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Lead Software Engineer Jobs
Lead Software Engineer roles represent the top of the individual contributor or management ladder. These positions combine deep technical expertise with organizational influence, commanding $170k–$280k+ in total compensation at leading tech companies.
Top Companies
Databricks, Swiftly, Inc., Toast, Anthropic
Job Types
100% Full Time
Top Locations
Mountain View, California, San Francisco, California, Bellevue, Washington, Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California
Work Model
92% On-Site, 4% Remote, 4% Hybrid
Experience Levels
100% Staff
We found 2,433 lead software engineer jobs currently hiring in locations including Mountain View, California, San Francisco, California, Bellevue, Washington. Work arrangements include On-Site (92%), Remote (4%), Hybrid (4%). Top employers include Databricks, Swiftly, Inc., Toast and 1 other companies.
Companies Hiring for Lead Software Engineer Jobs
Databricks47 jobs
Swiftly, Inc.1 job
Toast1 job
Anthropic1 job
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Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack - AI Product (NYC)
Databricks
Staff Software Engineer, Compute Infrastructure
Databricks
Staff Software Engineer – Customer Experience Intelligence (CXI)
Databricks
Staff Software Engineer, AI Search
Databricks
Software Engineer - Full-stack
Swiftly, Inc.
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Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack - AI Product (NYC)
Databricks·New York City, New York
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Staff Software Engineer, Compute Infrastructure
Databricks·Bellevue, Washington
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Staff Software Engineer – Customer Experience Intelligence (CXI)
Databricks·Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California
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Software Engineer - Full-stack
Swiftly, Inc.·United States
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Staff Software Engineer, AI Search
Databricks·Mountain View, California
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Staff Software Engineer, AI Runtime
Databricks·Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California
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Staff Backend Software Engineer- (AI Platform)
Databricks·San Francisco, California
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Staff Software Engineer, Websites
Toast·Remote, US
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Staff Software Engineer, Observability
Databricks·Mountain View, California
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Observability
Databricks·Mountain View, California
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Staff Software Engineer, Metrics and Logging
Databricks·Mountain View, California
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Staff+ Software Engineer, Enterprise
Anthropic·San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY
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Staff Software Engineer - GenAI Performance and Kernel
Databricks·San Francisco, California
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Staff Software Engineer - GenAI inference
Databricks·San Francisco, California
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Staff Software Engineer - Fullstack
Databricks·Vancouver, Canada
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Staff Software Engineer - Backend
Databricks·Vancouver, Canada
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Staff Software Engineer, Foundational Model Serving
Databricks·San Francisco, California
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Staff Software Engineer, Model Serving
Databricks·San Francisco, California
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Senior Staff Software Engineer — Observability, Insights & Governance
Databricks·Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California
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Senior Staff Software Engineer — Observability, Insights & Governance
Databricks·Bellevue, Washington; Seattle, Washington
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Senior Staff Software Engineer - App and Partner Ecosystem
Databricks·Seattle, Washington
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Senior Staff Software Engineer - Lakeflow Pipelines Datasets
Databricks·Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California
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Senior Staff Software Engineer - Enzyme
Databricks·Mountain View, California
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Staff Software Engineer - Agent Quality
Databricks·New York City, New York
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Staff Software Engineer - Security Infrastructure
Databricks·Bellevue, Washington
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Staff Software Engineer - Security Infrastructure
Databricks·Mountain View, California
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Staff Software Engineer - IAM
Databricks·Bellevue, Washington
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Staff Software Engineer - IAM
Databricks·Mountain View, California
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Senior Staff Software Engineer - Managed Tables
Databricks·Mountain View, California
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Senior Staff Software Engineer - Unity Catalog Data Governance
Databricks·Bellevue, Washington
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Senior Staff Software Engineer - Security Infrastructure
Databricks·Bellevue, Washington
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Senior Staff Software Engineer - Security Infrastructure
Databricks·Mountain View, California
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Senior Staff Software Engineer - IAM
Databricks·Mountain View, California
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Senior Staff Software Engineer - IAM
Databricks·Seattle, Washington
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Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Data Systems
Databricks·Bellevue, Washington
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Staff Software Engineer - Money Team
Databricks·Bellevue, Washington
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Staff Software Engineer - Backend
Databricks·Bellevue, Washington
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Staff Software Engineer - Backend
Databricks·Seattle, Washington
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Staff Software Engineer - User Activation
Databricks·San Francisco, California
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Staff Software Engineer - Database Engine Internals
Databricks·San Francisco, California
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Staff Software Engineer - Database Engine Internals
Databricks·Mountain View, California
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Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Data Systems
Databricks·Mountain View, California
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Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Data Systems
Databricks·San Francisco, California
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Staff Software Engineer - Customer Engagement & Docs Platform
Databricks·San Francisco, California
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Staff Software Engineer - Backend
Databricks·San Francisco, California
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Staff Software Engineer, Search Quality
Databricks·Mountain View, California
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Staff Software Engineer - Backend
Databricks·Mountain View, California
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Staff Software Engineer - Frontend (NYC)
Databricks·New York City, New York
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Staff Backend Software Engineer
Databricks·New York
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Senior Staff Software Engineer - Money Team
Databricks·Bellevue, Washington
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A lead software engineer sets technical direction across teams, drives architectural decisions, mentors senior engineers, and often represents the engineering organization in cross-functional strategy discussions.
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