Engineering Leadership jobs in Washington
69 live roles · 17 companies · 69 with stated pay
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69 engineering leadership roles in Washington are open right now across 17 companies. Shield AI alone accounts for 37 of them, so this list leans heavily on one employer. 10 were posted in the last 30 days.
Every posting here is mid-level or above, and 88% are senior or lead. 5 are advertised as remote; 25 do not specify where the work happens.
Market snapshot
- Hiring
- Shield AI (37)·Peregrine Technologies (11)·SEL (5)·Everpure (2)·Generalmotors (2) · 12 more
- Levels
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- C-Suite1
- VP1
- Director3
- Senior56
- Manager8
- Remote
- 5 of 69 (7%)
- Stated pay
- 69 of 69 · $171,500–$300,000
- Market range
- $223,125–$268,800 · median $239,500 (Washington, Senior, n=12) · All ranges
- Posted
- 10 in the last 30 days
- Verified
- Oct 24, 2026
Newest first
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $171,500–$300,000scale $100,000–$420,000
Principal Software Engineer - Vehicle AI Generalmotors · Mountain View $238,700–$365,700 today 
Software Engineering Manager II, Consumer 360 Credit Acceptance · California - San Francisco Bay Area Hybrid $155,263–$227,719 1d ago 
Solutions Engineering Manager, Department of War & Intelligence Community (DoW/IC) Cribl · Remote · US $168,000–$200,000 3w ago Find me work Principal Engineer – Industrial SEL · Washington $209,000–$270,000 3w ago Principal Engineer - Special Protection Systems SEL · Washington $209,000–$270,000 3w ago Principal Engineer - Data Center SEL · Washington $209,000–$270,000 3w ago Principal Engineer – Network & Communications SEL · Washington $209,000–$270,000 3w ago Principal Engineer - Protection SEL · Washington $209,000–$270,000 3w ago Vice President, Engineering EWG · Washington $180,000–$300,000 4w ago 
System Engineering Manager, SLED (West) Everpure · Remote · US $156,100–$257,600 4w ago 
Senior Staff Engineer, Aerostructures Stress Analyst (RX) (R5845) Shield AI · Dallas $170,000–$260,000 4w ago Staff Engineer, Flight Test (R6064) Shield AI · Washington $140,000–$210,000 4w ago Staff Engineer, System Test Network (R6030) Shield AI · Washington $144,400–$216,000 4w ago Staff Engineer, Integration (R6009) Shield AI · Washington $144,400–$216,600 4w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Actuation Systems Architecture & Design (RX) (R6003) Shield AI · Dallas $173,760–$260,640 4w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Environmental Control Systems (RX) (R5905) Shield AI · Dallas $180,800–$271,200 4w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Flight Control Actuation Systems (RX) (R5999) Shield AI · Dallas $173,760–$260,640 4w ago Staff Engineer, Actuated Systems (RX) (R6001) Shield AI · Dallas $142,880–$214,320 4w ago Staff Engineer, Survivability (R5885) Shield AI · Seattle $170,000–$260,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineering Manager, Core OS — Vehicle Compute Generalmotors · Remote · US $238,700–$365,700 5w ago Staff Engineer, Mission Systems (R5893) Shield AI · Seattle $180,000–$260,000 5w ago 
Software Engineering Manager Yext · Washington $148,500–$303,500 5w ago Technical Leader & CTO, National Security Everpure · Remote · US $171,500–$257,600 5w ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Product Experiences Peregrine Technologies · Washington $200,000–$275,000 5w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Test Director (R5446) Shield AI · Washington $171,680–$257,520 5w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Mission Architect (R5876) Shield AI · Washington $190,000–$280,000 6w ago Staff Engineer, Operations Analyst (R5807) Shield AI · Washington $157,000–$235,000 6w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Systems Integration (R5415) Shield AI · San Diego $212,000–$318,000 7w ago Staff Software Engineer, Traffic Peregrine Technologies · San Francisco $200,000–$275,000 7w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5363) Shield AI · Washington $220,800–$331,200 8w ago Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5325) Shield AI · Washington $220,800–$331,200 8w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Operations Analysis (R5869) Shield AI · Seattle $180,000–$270,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineering Manager, Simulation Platforms Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $220,000–$292,000 2mo ago Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5360) Shield AI · Washington $220,800–$331,200 2mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5368) Shield AI · Boston $187,531–$281,297 2mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Platform Peregrine Technologies · San Francisco $240,000–$300,000 2mo ago Director, Engineering Excellence & Enablement Shield AI · Washington $210,000–$320,000 3mo ago Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5398) Shield AI · Washington $233,760–$350,640 3mo ago Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Weapons (R5398) Shield AI · Washington $233,760–$350,640 3mo ago Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5193) Shield AI · Washington $233,760–$350,640 3mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5401) Shield AI · Washington $195,200–$292,800 3mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Weapons (R5400) Shield AI · Washington $195,200–$292,800 3mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208) Shield AI · Washington $195,200–$292,800 3mo ago 
