time
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
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, Prisma Access
Santa Clara, California, United States
$147k-$238k/yr OnsiteFull Time
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
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, Endpoint Platform
Milpitas or Vancouver
$240k-$250k/yr HybridFull Time
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.
C++, Rust, Go, EDR, XDR, DLP, PAM/PEDM, ETW, eBPF, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, ChatGPT, CI/CD, MCP, LLM
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Principal Software Engineer
South San Francisco, California, United States
$220k-$275k/yr HybridFull Time
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
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
Redmond or Mountain View
HybridFull Time
6+ YOEBachelor's degree in computer science or related field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding; expertise in systems software, memory management, virtualization, and hardware/software co-design.
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Windows, Azure, Virtual Machines
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Principal Software Engineer, Robot Software
Sunnyvale, California, United States
HybridFull Time
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 Engineer, Embedded Vehicle Software
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$348k-$458k/yr HybridFull Time
15+ YOE15+ years in software and systems engineering; expertise in embedded systems, C/C++, architecture, performance optimization, and production-scale systems; experience influencing large engineering organizations.
C++, C, Python, Rust, NVIDIA Drive, Orin, DriveOS, DriveWorks, AUTOSAR, NVIDIA, Qualcomm
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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
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
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOEMaster’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related field; 7–10 years software engineering experience; distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, microservices, APIs, caching, AI-assisted tools, and production ownership.
API, microservices, caching, AI-powered engineering tools, coding assistants, open-source tooling
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Principal Software Engineer (Platform Team)
Hawthorne or Palo Alto or Redmond or Sunnyvale
$210k-$295k/yr OnsiteFull Time
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 - Kernels
Santa Clara, California, United States
$200k-$300k/yr HybridFull Time
d-Matrix: Develops high-performance semiconductor chips for generative AI inference.
12+ YOEMS with 12+ years or PhD with 7+ years; strong computer architecture; C/C++ and Python in Linux; experience with GPUs/AI accelerators; ML workloads; hardware-software co-design; leadership.
C/C++, Python, Linux, CUDA, TensorFlow, PyTorch, MLIR, LLVM, TVM
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Principal Software Engineer - Rack Scale Systems Infrastructure
Santa Clara, California, United States
$272k-$431k/yr OnsiteFull Time
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 Software Engineer - Content Platform
San Mateo, California, United States
$345k-$399k/yr OnsiteFull Time
13+ YOE13+ years in backend distributed systems; proficient in C#, Go, Java, C++, Python; Bachelor's in CS or related engineering (Masters a plus); strong problem solving and collaboration.
C#, Go, Java, C++, Python
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Principal Engineer
Pleasanton, California, United States
$257k-$322k/yr HybridFull Time
Principal software engineering role requiring application architecture, cloud backend development, system scaling, troubleshooting, optimization, innovation, cross-team collaboration, and mentoring engineers.
cloud-based backend services
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Principal Software Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$114k-$196k/yr OnsiteFull Time
15+ YOE15+ years software engineering experience developing automated process and test systems; skilled in C#, C, C++; familiarity with motion control, machine vision, and optical communications; able to support production and travel occasionally.
C#, C, C++
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