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Role Overview We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer to help shape the next generation of our enterprise SaaS platform. You’ll combine deep hands-on engineering with technical leadership, helping teams design scalable systems, modernize our platform and solve complex engineering challenges. You’ll work across backend, frontend, cloud and AI technologies while defining technical direction and staying close to the engineering work. A key part of this role will be driving the adoption of AI-native software engineering practices, including AI-PDLC (AI-enabled Product Development Lifecycle) and Spec-Driven Development, using tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot and other AI coding and agentic development tools. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, designing systems at scale, influencing architecture, establishing modern engineering practices and mentoring experienced engineers. Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll do Define and evolve the technical architecture of our SaaS platform and create high-level and low-level designs (HLD/LLD) for complex systems. Translate business and product requirements into scalable technical designs, implementation plans and engineering deliverables. Establish and drive Spec-Driven Development, using structured requirements, architecture specifications, API contracts, data models and acceptance criteria to guide development. Drive adoption of AI-PDLC, integrating AI across requirements, architecture, implementation, testing, code review, deployment and operations. Establish AI-assisted development workflows using Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot and similar AI coding agents, while maintaining engineering quality, security and architectural consistency. Design secure, scalable and reliable distributed, microservices and event-driven systems. Build and evolve backend services and APIs primarily using Node.js/TypeScript and Python, while remaining open to other modern technology stacks. Cont

This role can be based remotely in India. Position Summary We are seeking an exceptional Principal Technologist to join our team in India. This pivotal role will work closely with our account teams to engage with C-suite executives and senior technical leaders at MongoDB’s most strategic customers. You will bridge the gap between complex data architectures and AI to power business transformation, positioning MongoDB as the premier platform for modernizing legacy systems and building next-generation AI applications. As a recognized technical thought leader, you will shape industry perspectives through regular activities including high-impact technical evangelism and thought leadership, executive roundtables, presentations delivered to customers, keynotes at MongoDB and industry events, and regularly briefing tier-1 press, media, and analysts as a credible and trusted company spokesperson. Qualifications 10+ years of experience in customer and market-facing roles at the principal or Field CTO level Recognized technical leader with deep hands-on experience with enterprise-scale applications Influence & Scalability: Demonstrated success in scaling your technical influence and earned credibility. Experience speaking at major tech conferences, hosting technical webinars, or contributing deeply to the developer community (via technical blogs, open-source contributions, or whitepapers) is highly desired Deep portfolio and history of published content, presentations at events, interviews or quotes in the the press and media Executive Presence: Exceptional ability to command a room with credibility, deliver compelling keynote presentations, and influence technology strategies with a CxO audience Strong understanding of database architectures, distributed systems, and cloud computing concepts, with experience in distributed systems design, including scalability, fault tolerance, and consistency models Familiarity with modern application development frameworks and han

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all . Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. As a Principal Engineer at Micron’s HBM New Product Validation team in Boise, ID you will be a senior technical guide responsible for validation strategy and readiness for future-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) products. You will apply deep expertise in complex RAM and high-bandwidth memory architecture and building to establish architecture validation strategies. You will impact decisions that improve validation observability and debug efficiency . You will lead investigations of complex architecture, building , and silicon issues from pre-silicon simulation through post-silicon characterization. You will partner across Design Engineering, Design Validation, Product Engineering, Systems teams, and will develop and promote AI-enabled validation methodologies that improve efficiency, quality, and scalability. Responsibilities: Define architecture-aware validation strategies and coverage direction for future-generation HBM products. Drive validation readiness for next-generation products by preparing strategies, test environments, and execution plans before first silicon, reducing risk, accelerating issue resolution, and preventing late-stage surprises. Evaluate new DRAM/HBM architectural features and define validation requirements and testability needs before DBR. <span style="color:#

Location Details: India, Remote At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time; others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.​ This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings. Join Our Team The Network Security team is responsible for securing GoDaddy's global hybrid infrastructure across data centres, cloud, edge, and remote-access environments. We partner across Security, Infrastructure, Cloud, and Engineering teams to build scalable, resilient, and secure solutions that support the business. As a Principal Network Security Engineer, you'll act as a senior technical leader, helping define network security strategy, influence architecture across teams, and drive security outcomes at enterprise scale through technical expertise, systems thinking, and cross-functional leadership. What you'll get to do... Define and drive network security architecture across hybrid environments, including data centres, cloud, edge, and remote-access technologies Design trust boundaries, segmentation strategies, secure connectivity patterns, and network controls that reduce risk and improve security posture Lead complex technical initiatives, migrations, and architectural decisions while balancing security, reliability, performance, and operational requirements Establish scalable approaches for policy governance, automation, monitoring, telemetry, and security control validation Partner across engineering organizations to drive large-scale initiatives, mentor engineers, and influence technical direction through architecture reviews and technical leadership Your experience should include... 10+ years of experience in Network Security Engineering, Network Architecture, or Security Engineering, including ownership of enterprise-scale secu

