Tech Jobs in Peninsula
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Peninsula sits between San Francisco and Silicon Valley, offering a unique blend of urban convenience and tech innovation. The region hosts over 300 high‑growth startups, from fintech leaders like Braintree in San Mateo to AI pioneers such as Petal. With climate‑friendly coastal breezes and easy access to major transit hubs, Peninsula draws talent who want both career momentum and a high quality of life.
Tech roles span software engineering, data science, cybersecurity, and product management across diverse sectors. Fintech firms like Braintree and Stripe (nearby Redwood City) dominate, while biotech powerhouses such as Gilead Sciences in South San Francisco and Seagen in Sunnyvale drive research and development. SaaS companies—Salesforce in San Mateo and Evergreen Software—and e‑commerce platforms like Petal keep the ecosystem thriving.
Living costs in Peninsula are some of the highest in the country; the median rent for a two‑bedroom apartment in San Mateo tops $3,200/month, and the median home price exceeds $1.5 million. Because of this, salary transparency helps candidates negotiate roles that match their financial expectations. With a median tech salary around $155,000, knowing the exact pay band can save years of uncertainty and ensure you get a package that reflects your experience and the local market.
AI Engineer & Researcher
Company: xAI
Location: Peninsula
Posted Apr 03, 2024
xAI is a small, highly motivated team focused on engineering excellence and creating AI systems that can accurately understand the universe. They operate with a flat structure, encouraging hands-on work and direct contribution to the company's mission. The tech stack includes Rust, Python, JAX and XLA, CUDA (C++ and Triton), and the focus is on training trillion parameter neural networks, mastering all data modalities, and rapidly implementing state-of-the-art methods. The ideal candidate has experience in distributed training systems, hardware configuration, and working with JAX/XLA for multi-host training.
Principle SEO Specialist
Company: Gen
Location: Peninsula
Posted Apr 03, 2024
Gen is seeking an experienced SEO professional to join their global team and work on enhancing the online presence of two cybersecurity brands in the US. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in on-page and content SEO, strong communication skills, and the ability to work cross-functionally. Key responsibilities include participating in remote Web Squad meetings, growing natural search traffic, conducting keyword research, and collaborating with various teams to improve web pages and create new ones. The role offers opportunities for professional growth, a friendly international work environment, and competitive benefits.
Senior Finance Business Partner
Company: Woven by Toyota
Location: Peninsula
Posted Apr 03, 2024
Woven by Toyota, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, is seeking a Finance Business Partner for their Palo Alto office. The role involves leading financial planning and analysis, creating financial operating models, ensuring operational execution within budget, and providing strategic advice on matters such as headcount planning, cost management, pricing, and long-term profitability analysis. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor/MBA in finance, accounting, or related field, with 5 to 7+ years of progressive experience in financial analysis, data analytics, modeling, and financial advisory work. Exceptional financial modeling skills in Excel, strong communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work in a rapidly changing multinational environment are required. The role offers a competitive salary of $140,000- $230,000 a year, along with a comprehensive benefits package including excellent health, wellness, dental and vision coverage, a rewarding 401k program, flexible vacation policy, and family planning and care benefits.
Talent Acquisition Leader / Manager
Company: Elegen
Location: Peninsula
Posted Apr 03, 2024
Elegen, a well-funded biotech startup, is seeking a Talent Acquisition Leader/Manager to augment and potentially lead their in-house recruiting team. The role offers a blend of leadership duties and hands-on recruitment responsibilities, with potential for rapid advancement. The ideal candidate will possess a strategic mindset, excellent team management skills, and a proven track record in recruiting top talent. The role involves end-to-end recruitment management, process optimization, strategic projects, and people/department leadership. The company is advised and staffed by leading biotechnology scientists and entrepreneurs.
Senior Scientist, Quality Control
Company: Sana Biotechnology, Inc.
Location: Peninsula
Posted Apr 03, 2024
Sana Biotechnology is hiring a Sr. Operations Scientist, Quality Control, to help build out the corporate QC function, support assay transfer and qualification activities, and raw materials qualification program. The role requires a PhD in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, or a related scientific discipline with 5+ years of experience in academic research and/or industry. The candidate should have deep subject matter expertise in Quality Control, experience managing a raw material qualification program, and knowledge of regulatory guidelines. The role involves serving as the QC Subject Matter Expert, supporting material qualification program, partnering with Analytical Development, managing method optimization, transfer, qualification, or validation activities, establishing QC business process and procedures, and supporting deviations, OOS, change control, investigations, and CAPAs. The candidate should have excellent written and oral communication skills, be able to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven work environment, and have a successful track record of developing cooperative, productive relationships across all functions. Up to 10% travel is required, and working in BSL-2 and BSL-2+ labs is necessary. The base pay range is between $150,000 and $180,000/year.
