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Sr. Principal Software Engineer (Prisma SASE)
San Francisco or Santa Clara or San Jose
$170k-$277k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto NetworksNASDAQ: PANW: Global cybersecurity platform providing network, cloud, and AI-driven security solutions.
10+ YOEBS (CS) +12 yrs or MS +10 yrs in system software; experience with data plane/control plane, C and DPDK; strong system design, networking, and debugging skills.
C, DPDK, Python, Go, Linux
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(USA) Principal, Software Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$143k-$286k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Walmart
WalmartNYSE: WMT: Global retail, e-commerce, and supply chain.
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
Walmart
WalmartNYSE: WMT: Global retail, e-commerce, and supply chain.
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: Enterprise software providing cloud-based workflow automation platforms.
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 (Java)
San Francisco or Chicago or Phoenix or Denver or Salt Lake City or Madison or United States
$140k-$195k/yr RemoteFull Time
Resource Innovations
Resource Innovations: Women-led clean energy consulting and software firm serving utilities, governments, and system operators.
15+ YOE15+ years of software engineering experience, principal-level technical leadership, Java and Spring Boot expertise, cloud and distributed systems experience, and a bachelor's or master's degree or equivalent practical experience.
Java, Spring Boot, Python, AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Angular, GitHub Copilot, Claude, SaaS, APIs
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Principal Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
RemoteFull Time
DocuSign
DocuSignNASDAQ: DOCU: Provides intelligent agreement management and e-signature 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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Staff / Principal Software Engineer
Palo Alto, California, United States
$250k-$350k/yr OnsiteFull Time
GenBio AI
GenBio AI: Building the world’s first AI-Driven Digital Organism to simulate living systems and accelerate scientific research.
8+ YOERequires typically 8+ years of software engineering experience, Staff or Principal-level expertise, production web services, scalable APIs, distributed systems, AI/LLM/ML integration, and strong technical leadership.
APIs, LLMs
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Senior Principal Software Engineer
Seattle or Santa Clara or United States
$135k-$306k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Oracle Corporation
Oracle CorporationNYSE: ORCL: Cloud infrastructure and enterprise software solutions provider.
10+ YOE10+ years engineering experience; design and implement large-scale validation frameworks for distributed databases; root cause analysis; cross-team collaboration and technical leadership.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Oracle Database
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Principal Software Engineer, Endpoint Platform
Milpitas or Vancouver
$240k-$250k/yr HybridFull Time
Saviynt
Saviynt: Private enterprise software providing AI-powered identity security and access governance for global enterprises and government institutions.
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
Natera
NateraNASDAQ: NTRA: Global leader in cell-free DNA testing and diagnostics.
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 Robotics Software Engineer
United States or Santa Clara
$174k-$305k/yr RemoteFull Time
Blue River Technology
Blue River Technology: John Deere subsidiary building computer-vision agricultural robots and intelligent machinery for farmers and other field operators.
10+ YOE10+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years at Principal or Staff level; expert C++ and Python; robotics frameworks and hardware integration; bachelor's, master's, or Ph.D. in a related technical field.
C++, Python, Linux, ROS, ROS 2, CyberRT, LIDAR, IMUs, GPS, RTOS, CAN, Ethernet, Isaac Sim, Gazebo, Webots, HIL, ISO 26262, IEC 61508
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Principal Software Engineer
Santa Clara or Redmond or Hillsboro
$272k-$431k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Computing platform for AI and accelerated graphics.
15+ YOEBachelor's or master's degree in computer engineering, computer science, or related field; 15+ years in system architecture and design; expertise in scalable edge systems, software/hardware interfaces, and accelerator system software.
GPU, DPU, FPGA
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Principal Engineer, Embedded Vehicle Software
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$348k-$458k/yr HybridFull Time
Wayve
Wayve: British autonomous-driving software licensing vehicle-agnostic AI Driver technology to automakers and fleet owners.
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
Snap Inc.
Snap Inc.NYSE: SNAP: Technology focused on augmented reality and communication.
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 Research Software Engineer
San Francisco or United States
RemotePart Time
University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco: Public research university dedicated to health sciences and patient care.
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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Principal Software Engineer - Kernels
Santa Clara, California, United States
$200k-$300k/yr HybridFull Time
d-Matrix
d-Matrix: Private AI infrastructure serving data centers with inference accelerators, networking, and software.
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
San Francisco, California, United States
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Midjourney
Midjourney: Independent research lab building generative AI software for millions of users to create images and videos.
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
San Francisco, California, United States
$204k-$337k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Mastercard
MastercardNYSE: MA: Global payments technology powering digital economies.
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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Software Engineer - Principal
Santa Clara, California, United States
$154k-$278k/yr HybridFull Time
Siemens Industry Software
Siemens Industry Software: Private Siemens industrial-software business providing lifecycle, electronic-design, manufacturing, low-code, and AI software to industrial organizations.
15+ YOE15–25 years of software engineering experience; expertise in C/C++, data structures, algorithms, compiler optimization, and UNIX/Linux; bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant technical field.
C, C++, UNIX, LINUX
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Principal Software Engineer
United States or Canada or Columbus or Austin or San Francisco or New York City
$191k-$264k/yr RemoteFull Time
Upstart
UpstartNasdaq: UPST: Public AI lending marketplace connecting consumers with banks and credit unions for personal, auto, and home-equity loans.
8+ YOEBachelor's or equivalent and 8+ years software engineering experience; designing and operating large-scale distributed systems, relational schemas, APIs, auth/RBAC; partnering with risk/compliance/operations teams.
TypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, Prisma, SOC 2, NIST CSF
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