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7 Hours Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
5,500 Employees
189K-333K Annually
Expert/Leader
5,500 Employees
189K-333K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Virtual Reality • App development
The Staff Software Engineer will design and operate critical advertiser-facing services, manage backend and full stack codebases, and ensure technical architecture aligns with product requirements. The role requires collaboration across teams to implement high-quality solutions and advocate for best practices in system design and management.
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7 Hours Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
2,200 Employees
200K-275K Annually
Senior level
2,200 Employees
200K-275K Annually
Senior level
Fintech
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Fraud Decisioning Engineering team, you will design and develop tools for fraud detection, set technical strategies, mentor engineers, and ensure system availability. Your work involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of quality, and driving sustainable solutions in an agile environment.
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401-K
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+59 More
9 Hours Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
2,344 Employees
Senior level
2,344 Employees
Senior level
Fintech • HR Tech
As a Senior Staff Engineer at Gusto, you will drive technical strategy for the Gusto Pro team, focusing on building maintainable systems, delivering high-quality software, and mentoring engineers. You'll lead improvements in engineering practices while collaborating across teams to enhance Gusto Pro's scalability and user experience.
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401-K
Adoption Assistance
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3 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
340 Employees
Expert/Leader
340 Employees
Expert/Leader
Fintech • Healthtech • Software
The Staff Software Engineer will lead high-impact client projects within the Cedar Pay product, mentor engineers, own critical services, collaborate with teams to address patient challenges, and drive improvements across the organization. They need a strong coding ability and a proactive mindset to tackle complex issues and contribute to Cedar's mission of enhancing the healthcare financial experience.
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401-K
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14 Hours Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
5,500 Employees
189K-333K Annually
Expert/Leader
5,500 Employees
189K-333K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Virtual Reality • App development
The Staff Backend Engineer will design, implement, and maintain scalable ad serving systems for Snap. This role involves collaborating with teams to meet product requirements and applying best practices in operational excellence. The candidate must have extensive experience in backend services and distributed systems, as well as expertise in designing complex systems.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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14 Hours Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
2,344 Employees
Senior level
2,344 Employees
Senior level
Fintech • HR Tech
The Staff Software Engineer will architect, build, and test Gusto’s product suite, mentor other engineers, collaborate with Product Management and Design teams, and ensure customer satisfaction by building scalable and maintainable code across the platform.
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401-K
Adoption Assistance
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15 Hours Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Hybrid
26,000 Employees
159K-278K Annually
Senior level
26,000 Employees
159K-278K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • HR Tech • Information Technology • Software
In this role, you will build scalable and reusable code, own design and implementation, enhance existing products, and mentor colleagues, while maintaining best software engineering practices.
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401-K
401-K Matching
Adoption Assistance
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15 Hours Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Hybrid
26,000 Employees
164K-286K Annually
Senior level
26,000 Employees
164K-286K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • HR Tech • Information Technology • Software
The role involves building high-quality, scalable code, collaborating with product owners to understand requirements, designing user-friendly software, and mentoring colleagues. Responsibilities include code reviews, unit testing, and contributing to product design and implementation.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Hybrid
5,500 Employees
189K-333K Annually
Expert/Leader
5,500 Employees
189K-333K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Virtual Reality • App development
As a Staff Software Engineer in Safety at Snap Inc, you will lead the design and implementation of large-scale defenses to protect user safety on the platform. You will work cross-functionally to address open problems, mentor junior engineers, and ensure best practices in system availability and scalability. Your role involves significant technical leadership and collaboration with stakeholders.
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2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
4,500 Employees
150K-240K Annually
Entry level
4,500 Employees
150K-240K Annually
Entry level
Cloud • Fintech • Food • Information Technology • Software
Looking for a Staff Software Engineer, preferably with experience in building APIs, to lead a team taking our Team Management Platform APIs to the next level. Responsibilities include designing and building APIs, managing customer experience migration, influencing product direction, championing quality automation, and mentoring team members.
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2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
5,500 Employees
189K-333K Annually
Expert/Leader
5,500 Employees
189K-333K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Virtual Reality • App development
The Staff Software Engineer will lead technical direction on a team focused on improving machine learning feature generation efficiency. Responsibilities include optimizing ML iteration speed, enhancing system performance, and coaching team members. The role requires expertise in data processing pipelines and a strong understanding of ML infrastructure.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
5,500 Employees
189K-333K Annually
Expert/Leader
5,500 Employees
189K-333K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Virtual Reality • App development
The Staff Software Engineer will lead the development of large-scale content delivery and recommendation systems at Snap. Responsibilities include driving technical direction, optimizing key components of the recommendation stack, and coaching team members. Expertise in ML/Ranking systems and experience with large-scale consumer products are essential.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
2,200 Employees
232K-310K Annually
Senior level
2,200 Employees
232K-310K Annually
Senior level
Fintech
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Affirm, you will design and implement core platform services and APIs, build data-processing pipelines, and enhance user experiences. Collaborating with various teams, you'll address performance issues in distributed services and ensure scalability to meet growing business needs.
