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Staff & Principal Startup Jobs

Staff and principal roles at startups building the future — set technical direction.

2,408 open roles · Updated Sep 27, 2026

2,408 jobs

Rippling Staff Software Engineer

India

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: AI App

Harvey Staff Software Engineer, Agents

New York, NY

$231k–$340k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: AI App

Databricks Staff Software Engineer - Access Management

Bellevue, WA · Washington, D.C.

Job type: Product, Programs, & Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: AI App

CoreWeave Staff Software Engineer, Inference

Sunnyvale, CA · Bellevue, WA

$188k–$275k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Compute & Semiconductors

Scale AI Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY

$252k–$315k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: AI App

Stripe Product Manager, Strategic Apps

Seattle, WA

Job type: Product, Programs, & Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Fintech

SpaceX Principal Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind)

Bastrop, TX

Job type: Electrical & Firmware
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Aerospace

Relativity Space Staff People Business Partner

Long Beach, CA

$146k–$218k / year

Job type: Business & People Ops
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Aerospace

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Rocket Lab Principal Program Manager (TS/SCI)

Long Beach, CA

$164k–$245k / year

Job type: Product, Programs, & Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Aerospace

Nvidia Principal Software Engineer, At-Scale Reliability and Fleet Intelligence — CSP Engagements

Santa Clara, CA

$272k–$431k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Compute & Semiconductors

Blue Origin Principal Electrical Power Subsystem Architect

Denver, CO · Space Coast, FL · Huntsville, AL · Seattle, WA · Los Angeles, CA · Reston, VA

Job type: Electrical & Firmware
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Aerospace

Samsara Staff Software Engineer, DevEx

Remote — Canada

$111k–$153k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Supply Chain

Rivian Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure, Autonomy

Palo Alto, CA

$207k–$258k / year

Job type: Infrastructure, IT, & Security
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Transportation

Brex Staff Product Manager, Embedded

Remote · Seattle, WA

$280k–$350k / year

Job type: Product, Programs, & Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Fintech

IonQ Staff Process Engineer, Packaging

Remote · College Park, MD

$146k–$209k / year

Job type: Manufacturing & Production
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Compute & Semiconductors

Archer Staff Systems Engineer, Electric Propulsion

San Jose, CA

$160k–$220k / year

Job type: Product, Programs, & Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Aerospace

Redwood Materials Staff Software Engineer, Factory Automation

McCarran, NV

Job type: Infrastructure, IT, & Security
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Energy & Climate

Meta Infrastructure Planning Lead

Bellevue, WA · Menlo Park, CA

Job type: Product, Programs, & Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: AI Research

Cerebras Systems Principal ML Investigator

Sunnyvale, CA

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Compute & Semiconductors

Sierra Space Principal Systems Engineer

Centennial, CO · Louisville, CO

Job type: Product, Programs, & Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Aerospace

Apptronik Staff Test Engineer - Actuators

Austin, TX

Job type: Test, Quality, & Reliability
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Robotics

Aurora Staff Safety Standards Engineer

Pittsburgh, PA

$171k–$273k / year

Job type: Product, Programs, & Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Transportation

Wayve Staff Embedded Security Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA

$276k–$311k / year

Job type: Infrastructure, IT, & Security
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Transportation

Canva Staff Production Engineer

Australia

Job type: Infrastructure, IT, & Security
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: AI App

Ayar Labs Principal Engineer, SoC Architect

India

Job type: Electrical & Firmware
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Compute & Semiconductors

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