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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 28, 2026

2,405 jobs

Brex Staff Software Engineer, Product Data Platform

Remote · San Francisco, CA

$240k–$300k / year

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

Archer Principal Solution Architect – Supply Chain Systems

San Jose, CA

$190k–$245k / year

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

Meta Software Engineer, Machine Learning - Search Algorithm, Standalone Apps Team

Menlo Park, CA

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

Canva Staff AI Automation Engineer

Remote · Australia

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

Anduril Industries Staff Robotics Engineer, Manufacturing Automation

Costa Mesa, CA

$166k–$220k / year

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

Anthropic Staff+ Software Engineer, Databases

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · Seattle, WA

$320k–$485k / year

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

Shield AI Staff Engineer, Electromechanical Motor Design (R6028)

Seattle, WA · Washington, D.C.

$187k–$281k / year

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

Crusoe Energy Staff Instrumentation & Controls Engineer, Deployment

Dallas, TX

$148k–$170k / year

Job type: Electrical & Firmware
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Energy & Climate

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Waymo Staff Software Engineer, 3D & Data Visualization Tools

Remote · Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CA

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

CesiumAstro Staff Communication Systems Engineer

El Segundo, CA

$165k–$199k / year

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

Rippling Staff Software Engineer - Payments

India

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

Harvey Software Engineer, Database Infra

San Francisco, CA

$191k–$325k / year

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

Databricks Sr Staff Product Operations Manager

Bellevue, WA · Washington, D.C. · Seattle, WA

$180k–$247k / year

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

Stripe Staff Product Designer, Link

New York, NY

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

Relativity Space Staff Propulsion Engineer, Engine Assembly Design

Long Beach, CA

$164k–$246k / year

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

Nvidia Principal Engineer, Cloud Site Reliability Engineering

Santa Clara, CA

$272k–$431k / year

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

Blue Origin Principal ASIC Design Verification Engineer - Terawave

Austin, TX · Seattle, WA · Los Angeles, CA · Cupertino, CA

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

Rivian Staff Design Engineer, Powertrain Drive Unit Architect

Plymouth, MI

$126k–$157k / year

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

Brex Staff Software Engineer, Product Data Platform

Remote · Seattle, WA

$240k–$300k / year

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

Meta ASIC Engineer, Design Verification

Sunnyvale, CA · Austin, TX

Job type: Electrical & Firmware
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: AI Research

Canva Staff Front-End Engineer - Design Systems

Australia

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

Anduril Industries Staff Technical Program Manager, Intelligence Systems

Reston, VA

$191k–$253k / year

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

Anthropic Staff+ Software Engineer, Caching

San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · Seattle, WA

$320k–$485k / year

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

Shield AI Staff Systems Administrator (5996)

India

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

Crusoe Energy Staff Software Engineer, Managed Orchestration (Managed Kubernetes)

San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CA

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

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