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IC6 - Advisory
The median salary range for Software Engineering (IC6) roles disclosed in public job postings is $185k - $243k as of Aug 2026, based on 11,117 job postings from 672 companies.
Salary Range
Low
$185,000
14%
Mid
$214,125
14%
High
$243,250
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Principal Software Engineer (Unity, C#)
Austin
·3+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$134k - $198k
$133,900 - $198,160
Principal Software Engineer (Unity, C#)
Chicago
·3+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$134k - $198k
$133,900 - $198,160
Principal Software Engineer (Unity, C#)
Eugene
·3+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$134k - $198k
$133,900 - $198,160
Principal Software Engineer (Unity, C#)
Toronto
·3+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$134k - $198k
$133,900 - $198,160
Principal Software Engineer (Unity, C#)
Canada
·3+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$134k - $198k
$133,900 - $198,160
Principle Software Engineer
Toronto
·8+ Years Experience
$119k - $169k
$119,140 - $169,140
Principle Software Engineer
Canada
·8+ Years Experience
$119k - $169k
$119,140 - $169,140
Principle Software Engineer
Austin
·8+ Years Experience
$119k - $169k
$119,140 - $169,140
Principal Software Developer - Full Stack (Unity, C#)
Carlsbad
·3+ Years Experience
$114k - $164k
$114,300 - $164,300
Principal Software Developer - Full Stack (Unity, C#)
Toronto
·3+ Years Experience
$114k - $164k
$114,300 - $164,300
Principal Software Developer - Full Stack (Unity, C#)
Canada
·3+ Years Experience
$114k - $164k
$114,300 - $164,300
Principal Software Developer - Full Stack (Unity, C#)
San Francisco
·3+ Years Experience
$114k - $164k
$114,300 - $164,300
Principal Software Developer - Full Stack (Unity, C#)
Austin
·3+ Years Experience
$114k - $164k
$114,300 - $164,300
Principal Software Developer - Full Stack (Unity, C#)
Chicago
·3+ Years Experience
$114k - $164k
$114,300 - $164,300
Principal Software Developer - Full Stack (Unity, C#)
Eugene
·3+ Years Experience
$114k - $164k
$114,300 - $164,300
Game Architect
London
N/A
N/A
Game Architect
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer (Medical Device Software/C#, .NET, Windows)
Lake Forest
·5+ Years Experience
$166k
$166,100
Principal, Software Engineer
Lake Forest
$166k
$166,100
Sr. Principal, Platform Architecture - Teamcenter
Fort Worth
·7+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Sr Principal Software Engineer
Fort Worth
·7+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Sr. Principal Global Automation Engineer
Fort Worth
·15+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal, Storage Engineering Expert (NAS)
Republic of India
·5+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal, Software Engineering - Digital Health
Fort Worth
·5+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal II, Software Engineering - Digital Health
Republic of India
·4+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal, Software Engineering
Republic of India
·7+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal I, Product Development, Security & Operations (DevSecOps)
Republic of India
·7+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal II, Software Engineering
Republic of India
·9+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal I, Software Engineering - Digital Health
Republic of India
·7-8 Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal I, Software Engineering
Republic of India
N/A
N/A
Principal I, Software Engineering - Digital Health
Republic of India
·7+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal I, Software Engineering - Digital Health
Republic of India
N/A
N/A
Principal I, Software Engineering - Digital Health
Republic of India
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal I, Software Engineering - Digital Health
Fort Worth
N/A
N/A
Principal I, Software Engineering
Republic of India
N/A
N/A
Principal Embedded Software Engineer, QNX (m/f/d) – Medical Devices
Federal Republic of Germany
·7+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
MES Solution Architect
Republic of India
·8-10 Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Senior Cloud Architect
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$138k - $172k
$137,680 - $172,100
Senior Cloud Architect
Canada
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$127k - $159k
$127,200 - $159,000
Senior Cloud Software Architect
Mexico
·5+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Senior Cloud Software Architect
Federative Republic of Brazil
·5+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Senior Cloud Software Architect
Argentine Republic
·5+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Salesforce Technical Architect
United States
·9+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$130k - $163k
$130,000 - $163,000
Copy of Senior Software Engineer
Newton
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$120k - $163k
$120,000 - $163,000
Copy of Senior Software Engineer
United States
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$120k - $163k
$120,000 - $163,000
Senior Software Engineer
Newton
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$120k - $163k
$120,000 - $163,000
Senior Software Engineer
United States
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$120k - $163k
$120,000 - $163,000
Principal Software Engineer ( Java Architect)
Dallas
·12-15 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$126k - $217k
$126,300 - $216,924
Principal Software Engineer ( Sr Architect )
Dallas
·12-15 Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$153k - $190k
$152,889 - $190,000
Senior Enterprise Architect
Dallas
·12-15 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$165k - $185k
$164,510 - $185,000
Integration Architect - ( US citizen) -Defense
Dallas
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$140k - $175k
$140,000 - $175,000
Enterprise Solution Architect (TMS)
Dallas
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$145k - $165k
$145,000 - $165,000
DLMS/EDI Integration Architect ( US citizen)
Dallas
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$140k - $160k
$140,000 - $160,000
Senior Technical Architect ( WMS )
Dallas
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$114k - $144k
$114,103 - $143,896
Senior Technical Architect ( WMS )
Dallas
·5+ Years Experience
$95k - $144k
$95,400 - $143,896
Sr. Technical Architect - Consulting(Java, Spring boot, SQL)
Dallas
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$95k - $144k
$95,400 - $143,896
Technical Architect - Warehouse Management Systems
Dallas
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$100k - $120k
$100,000 - $120,000
Technical Architect - Consulting (Java)
Pune
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Technical Architect – Centric Planning
Canada
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$130k - $160k
$130,000 - $160,000
Technical Architect – Centric Planning
United States
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$130k - $160k
$130,000 - $160,000
Technical Architect – Centric Planning
Remote
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$130k - $160k
$130,000 - $160,000
Technical Architect, Retail Planning
Shanghai
N/A
N/A
Principal React Engineer
United States
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$130k - $160k
$130,000 - $160,000
Principal React Engineer
Remote
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$130k - $160k
$130,000 - $160,000
Senior Staff Full Stack Engineer (Agentic)
Toronto
·Last Posted: May 2026
$143k - $157k
$142,680 - $156,948
Senior Staff Full Stack Engineer (Agentic)
Remote
·Last Posted: May 2026
$143k - $157k
$142,680 - $156,948
Lead Architect
New York City
·8+ Years Experience
$150k - $200k
$150,000 - $200,000
Lead Architect
Ohio
·10-15 Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$155k
$155,000
GCP Platform Architect grade 7/8 Onsite.
