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Director Software Development Engineering Jobs in Fremont, CA, US
55 director software development engineering jobs from 43 companies hiring in Fremont, CA, US.
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Director, Software Development Engineering
San Jose, California, United States
$207k-$295k/yr HybridFull Time
15+ YOE7+ Mgmt15+ years software engineering, 7+ years leading teams, experience with gateway/datapath or networking systems, production ownership, cross-functional leadership.
BGP, OSPF, ECMP, VLANs, SD-WAN, gateway, datapath, routing, telemetry, observability
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Director, Software Engineering
Sunnyvale or Bentonville
$169k-$338k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOE3+ MgmtLeadership of software engineering teams with AI/ML focus, cloud-native architecture, and subscription lifecycle experience.
Cloud, AI/ML, Cloud-native, Microservices, DevOps, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker
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Director Software Engineering
United States or San Jose
$92k-$139k/yr RemoteFull Time
10+ YOE4+ MgmtLead strategic and technical software engineering across multiple teams; define architecture, drive delivery, mentor managers; relocate to San Jose preferred.
Azure, CI/CD, Observability, JavaScript/TypeScript, .NET Core
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Director, Software Development & Engineering Senior (PL) - Crypto Technology
Westlake or Austin or San Francisco
$140k-$310k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOE4+ Mgmt12+ years software/engineering with 4+ years as a people leader; 4+ years crypto/blockchain hands-on; regulated financial services experience; Agile delivery; offshore collaboration.
Blockchain, Crypto, Smart Contracts, Cryptography, Distributed Systems, AI-assisted development, Agile
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Director, Software Engineering
Santa Barbara or San Diego or Dallas or Atlanta or Chicago or San Francisco or Washington or Denver
$216k-$270k/yr RemoteFull Time
8+ YOE5+ MgmtBS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field; 8+ years hands-on software development; 5+ years hiring/managing engineering teams; platform engineering and DevEx leadership; experience with CI/CD, build systems, and large-scale distributed systems.
Terraform, Bazel, ArgoCD, Backstage, GetDX, JellyFish, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code
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Director, Software Engineering
San Francisco, California, United States
$275k-$413k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE5+ Mgmt10+ years software engineering; 5+ years leading multiple scrum teams; REST APIs; cloud-native microservices; Kubernetes; AI tool integration; SaaS platform leadership.
Kubernetes, RESTful APIs, React, TypeScript, Node, Java, Go, CI/CD, AI tools
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Director, Software Engineering
San Jose, California, United States
$175k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in software development; Bachelor’s in CS; strong Java/Spring, REST/JPA, SQL; cloud (GCP/AWS); Docker/Kubernetes; CI/CD; Agile; distributed systems; leadership; strong communication.
Java, Spring Boot, REST, JPA/Hibernate, Spring WebFlux, Project Reactor, SQL, GCP, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Agile/Scrum
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Director of Software Engineering
Menlo Park, California, United States
$213k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE5+ Mgmt10+ years software engineering; 5+ years leadership; experience in Industrial IoT, energy systems, or fleet-scale platforms; device-to-cloud architectures; AWS/GCP/Azure; distributed systems and data platforms; DevSecOps and secure remote control.
AWS, GCP, Azure, Snowflake, Spark
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Director, Software Engineering — Automation Platform & Apps
Mountain View, California, United States
$209k-$343k/yr HybridFull Time
LinkedInNASDAQ: MSFT: Professional social network for career development and job recruitment.
7+ YOEBA/BS in Computer Science or related field; 7+ years engineering leadership; 5+ years building large-scale developer platforms; 4+ years reducing developer toil.
Python, Go, Java, TypeScript, AI/ML tooling, LLM-based agents
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Director Software Development Modeling
San Francisco, California, United States
$194k-$314k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE5+ Mgmt10+ years software engineering, 5+ years in 3D geometry, leadership experience, CS/math/engineering degree, Agile, CAD/Autodesk familiarity preferred.
