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Principal Software Engineer
The median salary range for Principal Software Engineer disclosed in public job postings is $190k - $263k as of Aug 2026, based on 3,212 job postings from 265 companies.
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$190,075
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$226,763
16%
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$263,450
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Principal Software Engineer
United States
·7+ Years Experience
$139k - $249k
$139,000 - $249,260
Principal Software Engineer
Portland
·7+ Years Experience
$139k - $249k
$139,000 - $249,260
Principal Software Engineer
Portland
·7+ Years Experience
$139k - $249k
$139,000 - $249,260
Principal Engineer - Web Application Development
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$139k - $249k
$139,000 - $249,260
Principal Engineer - Web Application Development
San Francisco
·10+ Years Experience
$139k - $249k
$139,000 - $249,260
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·8+ Years Experience
$139k - $249k
$139,000 - $249,260
Principal Software Engineer
Atlanta
·8+ Years Experience
$139k - $249k
$139,000 - $249,260
Principal Frontend Developer (Assets)
Remote
·7+ Years Experience
$131k - $191k
$131,000 - $191,400
Principal Software Developer- Platform Integrations
Toronto
·8-12 Years Experience
$131k - $191k
$131,000 - $191,400
Principal Software Developer - TakeOff
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
$131k - $191k
$131,000 - $191,400
Principal Software Developer
Toronto
·8+ Years Experience
$132k - $181k
$131,500 - $180,840
Principal Software Developer, Civil 3D
Toronto
$132k - $181k
$131,500 - $180,840
Principal Software Developer
Vancouver
·8+ Years Experience
$132k - $181k
$131,500 - $180,840
Principal Software Developer
Vancouver
·8+ Years Experience
$132k - $181k
$131,500 - $180,840
Principal Software Developer - Computation and Automation
Toronto
·5-7 Years Experience
$132k - $181k
$131,500 - $180,840
Principal Engineer (Node JS, Typescript, AWS)
Pune
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Republic of Singapore
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Singapore
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer - Forma Design
Dublin
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer - Forma Design
Dublin
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer (Java , DB, AWS)
Pune
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer -(C++, Python)
Pune
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer (React, Spring Boot/Node)
Bengaluru
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Developer
Canada
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Republic of Poland
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Kingdom of the Netherlands
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Barcelona
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Barcelona
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Kingdom of Spain
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer (Node JS/Typescript, AWS)
Bengaluru
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer (Nodejs/Typescript)
Pune
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Oslo
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Kingdom of Norway
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Pune
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer( NodeJS and ReactJS)
Bengaluru
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer (C++,JAVA)
Bengaluru
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer(Java/C++ , AWS , React/Typescript)
Pune
·8-12 Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer (Node, Backend, AWS)
Bengaluru
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Oslo
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Kingdom of Norway
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer, Frontend Architecture
Toronto
·8-12 Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Bengaluru
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer - (C++, Python)
Pune
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer - AWS
Bengaluru
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer - Cloud Applications
Republic of Poland
·5-8 Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer ( Full Stack - React, Java, AWS)
Pune
·10-14 Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Republic of Singapore
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Singapore
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
London
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Pune
·8-12 Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Sheffield
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·7+ Years Experience
$139k - $249k
$139,000 - $249,260
Principal Software Engineer
Portland
·7+ Years Experience
$139k - $249k
$139,000 - $249,260
Principal Software Engineer
Portland
·7+ Years Experience
$139k - $249k
$139,000 - $249,260
Principal Engineer - Web Application Development
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$139k - $249k
$139,000 - $249,260
Principal Engineer - Web Application Development
San Francisco
·10+ Years Experience
$139k - $249k
$139,000 - $249,260
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·8+ Years Experience
$139k - $249k
$139,000 - $249,260
Principal Software Engineer
Atlanta
·8+ Years Experience
$139k - $249k
$139,000 - $249,260
Principal Software Developer- Platform Integrations
Toronto
·8-12 Years Experience
$131k - $191k
$131,000 - $191,400
Principal Frontend Developer (Assets)
Remote
·7+ Years Experience
$131k - $191k
$131,000 - $191,400
Principal Backend Software Developer
Toronto
$131k - $191k
$131,000 - $191,400
Principal Software Developer - Water Asset Management
Canada
·5+ Years Experience
$131k - $191k
$131,000 - $191,400
Principal Software Developer
Toronto
·8+ Years Experience
$131k - $191k
$131,000 - $191,400
Principal Software Developer Platform - Services and Emerging Technologies
Canada
·8+ Years Experience
$131k - $191k
$131,000 - $191,400
Principal Software Developer Platform - Services and Emerging Technologies
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
·8+ Years Experience
$131k - $191k
$131,000 - $191,400
Principal Software Developer, Civil 3D
Toronto
$132k - $181k
$131,500 - $180,840
Principal Software Developer
Vancouver
·8+ Years Experience
$132k - $181k
$131,500 - $180,840
Principal Software Developer
Vancouver
·8+ Years Experience
$132k - $181k
$131,500 - $180,840
Principal Software Developer - Computation and Automation
Toronto
·5-7 Years Experience
$132k - $181k
$131,500 - $180,840
Principal Engineer (Search, Java, AWS)
Pune
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Republic of Singapore
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Singapore
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer - Forma Design
Dublin
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer - Forma Design
Dublin
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer (Java , DB, AWS)
Pune
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer -(C++, Python)
Pune
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer (React, Spring Boot/Node)
Bengaluru
