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companyCloudflare, Inc. logo
Full-time|Hybrid|Hybrid

Join Cloudflare as a Principal Software Engineer specializing in Resiliency, where you will play a pivotal role in enhancing our systems' robustness and availability. Your expertise will contribute to building and maintaining resilient infrastructure that supports our global network, ensuring our customers receive uninterrupted service.In this role, you will work alongside a talented team of engineers to identify vulnerabilities, implement solutions, and innovate new strategies that enhance system performance and reliability. If you are passionate about software engineering and system resiliency, we invite you to apply!

Feb 6, 2026
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companyCloudflare, Inc. logo
Full-time|Hybrid|Hybrid

Join Cloudflare as a Principal Software Engineer specializing in billing systems, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping our payment and invoicing solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement innovative solutions that enhance user experiences and streamline processes. If you're passionate about building scalable software and want to contribute to a fast-paced, innovative environment, we want to hear from you!

Feb 6, 2026
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companyDiscord Inc. logo
Full-time|$400K/yr - $450K/yr|On-site|San Francisco Bay Area

Join Discord, a platform that connects over 200 million users every month primarily through gaming. With over 90% of our users engaged in gaming activities, we facilitate over 1.5 billion hours of gaming conversations, enhancing the experience before, during, and after gameplay.The Infrastructure organization at Discord is fundamental to our user experience. We handle the real-time delivery of over 40 million events per second and manage the storage of trillions of messages, ensuring robust connections among our vast user base. As a Principal Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in guiding our infrastructure teams, shaping our technical vision, and maintaining the reliability of Discord at a massive scale.This position is ideal for a professional who excels at the intersection of advanced technical skills and organizational leadership. You will contribute to our infrastructure roadmap, address our most challenging technical dilemmas, and ensure our systems can efficiently scale to accommodate the next wave of users.

Feb 3, 2026
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companySaviynt logo
Full-time|On-site|San Francisco

Principal Software Engineer Saviynt offers an AI-driven identity platform that effectively manages and governs access permissions for both human and non-human entities across all organizational applications, data, and processes. Our clients rely on Saviynt to protect their digital assets, enhance operational efficiency, and lower compliance expenses. Designed for the age of AI, Saviynt is at the forefront of helping organizations safely advance their AI deployments and utilization. As a recognized leader in identity security, we provide solutions that empower and protect some of the world’s leading brands, Fortune 500 companies, and government institutions. For more details, please visit www.saviynt.com. Role Summary In this pivotal role, you will provide technical leadership and extensive knowledge in complex engineering domains, guiding architectural decisions while ensuring scalability, reliability, and quality across key platform components. As a Principal Engineer, you will act as a technical authority, mentor senior engineers, and tackle the most intricate technical challenges. The Connectors team plays a crucial role in facilitating seamless integrations between Saviynt's Identity Governance platform and a multitude of enterprise applications by developing and maintaining robust, scalable connector frameworks. We are committed to ensuring reliable data synchronization, provisioning, and lifecycle management across diverse external systems, forming a vital foundation for the entire platform. What You Will Be Doing ● Design and architect scalable, high-performance connector frameworks for enterprise application integrations.● Define technical standards, best practices, and design patterns for connector development.● Drive architectural decisions for complex integration scenarios involving over 200 enterprise applications.● Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and frameworks to enhance connector reliability and performance.● Lead technical design reviews and provide guidance on system architecture and design trade-offs.

Feb 5, 2026
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companyCloudflare, Inc. logo
Full-time|Hybrid|Hybrid

Join Cloudflare as a Principal Software Engineer, where you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing innovative software solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance our platform's scalability, security, and performance, making a significant impact on our global user base.

Feb 6, 2026
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companyGridware logo
Full-time|On-site|San Francisco, CA