AI coding assistants, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Cursor, 3D geometry tools
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Sr. Director, Software Engineering (Big Data, AI/ML)
Chicago or San Francisco or McLean or New York
OnsiteFull Time
9+ YOE7+ MgmtLead multiple software engineering teams; 9+ years software development; 7+ years people management; experience with Big Data, AI/ML; AWS; cloud migrations.
AWS, Big Data Technologies, AI/ML tools
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Senior Director - Software Engineering
San Francisco or New York City or Seattle or Indianapolis
$164k-$401k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOE5+ Mgmt12+ years software engineering; 5+ years in director-level leadership; Java/Node.js experience; Salesforce platform expertise; data/AI experience; agile leadership; strong executive communication.
Java, Node.js, Salesforce Platform, APEX, Flow, Heroku, Mulesoft, Data 360
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Director of Software Engineering, NX Designer
Fremont, California, United States
$240k-$260k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE3+ Mgmt10+ years leading cloud software teams; strong cloud architecture, microservices, AI/ML integration; leadership of multinational teams.
Python, Node.js, Java, Cloud platforms, Microservices, CI/CD, DevOps, APIs, Serverless
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Director, Product Development Engineering-ASIC/SoC
San Jose, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Semiconductor business development experience; ASIC/SoC/custom FPGA knowledge; leadership of large cross-functional teams; strong strategic, financial, and communication skills.
ASIC, SoC, FPGA, IP, packaging, software, financial modeling
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Sr Director of Software Engineering- AI Infrastructure Platform
Palo Alto or Seattle or San Francisco
$233k-$325k/yr HybridFull Time
15+ YOE8+ Mgmt15+ years of engineering experience with 8+ years in senior engineering leadership; Kubernetes-based AI training platform; GPU infrastructure management; cross-functional leadership; cloud-native, secure, scalable enterprise systems.
Kubernetes, PyTorch, Ray, Slurm, NVIDIA, GPU, HPC, Cloud
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Senior Manager/Associate Director, Software, Platform Engineering
Menlo Park, California, United States
$196k-$294k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE3+ MgmtLead platform engineering; deploy software on hardware; build CI/CD for instruments; 5+ years hardware software deployment; leadership.
Linux, Docker, Podman, Singularity, CI/CD, Python, C++, C#, Ansible, Puppet, Chef
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Engineering Director, Developer Platform
San Francisco, California, United States
$300k-$367k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOE3+ Mgmt7+ years as a hands-on software engineer; 3+ years in manager of managers; experience leading 40+ engineers; leadership in developer-facing products, APIs, or integrations.
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Director, Engineering
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$263k-$315k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE6+ Mgmt10 years software development, 6 years people management, BS Computer Science, cloud product experience, distributed systems, REST, SaaS, DevOps, CI/CD, production telemetry.
REST, Public Cloud, CI/CD, Testing Automation, Distributed Systems, SaaS, DevOps
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Director, Product Software Architecture and Engineering
Redwood City, California, United States
$240k-$360k/yr HybridFull Time
15+ YOE10+ Mgmt15+ years in software engineering including 10+ years in engineering management; proven leader of large distributed teams; strong cloud, microservices, and API experience.
Cloud, Distributed Systems, Microservices, API Platforms, DevSecOps, Container Technologies
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Director of Engineering - AI
Mountain View, California, United States
$250k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE2+ Mgmt8-10 years backend software engineering, 2+ years leading AI/ML teams; hands-on model training; deploy agentic AI apps; scalable ML infra; strong leadership and communication.
PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, LangChain, Ray, Python, Java, Scala, C++
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Director, Core Engineering
Emeryville, California, United States
$243k-$315k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE5+ Mgmt BS or MS in Computer Science; 10+ years engineering experience; 5+ years in engineering leadership; strong software development knowledge; expert in C++ and Python.
