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About Mach Industries Founded in 2023, Mach Industries is a rapidly growing defense technology company focused on developing next-generation autonomous defense platforms. At the core of our mission is the commitment to delivering scalable, decentralized defense systems that enhance the strategic capabilities of the United States and its allies. With a workforce of approximately 350 employees, we operate with startup agility and ambition. Our vision is to redefine the future of warfare through cutting-edge manufacturing, innovation at speed, and unwavering focus on national security. We are dedicated to solving the next generation of warfare with lethal systems that deter kinetic conflict and protect global security. The Role Mach Industries is seeking Mechanical Design Engineers to join our revolutionary new division, Mach Propulsion. We’re developing a high-performance small turbine engine from the ground up, designed for scalable, high-rate manufacturing. This is a unique opportunity to apply your experience to a first-of-its-kind propulsion system. We’re looking for engineers with foundational experience in propulsion, drivetrain systems, or rotating machinery who are excited to solve complex engineering problems in a fast-paced, hands-on environment. Key Responsibilities Design and Development: Design turbojet engine components and subsystems using Siemens NX, leveraging tools such as CAD, CFD, and FEA. Produce 3D models and 2D drawings optimized for manufacturing and performance. Full Lifecycle Ownership: Participate in concept generation, trade studies, prototyping, testing, and iteration. Engage directly with test teams to validate your hardware. Team Collaboration: Work closely with fabrication, machining, test, and engineering teams to ensure high-quality, on-time delivery of components. Required Qualifications BS in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering or related field. 1+ years of mechanical engineering experience in propulsion, powertrain,

About Mach Industries Founded in 2023, Mach Industries is a rapidly growing defense technology company focused on developing next-generation autonomous defense platforms. At the core of our mission is the commitment to delivering scalable, decentralized defense systems that enhance the strategic capabilities of the United States and its allies. With a workforce of approximately 350 employees, we operate with startup agility and ambition. Our vision is to redefine the future of warfare through cutting-edge manufacturing, innovation at speed, and unwavering focus on national security. We are dedicated to solving the next generation of warfare with lethal systems that deter kinetic conflict and protect global security. The Role Mach Industries is seeking a Propulsion Engineering Technician to support the calibration and testing of advanced small engine systems for the next generation of airborne defense platforms. As a Propulsion Engineering Technician, you will be instrumental in building, operating, and testing propulsion systems that ensure the United States maintains its strategic advantage in modern warfare. Your hands-on expertise will contribute to the development of high-performance, scalable engines that power autonomous defense platforms. Mach Propulsion is redefining the small turbine engine—designing for high-rate production, scalability, modularity, and adaptability to help the United States maintain its edge in a rapidly evolving defense landscape. This is a chance to shape a new kind of propulsion company, one built around modern, automated manufacturing to deliver capable engines at meaningful volumes. In this role, you will collaborate with a multidisciplinary engineering team to create high-performance, manufacturable systems that meet demanding mission requirements. Key Responsibilities Build, operate, and maintain test systems and infrastructure including test cells and instrumentation packages. Perform engine performance testing and calibration. Bu

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 and Tasks: Work proactively to problem solve with yield or quality impact on our products through development of measurement recipes that can provide quick and accurate feedback on the product integrity. Participate in new technology development and startup alongside with Research & Development (R&D) fabrication (Fab) site in US. Participate in world-wide discussions such as Copy-Smart Team (CST) for continuous improvement on the toolset(s) assigned across Micron Fabs. Share Best-Known-Methods and lesson learned across the network. Set up tool qualification criteria and implement monitoring through Statistical Process Control (SPC) charts. Collaborate with Engineering Operations and/or Application teams to optimize tool maintenance schedules and utilization. Develop and run projects crafted to enhance inline detection, improve efficiency, reduce cost, reduce tool measurement variability and improve machine availability. Partner with the tool suppliers and owners to explore innovative ways of doing things to overcome the challenge of the shrinking technology nodes. Support Fab through data analysis, providing knowledgeable summations of results and recommendations on how to proceed with process changes, equipment

