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Job Title

Principal Software Engineer

The median salary range for Principal Software Engineer disclosed in public job postings is $191k - $264k as of Aug 2026, based on 3,256 job postings from 268 companies.

Salary Range

Low

$190,600

16%

Mid

$227,250

16%

High

$263,900

Very Large Sample Size

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Workato

18 Job Posts

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Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Munich

8+ Years Experience

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Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Berlin

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Federal Republic of Germany

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Madrid

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Barcelona

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Barcelona

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Kingdom of Spain

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Sofia

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Republic of Bulgaria

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Amsterdam

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Kingdom of the Netherlands

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Belgrade

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Serbia

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Lisbon

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Portuguese Republic

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Athens

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Athens

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Hellenic Republic

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Visor

1 Job Post

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, Full-Stack - Application Engineering

New York City

5+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Verizon

1 Job Post

N/A

N/A

Principal Engineer-iOS App Dev

Chennai

4+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

TripConnect

2 Job Posts

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer (Experiences)

Kraków

10+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer (Experiences)

Republic of Poland

10+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Cisco

9 Job Posts

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, Load Balancer - Isovalent

Switzerland

N/A

N/A

Principal Tetragon Software Engineer

United States

N/A

N/A

Principal Tetragon Software Engineer

San Jose

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, Developer Platforms

United States

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, Developer Platforms

Boulder

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer

San Jose

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer

United States

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, Splunk Analytics and Search

United States

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, Splunk Analytics and Search

Seattle

N/A

N/A

CIQ

1 Job Post

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer - GoLang

Remote

10+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Capsule8

1 Job Post

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer 1 (NSG Firewall)

Republic of India

12+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Capco

2 Job Posts

N/A

N/A

Principal Backend Developer (Java)

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

N/A

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Principal Backend Developer (Java)

Edinburgh

N/A

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Calix

2 Job Posts

N/A

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Principal Software Engineer – Advanced Routing Layer 3

Remote

15+ Years Experience

N/A

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Principal Software Engineer – Advanced Routing Layer 3

Remote

15+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Brandfolder

1 Job Post

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer (Remote Eligible in Bulgaria)

Remote

N/A

N/A

Bodo.ai

2 Job Posts

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, SQL Query Engine

Remote

5+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, SQL Query Engine

San Francisco

5+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Balbix

1 Job Post

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer (Data Integration / Backend Engineering)

Bengaluru

7+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

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