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Top Principal Software Engineer Jobs in San Francisco, CA

10 Hours Ago
Remote
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
185K-295K Annually
Expert/Leader
185K-295K Annually
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
The Principal Software Engineer will lead AI projects, develop SaaS applications, mentor team members, and address complex challenges in cybersecurity for CrowdStrike.
Top Skills: Agentic Ai PlatformsAmazon BedrockGoGoogle Vertex AiHybrid-CloudJavaMicrosoft Copilot StudioOpen AiPythonSaaSScala
Reposted Yesterday
Remote
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
144K-165K Annually
Mid level
144K-165K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
As a Principal Software Engineer at Capital One, you'll collaborate with Agile teams to develop and support full-stack technical solutions, mentor colleagues, and create cloud-based data management tools to enhance user experiences. You'll also experiment with new technologies and share insights across teams.
10 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Fintech • HR Tech
Lead the Payments team building scalable payment systems, collaborating across functions, mentoring engineers, and enhancing product development lifecycle.
Top Skills: ReactRuby On RailsTypescript
Reposted 2 Days Ago
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
249K-336K Annually
Expert/Leader
249K-336K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Consumer Web • Productivity • Software • App development • Data Privacy
Lead the development and optimization of data platforms, ensuring high availability, security, and compliance while mentoring teams and driving strategic data initiatives.
Top Skills: AWSDatabricksHadoopKafkaSpark
2 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Easy Apply
158K-338K Annually
Senior level
158K-338K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Automation
This role involves leading the design and evolution of GitLab’s multi-tenant platform, ensuring high availability and performance while mentoring team members. Responsibilities include backend API design and fostering a collaborative engineering culture.
Top Skills: Cloud ComputingGoRuby
12 Days Ago
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
320K Annually
Expert/Leader
320K Annually
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Greentech • Other • Energy
Lead the development of the Software Defined Networking strategy, guide architecture decisions, and collaborate on networking infrastructure improvements.
Top Skills: AWSAzureCC++DpdkEbpfGCPKvmLinuxOpen Virtual NetworkingOpen VswitchRustSmartnicsTcp/IpVMwareXdp
13 Days Ago
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
289K-338K Annually
Senior level
289K-338K Annually
Senior level
Computer Vision • Gaming • Software • Virtual Reality • Web3 • Metaverse
As a Principal Software Engineer, lead high-impact projects, collaborate with teams to enhance creator tools, and ensure a scalable platform.
Top Skills: Back End TechnologiesDistributed SystemsFront End Technologies
13 Days Ago
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
235K-414K Annually
Expert/Leader
235K-414K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Virtual Reality • App development
Lead the Media Delivery Platform team to design and scale mobile media platform services, focusing on video technologies and backend solutions to enhance user experiences.
Top Skills: Distributed SystemsMobile DevelopmentVideo Technologies