About the Team OpenAI, in partnership with our capital and technology partners, is building a global network of advanced datacenters to support the most demanding AI workloads. The Infrastructure Quality team ensures that all datacenter systems are manufactured, delivered, and commissioned to the highest standards of quality, reliability, and performance. We work closely with manufacturing partners, general contractors, engineering teams, and operations staff to ensure that every component is delivered ready for installation, startup, and long-term service. Our work spans from vendor qualification through commissioning, ensuring operational readiness across our global portfolio. About the Role We are seeking an experienced Manufacturing Quality Engineer (MQE) to establish, implement, and manage a manufacturing-focused quality program for datacenter infrastructure. This role will be responsible for vendor oversight, quality assurance, process improvement, and issue resolution for all critical systems. You will lead vendor audits, monitor performance metrics, and coordinate corrective actions to ensure predictable delivery schedules, reduced risks, and operational reliability. By partnering with vendors, construction teams, and internal stakeholders, you will help ensure OpenAI’s datacenters are delivered on time and built to the highest operational standards. Travel Domestic and international travel as needed (estimated 40–60%) to manufacturing sites, datacenter locations, and partner facilities. Key Responsibilities Vendor Oversight & Performance Management Conduct manufacturing evaluation, audits, and improve vendor performance across production, inspection, testing, and delivery phases. Develop and track quality metrics to assess manufacturing performance and identify trends. Partner with vendors to refine processes, training, and quality controls to mitigate risks before shipment. Program Development & Execution Develop and maintain a datacenter-focused m

About AiDASH AiDASH is leading the PreventionFirst™movement for electric utilities and transforming grid resilience through its pioneering platform that unifies vegetation, asset, storm, and wildfire intelligence. Powered by SatelliteFirst™ Inspection & Monitoring, AiDASH delivers comprehensive visibility across the entire grid at the right frequency and budget, using the right data modality. More than 200 customers trust AiDASH to keep the lights on, spend where it counts, and defend every decision, Securing Tomorrow across every mile of the grid. Learn more at www.aidash.com. The PreventionFirst movement is growing, and so is the recognition behind it. In 2026, Forbes named AiDASH one of America's Best Startup Employers for the 4th consecutive year, and TIME included AiDASH among America's Top GreenTech Companies for the 3rd year in a row. Deloitte Technology Fast 500 ™ ranked AiDASH No. 12 in the San Francisco Bay Area, and No. 59 overall in their selection of the top 500 for 2024. Join us in Securing Tomorrow Together! The Role As a Senior Product Designer at AiDASH, you will define the standard for AI-augmented design practice across the organization. You are not just a designer who occasionally uses AI—you are someone who has fundamentally rewired your design workflow around AI tools, using them daily for research synthesis, rapid prototyping, visual exploration, and production-ready output. You bring extensive experience in user experience design with deep specialisation in at least three areas: user research, service design, digital product design, interface design, visual design, or related disciplines. Crucially, you also bring a proven track record of leveraging AI tools to dramatically accelerate and elevate your design work. How You'll Make an Impact: Drive Technology Transformation: Play a key role in delivering and designing technology solutions that reshape how ou