About GridwareGridware is an innovative technology firm based in San Francisco, committed to safeguarding and optimizing the electrical grid. We have pioneered a revolutionary grid management approach known as Active Grid Response (AGR), which emphasizes the monitoring of electrical, physical, and environmental factors that influence grid reliability and safety. Our cutting-edge AGR platform leverages high-precision sensors to identify potential issues early, facilitating proactive maintenance and fault prevention. This holistic strategy aids in enhancing safety, minimizing outages, and ensuring the grid operates with maximum efficiency. Gridware is supported by prominent climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. For further details, please visit www.Gridware.io.Role OverviewWe are looking for a talented Staff Software Engineer to act as a pivotal technical force within our team, enhancing the overall software engineering capabilities through architectural innovation, mentorship, and fostering a culture of excellence. In this role, you will design and develop the essential software systems that drive Gridware's platform. This encompasses everything from backend services that oversee our distributed network of devices to the front-end interfaces that visualize grid health, fleet diagnostics, and real-time field events.Your responsibilities will span the entire technology stack, building and scaling systems that integrate hardware, firmware, and cloud infrastructure to enable dependable communication, fleet visibility, and expedited decision-making. This position offers significant ownership and impact, allowing you to influence how our technology supports and protects critical infrastructure at scale.

Nov 8, 2025
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companyBroccoli logo
Full-time|On-site|San Francisco

About BroccoliBroccoli is revolutionizing the $500 billion home services industry by developing an AI operating system designed to empower trades businesses such as HVAC and roofing. Our intelligent AI agents handle customer interactions, manage job bookings, and ensure every lead is effectively captured.With the backing of prominent venture capital firms and a successful $27 million Series A funding round, we are on an aggressive growth trajectory. Collaborating with top private equity-backed home service platforms, we anticipate expanding our team fivefold by 2026, presenting a unique opportunity to join us early and make a significant impact.Why Join Broccoli?As a Staff Engineer, you will be instrumental in establishing the technical backbone of Broccoli AI. Your responsibilities will include ownership of critical systems, influencing architectural decisions, and shaping our development and deployment processes on a large scale.Immediate Impact: Your contributions will directly enhance production systems, benefiting hundreds of customers.Category Creation: Play a pivotal role in defining a new category of AI-powered workforce within an expansive market.Speed & Ownership: Enjoy the advantages of a small team with rapid feedback loops and substantial decision-making authority.Founder Collaboration: Partner closely with experienced founders to drive product and technical vision.What You’ll DoDesign, develop, and scale backend systems and internal tools for our AI agent platform.Take ownership of essential APIs and integrations, including systems like ServiceTitan.Lead complex features from initial design through to production deployment.Enhance real-time voice capabilities, reliability, and intelligence of AI agents.Mentor fellow engineers and help implement best practices across the team.Balance speed and quality while scaling systems to accommodate live customer traffic.What We’re Looking For7+ years of experience in backend or full-stack engineering.Strong system design and architectural skills.Proven experience in deploying and maintaining production systems at scale.Ability to thrive in high-growth, ambiguous startup environments.A proactive approach with a strong execution mindset.

Dec 18, 2025
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companyCarta logo
Full-time|Hybrid|San Francisco, CA; Santa Clara, CA; Seattle, WA; New York, NY

Join Carta's engineering team as a Staff Software Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in developing innovative solutions that enhance our platform. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain scalable systems, ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end.We're looking for a passionate engineer who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is excited about tackling complex challenges. If you are eager to contribute to cutting-edge technology and drive impactful projects, we want to hear from you!

Mar 6, 2026
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companyLila Sciences logo
Full-time|On-site|Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK; San Francisco, CA USA

Join Lila Sciences as a Staff or Principal Engineer specializing in Technical Mitigations Research. This role offers an exciting opportunity to leverage your engineering expertise to develop innovative solutions in the field of technical mitigations.

Apr 7, 2026
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companyAmplitude, Inc. logo
Full-time|On-site|San Francisco, CA

Role overview The Staff Software Engineer position at Amplitude, Inc. is based in San Francisco, CA. This role centers on developing and enhancing software to broaden the platform’s features. Day-to-day work includes direct software development and frequent collaboration with colleagues from various teams. What you will do Design, build, and maintain scalable software applications that support the platform’s growth. Collaborate with product managers and designers to deliver features that address user needs. Mentor junior engineers and contribute to their technical and professional development. Review code and help improve engineering practices throughout the team. Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to guide technical choices.