Washington
·8-12 Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$120k - $150k
$120,000 - $150,000
Software Architect (Up to 150K USD annually)
São Paulo
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$150k
$150,000
Lead Cloud Architect
Birmingham
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$122k - $150k
$122,000 - $150,000
Lead Cloud Architect
Birmingham
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$122k - $150k
$122,000 - $150,000
Lead Cloud Architect
Birmingham
$122k - $150k
$122,000 - $150,000
Lead Cloud Architect
Birmingham
$122k - $150k
$122,000 - $150,000
Senior Principal Engineer, Technical Operations
Richardson
·Last Posted: May 2026
$152k
$151,507
Associate Principal Engineer, Support
Richardson
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$114k - $139k
$113,818 - $138,986
Senior Architect, Software Engineering
Republic of India
·5-10 Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer – Technology Modernization (Multiple openings) in Chicago, IL.
Chicago
$153k - $205k
$153,317 - $204,800
.Net Solution Architect- CORE Loan Servicing Products (multiple positions) in Irving, TX.
Irving
·5+ Years Experience
$129k - $155k
$129,042 - $155,000
Senior Technical Coach (Software Engineer)
Minneapolis
$120k - $141k
$119,765 - $140,900
Principal System Engineer
Saint Paul
·7+ Years Experience
$120k - $141k
$119,765 - $140,900
Principal Systems Engineer (Database On-Prem and Cloud)
Gresham
·7+ Years Experience
$120k - $141k
$119,765 - $140,900
Database Automation - Principal Systems Engineer
Saint Paul
$120k - $141k
$119,765 - $140,900
System Architect - Java Full Stack
Chennai
N/A
N/A
System Architect - Java Full Stack
Republic of India
N/A
N/A
Sr. Technology Architect
Atlanta
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Integration Engineer - Trade Data Warehouse
Charlotte
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer 1- DevOps & Modernization (AWS)
Irving
N/A
N/A
Automation Engineer 5 - IN B
Chennai
N/A
N/A
Automation Engineer 5 - IN B
Republic of India
N/A
N/A
Automation Engineer 6 - IN B
Chennai
N/A
N/A
Automation Engineer 6 - IN B
Republic of India
N/A
N/A
Level Comparison
| Level | Sample Size | Low | Mid | High | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IC1 Entry 0-1 YOE Contributes to smaller projects under detailed guidance. | Very Large 449 Data Points | $100,000 | $117,500 | $135,000 | |
IC2 Developing 2-4 YOE Contributes to projects under general guidance. Skills are relatively developed with room for growth. | Very Large 1,869 Data Points | $125,000 | $143,275 | $161,550 | |
IC3 Proficient 5-7 YOE Owns specific projects and requires minimal guidance. Skills are fully developed. | Very Large 1,798 Data Points | $140,000 | $162,500 | $185,000 | |
IC4 Advanced 8-11 YOE Owns complex projects and drives their direction. Displays in-depth and broad skills and expertise. | Very Large 3,781 Data Points | $150,000 | $172,735 | $195,470 | |
IC5 Expert 12+ YOE A very experienced team member who leads large, high-priority projects that impact company-level goals. | Very Large 1,397 Data Points | $180,000 | $205,000 | $230,000 | |
IC6 Advisory An authority in their field who defines and drives initiatives with long-term strategic impact. | Very Large 1,142 Data Points | $185,000 | $214,125 | $243,250 | |
M3 Manager Directly supervises a team of individual contributors and is accountable for their results. | Very Large 887 Data Points | $182,000 | $208,000 | $234,000 | |
M4 Sr. Manager Experienced people manager responsible for setting objectives, observing budgets, and tracking results. | Very Large 516 Data Points | $195,200 | $227,600 | $260,000 | |
M5 Director Oversees managers or leads their own department. Responsible for vision, strategy, hiring, and results. | Very Large 344 Data Points | $218,000 | $254,738 | $291,475 | |
M6 Sr. Director Manages senior leaders in various groups. Responsible for a business function. | Very Large 105 Data Points | $243,000 | $285,200 | $327,400 |