We're transforming the grocery industry At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to the food they love and more time to enjoy it together. Where others see a simple need for grocery delivery, we see exciting complexity and endless opportunity to serve the varied needs of our community. We work to deliver an essential service that customers rely on to get their groceries and household goods, while also offering safe and flexible earnings opportunities to Instacart Personal Shoppers. Instacart has become a lifeline for millions of people, and we’re building the team to help push our shopping cart forward. If you’re ready to do the best work of your life, come join our table. Instacart is a Flex First team There’s no one-size fits all approach to how we do our best work. Our employees have the flexibility to choose where they do their best work—whether it’s from home, an office, or your favorite coffee shop—while staying connected and building community through regular in-person events. Learn more about our flexible approach to where we work. Overview At Arpalus, recently acquired by Instacart, we build AI-powered computer vision and AR technology that turns a phone camera into a precise sensing tool - real-time object detection, scanning, and spatial understanding shipped as a mobile product. Our tech runs on real devices, in real environments, under messy real-world conditions. We're a small, fast-moving team and we're looking for a Principal Computer Vision Engineer who already works that way too. You'll join our core AI team and help craft best-in-class perception systems thatpower our real-time retail analytics. You'll solve genuinely hard problems in computer vision, bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and highly optimized production pipelines. You'll work hands-on, architecting solutions that seamlessly blend classic computer vision techniques with moder

Principal Embedded Firmware and Software Engineer Description - We are seeking a Principal Embedded Firmware & Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and debugging of embedded software and firmware for computer systems. In this role, you will combine deep, hands-on engineering expertise with system-level technical leadership to ensure seamless integration between software and hardware components, delivering reliable and efficient system performance. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including hardware engineers, software developers, QA, and product managers to bring high-quality products to market. Responsibilities Provide technical leadership for the architecture, development, security, integration, debugging, validation, and deployment of embedded firmware and software including BIOS/UEFI, EFI applications and drivers, embedded controllers, and RTOS-based systems. Analyze hardware and system architectures to define firmware requirements, dependencies, interfaces, integration strategies, and validation approaches. Troubleshoot and resolve firmware issues by designing and implementing enhancements, updates, and programming changes across firmware subsystems. Define and drive firmware integration, verification, and validation strategies, including automated testing, regression testing, and continuous integration . Develop and improve engineering tools and automation using Python and other appropriate technologies for development, debugging, testing, analysis, and validation. Advance CI/CD and DevSecOps practices for embedded development to improve engineering velocity, quality, traceability, and release confidence. Evaluate and apply AI-assisted software development and engineering tools where they can improve developer productivity,

About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI. Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here . Pinterest is looking for a Principal Engineer to lead the technical strategy and execution for our Indexing & Retrieval Infrastructure across Core, Ads, and Shopping. This role sits at the center of our delivery infrastructure organization and will shape how fresh, relevant, and cost-efficient candidates are generated for the discovery experiences that power Pinterest at scale. What you’ll do: Define and drive the long-term technical vision for indexing and retrieval infrastructure across Core, Ads, and Shopping, aligning architecture investments to measurable improvements in freshness, quality, coverage, reliability, and cost efficiency. Lead cross-org initiatives to modernize Pinterest’s indexing architecture, including advancing unified real-time and incremental retrieval systems that support high-scale, high-quality candidat

Our vision is to transform how the world uses information to enrich life for all. Join an inclusive team passionate about one thing: using their expertise in the relentless pursuit of innovation for customers and partners. The solutions we build help make everything from virtual reality experiences to breakthroughs in neural networks possible. We do it all while committing to integrity, sustainability, and giving back to our communities. Because doing so can fuel the very innovation we are pursuing. Responsibilities: Develop and oversee global electrical and equipment safety programs and standards Act as Micron’s technical expert for electrical and equipment safety, covering complex and high-risk systems Consistently interpret and implement SEMI S2, NFPA 79, and IEC 60204-1 across sites and suppliers Lead and approve electrical safety documentation reviews and third-party assessments Influence safe-by-design outcomes through cross-functional and supplier engagement Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field 10 years of experience in electrical safety, equipment engineering, maintenance, or EHS engineering Demonstrated experience leading complex electrical safety evaluations and decisions In-depth understanding of SEMI S2, NFPA 79, and IEC 60204-1 Strong ability to interpret electrical schematics, control systems, and safety architectures Preferred Qualifications: Experience in semiconductor or advanced manufacturing environments Familiarity with global conformity schemes such as NRTL, CE, or CB Scheme Experience supporting global equipment safety governance or corporate EHS programs</li

