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Staff & Principal Startup Jobs

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

2,402 open roles · Updated Sep 28, 2026

2,402 jobs

CesiumAstro Principal Mechanical Engineer I

United Kingdom

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

Databricks Senior Staff Software Engineer - Backend

India

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

Nvidia Principal Engineer, Security Architecture - DGX Cloud

Remote

$272k–$431k / year

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

Blue Origin Principal Optical Communications Architect

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

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

Anduril Industries Staff Gen AI Research Scientist

Costa Mesa, CA · Seattle, WA · Washington, D.C.

$220k–$292k / year

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

Anthropic Staff Engineer, Datacenter Server Lifecycle

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

$320k–$405k / year

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

Shield AI Staff Engineer, Safety-Critical Software (R5826)

San Diego, CA

$200k–$300k / year

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

Waymo Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Infrastructure

Remote · Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CA

$251k–$310k / year

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

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CesiumAstro Principal Hardware Engineer I

United Kingdom

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

Databricks Staff Frontend Engineer - UI Platform - Seattle

Seattle, WA · Washington, D.C.

$181k–$261k / year

Job type: Finance, Legal, & Compliance
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: AI App

Nvidia Senior Staff Engineer - Enterprise Messaging and Exchange

Santa Clara, CA

$168k–$311k / year

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

Anduril Industries Staff Electrical Harness Design Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA

$191k–$253k / year

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

Anthropic Staff Software Engineer, Inference

Ireland

$342k–$412k / year

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

Shield AI Staff Engineer, Propulsion Systems Advance Manufacturing (R5185)

Seattle, WA · Washington, D.C.

$150k–$230k / year

Job type: Manufacturing & Production
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Defense

Waymo Senior Staff ML Engineer, Driver Understanding and Evaluation

Remote · Mountain View, CA

$281k–$356k / year

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

CesiumAstro Senior Hardware Engineer II

United Kingdom

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

Databricks Principal Engineer, Authentication

Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CA

$280k–$385k / year

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

Nvidia Distinguished Engineer, Production Engineering, Data Center Automation

Remote · Santa Clara, CA

$320k–$489k / year

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

Anduril Industries Staff Supplier Industrialization Engineer

Huntsville, AL

$143k–$191k / year

Job type: Supply Chain & Procurement
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Defense

Anthropic Staff Software Engineer, Billing Platform

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

$320k–$405k / year

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

Shield AI Senior Staff Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing

Seattle, WA · Washington, D.C.

$188k–$282k / year

Job type: Manufacturing & Production
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Defense

Waymo Staff Software Engineer, Simulator Platform

Remote · Mountain View, CA

$251k–$310k / year

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

CesiumAstro Principal Communication Engineer II

Austin, TX

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

Databricks Principal Engineer, Authentication

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

$266k–$366k / year

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

Nvidia Distinguished Engineer, End-to-End Scaling Performance Architecture

Santa Clara, CA

$320k–$489k / year

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

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