# Staff & principal software engineer jobs in San Francisco

> Browse staff & principal software engineer jobs in San Francisco at top tech companies, updated every 12 hours. Each role links to the original posting on the company's ATS, which Lazee autofills in a few clicks.

Canonical: https://lazee.dev/careers?role=software&level=staff&city=san-francisco
Last updated: 2026-10-25

163 open jobs, page 1 of 7, newest first. Each job links to its posting on the company's own applicant tracking system, which the Lazee extension autofills.

## Jobs

- [Staff Software Engineer, Payments Intelligence](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=stripe&token=8260980) at Stripe. Seattle, New York, San Francisco · posted 2026-10-22. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Finance Engineering](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5457716008) at Anthropic. San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA · posted 2026-10-22. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Photos Create](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/129990689424319174) at Google. Mountain View, CA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA · posted 2026-10-21. Apply on Google Careers.
- [Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform Safety](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5458794008) at Anthropic. San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY · posted 2026-10-20. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Radar](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=stripe&token=8287912) at Stripe. San Francisco, Seattle · posted 2026-10-20. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Software Engineer, IAM Control Plane](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=stripe&token=8163540) at Stripe. San Francisco · posted 2026-10-20. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff+ Software Engineer, VectorDB](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5458044008) at Anthropic. New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA · posted 2026-10-20. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Engineer, Luxury](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=lyft&token=8900209002) at Lyft. San Francisco, CA · posted 2026-10-20. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Data Loading Infrastructure](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=asana&token=8226969) at Asana. San Francisco · posted 2026-10-19. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Software Engineer, App Observability and Performance Data](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/76815094469534406) at Google. San Francisco, CA, USA; San Jose, CA, USA · posted 2026-10-19. Apply on Google Careers.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Gemini Cloud Assist Experience](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/96611251571827398) at Google. San Francisco, CA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA · posted 2026-10-19. Apply on Google Careers.
- [Staff+ Software Engineer, Memory & Search](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5456453008) at Anthropic. New York City, NY; New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; Remote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA · Remote · posted 2026-10-19. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Principal Engineer Capacity/Compute](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5456039008) at Anthropic. San Francisco, CA · posted 2026-10-18. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Product](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/decagon/b7e894bd-686f-4cce-b165-0d77ba5f935f) at Decagon. San Francisco · Full-time · $200K – $400K • Offers Equity · posted 2026-10-16. Apply on Ashby.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sentry/68b3897c-bbb0-4f90-aa9a-57981323e26b) at Sentry. San Francisco, California · Hybrid · Full-time · $240K – $400K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus • Performance bonus: up to 15% of base · posted 2026-10-16. Apply on Ashby.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Expansion Experiences](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gusto/jobs/8244957) at Gusto, Inc.. San Francisco, CA - Hybrid · Hybrid · posted 2026-10-16. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Senior Staff Engineer, Expansion Experiences](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gusto/jobs/8244981) at Gusto, Inc.. San Francisco, CA - Hybrid · Hybrid · posted 2026-10-16. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Customer Engineer, Platform and Devices Enterprise Solutions](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/77438388713464518) at Google. San Jose, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA · posted 2026-10-16. Apply on Google Careers.
- [Principal Commercial Lead, Workspace Developer Platform (Fixed-Term Contract)](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/103729275101684422) at Google. Sunnyvale, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA · posted 2026-10-15. Apply on Google Careers.
- [Senior Staff Software Engineer, Gusto Agent & Partner Experiences (API)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gusto/jobs/8168216) at Gusto, Inc.. Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, NY - Hybrid; San Francisco, CA - Hybrid · Hybrid · posted 2026-10-15. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform Acceleration](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5451889008) at Anthropic. San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA · posted 2026-10-14. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Data Processing Platform](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/109329274653024966) at Google. San Francisco, CA, USA · posted 2026-10-12. Apply on Google Careers.
- [Staff Software Engineer, Gusto Pro Integrations](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gusto/jobs/8208432) at Gusto, Inc.. Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, NY - Hybrid; San Francisco, CA - Hybrid · Hybrid · posted 2026-10-09. Apply on Greenhouse.
- [Principal Architect, Google Cloud](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/jobs/results/143974394270491334) at Google. Seattle, WA, USA; Irvine, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Diego, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA · posted 2026-10-09. Apply on Google Careers.
- [Staff Software Engineer, High Availability and Disaster Recovery](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/embed/job_app?for=stripe&token=8209967) at Stripe. Seattle, San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Toronto · posted 2026-10-08. Apply on Greenhouse.

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