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13 Days Ago
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
235K-414K Annually
Expert/Leader
235K-414K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Virtual Reality • App development
Lead the technical strategy and architecture for ML Inference Platform services. Design, implement, and scale engineering components while collaborating across teams to meet product requirements and advocate for best practices.
Top Skills: Gpu InferenceKubernetesPyTorchTensorFlow
13 Days Ago
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
239K-289K Annually
Senior level
239K-289K Annually
Senior level
Computer Vision • Gaming • Software • Virtual Reality • Web3 • Metaverse
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Notifications team at Roblox, you will enhance the mobile user experience for notifications, ensuring users receive updates through various channels like push, email, and SMS.
Top Skills: AndroidCross-Platform Ui Technologies
5 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
170K-210K Annually
Senior level
170K-210K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Edtech • Information Technology • Software
The Principal Software Engineer in IAM will design and maintain authentication services, optimize dev processes, and lead teams for high quality software delivery.
Top Skills: AWSC#DockerJavaScriptJIRAKubernetesOpsgeniePostgresSQLTypescript
16 Days Ago
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
289K-338K Annually
Senior level
289K-338K Annually
Senior level
Computer Vision • Gaming • Software • Virtual Reality • Web3 • Metaverse
As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll lead the Education & Reform team, developing large-scale distributed services for user interventions, transparency, and moderation, while mentoring junior engineers.
Top Skills: C#Go
10 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
Lead the technical vision for traffic management at Affirm, overseeing capacity planning, innovative solutions, and mentoring engineers. Drive infrastructure projects for a large user base.
Top Skills: Capacity PlanningLoad TestingSoftware EngineeringTraffic Management
11 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
Big Data • Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Financial Services
Lead the technical vision for infrastructure platforms at Affirm, collaborating with engineers to deliver reliable, innovative solutions. Mentor junior engineers and manage complex engineering projects.
Top Skills: Ci/CdInfrastructure PlatformsTest Frameworks
12 Days Ago
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Information Technology
The Principal Software Engineer will develop and improve storage software, drive innovation, and maintain production environments while leading a team in a fast-paced cloud storage company.
Top Skills: AWSAzureC++DockerGoKubernetesLinuxZfs
22 Days Ago
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
289K-338K Annually
Senior level
289K-338K Annually
Senior level
Computer Vision • Gaming • Software • Virtual Reality • Web3 • Metaverse
As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll enhance Roblox's avatar technologies, optimize performance across platforms, and lead engineering initiatives.
Top Skills: C++
14 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Easy Apply
186K-258K Annually
Expert/Leader
186K-258K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Social Impact • Software
As a Principal Software Engineer, lead the Auto team in developing and optimizing a loan marketplace using machine learning and scalable architecture, while mentoring technical leaders.
Top Skills: AWSC#C++DockerJavaKubernetesPython
14 Days Ago
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Healthtech • Other • Social Impact • Software • Telehealth
Seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead cross-functional projects, design scalable systems, and mentor engineers in a remote environment.
Top Skills: Ci/Cd PipelinesCloud-Based TechnologiesDevops PracticesService-Oriented Architecture
14 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Easy Apply
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
AdTech • Artificial Intelligence • Marketing Tech • Software • Analytics
The Principal Software Engineer will lead technical and thought innovations for product features, mentor teams, and collaborate on system infrastructure and architecture, requiring a deep expertise in software and data technologies.
Top Skills: AerospikeApache AirflowApache LuigiAWSBashCi/CdDjangoDockerDynamoDBEmrFastapiHbaseHdfsHiveJavaKafkaKubernetesMySQLOpen Table FormatsPostgresPythonRedisScalaScyllaSnowflakeSparkTerraform
24 Days Ago
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
273K-338K Annually
Senior level
273K-338K Annually
Senior level
Computer Vision • Gaming • Software • Virtual Reality • Web3 • Metaverse
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead a team designing scalable backend systems, enforce quality standards, and mentor engineers at Roblox.
Top Skills: C#C++Java
15 Days Ago
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
177K-284K Annually
Senior level
177K-284K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Fintech • Professional Services • Software • Analytics • Financial Services
The Principal Software Engineer will lead engineering teams to develop scalable workflow solutions, mentor engineers, and drive architectural improvements.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGoJavaKotlinKubernetesMySQLPostgresTypescript
15 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
170K-210K Annually
Expert/Leader
170K-210K Annually
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Edtech • Information Technology • Software
The Principal Software Engineer will solve complex problems, design scalable solutions, guide architecture decisions, and mentor engineers in a collaborative environment.
Top Skills: AWSKubernetesNode.jsPythonReactSagemakerTerraform
17 Days Ago
Remote
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
144K-165K Annually
Mid level
144K-165K Annually
Mid level
Fintech • Machine Learning • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Join Capital One as a Principal Software Engineer to design and develop cloud-based solutions, lead Agile teams, and mentor peers in technology and data management.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGCPGoHTML/CSSJavaJavaScriptKubernetesAzurePythonRustSQLTypescript
Yesterday
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
156K-351K Annually
Senior level
156K-351K Annually
Senior level
Healthtech • Biotech
The role involves leading the development of an AI-driven therapeutic molecule registration platform, requiring expertise in scalable software systems, cloud architecture, and strong leadership skills.
Top Skills: AWSJavaKotlinPostgresPython
Reposted Yesterday
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Software
As a Principal Full Stack Software Engineer, you will design and implement software components for Software Defined Manufacturing, while mentoring team members and optimizing systems.
Top Skills: AWSC#C++JavaScriptPython

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25 Offices
10000 Employees
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Software • Productivity • Data Privacy • Consumer Web • Cloud • Artificial Intelligence • App development
Fully Remote
2500 Employees
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Software
San Francisco, CA
459 Employees
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Software • Security • Cybersecurity • Cloud • Automation
Fully Remote
2350 Employees
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Software • Payments • Machine Learning • Fintech • Financial Services
14 Offices
55000 Employees
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4 Offices
20069 Employees

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