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Mechanical Design Integration Engineer (Level 2 or 3)
Northrop Grumman
El Segundo, CA
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems sector is hiring a Mechanical Design Integration (MDI) Engineer (Level 2) / Principal Mechanical Design Integration (MDI) Engineer (Level 3) to join our…
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Principal Engineer Electronics - Supplier Management Team (SMT) Lead (San Diego CA)
Northrop Grumman
San Diego, CA
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Principal Engineer Electronics - Supplier Management Team (SMT) Lead to join our team in San Diego , CA . This position will be in…
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Principal / Sr Principal Engineer - Product Support (DMSMS)
Northrop Grumman
San Diego, CA · Palmdale, CA
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Principal or Sr Principal Engineer DMSMS (Diminishing Manufacturing Sources or Material Shortages), to join our team of qualified,…
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MES Systems Engineering - Sr. Principal
Eli Lilly and Company
United States
The MES System Engineer - Sr. Principal owns the technical integrity, standardization, and long-term health of the PharmaSuite solution that underpins the Next Generation Manufacturing…
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Sr. Principal System Engineer - NATO IFC Lead
CORP-Corporate Office
United States
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization,…
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Principal Engineer Systems RQ-4 FMS IFC Manager
CORP-Corporate Office
United States
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Systems Engineer - RQ-4 FMS IFC Manager to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering…
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Principal Machine Learning Engineer
CVS Health
New York, NY
Principal / Staff+ Individual Contributor · Personalization & Decisioning Platform
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Embedded Systems Engineer - ATL / Eagan MN
Lockheed Martin
Eagan, MN
…Martin Corporation – a global enterprise with core businesses in systems integration, space, aeronautics, and technology services. ATL's mission is to innovate with urgency. It is comprised…
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Network Administrator 3/4 - TS/SCI - Dulles VA
Military Spouse Jobs & VetJobs
United States
…network infrastructure for launch sites, factory operations, integration and test facilities, and program-specific environments across both unclassified and classified…
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Senior Principal Systems Engineer (Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3))
CORP-Corporate Office
United States
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Senior Principal Systems Engineer (Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3)) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals…
Added 5 hours ago
Principal Systems Engineer (Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3))
CORP-Corporate Office
United States
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Systems Engineer (Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3)) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within…
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Space Systems Engineer
IESE Solutions
El Segundo, CA
IESE Solutions is seeking a highly experienced Sr. Principal Space Systems Engineer to support the Space Systems Command (SSC) directorates. Position is available in El Segundo, California.
Added 7 hours ago
Principal Actuation Systems Electrical Lead
RTX Corporation
tewksbury, MA
The Control Systems section within the Radar Analog and Power Department (RAP) has an exciting employment opportunity for an Actuation Systems Leader (P4 Electrical Engineer) with control…
Added 7 hours ago
Senior Principal Systems Engineer / SME (Cyber & Analytics)
RTX
United States
Applied Signal Technology (AST) is seeking a Senior Principal Systems Engineer / SME (Cyber & Analytics) who strives for excellence and have a passion to be part of a team that strengthens…
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Senior Software Engineer, Human Agent Interfaces (HAI)
Salesforce, Inc.
CA
- $148,500 to $246,000 USD / year
You have 6+ years of software engineering experience delivering production software, with scope and technical leadership appropriate to the Senior, Lead or Principal level.
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Senior Software Engineer, Human Agent Interfaces (HAI)
Salesforce, Inc.
CA
- $148,500 to $246,000 USD / year
You have 6+ years of software engineering experience delivering production software, with scope and technical leadership appropriate to the Senior, Lead or Principal level.
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Engineer Senior Principal II - Ground Systems
BAE Systems
Aurora, CO
We are looking to expand our team with a talented and energetic systems engineer in support of development of ground systems for commercial, DoW, and other government customers. This…
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Sr Principal Engineer Aeronautical - Flight Test VMS
CORP-Corporate Office
United States
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Sr. Principal Aeronautical Flight Test Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Test and Evaluation…
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Lead Principal Network Developer - Internet Edge
Oracle
Seattle, WA · Reston, VA · Redwood City, CA · Santa Clara, CA · Nashville, TN
- $126,200 to $264,100 USD / year
Lead Principal Network Engineer - Internet Edge
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Principal Engineer Systems RQ-4 FMS IFC Manager
Northrop Grumman
San Diego
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Systems Engineer - RQ-4 FMS IFC Manager to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering…
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Principal/Senior Principal Space Systems Engineer Mission Architect*
Northrop Grumman
Chantilly
Authoring and contributing to mission-engineering products, systems engineering artifacts, technical reports, and other critical program deliverables.
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Field Engineer 3 - Space AHT
Northrop Grumman
Vandenberg Space Force Base
Northrop Grumman Space Systems – Launch and Missile Defense Systems are seeking Principal Field Engineer in multiple locations supporting the Ground Based Midcourse Defense (GMD)…
Added 10 hours ago
FPGA Engineer (Level 2 or 3)
Northrop Grumman
Cincinnati
Engineers here are part of multi-disciplinary program teams implementing next-generation, specialized communication systems and sensing systems critical to US intelligence customers and…
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Sr. Principal Flight Avionics Responsible Engineer (Level 4)
Northrop Grumman
Melbourne
The Senior Principal Engineer Electronics will be responsible for developing and executing the program. This person will serve as a senior engineer, supporting Avionics Integration of…
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Principal/Senior Principal Space Systems Engineer Interface Management*
Northrop Grumman
Chantilly
As a Space Systems Engineer, you’ll help shape the spacecraft and mission across the full lifecycle - from mission architecture and concept development through detailed analysis,…

