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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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San Francisco Bay Area, CA
143K-302K Annually
Senior level
143K-302K Annually
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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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San Francisco Bay Area, CA
209K-306K Annually
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209K-306K Annually
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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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San Francisco Bay Area, CA
200K-263K Annually
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200K-263K Annually
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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
157K-215K Annually
Senior level
157K-215K Annually
Senior level
Healthtech
The Principal Software Engineer designs and enhances software applications using Appian, providing technical leadership and ensuring alignment with enterprise standards in a healthcare environment.
Top Skills: Ai ModelingAPIsAppianAutoscaleRestful Services
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Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
80K-150K Annually
Senior level
80K-150K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Conversational AI • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Design and build AI-first data systems, focusing on architecture, developer experience, and cross-stack execution while mentoring engineers.
Top Skills: GoKotlinReactRustTypescript
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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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
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246K-339K Annually
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246K-339K Annually
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Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Business Intelligence
Lead design and reliability of a financial data extraction platform, minimizing human validation through AI, and enhance system correctness for scale.
Top Skills: AICloud-Native ArchitecturesData PlatformsDistributed SystemsMl
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
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Cloud • Security • Software • Generative AI
The role involves enhancing vector similarity search in Elasticsearch, leading initiatives, implementing new features, and collaborating with a distributed team.
Top Skills: CassandraElasticsearchJavaMongoDBPostgresSolr
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San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Enterprise Web • Hardware • Information Technology • Productivity • Software
Lead the development of automation systems for hardware design, implementing innovative solutions, integrations, and APIs while fostering engineering best practices.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGithub ActionsGoLangchainPostgresPydantic AiPythonTerraformTypescript
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San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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170K-200K Annually
Senior level
170K-200K Annually
Senior level
Information Technology
Lead the design and implementation of full-stack solutions while mentoring junior engineers and driving agile development practices within the organization.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGitJavaKubernetesNoSQLPostgresPythonReactSQLTypescript
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San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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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
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Reposted 5 Days AgoSaved
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
184K-264K Annually
Senior level
184K-264K Annually
Senior level
Information Technology • Other • Social Media
As an iOS Software Engineer, improve the iOS app infrastructure, streamline processes, and maintain app releases while mentoring junior engineers.
Top Skills: BitriseCi/CdCircleCICombineGitSwiftTcaXcode
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Remote or Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
174K-234K Annually
Senior level
174K-234K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Automotive • Machine Learning • Transportation
Lead architectural vision and development of scalable infrastructure for self-driving technology, mentoring engineers and overseeing complex projects.
Top Skills: AWSAzureGCPGoKubernetesPython
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
195K-260K Annually
Expert/Leader
195K-260K Annually
Expert/Leader
Fintech • Payments
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will architect WEX's Data-as-a-Service platform, set standards, guide strategy, and mentor teams while driving innovation with modern technologies.
Top Skills: AirflowDagsterDbtDeltaIcebergKafkaMl-Ready Data ServicesSpark
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
190K-210K Annually
Expert/Leader
190K-210K Annually
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Healthtech • Telehealth
The Principal Software Engineer will lead technical direction, mentor engineers, and oversee project execution while implementing backend services in Python and React frontends. Responsibilities include driving innovation, shaping architecture, maintaining high engineering standards, and contributing to the operational lifecycle of features.
Top Skills: AzureCi/CdDjangoFastapiFlaskPythonReact
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
182K-306K Annually
Senior level
182K-306K Annually
Senior level
Other • Real Estate • PropTech
Lead the design and implementation of mortgage technology features, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to improve customer experiences.
Top Skills: C#GoJavaNode.jsNon-Relational DatabasesRelational Databases
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
120K-180K Annually
Mid level
120K-180K Annually
Mid level
Automotive • Analytics
Design and develop web applications, mentor teammates, shape architectural decisions, write clean code, conduct testing, and troubleshoot issues.
Top Skills: AWSAzureCSSD3.JsDockerGCPGraphQLHTMLJestPlotly.JsPythonReactSQLTypescript
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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300K-350K Annually
Senior level
300K-350K Annually
Senior level
Software
The Technical Director, MLE will lead AI projects, enforce MLOps practices, mentor teams, and architect scalable cloud solutions to enhance data integrations.
Top Skills: AWSCrewaiGCPGoHuggingfaceJavaKubernetesLangchainLlamaindexPythonPyTorchScala
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In-Office
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
245K-385K Annually
Senior level
245K-385K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Generative AI
As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll build and deploy ChatGPT for Work, enhancing productivity through new features and tooling while ensuring system reliability.
Top Skills: AIChatgptProduction SystemsScalable SystemsSoftware EngineeringTooling
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Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
375K-475K Annually
Expert/Leader
375K-475K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning • Robotics • Software • Transportation • Design • Manufacturing
Lead the technical development of machine learning algorithms for the ML Planner, collaborating across teams to influence autonomous technology direction.
Top Skills: C++Python
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Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
160K-220K Annually
Senior level
160K-220K Annually
Senior level
Software
As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll lead a team on the development of cloud identity solutions, mentor engineers, and ensure high quality in software design and implementation.
Top Skills: AntAWSAzureDockerEclipseElasticsearchGitGCPGroovyIntellijJavaKubernetesMavenReactRedisSpring FrameworkSQL
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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 will lead AI integration into production, shape technical direction, mentor engineers, and ensure system reliability, working with full stack technologies.
Top Skills: APIsLlmsPythonReactSnowflake
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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 Principal Software Engineer II will lead and contribute to Elasticsearch's Storage Engine team, focusing on efficient data querying, indexing, and developing Timeseries solutions. This role requires strong technical leadership, collaboration across teams, and expertise in Java and Elasticsearch.
Top Skills: CassandraElasticsearchJavaMongoDBPostgresSolr
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Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
136K-156K Annually
Expert/Leader
136K-156K Annually
Expert/Leader
Software
The Principal Software Engineer will maintain and enhance cross-platform GUI applications, develop Python APIs, manage CI/build systems, and oversee AWS infrastructure for M-Star's CFD software, contributing to scientific innovation across multiple industries.
Top Skills: AWSC++Ci/CdPythonQt
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