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Principal Full Stack Developer & Solutions Architect – AI, Data & Cloud
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Pay not postedSan Jose, CAOn-siteFull-time
Own end-to-end architecture and hands-on delivery of AI, data analytics, cloud, and full-stack solutions for Western Digital’s Product Development engineering organization.
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- Staff+
- Role
- Technical lead
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- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with production ownership.
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- Experience building LLM applications with orchestration frameworks, tool/function calling, MCP integrations, and RAG.
About Western Digital
WD designs and manufactures HDD-based storage infrastructure for hyperscalers, enterprises, creative pros, and consumers, differentiated by scale, reliability, and AI-era capacity roadmaps.
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