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Austin, TX
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140K-180K Annually
Mid level
140K-180K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Cloud • Cybersecurity • Defense
Build a data-focused product using open source solutions, focusing on both backend and frontend development while ensuring low-latency system performance.
Top Skills: AWSAzureDelta LakeDockerElasticsearchGoGradleJavaJavaScriptKafkaKubernetesMavenMongoDBMySQLNpmPostgresPythonRabbitMQReactRustScalaTypescript
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Remote
Austin, TX
131K-185K Annually
Senior level
131K-185K Annually
Senior level
Information Technology • Internet of Things • Software • Virtual Reality
Lead reliability, availability, and resiliency strategies for large-scale systems, drive operational excellence, and provide technical mentorship across engineering teams.
Top Skills: AWSCi/CdJavaMongoDBRabbitMQZookeeper
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Remote
Austin, TX
160K-200K Annually
Senior level
160K-200K Annually
Senior level
Pet • Software
The Principal Software Engineer at Snout will define architectural direction, build features across the stack, and enhance team effectiveness, ensuring quality and performance.
Top Skills: AWSJavaScriptLinuxNode.jsPostgresReactTypescript
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Remote or Hybrid
Austin, TX
247K-330K Annually
Expert/Leader
247K-330K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Fintech • Machine Learning • Mobile • Software
The Principal Software Engineer will design a semantic model architecture for data products, ensure performance, and lead technical initiatives while collaborating with teams to optimize data consumption across the platform.
Top Skills: ClickhouseDbtKafkaKinesisMetricflowPythonSnowflakeSparkSQL
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Remote
Austin, TX
Senior level
Senior level
Logistics • Software
The Principal Software Engineer will lead frontend architectural vision, establish engineering standards, and drive cross-team technical leadership while enhancing developer experience and quality assurance in a growing organization.
Top Skills: CypressElixirGraphQLJestPhoenixPlaywrightReactReact Testing LibraryTypescript
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In-Office or Remote
Austin, TX
128K-191K Annually
Senior level
128K-191K Annually
Senior level
Digital Media • Fintech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Financial Services • Cybersecurity • Automation
The Principal Software Engineer will lead and develop innovative technology solutions for banking, focusing on Calypso platforms with an Agile methodology.
Top Skills: AngularAPIsAWSBitbucketCalypsoDevsecopsETLHTMLJavaJavaScriptJenkinsLinuxMqNexusOracle SqlPostgresPythonSpring BootTerraformUnixWebsphere
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Remote
Austin, TX
112K-160K Annually
Expert/Leader
112K-160K Annually
Expert/Leader
Information Technology • Internet of Things • Software • Virtual Reality
Lead development of the Perc real-time JVM and toolchain (32/64-bit) on Linux for x86/ARM. Implement features and fixes, maintain tests and releases, support customers and presales, manage CI/build systems, and influence product roadmap and tooling.
Top Skills: CJavaLinux
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Austin, TX
209K-306K Annually
Expert/Leader
209K-306K Annually
Expert/Leader
Financial Services
The Principal Software Engineer will provide technical and architectural leadership in data engineering, focusing on strategy, innovation, and ensuring successful production deliveries while fostering teamwork and mentoring.
Top Skills: AgileBusiness IntelligenceCloudData IntegrationData LakeData TechnologyData WarehouseDistributed SystemsMicroservicesNoSQL
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Remote
Austin, TX
200K-263K Annually
Expert/Leader
200K-263K Annually
Expert/Leader
Healthtech • Software
As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll lead complex projects, build scalable systems, and integrate EHRs while driving technical improvements and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Top Skills: AWSKubernetesPostgres
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Remote
Austin, TX
Senior level
Senior level
Healthtech • Software
The Principal Software Engineer will lead AI systems development and mentor teams, driving AI adoption and ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations.
Top Skills: Ai EngineeringAutogenCrewaiData PipelinesLangchainLanggraphLlamaindex
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Remote
Austin, TX
270K-375K Annually
Mid level
270K-375K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Productivity • Software
The Principal Software Engineer at Motion will make key technical decisions, implement large software projects, take ownership of projects, and collaborate with other engineers to enhance product value.
Top Skills: .NetC#PostgresReactReact QueryTemporal
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Remote
Austin, TX
Senior level
Senior level
Information Technology • Software
As Principal Software Engineer, you will lead the design of IAM systems, manage architectural evolution, and collaborate cross-functionally to enhance API security and scalability.
Top Skills: AbacDockerGoGrafanaIamJavaKibanaKubernetesOauth2OidcPrometheusRbacRustSAMLTerraformTypescript
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Reposted 9 Days AgoSaved
Remote
Austin, TX
136K-220K Annually
Senior level
136K-220K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Fintech • Insurance • Software
Lead technical vision and execution for microservices and platform components. Design and deliver high-complexity cloud-native solutions, mentor engineers, perform code reviews, and ensure CI/CD, observability, and scalable architectures are implemented across teams.
