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Staff & Principal Startup Jobs

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

2,405 open roles · Updated Sep 27, 2026

2,405 jobs

Waymo Senior Staff Engineer, Agentic AI Engineering

Remote · Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CA

$251k–$310k / year

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

CesiumAstro Staff Mechanical Engineer

Westminster, CO

$133k–$161k / year

Job type: Mechanical & Physical Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Aerospace

Rippling Staff Technical Program Manager

India

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

Harvey Staff Product Designer

Canada

Job type: Marketing & Design
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: AI App

Databricks Finance Data and AI Lead

India

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

CoreWeave Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure - Marimo

Remote · Livingston, NJ · New York, NY · San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CA · Bellevue, WA

$188k–$275k / year

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

Stripe Staff Data Analyst

United States

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

SpaceX Principal Design Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering)

Austin, TX

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

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Relativity Space Principal COPV Engineer

Long Beach, CA

$185k–$277k / year

Job type: Mechanical & Physical Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Aerospace

Nvidia Distinguished Engineer, Production Engineering, Cluster Management

Santa Clara, CA

$320k–$489k / year

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

Blue Origin Lead System Engineer- Mk1

Seattle, WA · Space Coast, FL

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

Rivian Staff Antenna/Wireless Engineer

Palo Alto, CA

$167k–$209k / year

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

Brex Staff Product Manager, Growth

Remote · Canada

$240k–$300k / year

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

Archer Principal AI Research Engineer

San Jose, CA

$270k–$340k / year

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

IonQ Principal Cybersecurity Architect – Network Security Posture Management

Santa Clara, CA

$249k–$325k / year

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

Meta Forward Deployed Engineer, Enterprise AI [LATAM]

Brazil

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

Wayve Staff Data Scientist

United Kingdom · Sunnyvale, CA

$276k–$311k / year

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

Canva Staff Frontend Engineer, Editing Performance - Design experience

Remote · Australia

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

Ayar Labs Principal Engineer, Reliability

San Jose, CA

$200k–$260k / year

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

Anduril Industries Staff Systems Engineer, C2 Integration, Active Clearance

Ashville, OH · Costa Mesa, CA

$191k–$253k / year

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

Nscale Specialised AI Engineer

United Kingdom

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

Anthropic Staff Software Engineer, GTM Systems

San Francisco, CA

$320k–$405k / year

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

Shield AI Senior Staff Engineer, Actuation Systems Architecture & Design (RX) (R6003)

Dallas, TX

$174k–$261k / year

Job type: Mechanical & Physical Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Defense

Crusoe Energy Staff Software Engineer, Billing Platform

San Francisco, CA

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Energy & Climate

Waymo Staff Data Scientist, Weather

Remote · Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CA

$251k–$310k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Transportation

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