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In-Office
Boston, MA
227K-284K Annually
Expert/Leader
227K-284K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Software • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
The Principal Software Engineer at DigitalOcean will lead the design and innovation of the Gradient AI platform, focusing on architecture, operational excellence, and cross-functional collaboration, while mentoring and guiding engineering teams.
Top Skills: AICloudMachine Learning
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In-Office or Remote
Boston, MA
200K-240K Annually
Expert/Leader
200K-240K Annually
Expert/Leader
Big Data • Fitness • Healthtech • Information Technology • Software • Analytics
Lead the rearchitecture and implementation of Arcadia's User Management system, focusing on authentication and authorization frameworks. Drive new systems and mentor engineers to ensure secure data access and operational excellence.
Top Skills: AngularAuth0AWSJwtNestjsNode.jsOauth2PostgresReactSaml 2.0TerraformTypescript
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Remote
Boston, MA
256K-347K Annually
Expert/Leader
256K-347K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Consumer Web • Productivity • Software • App development • Data Privacy
Lead technical strategy for Dropbox's core systems and AI integration, drive technical outcomes, and influence multiple teams. Involve hands-on software development and architecture for scalable products.
Top Skills: AIConcurrencyDatabasesDistributed SystemsMlMobileSearchSoftware DevelopmentStorage Systems
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Remote
Boston, MA
Easy Apply
186K-258K Annually
Senior level
186K-258K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Machine Learning • Social Impact • Software
The Principal Software Engineer will define technical roadmaps, guide system architecture, mentor leaders, and drive product direction in Capital Supply operations.
Top Skills: AISoftware Engineering
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Hybrid
Boston, MA
Senior level
Senior level
Big Data • Machine Learning • Software • Analytics • Biotech
The Principal Software Engineer will lead architectural strategy and product development, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams in an interdisciplinary setting.
Top Skills: AirflowAWSAzureElasticsearchFlinkGCPJavaJavaScriptKafkaPythonSparkSQLTrino
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Remote
Boston, MA
229K-284K Annually
Expert/Leader
229K-284K Annually
Expert/Leader
Healthtech • Other • Social Impact • Software • Telehealth
As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll lead architectural strategies, mentor engineers, prototype services, and ensure alignment with business goals in a remote environment.
Top Skills: Backend TechnologiesCloud-Based TechnologiesService-Oriented Architecture
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Remote
Boston, MA
Easy Apply
155K-220K Annually
Expert/Leader
155K-220K Annually
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Information Technology
The Principal Software Engineer will tackle platform-level challenges, assist team members, write secure and scalable code, and develop features for cloud storage solutions.
Top Skills: AIAnsibleBashCephContainerdDhcpDnsGoGrafanaHelmHelmfileKubernetesLdapLokiPostgresPrometheusPxeTerraform
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Remote
Boston, MA
256K-347K Annually
Expert/Leader
256K-347K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Consumer Web • Productivity • Software • App development • Data Privacy
Lead technical vision and execution for enterprise-scale AI, automation, and data initiatives. Architect scalable, secure AI systems and data pipelines, mentor engineers, drive cross-functional alignment, and deliver high-impact production solutions that improve productivity and business outcomes.
Top Skills: AIAutomated TestingAutomationCiData AnalyticsData PipelinesDistributed TrainingGoJavaMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingPythonScalaVisualization
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Remote
Boston, MA
200K-230K Annually
Senior level
200K-230K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Financial Services
The Principal Software Engineer will architect and lead the development of scalable systems, drive technical excellence, mentor teams, and promote best practices at a fintech company.
Top Skills: GoPythonRuby
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Hybrid
Boston, MA
250K-310K Annually
Expert/Leader
250K-310K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Information Technology • Security • Software • Cybersecurity • Data Privacy
The Principal Software Engineer at Snyk will lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, engage with stakeholders, and influence product strategy, focusing on software security and scalability.
Top Skills: GoTypescript
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Remote
Boston, MA
200K-320K Annually
Senior level
200K-320K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Fintech • Food • Information Technology • Software • Hospitality
As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll architect and code backend services and ML models, integrate them with Salesforce, and mentor junior engineers.
Top Skills: AWSGoJavaLambdaLangchainPythonSagemakerSalesforceSqs
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Hybrid
Boston, MA
Easy Apply
244K-366K Annually
Expert/Leader
244K-366K Annually
Expert/Leader
Consumer Web • eCommerce • Marketing Tech • Retail • Software • Analytics • Generative AI
The Principal Engineer will lead enterprise scalability efforts, driving architectural changes, optimizing systems, and integrating AI for improved operational performance across multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
Top Skills: AIBack-PressureCachingCapacity PlanningMulti-Region ReadinessPartitioningPerformance EngineeringSharding
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Reposted 12 Days AgoSaved
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Remote or Hybrid
Boston, MA
Easy Apply
225K-250K Annually
Senior level
225K-250K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Machine Learning
Design and build scalable backend platforms for regulated scientific workflows, ensuring compliance and reproducibility while enhancing performance and usability across cloud environments.
Top Skills: AWSAzureDockerGCPGoGrpcJavaKubernetesPythonRestScala
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Remote or Hybrid
Boston, MA
Easy Apply
152K-190K Annually
Expert/Leader
152K-190K Annually
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Healthtech • Professional Services • Software • Pharmaceutical
This role involves designing and developing core modules for an enterprise-level clinical data platform, ensuring compliance with quality standards, and collaborating with teams for software development and testing.