Apr 23, 2026
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companyOpenAI logo
Full-time|On-site|San Francisco

About the TeamOpenAI’s B2B Engineering team is committed to delivering our advanced technology to the world through our developer platform and enterprise products. We develop robust backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure that empower developers and organizations to leverage OpenAI's capabilities in production environments.Our expertise encompasses distributed systems, data infrastructure, platform services, and enterprise-grade features such as security, compliance, authentication, and reliability. We collaborate closely with product, research, design, infrastructure, and forward-deployed teams to transform pioneering AI functionalities into scalable and dependable products.About the RoleWe are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to architect and scale the systems that drive our developer and enterprise-facing products. You will take charge of the design for backend services and platform capabilities that safely and reliably integrate new AI functionalities into production at a global scale.This position covers a wide technical landscape, including distributed systems, APIs, databases, data pipelines, and secure enterprise infrastructure. You will play a pivotal role in shaping both the technical architecture and the product experience of our platform, maintaining high standards for performance, safety, reliability, and API design.ResponsibilitiesDesign, implement, and scale backend services, APIs, and infrastructure supporting OpenAI’s developer and enterprise products.Lead the architectural design of distributed systems, databases, and data pipelines that handle large-scale, high-reliability production workloads.Own key platform capabilities from initial technical strategy and design through implementation, launch, and ongoing operation.Carefully shape API design, treating interfaces as core product touchpoints while ensuring a top-notch developer experience.Create secure, reliable, and compliant systems that cater to both enterprise and developer needs.Work closely with product, research, design, infrastructure, and forward-deployed engineering teams to deploy new capabilities into production.Steer technical direction across complex challenges, making sound architectural trade-offs to balance speed, quality, and maintainability.Enhance engineering productivity by developing internal tools, platform abstractions, and systems that amplify efficiency across the organization.

Mar 23, 2026
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companyCrusoe logo
Full-time|On-site|San Francisco, CA - US

Join our innovative team at Crusoe as a Staff Software Engineer. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your advanced software engineering skills to design, develop, and optimize cutting-edge solutions that enhance our technology stack. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive projects from concept to completion, ensuring high-quality deliverables that meet user needs and business objectives.

Mar 19, 2026
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companyGusto logo
Full-time|$215K/yr - $295K/yr|On-site|Denver, CO;San Francisco, CA;New York, NY

About GustoAt Gusto, our mission is to empower the small business economy. We tackle essential services like payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR, allowing business owners to concentrate on their passion and their customers. With teams in Denver, San Francisco, and New York, we proudly support over 400,000 small businesses across the nation, while fostering a workplace that reflects and honors the diverse customers we serve. Discover more about our Total Rewards philosophy.About the Role:We are seeking experienced engineers to join our teams focused on enhancing core platform capabilities, optimizing existing systems for scalability, and shaping the future of Gusto's Payroll and Tax systems. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead projects from inception to completion, influencing initial feature specifications, optimizing systems towards desired outcomes, executing projects, and maintaining the code that underpins key user experiences. If you are passionate about developing sophisticated software that has a significant impact on the modern economy, we invite you to join us!About the Team:The Payroll team is the core of Gusto’s operations. The Pay Group teams (responsible for payroll and tax) oversee the product, operational, and service aspects that Gusto utilizes to onboard clients, process payroll, calculate taxes and deductions, pay and file with tax authorities, and ensure compliance on behalf of our clients. This domain is intricate and offers opportunities to engage in system design that simplifies processes for both internal and external customers.Sub-Teams:Tax Accuracy: This group is responsible for gathering and maintaining the essential information required to ensure timely and accurate tax payments and filings for our clients, consisting of multiple teams covering various aspects of the process.Ledger: This team is developing a payroll ledger to monitor accrual accounting for payroll-related monetary movements, beginning to support the payroll domain, risk management, payments, and accounting.Engine: This team collaborates closely with the payroll compliance team to facilitate compliant payroll processes, such as minimum wage adjustments and regular pay rates.

Feb 10, 2026
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companyZoomInfo logo
Full-time|$163.8K/yr - $257.4K/yr|Remote|Remote US - PST; San Francisco, California, United States

At ZoomInfo, we are committed to accelerating careers. We foster a dynamic environment where innovation thrives, empowering you to produce your best work. Our team is dedicated, supportive, and celebrates victories together. With cutting-edge tools that amplify your contributions and a culture that nurtures your ambitions, you'll not only make an impact but also drive change swiftly.As a Principal Software Engineer on our Advertising, Company Intelligence, and Intent team, you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing the foundational systems that drive our real-time marketing platform. You will work on high-throughput ad infrastructure, large-scale identity resolution, and intelligent systems enhanced by large language models (LLMs), pushing the boundaries of scalability, intelligence, and speed to achieve significant business outcomes.You will join a team engaged in a variety of ambitious and technically challenging projects—from APIs processing tens of billions of events daily to innovative buyer intent algorithms powered by LLMs and a unified B2B identity graph. Your strengths and interests will guide your assignment to initiatives where your impact can be maximized.This role is situated in a high-growth, high-ownership environment at the forefront of modern software engineering, data infrastructure, and applied AI.