C++, Python, USD, Hydra, OpenExec, OpenSubdiv
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Director, GTM Engineering
San Francisco, California, United States
$250k-$300k/yr HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years in Revenue Operations, GTM Engineering, or Sales Operations; built GTM stack; strong API/SQL/CRM experience; AI/ GTM workflows; ambiguity tolerance.
APIs, Webhooks, SQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, HubSpot, Salesforce, Python, JavaScript
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Director of Engineering – Studio Systems
San Mateo, California, United States
$399k-$458k/yr HybridFull Time
15+ YOE15+ years engineering leadership; proven architectural/ tooling experience; strong C++ background; experience with developer tools or IDEs; AI-assisted creation a plus.
C++, IDE, Developer Tools
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Senior Director of Engineering - Customer Experience Services (CES)
San Jose, California, United States
$209k-$429k/yr OnsiteFull Time
15+ YOE5+ Mgmt5+ years leading Engineering Directors and Senior Managers; 15+ years software engineering; proven 0→1 product experiences in AI or enterprise SaaS; strong collaboration with product, design, and AI teams; excellent communication and strategic thinking.
AI, ML, Cloud, Java, Python
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Director/VP of Software
Boston or San Francisco
HybridFull Time
8+ YOE2+ Mgmt8+ years software engineering, 2+ years people management, cross-functional leadership, strong architecture, project management, autonomy, bachelor’s degree.
Go, Rust, TypeScript, Vue, Docker, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, AWS, GitHub Actions, Playwright
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Senior Software Engineering Director, Developer Experience
San Francisco, California, United States
$302k-$355k/yr OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOE4+ Mgmt10+ years software engineering, 4+ years senior leadership; deep developer experience, platform/CI-CD focus, AI tooling, strong communication.
CI/CD, DevOps, Internal tooling, Developer platform, AI tooling
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Director, Data Platform Engineering
San Francisco, California, United States
$232k-$304k/yr OnsiteFull Time
12+ YOE5+ Mgmt12+ years software development in data processing at scale; 5+ years leading senior engineers; experience with AWS/GCP primitives; petabyte-scale data platforms; Python; Kubernetes; IaC; containerized deployments.
Python, Kubernetes, Kafka, Flink, DuckDB, ClickHouse, S3, BigQuery, Terraform, Airflow
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Senior Director, Home Software Applications
Oakland or Waukesha or Toronto or South Portland or North Billerica or Santa Monica
$239k-$323k/yr OnsiteFull Time
15+ YOE5+ Mgmt15+ years software engineering with 5+ years senior leadership; experience delivering mobile and cloud software; hands-on AI/LLM deployment; strong leadership.
Claude Code, Amazon Bedrock, Mobile (iOS/Android), Cloud, Backend services, AI/LLM tooling
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Director of Engineering, Workflows Experiences
San Francisco, California, United States
$275k-$378k/yr HybridFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years of software development, leadership of multiple managers, strong UI (React/Typescript) and backend (Node.js) experience, cloud (AWS/GCP) and Kubernetes, excellent communication.
React, Typescript, Node.js, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes
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Director R&D Engineering - 16693
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$230k-$344k/yr RemoteFull Time
15+ YOE15+ Mgmt15+ years in software development with leadership; expert in C/C++, data structures, algorithms; SQL/Linux; cloud platforms; memory/EDA tool development; strong mentoring and strategic leadership.
C/C++, SQL, Linux, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure
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Director, Workstation Graphics System Software - GPU
Santa Clara, California, United States
$320k-$489k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE8+ MgmtBachelor's degree in CS or EE; 8+ years leading engineering teams; 15+ years in software; strong Vulkan/OpenGL and GPU/system software expertise; delivery-focused.