Top Skills: AngularAsp.Net MvcAWSC#CSSHTMLJavaScriptSQLTypescript
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In-Office
Boston, MA
227K-284K Annually
Expert/Leader
227K-284K Annually
Expert/Leader
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Software • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Lead the technical direction of PaaS at DigitalOcean by architecting and implementing robust cloud-native services while mentoring engineers and ensuring system reliability.
Top Skills: C++GoJavaPython
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Hybrid
Boston, MA
168K-210K Annually
Senior level
168K-210K Annually
Senior level
Consumer Web • eCommerce • Software
Seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and manage scalable data products and user experiences, collaborating across teams to deliver insights.
Top Skills: AWSEs6+JavaJavaScriptReactSQL
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Hybrid
Boston, MA
168K-210K Annually
Senior level
168K-210K Annually
Senior level
Consumer Web • eCommerce • Software
The Principal Software Engineer leads technical initiatives, collaborates across teams, mentors engineers, and shapes architecture for international product projects.
Top Skills: Ai TechnologiesAWSHibernateJavaNosql DatabasesRelational DatabasesSpring BootTerraform
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In-Office
Boston, MA
175K-212K Annually
Senior level
175K-212K Annually
Senior level
Healthtech
Lead development of Pharmacometrics software and data platforms, integrating HPC/cloud (AWS, Kubernetes) and modeling tools (R, Python, NONMEM, Monolix). Support deployments, optimize performance, mentor engineers, automate CI/CD, and collaborate with domain scientists and IT to translate scientific workflows into production-grade solutions.
Top Skills: AclsAWSAws ParallelclusterAzureData ZoneDatabricksGCPGitGraph RagHpcJupyterhubKubernetesLdapLinuxLlm Content IngestionMonolixMultiverseNfsNonmemParallel/Distributed ComputingPiranaPrompt EngineeringPsnPythonQuartoRRshinyRstudioSASSgeShell ScriptingSlurmSvnTypstVector Databases
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In-Office
Boston, MA
107K-216K Annually
Expert/Leader
107K-216K Annually
Expert/Leader
Fintech
The role involves developing investment management tools using Python and VBA, collaborating with analysts, and handling front office requirements for a systematic investment platform.
Top Skills: AngularAWSCi/CdDevOpsJavaPythonRestful ApisVBA
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Hybrid
Boston, MA
170K-220K Annually
Expert/Leader
170K-220K Annually
Expert/Leader
Cloud • Software
Lead architectural evolution for CloudZero's growth by designing scalable systems and guiding engineering teams to avoid pitfalls while ensuring high performance and simplicity.
Top Skills: Container OrchestrationKubernetesMicroservice ArchitecturesSaaSServerlessService-Oriented Architecture
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In-Office
Boston, MA
190K-313K Annually
Senior level
190K-313K Annually
Senior level
Cloud • Information Technology • Internet of Things • Software • Consulting • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) • Automation
The Senior Principal Software Engineer will lead AI/ML tooling development, define technical strategy, mentor teams, and drive community adoption of open-source tools.
Top Skills: AIGoMlPythonPyTorchRustTensorFlow
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In-Office or Remote
Boston, MA
314K-502K Annually
Expert/Leader
314K-502K Annually
Expert/Leader
Software
The Principal Software Engineer will architect real-time systems for customer conversations, develop AI integrations, and ensure reliability and performance, mentoring the team along the way.
Top Skills: Audio/Video ProcessingDistributed InfrastructureEvent-Driven ArchitecturesGenaiReal-Time Systems
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In-Office
Boston, MA
140K-166K Annually
Senior level
140K-166K Annually
Senior level
Fintech
Design and implement cloud-native applications and platform enablement using Azure/AWS and IaC. Lead architecture, DevOps pipelines, QA readiness, risk/security controls, mentoring, and project lifecycle management to deliver complex enterprise solutions on time and on budget.
Top Skills: Application InsightsArtifactoryAsp.NetAWSAzureAzure CosmosAzure DevopsAzure FunctionsAzure PaasAzure Resource Manager (Arm)Azure SqlBackstageBicepC#CloudawareCloudformation (Cft)DatadogDivvyGitGithub CliIaasInfrastructure As Code (Iac)JenkinsLogic AppsMicrosoft Entra IdPaasPowershellServerlessServicenowSonarSpecflowSQL ServerTerraformXunit
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In-Office
Boston, MA
161K-166K Annually
Senior level
161K-166K Annually
Senior level
Fintech
Lead design and implementation of cloud reliability and observability for AWS/EKS environments. Build scalable, secure microservice-based applications, automate CI/CD and IaC, mentor engineers, drive architecture decisions, and ensure QA readiness and operational availability.
Top Skills: Auto ScalingAWSAws CloudwatchBehaveCloudFormationDatadogDockerElastic Kubernetes Service (Eks)GitJenkinsKubernetesLoad BalancingMicroservicesPytestPythonRest ApiServerlessShell ScriptingSonarqube
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In-Office
Boston, MA
126K-217K Annually
Senior level
126K-217K Annually
Senior level
eCommerce • Logistics
Lead the architecture and design of a cloud-native SaaS product, mentor junior engineers, and ensure robust, scalable solutions in supply chain applications.
Top Skills: AzureDevOpsDockerElasticsearchGitGradleHibernateInfrastructure As CodeJavaKafkaKubernetesNoSQLOauthRdbmsRest ApiSparkSpring Boot
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