Software Engineer jobs in California

Patreon

Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $257,500 – $386,000 · Remote

This Staff-level backend engineering role focuses on designing and scaling Patreon's foundational platform systems, APIs, and infrastructure that support hundreds of thousands of creators. The position suits experienced distributed systems engineers who thrive on architectural challenges and mentoring others in a high-scale environment.

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AssemblyAI

San Francisco, CA

This role involves building the software systems and AI agents that power AssemblyAI's sales organization—account targeting, lead qualification, usage monitoring, and CRM automation. It suits software engineers with strong Python and SQL skills who want ownership of revenue-impacting systems and are comfortable working with LLMs and modern development tools.

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Taco Bell

Irvine, CA

This role involves building and maintaining the backend systems and infrastructure that support machine learning models in production across a major food and beverage company. You'll own deployment, integration, and operational reliability for AI capabilities serving real business needs at scale.

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Corsair

Milpitas, CA

This role leads the technical strategy and hands-on development for Oracle EBS systems, designing solutions that connect business needs to enterprise-wide financial and operational processes. It suits someone with deep Oracle EBS expertise who can architect integrations and mentor a technical team.

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Notion

Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $213,000 – $320,000 · Remote

This role involves building APIs, integrations infrastructure, and developer tools that allow customers to extend and connect Notion to their existing apps and workflows. It suits experienced full-stack engineers comfortable owning complex technical projects end-to-end and interested in platform architecture that scales.

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Motive

San Francisco, CA · $200,000 – $235,000

Motive is seeking a Staff-level backend engineer to design and build scalable services and APIs for their fleet operations platform. You'll own systems from architecture through production, mentor other engineers, and work across teams to deliver reliable, secure solutions for customers managing drivers, vehicles, and fleet operations.

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Copper

Full-time · Berkeley, CA · $175,000 – $190,000

You'll build and scale software systems connecting smart home appliances, cloud infrastructure, and customer-facing applications at a startup reimagining electrified homes. This role suits engineers who thrive owning full-stack systems across cloud, mobile, and hardware integration while working directly with a small, fast-moving team.

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Kong Company

San Francisco, CA · $150,000 – $275,000 · Remote

Kong is seeking a senior engineer to lead the architectural design of Kong Identity, a multi-tenant identity platform that handles authentication, authorization, and compliance at enterprise scale. This role suits someone with deep expertise in OAuth 2.0, identity federation, and cryptographic systems who has previously built identity platforms serving millions of daily authentication requests.

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Crane Co.

Burbank, CA · $132,000 – $191,000

Crane Aerospace seeks a senior embedded software engineer to design and develop safety-critical systems for aircraft brake control and cabin actuation. This role is ideal for an aerospace software specialist with deep expertise in DO-178 compliance and real-time embedded systems who can lead technical work with minimal supervision.

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Deluxe Media

Burbank, CA · $170,000 – $200,000

This role involves designing and building automation systems that integrate AI models, intelligent agents, and workflow orchestration to transform manual business processes. It suits a senior engineer who enjoys emerging AI technologies, working hands-on across backend systems and LLM APIs, and taking solutions from prototype to production.

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Supercast

Full-time · Los Angeles, CA · $160,000 – $200,000

A staff-level engineering role building and deploying AI solutions across Fox's media brands, from LLM applications to workflow automation. Suits experienced engineers comfortable translating business needs into AI systems and guiding multiple teams through technical and organizational challenges.

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NVIDIA

Santa Clara, CA · $224,000 – $356,500

NVIDIA seeks a senior software engineer to design and optimize large-scale Vision AI systems that process video, image, and 3D data for applications like smart cities and autonomous systems. This role combines deep learning expertise with production systems engineering, requiring you to collaborate across teams while owning critical platform components.

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Intel

Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $226,138 – $245,160

Design and develop software tools and development infrastructure at Intel, including debuggers, analyzers, and performance optimization frameworks. This role suits engineers with strong software development skills who want to impact internal tooling and processes across a large organization.

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CrowdStrike

Full-time · Sunnyvale, CA · $140,000 – $215,000

CrowdStrike's Risk Analytics team seeks a senior engineer to build the backend platform that powers their exposure management and attack path analysis capabilities. You'll design scalable microservices in Golang that process massive security data streams and drive the technical vision for next-generation risk intelligence systems.

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Circle

San Francisco, CA · $285,000 – $352,500 · Remote

Circle seeks a Distinguished Engineer to lead technical architecture and strategy across their blockchain financial platform, guiding distributed systems that support multiple products and teams. This role is for a seasoned engineer who can set long-term direction, mentor senior staff, and drive platform-wide technical decisions in a regulated fintech environment.

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Unity

Mountain View, CA · $278,100 – $417,100

This role leads the engineering effort to run advanced AI models efficiently on consumer devices within a web-native runtime, optimizing for speed, memory, and power. It suits a senior systems engineer with deep expertise in model deployment, GPU programming, and real-time performance optimization who thrives on closing the gap between research models and shipped products.

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Broadcom Inc.

San Jose, CA · $118,800 – $190,000

Broadcom is seeking a visionary Principal Engineer to architect and lead large-scale AI transformation initiatives across the company, designing agentic systems that integrate generative AI with enterprise fullstack development at global scale. This role suits experienced engineering leaders who want to set technical direction for AI infrastructure and mentor senior teams while solving hard problems in production AI systems.

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NIO

Full-time · San Jose, CA · $163,500 – $212,400

NIO seeks an AI infrastructure engineer to architect foundational AI systems for autonomous vehicle platforms, designing solutions for model training and inference optimization across hardware domains. This role suits experienced systems engineers comfortable with cloud infrastructure, ML frameworks, and embedded optimization who want to work on cutting-edge autonomous driving technology.

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