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San Francisco Bay Area, CA
185K-301K Annually
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185K-301K Annually
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Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Software
The Principal Software Engineer will architect and build platform features, lead technical discussions, mentor engineers, engage with stakeholders, and innovate on core services to drive technical impact for FloQast applications.
Top Skills: AWSGoMongoDBNode.jsReactTypescript
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San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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Fintech • Mobile • Software • Financial Services
Lead the development and implementation of AI agents for financial guidance. Define technical strategies, mentor engineers, and ensure compliance with industry standards.
Top Skills: Ai AgentsSoftware Engineering
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Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
235K-414K Annually
Senior level
235K-414K Annually
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Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Virtual Reality • App development
The Principal Software Engineer will design and implement systems for the advertiser experiences at Snap, lead technical vision, mentor engineers, and innovate on creator marketplace products.
Top Skills: Distributed SystemsProgrammingSoftware Design
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San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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Fintech • Mobile • Software • Financial Services
Lead the technical strategy for developer tools in a financial services company, focusing on AI-enabled development practices. Responsibilities include architectural design, mentorship, and driving innovation in software development.
Top Skills: ArgocdAWSBazelBuildkiteDockerEnvoyGitlabGoGradleIstioJavaKotlinKubernetesPython
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Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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222K-297K Annually
Senior level
222K-297K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Mobile • Software
The Principal Software Engineer will lead the financial systems architecture, mentor senior engineers, and refine the technical roadmap, ensuring accounting-grade correctness across the platform.
Top Skills: Api DesignData IngestionFinancial SystemsOperating Systems
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Remote or Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
216K-320K Annually
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216K-320K Annually
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Automotive • Big Data • Information Technology • Robotics • Software • Transportation • Manufacturing
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will architect and develop virtualization technology for vehicle testing, mentor teams, and enhance code quality across GM products.
Top Skills: C/C++GoJava
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San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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195K-270K Annually
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195K-270K Annually
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Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Social Impact • Software
The Principal Software Engineer will set technical direction, own cross-team initiatives, evolve platform architecture, and lead experimentation efforts while mentoring others in the Personal Loans team.
Top Skills: AWSCi/CdDockerGithub ActionsReactRuby On Rails
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San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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Senior level
Fintech • Mobile • Software • Financial Services
The role involves providing AI leadership, influencing technical direction, driving innovation, mentoring engineers, and collaborating across teams to adopt AI in software development.
Top Skills: AWSCi/CdDockerGenerative AiKubernetesSdks
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
256K-347K Annually
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256K-347K Annually
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Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Consumer Web • Productivity • Software • App development • Data Privacy
Lead technical strategy for Dropbox's core systems and AI integration, drive technical outcomes, and influence multiple teams. Involve hands-on software development and architecture for scalable products.
Top Skills: AIConcurrencyDatabasesDistributed SystemsMlMobileSearchSoftware DevelopmentStorage Systems
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San Francisco Bay Area, CA
173K-260K Annually
Senior level
173K-260K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Information Technology • Payments • Sharing Economy • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will design, develop, and implement complex software solutions, lead projects, and ensure compliance with standards in a cloud-first environment.
Top Skills: AWSCi/CdCSSDb2DevOpsHTMLJavaJSONNoSQLOracleRdsSpringSQLTerraformXML
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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155K-220K Annually
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155K-220K Annually
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Cloud • Information Technology
The Principal Software Engineer will tackle platform-level challenges, assist team members, write secure and scalable code, and develop features for cloud storage solutions.
Top Skills: AIAnsibleBashCephContainerdDhcpDnsGoGrafanaHelmHelmfileKubernetesLdapLokiPostgresPrometheusPxeTerraform
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San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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298K-350K Annually
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298K-350K Annually
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Artificial Intelligence • Blockchain • Fintech • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency • NFT • Web3
The Principal Software Engineer will lead AI automation efforts at Coinbase, designing AI-driven systems, mentoring teams, and solving complex AI challenges to improve operations and developer productivity.
Top Skills: AIBackend EngineeringGenerative AiLlmMulti-Agent ArchitecturesOrchestration Tools
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Remote or Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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Automotive • Big Data • Information Technology • Robotics • Software • Transportation • Manufacturing
The Principal Software Engineer leads technical initiatives across GM's Digital Products, focusing on high-quality coding, architecture, mentoring engineers, and improving processes. The role requires guiding teams in delivering impactful solutions and sharing best practices.