Mar 16, 2026
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companyAngelList logo
Full-time|On-site|San Francisco, CA

Why Join AngelListAt AngelList, we tackle some of the most challenging issues in venture capital and private markets. Our team is driven by precision, urgency, and a vision for the future. If you're passionate about transforming the startup funding landscape, this is your opportunity.About AngelListOur mission is to fuel innovation by enhancing the success rate of startups globally. We achieve this by creating the financial infrastructure that facilitates investment in transformative companies. AngelList stands at the intersection of venture capital and the startup ecosystem, supporting over $171 billion in assets and facilitating investments in more than 13,000 startups, including over 300 unicorns. With 57% of premier U.S. VC deals involving AngelList investors, we are ambitious in our goals.If you are excited about shaping the future of private markets, we invite you to join our journey.About the Role: As a Staff Software Engineer for our Nova platform, you will be pivotal in defining and designing our development processes. You will be responsible for establishing the domain model and architectural patterns that will guide our engineering team. If you are a catalyst who can empower a team of eight to perform like a team of twenty by establishing clear patterns, embedding engineering context into our codebase, and driving vital initiatives forward, we want to hear from you.

Mar 12, 2026
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companyImprint logo
Full-time|On-site|San Francisco

About UsAt Imprint, we are revolutionizing the landscape of co-branded credit cards and financial products, making them smarter, more rewarding, and fundamentally brand-centric. We collaborate with esteemed brands like Crate & Barrel, Rakuten, Booking.com, H-E-B, Fetch, and Brooks Brothers to create innovative credit programs that enhance customer loyalty, unlock savings, and stimulate growth. Our sophisticated platform integrates cutting-edge payments infrastructure, intelligent underwriting, and a seamless user experience, enabling brands to offer impactful financial products without the need to become a bank.With co-branded cards accounting for over $300 billion in annual spending in the U.S., the majority are still managed by traditional banks. Imprint stands as the modern solution: agile, technology-driven, and tailored for today’s consumers. Supported by industry leaders like Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, and Khosla Ventures, we are assembling a top-tier team to redefine payment methods and empower brand growth. If you're eager to work at a fast pace, tackle complex challenges, and make a significant impact, we want to hear from you.Discover more about us on Imprint's Technology Blog.Your RoleDesign and spearhead the development of secure, reliable, and scalable backend systemsProvide technical leadership and mentorship across diverse teams and projectsSet and advocate for coding standards, architectural principles, and technical vision within the engineering organizationCollaborate closely with product, design, and engineering leadership to align technical strategy with business objectivesDrive the continuous enhancement of system performance, scalability, and reliability to accommodate rapid growth and evolving business needsLead complex, high-impact projects from inception through deployment and ongoing optimizationEnhance developer experience through advanced tooling, comprehensive observability frameworks, and improvements in platform reliabilityMentor and nurture engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidanceContribute to the technical roadmap and identify innovative opportunities

Oct 30, 2025
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companyPeregrine Technologies logo
Staff Software Engineer