Software Engineering Manager, Public Sector Scale AI · Washington $223,200–$279,000 3mo ago Staff Engineer, Landing Gear Systems (RX) (R5372) Shield AI · Dallas $171,456–$257,184 3mo ago Staff Engineer, AI Factory (R5276) Shield AI · Washington $150,000–$220,000 3mo ago 
Senior Engineering Manager - Cloudforce One Cloudflare · Austin $220,000–$303,000 3mo ago 
Operations Engineering Manager, Fleet Reliability CoreWeave · Washington $143,000–$210,000 4mo ago Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5193) Shield AI · Washington $233,760–$350,640 4mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5208) Shield AI · Washington $195,200–$292,800 4mo ago Director, Test Engineering - ACP Programs Shield AI · Washington $210,000–$310,000 5mo ago 
Principal Software Engineer Recorded Future · Boston $152,000–$228,500 5mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R4588) Shield AI · Boston $195,200–$292,800 5mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Traffic Peregrine Technologies · New York $200,000–$275,000 6mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Traffic Peregrine Technologies · Washington DC $200,000–$275,000 6mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure Peregrine Technologies · Washington $200,000–$275,000 7mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure Peregrine Technologies · New York $200,000–$275,000 7mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure Peregrine Technologies · San Francisco $200,000–$275,000 7mo ago 
Principal Classified Systems Architect, Okta Federal Okta · Washington $224,000–$308,000 8mo ago Staff Engineer, Autonomy Software Integration (R4483) Shield AI · San Diego $157,000–$235,800 8mo ago Senior Staff Engineer, Communications Systems (R5623) Shield AI · Washington $170,000–$260,000 1y ago 
Engineering Manager Second Front Systems · Remote · US $190,000–$230,000 1y ago Software Engineering Manager Thinkbrg · Washington $200,000–$300,000 1y ago Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R5363) Shield AI · Washington $233,760–$350,640 1y ago Senior Staff Engineer, Software - Autonomous Aircraft Integration (R4983) Shield AI · Washington $220,800–$331,200 1y ago Staff Engineer, Software - Autonomous Aircraft Integration (R4983) Shield AI · Washington $182,720–$274,080 1y ago Staff Software Engineer Peregrine Technologies · Washington $200,000–$275,000 1y ago Staff Software Engineer Peregrine Technologies · New York $200,000–$275,000 1y ago Staff Software Engineer Peregrine Technologies · San Francisco $200,000–$275,000 1y ago
Software Engineering Manager II, Consumer 360 Credit Acceptance · California - San Francisco Bay Area Hybrid $155,263–$227,719 1d ago Solutions Engineering Manager, Department of War & Intelligence Community (DoW/IC) Cribl · Remote · US $168,000–$200,000 3w ago 
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System Engineering Manager, SLED (West) Everpure · Remote · US $156,100–$257,600 4w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Aerostructures Stress Analyst (RX) (R5845) Shield AI · Dallas $170,000–$260,000 4w ago Staff Engineer, Flight Test (R6064) Shield AI · Washington $140,000–$210,000 4w ago Staff Engineer, System Test Network (R6030) Shield AI · Washington $144,400–$216,000 4w ago Staff Engineer, Integration (R6009) Shield AI · Washington $144,400–$216,600 4w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Actuation Systems Architecture & Design (RX) (R6003) Shield AI · Dallas $173,760–$260,640 4w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Environmental Control Systems (RX) (R5905) Shield AI · Dallas $180,800–$271,200 4w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Flight Control Actuation Systems (RX) (R5999) Shield AI · Dallas $173,760–$260,640 4w ago Staff Engineer, Actuated Systems (RX) (R6001) Shield AI · Dallas $142,880–$214,320 4w ago Staff Engineer, Survivability (R5885) Shield AI · Seattle $170,000–$260,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineering Manager, Core OS — Vehicle Compute Generalmotors · Remote · US $238,700–$365,700 5w ago Staff Engineer, Mission Systems (R5893) Shield AI · Seattle $180,000–$260,000 5w ago Software Engineering Manager