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Principal Software Engineer
The median salary range for Principal Software Engineer disclosed in public job postings is $190k - $264k as of Aug 2026, based on 3,235 job postings from 267 companies.
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$190,375
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$227,338
16%
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$264,300
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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
$114k - $136k
$114,144 - $135,546
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$167k - $250k
$166,800 - $250,200
Principal Engineer, Software Development
Serbia
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$1k - $1k
$546 - $821
Principal Software Engineer
New York City
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$90k - $115k
$90,000 - $115,000
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026