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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
200K-316K Annually
Senior level
200K-316K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Security • Software • Generative AI
The role involves leading the development of analytics in Elasticsearch, providing technical vision, and collaborating with teams to enhance ES|QL capabilities and infrastructure.
Top Skills: Analytics SystemsCassandraData-Intensive ApplicationsDatadogDynatraceElasticsearchJavaMongoDBNew RelicPostgresSolrSplunk Spl
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Easy Apply
235K-265K Annually
Expert/Leader
235K-265K Annually
Expert/Leader
Information Technology • Software • Analytics
The Principal Software Engineer will architect AI solutions, lead a development team, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product teams to improve platform capabilities.
Top Skills: AIAWSAzureCassandraDatabricksElasticsearchGCPGenerative AiJavaScriptKubernetesLlmsNoSQLPostgresPyTorchRest ApisSnowflakeSparkSQLTypescript
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
155K-185K Annually
Senior level
155K-185K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Software • Energy • Utilities
Join Utilidata as a Senior Software Engineer to mentor junior engineers, develop high-quality Python code, optimize cloud infrastructure, and implement scalable solutions for big data processing.
Top Skills: AWSCi/CdPython
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
230K-300K Annually
Senior level
230K-300K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
Lead the technical vision and architecture for a lending platform, ensuring design of scalable, secure systems. Mentor teams and drive innovation in fintech solutions.
Top Skills: AWSDockerDynamoDBGoJavaKubernetesMongoDBMySQLPostgresTerraform
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
238K-297K Annually
Expert/Leader
238K-297K Annually
Expert/Leader
Automotive
The Principal Software Engineer, Payments, leads design and architecture of Turo's payment systems, mentors engineers, and collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure operational excellence.
Top Skills: DevOpsPayment SystemsSoftware Architecture
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
210K-300K Annually
Senior level
210K-300K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence
The Staff/Principal Software Engineer will lead the development of full-text search capabilities, focusing on search infrastructure, collaboration, and innovative solutions in AI applications at Pinecone.
Top Skills: C++ElasticsearchGoJavaLuceneRustSolr
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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Cloud • Enterprise Web • Information Technology • Productivity • Software
Seeking a Principal Software Engineer to build developer products for LLM applications, ensuring high-quality tools and APIs while leading engineering practices and collaborating across teams.
Top Skills: APIsClisGoJavaScriptLlm ModelsMl ServicesPythonRubySdks
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
209K-306K Annually
Expert/Leader
209K-306K Annually
Expert/Leader
Financial Services
The Principal Software Engineer will provide technical and architectural leadership in data engineering, focusing on strategy, innovation, and ensuring successful production deliveries while fostering teamwork and mentoring.
Top Skills: AgileBusiness IntelligenceCloudData IntegrationData LakeData TechnologyData WarehouseDistributed SystemsMicroservicesNoSQL
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
134K-174K Annually
Senior level
134K-174K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Social Impact • Software
Lead design and implementation of Generative AI features, mentor engineers, ensure performance and reliability, collaborate with product teams, and maintain high quality standards.
Top Skills: .Net CoreAngularAWSAzureC#Cosmos DbCSSGCPHTMLJavaScriptRestful ApisSQL ServerTypescript
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
170K-190K Annually
Expert/Leader
170K-190K Annually
Expert/Leader
Information Technology • Software • Analytics • Business Intelligence
The Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI will lead the integration of AI into data apps, mentor teams, and ensure system reliability at scale through full stack development using React and Python.
Top Skills: AIAPIsLlmPythonReactSnowflake
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
332K-421K Annually
Expert/Leader
332K-421K Annually
Expert/Leader
Automotive
The role involves developing sensor-fusion models for autonomous driving, optimizing model deployment, and leading technical teams in machine learning engineering.
Top Skills: C++JaxPythonPyTorch
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
143K-302K Annually
Senior level
143K-302K Annually
Senior level
Healthtech • Biotech
Develop and optimize backend systems for AI/ML applications, collaborate with scientists to improve data processes, and build scalable solutions.
