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Java Software Developer Lead Jobs in Salinas, CA, US
46 java software developer lead jobs from 18 companies hiring in Salinas, CA, US.
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Lead Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$159k-$302k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years SaaS experience; strong Java, ORM, SQL; Docker/Kubernetes; API design; architecture leadership.
Java, Hibernate, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Docker, Kubernetes, Spring, Jenkins, MongoDB, Kafka, Redis
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Lead Software Engineer – Risk Solutions
San Jose or Austin
$197k-$292k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software engineering; cloud-native, data-intensive systems; backend in Java/Python/Node; experience with Big Data, streaming, and AI tools.
BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataproc, Cloud Functions, Java, Python, Node.js, Apache Spark, Kafka, Hadoop, Hive, Airflow, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, UI Lead
Santa Clara or San Diego
$169k-$296k/yr HybridFull Time
12+ YOE12+ years of software engineering; frontend leadership; AI integrations; React/Angular/Lit; Java/Python; Kubernetes; backend/frontend experience; design systems.
React, Angular, Lit Framework, Jest, Cypress, TestCafe, Mocha, Selenium, SASS, CSS-in-JS, Styled Components, Java, Python, Spring, Hibernate, Kubernetes
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Lead Sr Staff Software Engineer - Front End Fundamentals
Bellevue or Boulder or Chicago or Denver or Irvine or Los Angeles or New York or San Francisco or San Jose or Seattle or Ventura
$166k-$305k/yr HybridFull Time
13+ YOE1+ MgmtSenior frontend leadership role requiring 13+ years of software development, 1+ year of people management, strong TypeScript/JavaScript or other languages, cloud and distributed systems experience, and mentoring.
TypeScript, JavaScript, C#, Java, C, C++, Python, SQL, Scala
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Senior Staff Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent experience; 8 years software development; 7 years leading ML strategy and infra; experience with LLMs.
C++, Java, Python
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Principal Software Engineer - Tech Lead
Santa Clara, California, United States
$157k-$271k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years of system design, API design, and ML platform experience; Bachelor’s or MS in CS or related field; Santa Clara, CA location; hybrid work.
Python, Java, C++, REST APIs, gRPC, SDKs, CLIs, UI, Kubernetes, Docker, ML platforms, TensorFlow, PyTorch
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Senior Software Development Engineer in Test
Cupertino, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in software development/test automation; 3+ years leading distributed system testing; BS in CS, MS preferred; strong Java/Python; ML testing experience; cloud platforms and containers; CI/CD; PyTest/JUnit.
Java, Python, PyTest, JUnit, AWS, GCP, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD
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Principal Software Engineer (Valencia, CA, US, 91355)
Valencia or San Jose or San Diego
$104k-$197k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE3+ MgmtLead architecture and development of Android and cross-platform mobile apps; 10+ years Android experience; AWS, BLE, secure medical software; cross-functional leadership.
Kotlin, Kotlin Multiplatform, Java, Android Jetpack, AWS, BLE, OAuth, CI/CD, Jenkins, Git, SonarQube, Atlassian Agile tools, IEC 62304, ISO 13485, FDA design controls
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Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Security
San Jose, California, United States
$119k-$206k/yr HybridFull Time
6+ YOELead design and development of cloud-native security services; strong Go/C/C++, Java; OAuth/OIDC; LDAP; Kubernetes; security-focused engineering; 6+ years (Masters) or 8+ (Bachelors) in CS or related; hybrid work.
Go, C++, Java, OIDC, OAuth, LDAP, Kubernetes, Istio, Envoy, SAML
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Application Developer - Senior (Lead)
Monterey, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOESenior-level application development lead with 5+ years of experience or 9+ years in development; strong DevOps, SDLC, and release management skills; certifications in security or IT risk; experience with multiple tech stacks.
.NET, JAVA, SQL, MySQL, IIS, HTML5, Linux, Tomcat, Apache, SharePoint, iOS, PHP, WordPress, Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate, GitLab, CI/CD, DevOps, Cloud (AWS/Azure/Google)
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Lead AI Engineer
New York or Cambridge or McLean or San Francisco or San Jose
$197k-$246k/yr HybridFull Time
4+ YOE4+ years in AI/ML with Bachelor’s or 2+ with Master’s; strong Python/Java/Scala/Go; cloud deployment; experience with LLMs, vector databases, and guardrails.
Python, Java, Go, Scala, AWS, HuggingFace, PyTorch, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, C++, C#
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Principal Software Engineering Lead — Enterprise Data Platforms
Santa Clara, California, United States
$248k-$391k/yr OnsiteFull Time
15+ YOE15+ years in production software; leads architecture across application, platform, and data systems; strong enterprise data architecture; full-stack and platform experience; multi-agent and orchestration expertise; AI tooling and governance; hands-on leadership.
TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Python, Go, Java, APIs, LangChain, LangGraph, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Databricks, Snowflake
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Software Engineering Technical Leader
San Jose, California, United States
HybridFull Time
12+ YOE5+ Mgmt12+ years software development; 5+ years leading software teams; BS/MS CS/EE; C/C++, Python/Java; networking protocols; Agile tools.
C, C++, Python, Java, TCP/IP, Ethernet
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Lead Cloud DevOps Platform Engineer
Newark or Marlborough or Santa Clara
$128k-$201k/yr HybridFull Time
6+ YOELead DevOps role with 6+ years in cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), IAM, VPC, and managed services; strong Kubernetes, IaC, DevEx, security and regulatory compliance experience.
Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Ansible, HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, C#, C++, Python, Java
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Senior Manager, Software Engineering
San Jose, California, United States
$213k-$544k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years leading software engineering teams; strong Go; Kubernetes; full-stack oversight; collaboration with product management.
Go, Vue.js, Kubernetes, C, C++, Java
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Software Engineering Senior Supervisor
San Jose, California, United States
$96k-$182k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ MgmtLead 8-10 software engineers; obtain/maintain TS/SCI clearance; U.S. citizenship; onsite in San Jose, CA; 5+ years in software engineering; STEM degree.
C++, Java, Linux, REST, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes
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Software Engineering Manager 1 – Streaming & Cloud Platform Reliability
Cupertino, California, United States
$156k-$315k/yr HybridFull Time
7+ YOE2+ Mgmt7+ years software engineering; 2+ years team lead; 3+ years distributed streaming systems; strong backend/API, cloud, incident response.
Kafka, Flink, Storm, Python, Go, Java, Kubernetes, Docker, Redis, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, S3, GCS, REST, WebSocket, Webhooks
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Lead Enterprise AI Data Engineer
San Jose or Frisco or New York City
$136k-$223k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in data/software engineering; strong Python; batch and real-time pipelines; LLM/RAG experience; cloud AWS/GCP; SQL and data modeling; SDLC; mentoring.
Python, Java, Kafka, Apache Beam, Docker, Terraform, AWS, Google Cloud, SQL, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, Databricks, Snowflake, Apache Spark, OpenSearch
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