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Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Principal Software Engineer - (Reston or Cambridge)

Honolulu, HI, United States

$169,300 to $304,700 USD / year

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Pay: $169,300 to $304,700 USD / year
Experience: Have 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 30, 2026

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Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.

Are you passionate about architecting scalable systems and leading technical innovation?

Do you want to build mission-critical solutions for public sector cloud platforms?

Join our team!

Our team's mission is to accelerate innovation by making computing simple, scalable, accessible, and affordable for all. We provide the infrastructure and services that enable developers to build next-generation applications. We take ownership of the design and development of core compute interfaces, virtualization management, APIs, and low-level platform services.

Partner with the best

As a technical authority, you will drive engineering excellence through robust solution design. You will integrate Site Reliability Engineering principles to ensure web applications, APIs, and automation platforms excel in reliability. Additionally, you will build specialty tooling to maintain our globally distributed infrastructure.

As a Principal Software Engineer Lead, you will be responsible for:

Architecting complex distributed software systems and authoring technical blueprints to eliminate operational toil
Establishing development standards, pull request review frameworks, and Service Level Objectives to maintain system resilience
Designing deployment safety pipelines, continuous integration workflows, and automated testing frameworks for secure production releases
Serving as the Tier-3 escalation authority for complex application failures and leading postmortem reviews
Mentoring engineering teams on system design while cultivating an inclusive and collaborative technical culture

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

Have 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree
Have experience developing full-stack web applications, APIs, and microservices in Linux or Unix environments
Possess expertise in languages such as Python, JavaScript, SQL, Ruby, or PHP
Be knowledgeable about CI/CD pipelines, containerization, automated testing, and revision control workflows
Demonstrate solid grounding in SRE principles, including SLI/SLO tracking, toil reduction, and root-cause analysis
Demonstrate success creating architectural blueprints, evaluating emerging technologies, and mentoring engineering peers
Possess US Citizenship, and be eligible to undergo the required security clearance process; an active clearance is not required.

About us

At Akamai, we make life better for billions of people, trillions of times a day.

Whether you're streaming live events, scrolling social media, watching your favorite series, or managing your savings, we're the engine behind the scenes. We provide the world's most distributed platform from Cloud to Edge to help the giants of the digital world work faster and stay more secure, making the internet a better experience for everyone.

Our focus is simple:

Cloud and Edge: Running apps closer to users for instant performance.

Security : Neutralizing threats before they ever reach your data.

Content Delivery : Scaling the world's biggest moments without a glitch.

AI : Enabling our customers to build, secure, and scale AI apps on the world's most distributed cloud platform.

At Akamai, we don't just support the internet; we power and protect it, because behind every great digital experience is a massive hidden challenge. And we're the ones who solve it. When millions of people hit play or pay, Akamai ensures it just works.

Benefits at Akamai: We support your health, well-being, finances, and life beyond work. See our benefits. (https://www.akamai.com/careers/working-at-akamai?utm_source=akamai&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benefits)

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Akamai's FlexBase program is yet another way we show our commitment to providing employees with an exceptional workplace experience. It's not about telling employees where to work; it's about supporting employees to do their best work.

We trust our incredible employees to work in ways that suit them best: at home, in an office, or a combination of both.

Connect with us on social and see what life at Akamai is like!

Compensation

Akamai is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For US based candidates only - the base salary for this position ranges from $169,300 - $304,700/year; a candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location. Compensation for candidates outside the US will vary. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of annual bonus or incentives, equity awards and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Akamai provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation (in the form of PTO), sick time, family friendly benefits including parental leave and an employee assistance program including a focus on mental and financial wellness; Eligibility requirements apply.

Equal Employment Opportunity Rights

Akamai Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength that diversity brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected group status.

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Engineering principles
Blueprints
CI/CD
Test automation
Microservices
Linux
UNIX
Python
JavaScript
SQL
Ruby
PHP
Root cause analysis
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