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Top Staff Software Engineer Jobs in San Francisco, CA

2 Days Ago
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Machine Learning • Software
Lead the scaling of metrics and storage systems, design infrastructure, mentor junior engineers, and enhance customer-facing APIs for AI developers.
Top Skills: AWSAzureBigtableClickhouseGCPGoKafkaKubernetesMySQLPostgresPub/SubPythonTerraformTypescript
Reposted 21 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
Marketing Tech • Social Media • Software • Analytics • Business Intelligence
The Staff Software Engineer will lead engineering projects on distributed systems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and enhance product delivery processes while mentoring peers.
Top Skills: AWSC#C++ElasticsearchGCPJavaOpensearchPython
Reposted 21 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
Marketing Tech • Social Media • Software • Analytics • Business Intelligence
Develop and support IAM solutions, lead projects, collaborate on technical roadmaps, and ensure operational excellence in access control systems.
Top Skills: AWSC#C++GCPJavaJwtsOauth 2.0OidcPythonRbacSAML
2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
187K-211K Annually
Senior level
187K-211K Annually
Senior level
Blockchain • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency • Web3
Staff Software Engineer will optimize digital asset markets by implementing scalable machine learning services, collaborating with scientists, and maintaining production-level code.
Top Skills: AWSDatabricksGCPJavaKubeflowMlflowPythonPyTorchScikit-LearnTensorFlow
2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Gaming
The Staff Software Engineer at Volley will develop a multi-platform game engine and tools, collaborating with game developers and leadership while mentoring junior engineers.
Top Skills: BrighterscriptDynamoDBKubernetesNode.jsPostgresReactReact NativeRedisTypescript
Reposted 2 Days Ago
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Big Data • Machine Learning • Software
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will enhance the Alluxio project, solving complex problems in distributed systems, and developing scalable solutions for high availability and durability.
Top Skills: Java,C/C++,Go
2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Fintech • Information Technology • Payments
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead product development, mentor team members, and work on complex distributed systems in a hybrid environment at Visa, focusing on enterprise risk solutions.
Top Skills: Db2GenaiJavaMicroservices,ContainersOauthOpenid ConnectReactRest ApiSAMLSQL
2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Big Data • Software
The Staff Software Engineer will guide the technical roadmap, work on API layers, security frameworks, and enhance product vision through front-end and back-end development.
Top Skills: Application SecurityBackend ServicesNosql DatabasesObject-Oriented ProgrammingRelational DatabasesSoftware DevelopmentWeb ApisWeb Applications