Software Engineer Lead/Manager, Embedded
Company: Fulfil
Location: Peninsula
Posted Apr 03, 2024
Fulfil, a well-funded and rapidly growing company, is seeking a technical leader for its Automation Software Team. The role involves providing architectural guidance for software solutions, overseeing development of challenging requirements, and creating engineering processes. The company is committed to reducing waste, improving environmental impact, and reducing emissions with new technology. The position offers growth opportunities, a collaborative work environment, and competitive benefits.
New Product Integration Engineer
Company: Electric Hydrogen (EH2)
Location: Peninsula
Posted Apr 03, 2024
Electric Hydrogen is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join their New Product Integration team. The role involves developing manufacturing processes, working with various teams, and ensuring the sustainability of fabrication technologies. The engineer will be involved in the full lifecycle of the development of Electric Hydrogen's electrolysis plant. The company offers a competitive salary, equity grant, time off programs, cell phone allowance, 401(k) match, and comprehensive healthcare benefits. Electric Hydrogen is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Inference Optimization Manager
Company: Wayve
Location: Peninsula
Posted Apr 03, 2024
The text describes a job opportunity for a Manager of the Inference Optimization team at Wayve, focusing on refining and productizing AI models for autonomous driving features. The role involves leading a multidisciplinary team, developing optimization frameworks, ensuring cross-functional collaboration, benchmarking performance, promoting innovation, managing resources, and developing talent. The ideal candidate should have proven leadership, expertise in AI and embedded systems, technical proficiency, strategic thinking, collaborative skills, and a relevant educational background. Wayve offers competitive compensation, immersion in a team of world-class professionals, a unique opportunity to shape the future of autonomy, bespoke learning opportunities, flexible working hours, and a diverse and inclusive work environment.
Automation Engineer
Company: Wayve
Location: Peninsula
Posted Apr 03, 2024
Wayve is a startup developing next-generation autonomous vehicles using end-to-end deep learning. They are seeking an automation engineer to automate IT & DevSecOps processes, ensure efficient tool usage, and support team activities. The role involves setup, configuration, and maintenance of software products, and resolving application and OS issues. Wayve offers attractive compensation, a world-class team, and a unique opportunity to shape the future of autonomy. They value diversity and provide bespoke learning opportunities, flexible working hours, and a vibrant work environment.
Sr. Manager, Systems Engineering
Company: Noah Medical
Location: Peninsula
Posted Apr 03, 2024
Noah Medical is a medical robotics company building the future of medical robotics. They are looking for a Systems Engineering Manager to lead their systems engineering team and manage complex surgical robotic systems.
Data Engineering & Web Crawling
Company: xAI
Location: Peninsula
Posted Apr 03, 2024
xAI is a small, highly motivated team focused on engineering excellence. They aim to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. The company operates with a flat structure, encouraging hands-on work and direct contribution to the mission. Strong communication skills are valued, and all engineers and researchers share the title 'Member of Technical Staff'. The tech stack includes Rust, Python, and Spark. The focus is on building petabyte-scale, high-throughput data processing systems, managing workloads across large cloud compute clusters, and pre-processing datasets for AI training. Ideal candidates have experience in building bespoke data processing libraries, designing distributed systems in Rust, and keeping up with state-of-the-art techniques for preparing AI training data. The annual salary range is $180,000 - $385,000 USD.
Head of Global Safety Policy and Research
Company: Woven by Toyota
Location: Peninsula
Posted Apr 03, 2024
Woven by Toyota, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, is seeking a dynamic leader for their Safety Policy & Research Team. The role involves creating a high-level safety strategy for AD/ADAS and software products, collaborating with engineering leaders, and managing safety committee processes. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in automotive safety, regulatory affairs, and policy development, with a focus on software-defined vehicles and AD/ADAS. They should also have strong leadership skills, cross-functional collaboration abilities, and expertise in ISO 26262 / ISO 21448 / Functional Safety standards. The total compensation for this full-time position in California ranges from $140,000 to $230,000 per year.