Pick #1
NOW
ServiceNow
Staff Software Engineer, AI Futures
San Diego, CA·Hybrid — 2 days in office
$147.3k – $257.8k base + equity
Why you’d be a great fit
- You lead MCP-based platform services and LLM-driven configuration workflows at MediaTek as Staff — this role is literally “lead design and development of AI-powered agents.”
- You ship platform services used by tier-one OEMs; they want production-quality, reusable GenAI agents that scale across business units.
- Prompt engineering and GenAI are listed as core qualifications — that’s your current day job.
- Mentoring and cross-team technical leadership as primary US technical lead maps directly to the role.
What they want
GenAI + prompt engineeringAI agentsFull-lifecycle deliveryMentorship
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Pick #2
VSAT
Viasat
Senior Software Engineer, 5G Devices
Carlsbad, CA·San Diego County
$161k – $255k base + incentives
Why you’d be a great fit
- You build the modem configuration framework at MediaTek — they integrate MediaTek/Qualcomm modems and need modem initialization, configuration, and runtime behavior. You’re the vendor-side expert for exactly this.
- Shipped the commercial T300 RedCap modem; they want a proven track record delivering commercial 5G UE products.
- 3GPP protocols, 5G NR, and C/C++ run straight down their requirements list.
- 8+ years in wireless, on-target verification, and CLI automation tooling round out the match.
What they want
8+ yrs embedded wireless5G/LTE modem integrationC/C++ expert3GPPCommercial 5G UE
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Pick #3
SAI
Shield AI
Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration
San Diego, CA·Emerging Domains (R5401)
Pay not listed Staff band + bonus + equity
Why you’d be a great fit
- Staff-level technical leadership is the job: lead complex integration efforts and influence technical direction — what you do now as primary US technical lead.
- Distributed backend platform experience (Qualcomm MSIM) plus hardware/software integration and on-target debugging.
- Expert C++/Linux development with Python tooling, operating in ambiguous, fast-moving technical environments.
Heads-up: requires ability to obtain a SECRET clearance, and ~10–20% travel to test sites.
What they want
7+ yrsExpert C++/LinuxSystems integration leadershipHardware/software debug
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