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8 Days Ago
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Fintech • HR Tech
The Sr Staff AI Software Engineer will leverage AI technologies to improve payroll processes at Gusto, collaborating with various teams to create innovative solutions.
Top Skills: Agentic AiLlmsMachine Learning
25 Days Ago
Easy Apply
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Easy Apply
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Fintech • Information Technology • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Lead the development of trading automation systems and architect solutions for low-latency trading. Mentor teams, optimize performance, and deliver high-impact projects.
Top Skills: C++CSSDockerHTMLJavaScriptKafkaKubernetesLuaRabbitMQTcpUdp
Reposted 21 Days Ago
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
260K-289K Annually
Expert/Leader
260K-289K Annually
Expert/Leader
eCommerce • Food • Software
As a Staff Software Engineer at Instacart, you will design and implement scalable backend systems, manage autonomous projects, and mentor junior engineers, focusing on innovative storage solutions for cloud services.
Top Skills: DatadogDynamoDBEc2ElasticacheElasticsearchGCPGoPythonRds PostgresRubySentrySnowflake
Reposted 2 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
190K-220K Annually
Senior level
190K-220K Annually
Senior level
Edtech
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the technical vision for Quizlet's payment infrastructure, focusing on backend development, user-facing components, system reliability, and mentoring team members.
Top Skills: AWSGCPGoKubernetesMySQLNextjsNode.jsPostgresPythonReact
Reposted 3 Days Ago
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
197K-262K Annually
Senior level
197K-262K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Information Technology • Security • Social Impact • Software
As a Staff Software Engineer for GenAI, you'll design and develop complex software applications utilizing Python and GenAI technologies, collaborating across teams, conducting code reviews, and ensuring application performance.
Top Skills: AWSAzureGCPGenaiLangchainLlamaindexPython
3 Days Ago
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence
The Staff Software Engineer will design and build scalable ML infrastructure, optimize systems for performance and cost, and mentor engineers, shaping the company's technical direction.
Top Skills: AWSAzureDockerGCPKubernetesMicroservices Architecture
Reposted 3 Days Ago
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Healthtech
Develop secure authentication workflows, drive technical decisions for identity management, and implement scalable backend services. Mentor engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams on innovative projects.
Top Skills: AngularDjangoFlaskGoJavaJavaScriptNoSQLPythonReactSQLVue
3 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Healthtech
The Senior/Staff Software Engineer will lead in designing and implementing a vision compute pipeline for a medical robot, integrating software with hardware, mentoring team members, and optimizing system performance.
Top Skills: C++Gnu/LinuxNvidia JetsonPython
Reposted 9 Days Ago
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Gaming • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software
The Senior Staff Software Engineer will lead technical roadmaps for Consumer Revenue, drive revenue growth, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to foster excellence.
Top Skills: ElixirKotlinObjective-CPythonReactReact NativeSwiftTypescript
3 Days Ago
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Software • Analytics
The Staff Software Engineer will mentor engineers, build a no-code visualization application, and ensure operational excellence in a remote-first environment.
Top Skills: DruidKubernetesNode.jsReact
3 Days Ago
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
170K-351K Annually
Senior level
170K-351K Annually
Senior level
Social Media
Manage and optimize ML infrastructure at Pinterest, improving efficiency and collaborating with various teams to deliver resilient solutions.
Top Skills: C++ AwsGpu ArchitecturesJavaKubernetesPythonPyTorch
Reposted 9 Days Ago
Hybrid
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
196K-240K Annually
Mid level
196K-240K Annually
Mid level
Big Data • Information Technology • Productivity • Software • Analytics • Business Intelligence • Consulting
As a Cloud Infrastructure Software Engineer, you will architect and build scalable cloud solutions, and develop CI/CD pipelines. Collaborating with DevOps teams, you'll focus on security, performance, and mentoring junior engineers.
Top Skills: AWSAzureBashCircleCIDatadogGCPGithub ActionGitlab Ci/CdGoGrafanaKubernetesPrometheusPythonTerraform
23 Days Ago
Remote
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
260K-289K Annually
Senior level
260K-289K Annually
Senior level
eCommerce • Food • Software
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Data Platform team, you will tackle scaling challenges, mentor peers, and design systems that process large data volumes, collaborating closely with various stakeholders.
Top Skills: AirflowClickhouseDbtDeltalakeFlinkIcebergKafkaPostgresPythonScalaSnowflakeSpark
4 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Fintech • Internet of Things • Financial Services
Lead the architecture and development of scalable credit card systems, mentor engineers, and drive technical strategy during platform growth.
Top Skills: AWSDynamoDBJavaPython
4 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Security • Automation
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the development of AI-driven automations for security operations, focusing on integrating LLMs, scaling data platforms, and improving AI services.
Top Skills: AIBig DataDistributed SystemsLlmsMl AlgorithmsReal-Time Analytics
4 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software
Design and scale infrastructure for AI applications. Collaborate across engineering teams, manage cloud resources, and enhance deployment processes.
Top Skills: ArgocdCdktfFluxGrafanaKubernetesMulti-Cloud DeploymentsNew RelicPostgresPrometheusPythonTerraform
Reposted 7 Days Ago
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Senior level
Senior level
Logistics • Robotics • Transportation
Lead software development for automated material handling solutions, design and implement C++ code, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure code quality.
Top Skills: C++Linux

Top San Francisco Companies Hiring Staff Software Engineers

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Payments • Information Technology • Fintech
8 Offices
26500 Employees
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Web3 • Financial Services • Cryptocurrency • Blockchain
San Francisco, CA
733 Employees
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Gaming
San Francisco, CA
75 Employees
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Software • Machine Learning
San Francisco, CA
132 Employees
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Software • Machine Learning • Big Data
San Mateo, CA
107 Employees
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Software • Big Data
San Francisco, California
299 Employees

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