About Snorkel Snorkel AI is the frontier AI data lab, helping teams build the data and environments behind high-performing frontier and agentic AI. We combine technology with research-driven AI data development to create datasets, benchmarks, evals, and custom solutions for real-world AI systems. Founded out of the Stanford AI Lab in 2019, Snorkel works with leading AI labs and enterprises to move from better data to better outcomes. Excited to help us redefine how AI is built? Apply to be the newest Snorkeler! Senior Technical Recruiter - Product Location: San Francisco, CA As a Senior Technical Recruiter at Snorkel AI, you will play an instrumental role in identifying, sourcing, and engaging top Product talent for our growing organization. Drawing on your deep experience recruiting in fast-paced startup environments, you'll not only find and hire the brightest Product minds in the market, but also create a candidate experience that reflects our brand and values every step of the way. Our Talent team lives our company values day to day: we put Quality First in every search and every candidate interaction, we're relentless about pushing the frontier of how great startups hire, we treat our hiring managers as true partners in solving their hardest talent challenges, we're Competitive Yet Kind — driven and high-bar, without ego or politics — and everyone on the team has the startup gene, rolling up their sleeves to do the job that needs doing . This is a chance to join a high-caliber, cross-functional team building a generational company. Main Responsibilities Recruiting Strategy: Develop and execute creative, effective strategies for attracting top-tier Product talent in a highly competitive market. Own sourcing to build and maintain a robust, consistent, and diverse pipeline of candidates. Recruiting Data: Track and analyze the metrics that matter across the recruiting funnel, using data to continuously improve speed, efficiency, and outcomes. Candidate

About Snorkel Snorkel AI is the frontier AI data lab, helping teams build the data and environments behind high-performing frontier and agentic AI. We combine technology with research-driven AI data development to create datasets, benchmarks, evals, and custom solutions for real-world AI systems. Founded out of the Stanford AI Lab in 2019, Snorkel works with leading AI labs and enterprises to move from better data to better outcomes. Excited to help us redefine how AI is built? Apply to be the newest Snorkeler! Senior Technical Recruiter - Engineering Location: San Francisco, CA or New York, NY As a Senior Technical Recruiter at Snorkel AI, you will play an instrumental role in identifying, sourcing, and engaging top Engineering talent for our growing organization. Drawing on your deep experience recruiting in fast-paced startup environments, you'll not only find and hire the brightest engineering minds in the market, but also create a candidate experience that reflects our brand and values every step of the way. Our Talent team lives our company values day to day: we put Quality First in every search and every candidate interaction, we're relentless about pushing the frontier of how great startups hire, we treat our hiring managers as true partners in solving their hardest talent challenges, we're Competitive Yet Kind — driven and high-bar, without ego or politics — and everyone on the team has the startup gene, rolling up their sleeves to do the job that needs doing . This is a chance to join a high-caliber, cross-functional team building a generational company. Main Responsibilities Recruiting Strategy: Develop and execute creative, effective strategies for attracting top-tier Engineering talent in a highly competitive market. Own sourcing to build and maintain a robust, consistent, and diverse pipeline of candidates. Recruiting Data: Track and analyze the metrics that matter across the recruiting funnel, using data to continuously improve speed, efficiency

About Us The Rubrik Security Apps team helps customers secure their data on the cloud. Cloud data is growing at an ever growing pace and so are the risks with cyber attacks targeted towards cloud data. We make it easy for businesses to protect, search, analyze all of their cloud data simply and scalably. Security Apps is one of the fastest growing businesses and teams within Rubrik. We consider ourselves a startup inside a startup! Join us in this journey where there are ever widening avenues to explore, opportunities to innovate, deep engineering problems to tackle. We believe in fostering a culture with strong engineering values and teamwork as the key to building a great company and product. When you become part of our dynamic and innovative team, you'll contribute to the development of cutting-edge products within a fast-growing company that prides itself on an exceptional culture and a dynamic work environment. About the Role We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our R&D team. You will work closely with our product team to build our unique product offering. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for building complex backend designs that are both scalable and fault-tolerant, developing our data ingestion pipeline and introducing new analysis engines. What You'll Be Doing Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve the software. You’ll have your domain of expertise in which you'll assist the product team with future directions, lead the technology and cooperate with other engineers. You’ll develop backend services that integrate with and ingest data from various cloud providers that store sensitive data. You’ll build pipelines that analyze, classify, correlate and process this data. You’ll build systems that detect anomalies in the ingested data for alerting the customer, that automatically resolve issues and that generate sophisticated yet easily consumable insights arising from the processed dat

