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Principal Engineer Jobs in California.

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Xero
Principal Engineer - Reporting & Insights
Xero
⚡ Apply early US: Washington Remote Worker Hybrid $287,000–$320,000
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Principal / Senior Principal Electrical Design Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $185,000–$240,000
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ZoomInfo Technologies LLC
Principal Software Engineer - PA 105
ZoomInfo Technologies LLC
⚡ Apply early Remote-US-CA · location restricted $163,800–$257,400
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Rocket Lab Corporation
Principal Spacecraft GNC Engineer - Secret Clearance
Rocket Lab Corporation
⚡ Apply early Long Beach, CA Onsite $247,000–$376,000
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Vitalize
Principal Engineer
Vitalize
⚡ Apply early San Francisco HQ Hybrid $195,000–$275,000
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Staff/Principal AI Software Engineer - Snowflake CoWork
Snowflake
⚡ Apply early US-CA-Menlo Park Onsite $264,000–$379,500
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FA
Distinguished Agent Engineer
fastino.ai
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Bay Area Hybrid
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DO
Principal Software Engineer, Networking (Seattle or SF Bay Area)
Docker
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Bay Area · location restricted
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CloudZero
Staff / Principal Software Engineer
CloudZero
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Hybrid $220,000–$290,000
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Antares
Principal Payload Engineer
Antares
⚡ Apply early Los Angeles Onsite
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Zscaler
Principal Software Development Engineer, Platform Engineering
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early Santa Clara, California, USA Hybrid $185,500–$265,000
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Extremenetworks
Principal Engineer – Cloud Platform (10395, 10448)
Extremenetworks
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Hybrid
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Tenstorrent
Principal Field Application Engineer
Tenstorrent
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts, United... Onsite $100,000–$500,000
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Invisible Technologies
Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)
Invisible Technologies
⚡ Apply early New York - Hybrid; San Francis... Hybrid $250,000–$300,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Cloudflare
Principal Software Engineer: Distributed Systems (Config, Test, & Deployment)
Cloudflare
⚡ Apply early Hybrid Hybrid $230,000–$288,000
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Cloudflare
Staff/Principal Software Engineer - Security Platform
Cloudflare
⚡ Apply early Distributed Onsite $220,000–$303,000
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Anthropic
Principal Engineer Capacity/Compute
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early Seattle, WA Onsite $320,000–$485,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Anthropic
Principal Engineer Capacity/Compute
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early New York City, NY Onsite $320,000–$485,000
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Anthropic
Principal Engineer Capacity/Compute
Anthropic
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $320,000–$485,000
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Northrop Grumman
Principal Software Engineer/Sr Principal Software Engineer - Payloads and Tasking Applications
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-San D... Onsite $114,000–$171,000
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Northrop Grumman
Principal Engineer Manufacturing
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-Sunny... Onsite $103,600–$155,400
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Northrop Grumman
Principal Systems Engineer
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-San D... Onsite $98,400–$171,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
U.S. Bank
Principal AI Engineer – AI Acceleration & Enterprise Enablement
U.S. Bank
⚡ Apply early Hopkins, MN Onsite $149,515–$175,900
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Northrop Grumman
Principal Engineer Software/Sr. Principal Engineer Software
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-Woodl... Onsite $114,000–$171,000
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Northrop Grumman
Principal Software Engineer
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-Edwar... Onsite $114,000–$171,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago

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