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Developer
Canada
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer (C++,QT)
Pune
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer (Nodejs/Typescript)
Pune
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Republic of Poland
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer (Node JS/Typescript, AWS)
Bengaluru
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Kingdom of the Netherlands
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Barcelona
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Barcelona
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Kingdom of Spain
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Oslo
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Kingdom of Norway
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Pune
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer( NodeJS and ReactJS)
Bengaluru
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer(Java/C++ , AWS , React/Typescript)
Pune
·8-12 Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer (C++,JAVA)
Bengaluru
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer (Node, Backend, AWS)
Bengaluru
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Oslo
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Kingdom of Norway
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Bengaluru
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer - (C++, Python)
Pune
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer (React JS, Typescript, Node JS)
Pune
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Developer
Toronto
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Developer
Canada
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer - AWS
Bengaluru
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer (React, Node)
Bengaluru
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer ( Full Stack - React, Java, AWS)
Pune
·10-14 Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Republic of Singapore
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Singapore
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
London
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Pune
·8-12 Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Sheffield
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Chicago
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Aug 2025
$130k - $190k
$130,000 - $190,000
Remote Principal Software Engineer
Scottsdale
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$160k - $180k
$160,000 - $180,000
Principal Engineer, Technical Development
Waltham
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$147k - $180k
$147,000 - $180,000
Principal Frontend Engineer
Boston
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$168k - $210k
$168,000 - $210,000
Principal Frontend Engineer
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$168k - $210k
$168,000 - $210,000
Principal Software Development Engineer, DevX Pipelines and Automation
Boston
·8+ Years Experience
$140k - $176k
$140,000 - $176,000
Principal Software Development Engineer, DevX Pipelines and Automation
United States
·8+ Years Experience
$140k - $176k
$140,000 - $176,000
Principal JavaScript Engineer, PistonHeads
London
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$95k - $119k
$95,000 - $119,000
Principal JavaScript Engineer, PistonHeads
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$95k - $119k
$95,000 - $119,000
Principal Software Engineer
Mississauga
·Last Posted: May 2026
$156k - $174k
$156,000 - $174,000
Principal Software Engineer
Mississauga
$156k - $174k
$156,000 - $174,000
Principal Software Engineer
Mississauga
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$156k - $174k
$156,000 - $174,000
Principal Software Engineer - Authorization Platform
Mississauga
$101k - $124k
$101,303 - $124,131
Principal Software Engineer
Canada
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$124k - $171k
$123,703 - $171,216
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$124k - $171k
$123,703 - $171,216
Principal Software Quality Engineer
Seattle
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Aug 2025
$150k - $170k
$150,000 - $170,000
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
Principal Software Engineer – MarkLogic Database
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$145k - $179k
$144,500 - $178,500
Principal Software Engineer - OpenEdge Core Language
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$136k - $168k
$136,000 - $168,000
Principal Software Engineer – MarkLogic Database
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
$142k - $167k
$141,950 - $167,000
Software Engineer, Principal I (Java )
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer ( RUST)
Remote
·5+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Backend Engineer
United States
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$145k - $165k
$145,000 - $165,000
Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch -
United States
$160k - $253k
$159,800 - $252,800
Principal Software Engineer - Storage Engine - Elasticsearch
United States
$160k - $253k
$159,800 - $252,800
Principal Software Engineer - Relevance in ES|QL - Elasticsearch
United States
$160k - $253k
$159,800 - $252,800
Principal Software Engineer - Search Scaling - Elasticsearch
Ireland
$118k - $187k
$118,384 - $187,317
Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search - Elasticsearch
Ireland
$118k - $187k
$118,384 - $187,317
Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search - Elasticsearch
Canada
$110k - $174k
$109,863 - $173,784
Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch
Canada
$110k - $174k
$109,863 - $173,784
Principal Software Engineer - Search Scaling - Elasticsearch
Kingdom of Spain
$93k - $147k
$92,679 - $146,626
Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search - Elasticsearch
Kingdom of Spain
$93k - $147k
$92,679 - $146,626
Principal Software Engineer - Relevance in ES|QL - Elasticsearch
Kingdom of Spain
$93k - $147k
$92,679 - $146,626
Principal Software Engineer - Search Scaling - Elasticsearch
Republic of Poland
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$87k - $138k
$87,459 - $138,345
Principal Software Engineer - Search Scaling - Elasticsearch
Hellenic Republic
$84k - $134k
$84,494 - $133,600
Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search - Elasticsearch
Hellenic Republic
$84k - $134k
$84,494 - $133,600
Principal Software Engineer - Relevance in ES|QL - Elasticsearch
Hellenic Republic
$84k - $134k
$84,494 - $133,600
Principal Software Engineer - Relevance in ES|QL - Elasticsearch
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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
Principal Software Engineer - US
Boston
·10+ Years Experience
$121k - $143k
$121,278 - $142,680
Principal Software Engineer
Vancouver
·10+ Years Experience
$114k - $136k
$114,144 - $135,546
Principal Software Engineer
Vancouver
·10+ Years Experience
$114k - $136k
$114,144 - $135,546
Principal Software Engineer
Vancouver
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$114k - $136k
$114,144 - $135,546
Principal Software Engineer
Vancouver
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026