Peregrine Technologies

Full-time|$200K/yr - $275K/yr|On-site|San Francisco, CA

Supported by prominent Silicon Valley investors, Peregrine Technologies empowers public safety organizations, state and local governments, federal agencies, and private-sector institutions to address societal challenges with unparalleled speed and precision. Our AI-driven platform transforms fragmented and isolated data into actionable operational intelligence, quickly surfacing mission-critical information to facilitate informed and timely decisions that enhance outcomes across various contexts. Currently, Peregrine serves hundreds of customers across more than 30 states and two countries, impacting over 125 million individuals—and we are amplifying our influence as we expand into enterprise markets and internationally.Our TeamAs an engineering team, we place a strong emphasis on empathy, believing it enhances our solutions. Understanding how users interact with our product is essential, and engineers will collaborate closely onsite to grasp the diverse use cases that Peregrine addresses.We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our core engineering teams. In this role, you will collaborate cross-functionally with design and product management to develop robust, scalable, and user-centric systems. Our teams confront a variety of challenges, from enabling real-time user collaboration on intricate maps to constructing high-scale backend architectures capable of processing billions of data points.We value ownership and teamwork; you will take complete responsibility for significant features and work closely with fellow engineers to ensure successful completion. We believe that humility and empathy are vital for crafting the right solutions—you will work directly with our deployment team and users as we refine our offerings to meet their needs. Creativity and perseverance will be key to executing our vision.RoleWe are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our expanding team, lead impactful projects, cultivate an inclusive team culture, and steer technical decision-making.This position is ideal for someone who excels in both people management and hands-on technical leadership. You will build a high-performing team, guide them through complex technical challenges, and ensure their work aligns with our business goals. The ideal candidate will effectively mentor while upholding high standards in technical execution.You will drive significant work that delivers value to our customers, from supporting emergency responders during hurricanes to de-escalating intricate organized crime situations. We are developing innovative capabilities that enable...

Jan 13, 2026
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companyEndeavor AI logo
Full-time|On-site|San Francisco

At Endeavor AI, we are redefining the landscape of enterprise AI solutions. Our innovative software serves as the distribution platform for cutting-edge AI models that will shape a more efficient world.We believe that artificial intelligence will revolutionize various sectors such as legal, healthcare, and finance. However, our primary mission is to create AI that can construct the very infrastructure that supports its own advancement. Our focus is on the building materials industry, which is currently hampered by outdated manual processes for quoting, order entry, and pricing. These inefficiencies not only result in lost revenue but also lead to unnecessary labor costs. Our AI-driven product addresses these challenges, and as we establish dominance in this sector, we plan to expand into other industries.While research labs develop the models of the future, our team is committed to delivering the last-mile solutions necessary for their implementation. We tackle the complexities of real-world environments, ensuring the reliability and effectiveness of our AI applications while integrating them into existing, traditional systems.Our Principles:We embrace boldness, especially when faced with skepticism about our goals.We prioritize truth and clarity over comfort.We are determined to succeed and are dedicated to hard work.The Role | Staff Software Engineer:In this role, you will optimize our applications to enhance the performance of critical business functions. You will independently identify bottlenecks in our codebase and implement improvements. This position offers a high degree of autonomy, allowing you to design database schemas, elevate code quality, and refine existing software architecture.

Jan 23, 2026
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companyAirbnb, Inc. logo
Full-time|$204K/yr - $255K/yr|Remote|Remote - USA

Airbnb, founded in 2007, has transformed the travel experience by connecting over 5 million hosts with more than 2 billion guests worldwide. Our platform enables unique stays and authentic community experiences for travelers around the globe.Join Our Community:At Airbnb, the Developer Infrastructure team is dedicated to empowering engineers and AI Coding Agents to produce high-quality software efficiently. We focus on infrastructure that enhances engineering productivity throughout the software development lifecycle, including build, test, and deployment.Your Impact:As a member of the CI+Build team, you will play a crucial role in optimizing our developer infrastructure, which encompasses remote build systems, CI clusters, flaky test management, and merge queues. Your contributions will help maintain a seamless mainline and accelerate pull request cycle times.In this role, you will define and implement cutting-edge build systems at Airbnb’s scale, guiding the technical direction for build infrastructure across diverse platform teams. You will collaborate with internal teams that deliver systems utilized by product engineers in backend, web, and mobile environments. Success in this position requires a deep understanding of the architecture of our largest internal backend services as we navigate an increasingly complex build graph.A Day in Your Role:Designing enhancements to our existing Bazel installation and remote build/cache infrastructure to boost correctness, reproducibility, and speed.Establishing the technical roadmap for the reliability and performance of our software build systems.Improving inner-loop development velocity and CI run-times through diagnostic efforts.

Mar 20, 2026
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companyCrusoe Technologies logo
Full-time|On-site|San Francisco, CA - US

Join Crusoe Technologies as a Principal Software Engineer specializing in Software-Defined Networking (SDN). In this pivotal role, you will lead the design and development of innovative networking solutions that leverage SDN technologies. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to enhance our networking capabilities and drive the future of our products.As a thought leader in SDN, you will be responsible for architecting scalable solutions, optimizing performance, and ensuring robust security across our network infrastructure. This is an exciting opportunity to impact the rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Mar 12, 2026

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