Vulkan, OpenGL, GPU architecture, Windows, Linux
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Sr. Director, Applications Engineering
San Francisco, California, United States
$284k-$423k/yr HybridMultiple Commitments Available
15+ YOE15+ Mgmt15+ years leading global engineering teams; BA/BS in Computer Science or related field; strong leadership, coaching, and architectural skills.
JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Angular, Node.js, Java, Python, AWS, Azure, GCP, Microservices, CI/CD, SRE, AI/ML, LangGraph, CrewAI
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Software Engineer - Space Infrastructure
Golden or San Francisco or Toulouse
$131k-$176k/yr OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOESoftware development experience; automation; Python; Git; full stack familiarity; willing to train as satellite controller/Flight Director; autonomous satellite operations.
Python, Git, Docker, Lua, Linux, CI/CD, test engineering, reliability engineering
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Director, Content Engineering, MAI
Redmond or New York or Mountain View
$140k-$275k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE3+ MgmtBachelor's Degree and 10+ years in product/service/program management or software development; 3+ years people management; experience in editorial direction and scale.
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Head of Firmware Engineering (Senior Director)
Santa Clara, California, United States
HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10-15+ years embedded software development leadership; strong C/C++; IoT firmware platforms; customer-facing and roadmap experience; proven leadership of engineering teams.
C/C++, FreeRTOS, Zephyr, I2C, SPI, USART, I2S, GPS, Wi-Fi, BLE, Cellular IoT
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Lead Software Engineer, Director
San Francisco, California, United States
$185k-$245k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco: Provides wholesale liquidity and grants for affordable housing.
10+ YOE10+ years leading data/financial applications; expertise in data modeling, AWS, SDLC, JavaScript/TypeScript, SAFe, CI/CD; banking/regulatory experience.
AWS, RDS, Glue, S3, Lake Formation, Oracle, PL/SQL, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, Serverless Framework, SAFe, CI/CD
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Director, Digital Ecosystem Applications (Belmont, CA, US, 94002)
Belmont, California, United States
$240k-$285k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE2+ Mgmt10+ years in software/engineering with 2+ years in technical leadership; expertise in AAOS, AI, SDV, in-vehicle compute, and automotive software platforms.
Android Automotive OS, Embedded Linux, HMI toolchains, Software architecture, Cloud services, AI frameworks, LLMs
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Supply Chain and Engineering– Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) Go-To-Market, Senior Manager / Associate Director
Austin or Milwaukee or Dallas or Columbus or Kirkland or Cincinnati or New York or Cleveland or Oklahoma City or Albany or Chicago or St. Petersburg or Hartford or Pittsburgh or St. Louis or Miami or Sacramento or Raleigh or Minneapolis or Mountain View or Scottsdale or San Francisco or Morristown or Denver or Boston or Philadelphia or Des Moines or Overland Park or Los Angeles or Charlotte or Walnut Creek or Carmel or Seattle or Houston or Arlington or Atlanta or Redmond or Bentonville or Beaverton or Nashville or Detroit or San Diego
HybridFull Time
12+ YOE8+ Mgmt12+ years in automotive/engineering; 8+ years in solution shaping and delivery leadership; SDV and digital engineering expertise; experience with OEMs/tier 1s; bachelor's in engineering or technical field.
Cloud, AI, ALM-PLM, DevSecOps, Vehicle software toolchains
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Director, R&D
San Jose or Downingtown
$210k-$260k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ MgmtLead BioImaging R&D hardware/software teams; BS in engineering/related field; 5+ years managing on-site engineers; 1+ years in Life Science instrument product development; strong communication and leadership; cross-functional collaboration.
Software, Hardware, AI
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Director, AI Platforms
San Francisco or Seattle
$198k-$341k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE5+ Mgmt10+ years engineering experience; 5+ years leading teams delivering platform products; built and operated internal platforms; cloud and distributed systems expertise; strong governance, vendor strategy, and cross-functional collaboration.
AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Observability, Monitoring, Model serving, Orchestration, Security and Compliance tooling
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