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity. Product Manager Waterloo, ON Build what’s next for players. We’re a startup inside Sony PlayStation: fast-moving, experimental, and highly ambitious, while backed by the scale, resources, and trust of Sony Interactive Entertainment. We’re building new mobile and web experiences that help gamers connect, discover, and play together in better ways. This is a rare opportunity to build at startup speed and drive meaningful impact inside one of the world’s most recognized gaming companies. We are seeking a hands-on Product Manager to own product discovery, strategy, prioritization, and execution for new mobile and web experiences. In this role, you will identify new product opportunities, speak directly with users, analyze product behaviour, define new features and initiatives, and manage the product opportunity pipeline from early exploration through launch and iteration. You will work closely with Design, Engineering, and Marketing to turn ambiguous ideas into clear product direction. You will represent the voice of the user, establish what success looks like, and help the team decide what to build, why it matters, and how we will know whether it worked. Responsibilities Define and evolve the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and opportunity pipeline f

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity. Software Engineer II, Backend Waterloo, ON Build what’s next for players. We’re a startup inside Sony PlayStation: fast-moving, experimental, and highly ambitious, while backed by the scale, resources, and trust of Sony Interactive Entertainment. We’re building new mobile and web experiences that help gamers connect, discover, and play together in better ways. This is a rare opportunity to build at startup speed and deliver significant impact inside one of the largest gaming companies in the world. We are seeking a Software Backend Engineer to help design, build, and operate the services and data systems that power our new consumer experiences. Responsibilities Design, build, test, deploy, and operate reliable backend services and APIs for consumer applications across mobile and web. Contribute to backend architecture and technical decisions related to scalability, availability, consistency, latency, security, and cost. Design and maintain data models using relational and non-relational databases, caching systems, and asynchronous processing patterns. Build and maintain GraphQL and REST APIs that support mobile and web client experiences. Monitor and improve service performance, reliability, observability, and operational health. Partner with product manage

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity. Senior Software Engineer, Backend Waterloo, ON Build what’s next for players. We’re a startup inside Sony PlayStation: fast-moving, experimental, and highly ambitious, while backed by the scale, resources, and trust of Sony Interactive Entertainment. We’re building new mobile and web experiences that help gamers connect, discover, and play together in better ways. This is a rare opportunity to build at startup speed and deliver significant impact inside one of the largest gaming companies in the world. We are seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to help define the architecture, services, data models, and technical standards that power our new consumer experiences. Responsibilities Define and evolve the backend architecture for highly available, scalable consumer applications across mobile and web. Design, build, test, deploy, and operate reliable backend services and APIs. Design data models and storage strategies across relational, non-relational, caching, and event-driven systems. Make thoughtful architectural decisions related to scalability, consistency, availability, latency, security, and cost. Drive performance optimization, service reliability, observability, monitoring, and incident response best practices. Establish coding standards,

About Supabase Supabase is the open-source backend platform trusted by millions of developers to build web apps, SaaS products, and AI-native applications. Our Partnerships team works across the ecosystem - technology partners, cloud platforms, VCs, accelerators, and startup programs - to make Supabase the default backend for the next generation of companies. About the Role We're looking for a Startup Partner Enablement & Programs Manager to bring our partner ecosystem to life through enablement, events, and programs to raise awareness of Supabase's value proposition to early stage startups. You'll own the materials, playbooks, and activations that help our partners - VCs, accelerators, incubators and entrepreneurship programs - successfully promote and build with Supabase. That includes organizing Supabase's presence at partner and VC-related events, running office hours, hackathons and VIP dinners, and turning relationships into repeatable, high-impact programs. This role sits on the Partnerships team and reports to the Head of Startups, working closely with teammates across the startup program, GTM, developer relations, and marketing. Because the bulk of our events and partner activity is concentrated in San Francisco and the Bay Area, we strongly prefer candidates based there who can regularly attend and host events in person. It's a great fit for someone who loves the operational craft of enablement and programs and wants to work at the intersection of startups, venture, and developer tools. What You'll Do Build and maintain partner enablement materials - decks, one-pagers, playbooks, and activation guides - that help partners across the ecosystem promote and build with Supabase Manage the operational cadence of partner programs: collaborating on strategy, tracking activations, and keeping program logistics running smoothly across partner types Organize Supabase's presence at partner and VC-related events — demo days, founder summits, portfolio workshops, p