Yext · Washington $148,500–$303,500 5w ago Technical Leader & CTO, National Security Everpure · Remote · US $171,500–$257,600 5w ago Staff Software Engineer, Product Experiences Peregrine Technologies · Washington $200,000–$275,000 5w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Test Director (R5446) Shield AI · Washington $171,680–$257,520 5w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Mission Architect (R5876) Shield AI · Washington $190,000–$280,000 6w ago Staff Engineer, Operations Analyst (R5807) Shield AI · Washington $157,000–$235,000 6w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Systems Integration (R5415) Shield AI · San Diego $212,000–$318,000 7w ago Staff Software Engineer, Traffic Peregrine Technologies · San Francisco $200,000–$275,000 7w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5363) Shield AI · Washington $220,800–$331,200 8w ago Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5325) Shield AI · Washington $220,800–$331,200 8w ago Senior Staff Engineer, Operations Analysis (R5869) Shield AI · Seattle $180,000–$270,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineering Manager, Simulation Platforms Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $220,000–$292,000 2mo ago Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5360) Shield AI · Washington $220,800–$331,200 2mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5368) Shield AI · Boston $187,531–$281,297 2mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Platform Peregrine Technologies · San Francisco $240,000–$300,000 2mo ago Director, Engineering Excellence & Enablement Shield AI · Washington $210,000–$320,000 3mo ago Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5398) Shield AI · Washington $233,760–$350,640 3mo ago Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Weapons (R5398) Shield AI · Washington $233,760–$350,640 3mo ago Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5193) Shield AI · Washington $233,760–$350,640 3mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5401) Shield AI · Washington $195,200–$292,800 3mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Weapons (R5400) Shield AI · Washington $195,200–$292,800 3mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208) Shield AI · Washington $195,200–$292,800 3mo ago Software Engineering Manager, Public Sector Scale AI · Washington $223,200–$279,000 3mo ago Staff Engineer, Landing Gear Systems (RX) (R5372) Shield AI · Dallas $171,456–$257,184 3mo ago Staff Engineer, AI Factory (R5276) Shield AI · Washington $150,000–$220,000 3mo ago Senior Engineering Manager - Cloudforce One Cloudflare · Austin $220,000–$303,000 3mo ago Operations Engineering Manager, Fleet Reliability CoreWeave · Washington $143,000–$210,000 4mo ago Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5193) Shield AI · Washington $233,760–$350,640 4mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5208) Shield AI · Washington $195,200–$292,800 4mo ago Director, Test Engineering - ACP Programs Shield AI · Washington $210,000–$310,000 5mo ago Principal Software Engineer Recorded Future · Boston $152,000–$228,500 5mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R4588) Shield AI · Boston $195,200–$292,800 5mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Traffic Peregrine Technologies · New York $200,000–$275,000 6mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Traffic Peregrine Technologies · Washington DC $200,000–$275,000 6mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure Peregrine Technologies · Washington $200,000–$275,000 7mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure Peregrine Technologies · New York $200,000–$275,000 7mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure Peregrine Technologies · San Francisco $200,000–$275,000 7mo ago Principal Classified Systems Architect, Okta Federal Okta · Washington $224,000–$308,000 8mo ago Staff Engineer, Autonomy Software Integration (R4483) Shield AI · San Diego $157,000–$235,800 8mo ago Senior Staff Engineer, Communications Systems (R5623) Shield AI · Washington $170,000–$260,000 1y ago Engineering Manager Second Front Systems · Remote · US $190,000–$230,000 1y ago Software Engineering Manager Thinkbrg · Washington $200,000–$300,000 1y ago Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R5363) Shield AI · Washington $233,760–$350,640 1y ago Senior Staff Engineer, Software - Autonomous Aircraft Integration (R4983) Shield AI · Washington $220,800–$331,200 1y ago Staff Engineer, Software - Autonomous Aircraft Integration (R4983) Shield AI · Washington $182,720–$274,080 1y ago Staff Software Engineer Peregrine Technologies · Washington $200,000–$275,000 1y ago Staff Software Engineer Peregrine Technologies · New York $200,000–$275,000 1y ago Staff Software Engineer Peregrine Technologies · San Francisco $200,000–$275,000 1y ago