Secure Every Identity, from AI to Human Identity is the key to unlocking the potential of AI. Okta secures AI by building the trusted, neutral infrastructure that enables organizations to safely embrace this new era. This work requires a relentless drive to solve complex challenges with real-world stakes. We are looking for builders and owners who operate with speed and urgency and execute with excellence. This is an opportunity to do career-defining work. We're all in on this mission. If you are too, let's talk. Position Description Okta is an enterprise grade identity management platform, built from the ground up in the cloud and delivered with an unwavering focus on customer success. With Okta, organizations can manage access across any application, person or device. Whether the people are employees, partners or customers or the applications are in the cloud, on premises or on a mobile device, Okta helps organizations become more secure, make people more productive, and maintain compliance. The Okta platform provides directory services, single sign-on, strong authentication, provisioning, workflow, and built in reporting. It runs in the cloud on a secure, reliable, extensively audited platform and integrates deeply with on premises applications, directories, and identity management systems. We are looking for an experienced Principal Software Engineer to work on our Onboarding and Lifecycle Management (LCM) Platform team with focus on enhancing and managing services for importing, syncing and provisioning identities and access policies i.e., users, groups, roles, entitlements, etc. These features allow customers the flexibility to link and enhance their business processes with Okta’s identity management product. We are looking for a seasoned Principal Engineer to join our team and help us build the future of identity and access management. Ideal candidate should be Hands-on expert developer in Java who is deeply technical with a passion for building

Who We Are Nuro believes self-driving vehicles are the most immediate and profound opportunity for AI to drive positive change in the physical world. Safer streets, more time for what matters, and easier access to the world around us, that’s why we’re building a universal autonomy platform: self-driving for all roads and all rides. Founded in 2016, Nuro is a physical AI company developing Level 4 autonomous driving technology for a wide range of vehicles, use cases, and markets. Powered by the Nuro Driver™, our universal autonomy platform enables the global mobility ecosystem to deploy autonomy at scale, from robotaxis and logistics fleets to personal vehicles. With years of real-world deployment experience and a flexible, partner-led business model, Nuro is working toward a future where millions of autonomous vehicles powered by our technology help make everyday life safer, easier, and more connected. Nuro has raised over $2B in capital from Uber, NVIDIA, Google, Softbank, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, and other leading investors. About the Role As a Principal Software Engineer, you will help define and build the high-performance, highly reliable foundation of the Nuro Driver. This role spans Device Platform, Performance, and Onboard Systems, requiring deep technical leadership across sensor and compute integration, onboard runtime systems, distributed execution, and autonomy software performance. You will architect hardware-agnostic device interfaces, inter-device communication pipelines, runtime APIs, and onboard software platforms that enable Nuro’s autonomy stack to run safely and efficiently across current and future vehicle platforms. You will also lead system-wide performance and reliability efforts, including latency reduction, resource efficiency, observability, automated validation, and tooling for debugging complex onboard systems. This is a highly cross-functional and high-impact role. You will partner with autonomy, hardware, safety, validation, opera

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. The Product Security team ensures that Snowflake products are built and shipped with the highest level of security. Our team drives the security posture of Snowflake products and is responsible for embedding security into every stage of the product lifecycle, from design through deployment and beyond. We design and build frameworks, systems and services that keep Snowflake secure. As a Principal Software Engineer II on the Product Security team, you will be the senior technical authority for Product Security and play a critical leadership role in shaping and advancing Snowflake’s security. This is a unique opportunity to define and influence our long-term security strategy and have a direct impact on the security of the Snowflake platform and the trust of our customers. You will operate across organizational boundaries, guiding major security initiatives, influencing architectural decisions at the highest levels, setting the technical direction for the organization, and ensuring consistent security excellence across all product teams while working closely with business leaders to advance Snowflake’s business. The role requires deep expertise in security, software engineering, distributed systems, software infrastructure, AI/ML, applied cryptography, threat modeling and clou

Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation. About the Role: This is a Principal Product Engineering role focused on Money Infrastructure at Replit. You’ll work on the financial backbone that powers how Replit earns money, how builders earn money, and how Agents transact. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, product, and the business. The systems you build directly impact revenue, trust, and some of the most critical user journeys on the platform. Getting them right enables growth, experimentation, and global scale. Getting them wrong creates broken payments, confusing pricing, and lost trust. We’re looking for engineers who can design and scale reliable financial systems while translating complex monetary logic into intuitive, user-friendly experiences for both Replit customers and builders on the platform. We love folks who have a passion for monetizing innovation and being a part of the greater pricing story. You will: Lead the design, architecture, and implementation of Replit’s core money infrastructure, spanning pricing, billing, payments, and monetization. Own and scale the global order-to-cash foundation supporting credit-based subscriptions, usage-based billing, marketplaces, in-app payments, and commerce for Agents. Enable rapid pricing and packaging experimentation across the company by building flexible abstractions and APIs for new SKUs, plans, and monetization models. Build high-converting, localized payment experiences across geographies — thinking globally while enabling users to pay locally. Power builder monetization by creating payment rails for apps, Agents, subscriptions, and new monetization primitives. Partner closely on data specifications with finance, accounting, and data teams to produce accurate, auditable, and reliable f

For over 20 years, Smartsheet has empowered teams to manage work seamlessly and scale solutions smarter. Now, in our most ambitious chapter yet, we are uniting human teams with AI agents. By orchestrating the work agents do best, automating manual tasks and uncovering insights at scale, we create the space for people to focus on what truly matters: judgment, creativity, and big thinking. That is magic at work, and it’s what we show up for every day. We are looking for a skilled and motivated Principal Software Engineer who is passionate about continuous learning and eager to grow along with us in a fast-paced, innovative environment. You will work remotely from Bulgaria and will be reporting to an engineering leader located in Bulgaria. You Will: Lead the design and implementation of Smartsheet's next-generation architecture, ensuring scalability, security, and performance for millions of global users. Define and drive architecture strategy, making key technical decisions that shape the future of the platform. Review and guide technical project designs, providing feedback during design review presentations to ensure system resilience and scalability. Take ownership of cross-functional technical initiatives, aligning teams around common architectural goals while driving large-scale projects to completion. Foster strong technical leadership, mentoring senior engineers and influencing best practices across multiple engineering teams. Lead deployment reviews for high-impact projects, ensuring they meet scalability, performance, and security requirements. Collaborate closely with product management and other business stakeholders to balance market needs with technical constraints, driving innovation while maintaining technical rigor. Advocate for quality and operational excellence, ensuring systems are monitored, tested, and maintained to meet the highest reliability standards. Perform other duties as assigned. You Have: Proven experience in system architecture and the d

We're looking for a Principal Engineer to join our CSP Engagements team as the technical focal point for end-to-end performance, working directly with engineering teams of key CSP/hyperscale customers to ensure they achieve various performance targets on NVIDIA platforms. In this role, you will augment NVIDIA's performance and benchmark teams with a dedicated CSP-facing focus. You will drive work streams with CSP engineering teams to build shared understanding of platform performance characteristics, gather and incorporate their workload-specific feedback into NVIDIA's optimization priorities, and validate that performance targets are met in customer-representative configurations. Your cross-CSP visibility enables you to identify patterns and drive systemic improvements in documentation, configuration guidance, and tooling. What you'll be doing: Drive performance characterization work streams with engineering teams of key CSP/hyperscale customers — ensuring they understand platform performance expectations, profiling methodology, and tuning options for their specific workloads Gather and synthesize CSP performance feedback — identify gaps between expected and actual throughput, and champion optimization priorities back into NVIDIA's CUDA, NCCL, driver, and firmware teams Ensure key open-source performance and stress tools (e.g., STREAM, GPU Burn, GPU BLAST) are updated and validated for the latest NVIDIA rack-scale systems, GPU architectures, and CPU platforms — so customers and internal teams have reliable baseline measurements from day one Work closely with CSPs to ensure their own performance and validation tooling reflects the latest GPU capabilities, memory hierarchy changes, and platform-specific tuning parameters Conduct cross-CSP performance comparison and pattern analysis — identify configuration, software, or workload differences that explai

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our Configuration Management team and define the future of enterprise infrastructure automation, configuration management and operational platforms. This is a deeply technical, hands-on leadership role, you will architect and build foundational software systems that manage infrastructure consistently across compute, storage, networking, data centers, cloud, and hybrid environments. You will establish the multi-year technical direction, identify organization-wide challenges, and drive large-scale transformations from initial strategy through architecture, implementation, production adoption, and measurable outcomes. What You’ll Be Doing: Define the multi-year technical vision and architecture for IT infrastructure automation, configuration management, orchestration, and self-service platforms. Set the technical direction for infrastructure automation and configuration management across technologies such as Ansible Automation Platform, AWX, Salt or equivalent platforms. Establish the strategy for applying AI to configuration management, including configuration intelligence, drift and compliance analysis, change-risk identification, root-cause assistan