Top Skills: .NetAnsibleArgocdCarpenterCi/CdCqrsDomain-Driven DesignEvent-Driven ArchitectureIacJavaKafkaKargoKubernetesPythonServerlessTerraformTypescript
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Remote or Hybrid
Austin, TX
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246K-339K Annually
Expert/Leader
246K-339K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Business Intelligence
Lead design and reliability of a financial data extraction platform, minimizing human validation through AI, and enhance system correctness for scale.
Top Skills: AICloud-Native ArchitecturesData PlatformsDistributed SystemsMl
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Remote
Austin, TX
220K-292K Annually
Expert/Leader
220K-292K Annually
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Security • Software • Generative AI
Lead design and development of automated benchmarking tooling and processes for Elasticsearch at cloud scale. Define methodologies, run and interpret performance tests, investigate regressions, assist capacity planning, and mentor engineers. Collaborate cross-functionally to tune distributed systems and report benchmarking results.
Top Skills: Bash (Linux Shell)Ci/CdContainersElasticsearchElasticsearch Query ApiJavaJvmKibanaKubernetesLinuxPythonVms
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In-Office
Austin, TX
Senior level
Senior level
Cloud • Software
The Senior Principal Software Engineer will define long term technical strategies for backend and AI services, shape architectural standards, and lead the design of data platforms and AI systems, while mentoring engineering teams and ensuring system scalability and maintainability.
Top Skills: AICi/CdGraphQLKafkaLlm IntegrationPythonRest ApisSpark
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Remote
Austin, TX
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170K-200K Annually
Senior level
170K-200K Annually
Senior level
Information Technology
Lead the design and implementation of full-stack solutions while mentoring junior engineers and driving agile development practices within the organization.
Top Skills: AWSDockerGitJavaKubernetesNoSQLPostgresPythonReactSQLTypescript
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Remote
Austin, TX
Expert/Leader
Expert/Leader
Information Technology • Internet of Things
The Principal Software Engineer will lead technical initiatives, develop scalable solutions, mentor teams, and drive system architecture for a connected equipment platform.
Top Skills: .NetAWSC#CSSDockerEc2ElasticsearchHTMLJavaScriptKinesisKubernetesNode.jsNoSQLPythonS3SQLVpc
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In-Office
Austin, TX
186K-233K Annually
Expert/Leader
186K-233K Annually
Expert/Leader
Biotech
Lead architecture and evolution of cloud-native lab software and LIMS modernization. Drive technical decisions, migrations, AI/ML adoption, and mentor engineers while delivering full-stack systems on AWS ensuring reliability, security, and regulatory compliance.
Top Skills: Ai/MlAWSCi/CdDynamoDBGenerative AiGlueGraph DatabasesInfrastructure As CodeJavaKafkaLambdaLesLimsMySQLNext.JsNon-Relational DatabasesPostgresPythonRdsReactS3SQLTypescript
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Remote
Austin, TX
120K-180K Annually
Mid level
120K-180K Annually
Mid level
Automotive • Analytics
Design and develop web applications, mentor teammates, shape architectural decisions, write clean code, conduct testing, and troubleshoot issues.
Top Skills: AWSAzureCSSD3.JsDockerGCPGraphQLHTMLJestPlotly.JsPythonReactSQLTypescript
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Austin, TX
200K-316K Annually
Senior level
200K-316K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Security • Software • Generative AI
The Principal Software Engineer II will lead and contribute to Elasticsearch's Storage Engine team, focusing on efficient data querying, indexing, and developing Timeseries solutions. This role requires strong technical leadership, collaboration across teams, and expertise in Java and Elasticsearch.
Top Skills: CassandraElasticsearchJavaMongoDBPostgresSolr
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In-Office or Remote
Austin, TX
Senior level
Senior level
Information Technology
Lead the design and delivery of cloud-native applications and data platforms, ensuring high-quality software engineering and cloud operations.
Top Skills: AWSAzureC#/.NetCollibraDatabricksGoImmutaJavaKubernetesPythonStarburstSynapseTerraform
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Remote
Austin, TX
Senior level
Senior level
Healthtech • Software
Design, develop, and deploy secure, scalable software solutions; implement and automate CI/CD pipelines and testing; manage cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure) and infrastructure automation; provide Tier III support, monitor performance and SLAs, and train teams on automation best practices.
Top Skills: .NetAWSAzureC#Ci/CdGitJenkinsPl/SqlPostgresSQL
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Remote
Austin, TX
200K-316K Annually
Senior level
200K-316K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Security • Software • Generative AI
The Principal Software Engineer II will build and maintain machine learning components in Elasticsearch, collaborating with teams, writing scalable code, and owning projects from design to implementation.
Top Skills: C++ElasticsearchGoJavaMachine LearningPython
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Remote
Austin, TX
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12-12 Annually
Expert/Leader
12-12 Annually
Expert/Leader
Software
The Principal Software Engineer will lead technical initiatives, own systems and capabilities, drive architectural improvements, provide mentorship, and ensure quality across the engineering organization while delivering complex software solutions.
Top Skills: .NetAngularAWSC#Cloud Platforms (AzureGcp)PostgresPythonSdkSQL Server
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