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401-K
Adoption Assistance
Child Care Benefits
+59 More
2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
2,344 Employees
Expert/Leader
2,344 Employees
Expert/Leader
Fintech • HR Tech
The Staff Software Engineer will focus on improving application architecture for crucial backend applications at Gusto. Responsibilities include refactoring existing code to reduce technical debt, leading large-scale technical projects, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end product experiences.
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401-K
Adoption Assistance
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+29 More
2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
450 Employees
250K Annually
Senior level
450 Employees
250K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Greentech • Other • Energy
You will take the lead in designing and implementing core systems for Crusoe's AI inference platform, ensuring scalability and resilience. Responsibilities include managing subsystems, optimizing performance for high-volume API requests, collaborating cross-functionally, and contributing to open-source AI frameworks.
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401-K
401-K Matching
Commuter Benefits
+34 More
2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Hybrid
5,500 Employees
189K-333K Annually
Expert/Leader
5,500 Employees
189K-333K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software • Virtual Reality • App development
As an iOS Engineer at Snap Inc, you will create and refine high performance mobile apps, design and implement Objective-C software, and develop new features while ensuring code quality through reviews. A strong understanding of iOS internals and multithreading techniques is essential.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
450 Employees
250K Annually
Senior level
450 Employees
250K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Greentech • Other • Energy
The Staff Software Engineer will lead the Software Defined Networking strategy, develop networking infrastructure, and guide the engineering team through architecture and implementation processes. Extensive hands-on experience with Linux Kernel, networking protocols, and related technologies is required to drive innovation in a production environment.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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+34 More
2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
450 Employees
290K Annually
Senior level
450 Employees
290K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Greentech • Other • Energy
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the Software Defined Networking strategy, oversee the engineering team through architectural decisions and implementation tasks, and collaborate with infrastructure organizations to enhance networking capabilities.
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401-K
401-K Matching
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+34 More
3 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
165 Employees
Senior level
165 Employees
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Healthtech • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Real Estate
As a Staff Software Engineer at EliseAI, you will contribute to developing and enhancing the software platform that automates the leasing process. You'll design and deliver features, propose architecture improvements, and drive best practices, while collaborating with a talented team to impact the housing and healthcare industries positively.
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401-K
Commuter Benefits
Company Equity
+36 More
4 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
2,344 Employees
Senior level
2,344 Employees
Senior level
Fintech • HR Tech
As a Staff Engineer on the Product Infrastructure Ruby/Rails team, you will enhance developer productivity through tooling and architecture solutions. This involves collaborating with product engineers, creating services, and addressing inefficiencies in APIs and feedback mechanisms.
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401-K
Adoption Assistance
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+29 More
8 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Hybrid
4,800 Employees
Senior level
4,800 Employees
Senior level
Fintech • Mobile • Software • Financial Services
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will lead and architect developer tooling solutions that enhance the developer experience. Responsibilities include providing technical leadership, mentoring team members, driving innovation, and managing operational excellence in a collaborative environment.
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401-K
Child Care Benefits
Commuter Benefits
+45 More
5 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Remote
100 Employees
Senior level
100 Employees
Senior level
Fintech • Payments • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
In this role, you will solve complex problems across engineering teams, build prototypes, coach your team, simplify architecture, and ensure scalable service delivery. You will actively contribute to the team's growth and work hands-on in designing robust systems and services within a mono-repo environment.
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401-K
Child Care Benefits
Company Equity
+37 More
5 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Hybrid
26,000 Employees
137K-233K Annually
Senior level
26,000 Employees
137K-233K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • HR Tech • Information Technology • Software
In this role, you will build high-quality and reusable software, collaborate with product owners to implement solutions, and mentor colleagues. You'll design user-friendly software, enhance existing products, and contribute to new features.
Top Benefits:
401-K
401-K Matching
Adoption Assistance
+62 More
5 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Hybrid
26,000 Employees
188K-328K Annually
Senior level
26,000 Employees
188K-328K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • HR Tech • Information Technology • Software
In this role, you will build high-quality, reusable code, manage product requirements from design to delivery, and contribute to new and existing product features. You will also mentor colleagues and promote knowledge sharing.
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401-K
401-K Matching
Adoption Assistance
+62 More
8 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Hybrid
4,800 Employees
Senior level
4,800 Employees
Senior level
Fintech • Mobile • Software • Financial Services
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the architecture and design of developer tooling, mentor team members, and innovate developer productivity solutions while maintaining operational excellence. You will work collaboratively across teams to define complex challenges and ensure best practices in coding and delivery processes.
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