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Sr Principal Infrastructure Software Engineer

Cadence Open · verified Oct 24, 2026
San Jose Full-time Senior Software Engineering

At a glance

Senior Software Engineering role at Cadence. San Jose · full-time · $161,000–$299,000 base.

SalaryStated by Cadence
$161,000 – $299,000
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
This role, from CadenceOur estimate for the market: $163,250–$244,475Median $197,425
The range includes the market median of $197,425 for senior software engineering roles in San Jose.
Worked out from 44 postings that stated pay, median $197,425. Last updated Oct 23, 2026.
RoleSoftware Engineering
SenioritySenior
LocationSan Jose
EmploymentFull-time
Base pay$161,000–$299,000
PostedSep 11, 2026 · 6w ago
Role brief

techroles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Build and maintain control software that runs product build systems and the infrastructure around them
  • Create REST services, database connections, and web applications for customer and internal product functions
  • Automate order intake and fulfillment, connecting incoming order details to live build and delivery workflows
  • Design SQL and NoSQL data systems, manage release branches, and improve existing software as products change
  • Test and integrate release features, support application teams through testing, and coordinate delivery improvements across teams

What you bring

  • A computer science or related master’s degree with at least seven years of relevant experience, or a bachelor’s degree with at least ten
  • Strong programming experience across Java, Perl, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, and shell scripting
  • Background building Java and React applications that use SQL databases through REST services
  • Experience designing databases and test systems, configuring application servers, and working with Jenkins or an equivalent

Who this fits

This senior individual contributor role suits an infrastructure software engineer who can build database-backed systems and work across product and application teams. You’ll need to work with Windows and Linux systems and bring a strong grasp of operating systems and computer architecture. The position is based in San Jose, California.

From the employer

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

The Tensilica Products Group of Cadence is a leading provider of processor IP for audio, vision, and AI applications in embedded platforms. We are looking for a skilled, creative Software Engineer to help design, build, and improve our processor generator, processing systems, and supporting infrastructure. In this role that involves software and systems engineering, you will work across the full product life cycle: analyzing user needs; designing and developing control components, backend systems, database interfaces, supporting web applications; and automated testing. You will be working with our processor generator engineering team and interacting with several other teams. This is a great opportunity for a systems/infrastructure/software engineer to make major contributions in a core team that develops and operates parts of our infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain

    • Control systems for driving build systems of multiple products and supporting infrastructure

    • Infrastructure components for interacting with other databases, systems, and APIs

    • Web REST API servlets that support remote product functionality connecting to systems and databases

    • Automated systems for importing order information into live build and delivery systems

    • Web applications supporting both customers and internal infrastructure

  • Manage product release branches in source control systems like perforce and git

  • Design and evolve SQL and other databases to support product functionality and internal management systems

  • Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine the feasibility of designs within time and cost constraints

  • Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt it to new hardware, upgrade interfaces, and improve performance

  • Engineer tests and integrate features into new releases; support application teams during test phases

  • Collaborate with marketing, applications, and order processing teams to streamline delivery and management systems

  • Supporting delivery system operations, and automating fulfillment and those delivery systems to reduce the need for manual processing

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in computer science or a related field + 7 years of related experience, or Bachelor’s degree + 10 years of related experience

  • Strong programming skills in Java, Perl, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python and shells

  • Strong experience building database driven production systems in Java, Perl, Python etc.

  • Experience building Java and React web applications that interact with SQL databases based on REST services

  • Experience architecting and configuring web and application servers (particularly Tomcat)

  • Experience designing and developing SQL and NoSQL databases

  • Experience designing / building test systems for web and infrastructure systems

  • Experience with Jenkins or equivalent and dashboarding systems like Grafana

  • Strong problem-solving skills, creativity, and ability to take initiative

  • Strong communication skills and the ability to lead, and work with other teams

  • Fluency working with and scripting tasks on Windows and Linux systems

  • Strong understanding of operating systems and computer architecture

The annual salary range for California is $161,000 to $299,000. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more.

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