Top Skills: C++GoJava
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
227K-284K Annually
Expert/Leader
227K-284K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Software • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
The Principal Software Engineer will lead the technical direction for Platform-as-a-Service at DigitalOcean by designing scalable systems, mentoring engineers, and collaborating across teams to enhance developer experience and platform performance.
Top Skills: C++GoJavaPython
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In-Office or Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
121K-179K Annually
Senior level
121K-179K Annually
Senior level
Gaming
The Principal Software Engineer will define, architect, and develop gameplay features in Unity and C#. The role involves optimizing performance, collaborating with other engineers, and mentoring team members.
Top Skills: C#Unity
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
256K-347K Annually
Expert/Leader
256K-347K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Consumer Web • Productivity • Software • App development • Data Privacy
Lead technical vision and execution for enterprise-scale AI, automation, and data initiatives. Architect scalable, secure AI systems and data pipelines, mentor engineers, drive cross-functional alignment, and deliver high-impact production solutions that improve productivity and business outcomes.
Top Skills: AIAutomated TestingAutomationCiData AnalyticsData PipelinesDistributed TrainingGoJavaMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingPythonScalaVisualization
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
200K-320K Annually
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200K-320K Annually
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Cloud • Fintech • Food • Information Technology • Software • Hospitality
The Principal Software Engineer will lead teams in developing full-stack applications, enhance services, drive architectural discussions, and mentor other engineers.
Top Skills: DynamoDBGraphQLJavaKotlinReactRest
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
200K-230K Annually
Senior level
200K-230K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Financial Services
The Principal Software Engineer will architect and lead the development of scalable systems, drive technical excellence, mentor teams, and promote best practices at a fintech company.
Top Skills: GoPythonRuby
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
272K-341K Annually
Expert/Leader
272K-341K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Software • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Lead the design and operation of the Gradient AI platform, focusing on scalability, performance, and innovation in agent development. Mentor engineers and collaborate across teams to deliver strategic technical roadmaps and enhance operational excellence.
Top Skills: Agent-Development TechnologiesAi/Ml PlatformsCloud ApplicationsGenai
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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195K-270K Annually
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195K-270K Annually
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Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Social Impact • Software
As a Principal Software Engineer on the SRE team, lead best practices adoption, mentor engineers, and improve system reliability and user experience through automation and collaboration.
Top Skills: CdkCloudFormationDatadogGoJavaScriptPrometheusPythonTerraformTypescript
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
200K-320K Annually
Senior level
200K-320K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Fintech • Food • Information Technology • Software • Hospitality
As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll architect and code backend services and ML models, integrate them with Salesforce, and mentor junior engineers.
Top Skills: AWSGoJavaLambdaLangchainPythonSagemakerSalesforceSqs
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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186K-270K Annually
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186K-270K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Social Impact • Software
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead the development and architecture of Upstart's Core GenAI Platform, ensuring technical excellence and cross-team collaboration while mentoring junior engineers and influencing business strategy.
Top Skills: Cloud-Native ArchitecturesDockerFastapiKotlinKubernetesLangchainLlamaindexOpenai ApisPythonReactSpringTerraformTypescript
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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195K-270K Annually
Senior level
195K-270K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Social Impact • Software
The role involves building and optimizing a machine learning and simulation platform, supporting MLOps, model deployment, and infrastructure modernization, while mentoring engineers.
Top Skills: AWSDatabricksFastapiFlaskGrpcKafkaKotlinMetaflowMlflowPysparkPythonRedshiftSpark
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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186K-258K Annually
Senior level
186K-258K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Social Impact • Software
The Principal Software Engineer will define technical roadmaps, guide system architecture, mentor leaders, and drive product direction in Capital Supply operations.
Top Skills: AISoftware Engineering
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Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
262K-327K Annually
Expert/Leader
262K-327K Annually
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Digital Media • eCommerce • Gaming • Mobile • News + Entertainment
Lead the development and optimization of Crunchyroll's client applications for performance and scalability, mentoring engineers and ensuring quality through best practices.
Top Skills: ReactTypescript
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