Glendale, California, United States · On-site
$320k–$380k/yr
Role Overview You will be the most senior individual contributor in Moon's engineering organization, with company-wide technical authority, working directly with the VP of Engineering. You will own the toughest problems …
Skills: System Architecture, Distributed Systems, Data Modeling, API Design, Security Expertise
Glendale, California, United States · On-site
$185k–$225k/yr
Role Overview You will be the technical lead of Moon's core platform: auth and identity, multi-entity tenancy, the entitlements engine, payments and financing APIs, cross-platform communication services, and the database…
Skills: Backend Engineering, Distributed Systems, Database Architecture, API Design, Technical Leadership
Glendale, California, United States · On-site
$270k–$330k/yr
Role Overview You will lead the team that builds Moon's core platform: auth and identity, multi-entity tenancy, entitlements, payments and financing APIs, cross-platform communication services, and the common shared serv…
Skills: Distributed Systems, API Design, Database Architecture, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Management
Glendale, California, United States · On-site
$130k–$160k/yr
Role Overview You will build the designer's selling tool - .NET services behind a modern TypeScript front-end - on a team where everything you ship gets used by real professionals in real homes within days. This is a rol…
Skills: C#, .NET, TypeScript, Full-Stack Engineering, Automated Testing
Glendale, California, United States · On-site
$160k–$200k/yr
Role Overview You will build the tool designers use to sell in customers' homes: .NET services behind a modern web front-end. What you ship in the evening gets used in a customer's home the next morning. About the role •…
Skills: C#, .NET, TypeScript, Full-stack Engineering, API Development
Glendale, California, United States · On-site
$230k–$280k/yr
Role Overview You will build and lead a new engineering team responsible for Moon's designer experience module: the end-to-end selling experience used by our customers' design professionals. The platform is .NET with a m…
Skills: Engineering Management, .NET, TypeScript, Continuous Delivery, Feature Flags
Santa Clara, California, United States · On-site
$124k–$171k/yr
Who We Are Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that help…
Skills: Electrical Engineering, System Design, Control Architecture, Schematic Design, Engineering Analysis
Sunnyvale, California, United States · On-site
$165k–$224k/yr
As part of the AWS Applied AI Solutions organization, we have a vision to provide business applications, leveraging Amazon’s unique experience and expertise, that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day…
Skills: Software Development, System Architecture, C#, C++, Java
Palmdale, California, United States · On-site
$114k–$171k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: None TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities…
Skills: Project Management, Budget Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Requirement Gathering
Azusa, California, United States · On-site
$129k–$194k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities …
Skills: Network Architecture, SDWAN, Zero Trust, Cloud-Enabled Networking, LAN/WAN Design
Stanford, California, United States · Hybrid
$149k–$306k/yr
We help the world run better At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talen…
Skills: Python, PyTorch, LLM Application Development, Multi-Agent Systems, Inference Optimization
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
What We’re Building: At Medra, our mission is to use AI, robotics, and biology to accelerate life science research, with the ultimate goal of eradicating disease. We have been quietly building the foundational layers of …
Skills: Robotics, Automation, Mechatronics, Troubleshooting, Incident Reporting
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
Type: Full-time permanent contract or an Internship with a potential follow-up offer Location: San Francisco or remote with future relocation to San Francisco (sponsored) Start: ASAP About us We're building state-of-the-…
Skills: Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Redis, AWS
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
Introducing Moonlake, AI for creating world simulations. About Moonlake Moonlake is building the frontier of interactive world models: systems that generate, simulate, and reason over 3D environments for robotics, embodi…
Skills: Robotics Simulation, Physics Simulation, Sim-to-Real Transfer, Python, C++
Tipton, California, United States · On-site
$31/hr–$31/hr
Job DetailsJob Location: Tipton Plant - Tipton, CA 93272Position Type: UnionSalary Range: $31.74 - $31.74 HourlyUnion: This position falls under a Collective Bargaining Agreement | Chapter 517 Location: 531 West Poplar A…
Skills: Mechanical Aptitude, Troubleshooting, Preventive Maintenance, Fabrication, MIG Welding
Azusa, California, United States · On-site
$129k–$194k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities …
Skills: Network Architecture, SDWAN, Zero Trust, Cloud-Enabled Networking, LAN/WAN Design
Santa Clara, California, United States · On-site
$176k–$276k/yr
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 i…
Skills: Logistics Technology Strategy, SAP Transportation Management (TMS), SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), Supply Chain Transformation, Business Architecture
Palmdale, California, United States · On-site
$114k–$171k/yr
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: None TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities…
Skills: Project Management, Cost Management, Schedule Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management
Irvine, California, United States · On-site
$103k–$133k/yr
At Alcon, we're passionate about enhancing sight and helping people see brilliantly. With more than 25,000 associates, we innovate fearlessly, champion progress, and act swiftly to impact global eye health. We foster an …
Skills: Metal 3D Printing, Mechanical Engineering, Production Process Design, GxP Regulations, Cost Improvement
Santa Clara, California, United States · On-site
$124k–$171k/yr
Who We Are Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that help…
Skills: Electrical Engineering, System Design, Control Architecture, Schematic Design, Engineering Analysis
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The role involves owning the platform architecture and engineering health to ensure high performance, uptime, and security. The Principal Engineer will solve the most complex technical problems and mentor the engineering team through design and code reviews.
Requires over 12 years of engineering experience with staff or principal scope at high-growth startups. Candidates must demonstrate deep expertise in distributed systems, API design, and a practical approach to scalable architecture.
You will be the most senior individual contributor in Moon's engineering organization, with company-wide technical authority, working directly with the VP of Engineering. You will own the toughest problems and the toughest deadlines personally, understand the mechanics of the application in complete detail, and design it for maximized performance, uptime, and security. With the VP of Engineering you will own the overall health of engineering - not by managing people, but by owning the processes, systems, and standards that make every team better. You ship continuously, and you set the standard for what excellent engineering looks like in this organization.
• You will join at the moment the foundational architecture decisions get made - the ones the next five years are built on. You have done this before at a high-growth startup that scaled through multiple stages quickly, and you personally laid foundations that survived every stage.
• Own the architecture of the platform and everything that crosses team boundaries - designed for performance, uptime, and security as first principles.
• Take the hardest problems and the tightest deadlines yourself, as an IC, and deliver them.
• Know the application's mechanics in detail: every critical path, every seam, every failure mode.
• Mentor the engineering team to greatness: code review, design review, pairing, and example - you are the standard others calibrate against.
• Own engineering health with the VP of Engineering - the processes and systems, not the people management - that keep quality, velocity, and reliability high.
• Ship continuously: reference implementations, the hardest seams, and the automated guardrails that protect the platform.
• Make simple things that scale when they need to - and kill elegant things that don't ship.
• 12+ years of engineering with staff/principal scope at high-growth startups; personally scaled systems through multiple company stages.
• The signal we screen hardest for: practicality. Come ready to tell us about the infinitely-scalable design you rejected in favor of the simple thing that shipped - with specifics.
• Deep distributed systems, data modeling, API design, and security expertise.
• A record of mentorship that engineers volunteer unprompted.
• Writes clearly enough that contracts and design docs replace meetings.
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