About the Team OpenAI’s Industrial Compute organization is building the infrastructure required to support the next generation of frontier AI systems. Through a combination of strategic partnerships and self-built data center campuses, we are scaling the power, cooling, electrical, mechanical, and controls infrastructure needed to deliver compute at unprecedented scale. The Commissioning organization is responsible for ensuring this infrastructure is safely tested, validated, integrated, and transitioned into reliable operations. For our self-build campuses, the team operates through a hybrid delivery model: OpenAI provides commissioning leadership, discipline ownership, governance, and project integration, while commissioning partners provide field and test engineering capacity to support inspections, startup, testing, and turnover. About the Role We are seeking a Commissioning Project Lead to own the commissioning strategy and execution for a large-scale, self-build data center project. You will lead the overall commissioning program from early construction planning through startup, functional testing, integrated systems testing, and final turnover. You will establish the commissioning execution plan, integrate commissioning activities into the master project schedule, coordinate multidisciplinary readiness, and lead the vendor commissioning partners providing field and test engineering capacity. This role serves as the primary commissioning interface to project leadership, construction management, contractors, equipment vendors, operations, and commissioning partners. You will be responsible for creating clarity across organizations, identifying readiness and schedule risks early, and ensuring the facility progresses through testing and turnover against clearly defined acceptance criteria. The role will initially support planning and coordination in a hybrid capacity and transition to full-time onsite presence as construction, inspections, startup, testing, and t

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. The Role You are a deep technical architect. Whether it's a Fortune 500 CTO or a startup founder, you know how to read the room and steer it. You have handled enough OAuth token flows, SCIM failures, and multi-product integration edge cases to spot root issues fast. In this role, you will help shape how developers understand identity at scale. You serve as the top technical escalation point for our support team. You are our domain expert. You influence product roadmaps. You mentor engineers. You challenge standard practices. You raise the bar across the entire global team. You handle ambiguity well. You operate with full autonomy. You focus on delivering outcomes that unblock our most complex accounts. What You Do Strategic Escalations and Architecture This is not primarily a queue role. You will mostly engage on cases that exceed senior engineer scope, the ones that need architecture judgment, not triage. End-to-End Ownership: Resolve our most complex developer cases, including multi-product architectures, ISV integration designs, and strategic account escalations. Cross-Functional Bridge: Serve as the technical link between Developer Support and ISV Partnerships, working directly with strategic partners on integration design. Architectural Consulting: Join customer and partner calls to advise on architecture and resolve issues beyond standard support scope. Product and Executive Engagement Roadmap Influence: Partner with Product Management and Engineering

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity. Software Engineer II / Software Developer II (React Native) Build what’s next for players. We’re a startup inside Sony PlayStation. Fast-moving, experimental, and highly ambitious. Backed by the scale, resources, and trust of Sony Interactive Entertainment. We’re building new mobile and web experiences that help gamers connect, discover, and play together in better ways. This is a rare opportunity to design at startup speed and drive huge impact inside the largest gaming company in the world. We are seeking a Software Engineer II specializing in React Native and high-performance mobile development. In this role, you will design, build, and improve mobile experiences while contributing to the architecture, frameworks, and technical practices that support our applications. You will collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and researchers to deliver user interfaces that are performant, accessible, reliable, and delightful at scale. You will take ownership of meaningful features from development through release and production support. Responsibilities Design, build, test, release, and maintain mobile application features using React Native and modern JavaScript and TypeScript. Contribute to the evolution of frontend architec