Top Skills: Ai/Ml FrameworksAWSData LakesJavaKubernetesNoSQLPythonRelational DatabasesRust
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Reposted 13 Days AgoSaved
In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
143K-302K Annually
Senior level
143K-302K Annually
Senior level
Healthtech • Biotech
As a Senior/Principal Software Engineer in AI Enablement, you'll design and develop scalable AI/ML systems, collaborate with scientists and product managers, and optimize data-driven workflows.
Top Skills: AWSDjangoJavaPythonReactRocketRustSpring
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
272K-426K Annually
Expert/Leader
272K-426K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Computer Vision • Hardware • Robotics • Metaverse
As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll design automation systems for Kubernetes runtime, manage GPU packages, and enhance reliability for AI developers.
Top Skills: GoGpu AcceleratorsHelmKubernetesKustomize
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In-Office or Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
272K-426K Annually
Expert/Leader
272K-426K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Computer Vision • Hardware • Robotics • Metaverse
The Principal Software Engineer will architect and develop inferencing software for AI applications, perform performance analysis, and collaborate across teams to guide AI inferencing directions.
Top Skills: C++Deep Learning FrameworksJaxLlm Inference FrameworksPythonPyTorchSglangVllm
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Remote or Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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152K-190K Annually
Senior level
152K-190K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Healthtech • Professional Services • Software • Pharmaceutical
As a Principal Backend Software Engineer, you'll design and develop core modules for the elluminate platform, engage in all software development lifecycle phases, and provide technical guidance and support to the Engineering team.
Top Skills: AngularAsp.Net MvcAWSC#Distributed SystemsMicroservicesSQLSQL Server
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Easy Apply
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Pharmaceutical
As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll lead technical initiatives, ensure system reliability, mentor engineers, and influence technical strategies that align with business goals.
Top Skills: Machine LearningNatural Language Processing (Nlp)Software ArchitectureSoftware Design
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Other • Professional Services
The Principal Software Engineer will lead technical initiatives, design scalable software, mentor engineers, and influence system architecture in IoT projects.
Top Skills: .NetAWSC#CSSDockerHTMLJavaScriptKubernetesNode.jsNoSQLPythonSQL
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Software
As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll lead complex projects, build scalable systems, and integrate EHRs while driving technical improvements and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Top Skills: AWSKubernetesPostgres
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
Big Data • Food • Mobile • Payments
The Principal Software Engineer at Fetch will design and scale intelligent systems for personalized consumer experiences, lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and influence technical strategies across the organization.
Top Skills: AICi/CdEvent StreamingHaystackKubernetesLangchainMachine LearningObservabilitySemantic Kernel
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Information Technology • Internet of Things
The Principal Software Engineer will lead technical initiatives, develop scalable solutions, mentor teams, and drive system architecture for a connected equipment platform.
Top Skills: .NetAWSC#CSSDockerEc2ElasticsearchHTMLJavaScriptKinesisKubernetesNode.jsNoSQLPythonS3SQLVpc
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Remote or Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
130K-175K Annually
Expert/Leader
130K-175K Annually
Expert/Leader
Software • Cybersecurity
The Principal Software Engineer will enhance and maintain software products, design and develop new applications, mentor staff, and ensure software quality and standards. They will lead while applying Agile methodologies and collaborate with product teams.
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Easy Apply
145K-190K Annually
Expert/Leader
145K-190K Annually
Expert/Leader
Information Technology
Designs and implements software prototypes, analyzes new technologies, and provides development support to improve customer experience in civic tech projects.
Top Skills: AWSDockerJavaJavaScriptKubernetesMySQLNginxPostgresPythonReactRuby On RailsTypescript
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Easy Apply
166K-228K Annually
Senior level
166K-228K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Software
Design and build open-source Pulumi SDKs, ensure code quality, lead projects, and contribute to the developer community.
Top Skills: AWSAzureC#F#GoGCPHaskellJavaKotlinKubernetesLispPythonRubyRustScalaTypescript
Reposted 15 Days AgoSaved
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
324K-470K Annually
Senior level
324K-470K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Robotics • Software • Transportation • Design • Manufacturing
Lead the design and development of ML infrastructure for autonomous driving, collaborating with ML teams and mentoring engineers in the process.
Top Skills: SparkC++JaxPythonPyTorchRay ServeTensorrt
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