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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 Jul 2026, based on 3,185 job postings from 266 companies.
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$190,375
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$227,338
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$264,300
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Principal Software Engineer, Application Software
United States
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$225k - $300k
$225,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer, Application Software
San Francisco
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$225k - $300k
$225,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer, Application Software
South San Francisco
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$225k - $300k
$225,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer, Fullstack
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$220k - $300k
$220,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer, Fullstack
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$220k - $300k
$220,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$200k - $300k
$200,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack
Boston
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Front End
Oregon
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Front End
Portland
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Front End
Portland
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack
Pleasanton
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack
Portland
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack
Portland
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack
California
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack
Oregon
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Java
Columbus
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Java
Columbus
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Java
Madison
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Java
Pleasanton
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Java
San Francisco
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Java
Remote
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Front End
California
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Python
Raleigh
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Python
Boston
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Python
Toronto
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$180k - $275k
$180,000 - $275,000
Principal Software Engineer - Python
Canada
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$180k - $275k
$180,000 - $275,000
Principal Software Engineer
Beijing
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
People's Republic of China
N/A
N/A
Senior Back End Engineer
People's Republic of China
N/A
N/A
Senior Back End Engineer
Beijing
N/A
N/A
Principal Android Software Engineer, Mobile Performance & Reliability
San Francisco
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$245k - $300k
$245,100 - $299,500
Principal Android Software Engineer, Mobile Performance & Reliability
United States
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$245k - $300k
$245,100 - $299,500
Principal Full-Stack Engineer, Yahoo Finance
United States
·7-10 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Software Engineer - Web
United States
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Software Engineer, Yahoo Mail
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Sr. Principal Software Engineer, Last Mile Delivery Tech , Delivery Technology Org (DTO)
Bellevue
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$205k - $350k
$205,400 - $350,000
Sr. Principal Software Engineer, Last Mile Delivery Tech , Delivery Technology Org (DTO)
Bellevue
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$205k - $350k
$205,400 - $350,000
Principal Software Engineer, Sponsored Products and Brands (I/O)
New York City
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$230k - $311k
$230,100 - $311,200
Principal Software Engineer, AWS Neuron
Cupertino
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$230k - $311k
$230,100 - $311,200
Principal Software Engineer, DBS Redshift
Palo Alto
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$230k - $311k
$230,100 - $311,200
Principal Software Engineer, Amazon SageMaker
Bellevue
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$230k - $311k
$230,100 - $311,200
Principal Software Engineer, Amazon SageMaker
Bellevue
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$230k - $311k
$230,100 - $311,200
Principal Engineer, AWS Athena and Glue ETL
Bellevue
·15+ Years Experience
$230k - $311k
$230,100 - $311,200
Principal Engineer, AWS Athena and Glue ETL
Bellevue
·15+ Years Experience
$230k - $311k
$230,100 - $311,200
Principal Software Engineer, Personalization (I/O)
Seattle
·Last Posted: May 2026
$180k - $311k
$180,100 - $311,200
Principal Engineer, EC2 Edge Frontier
Seattle
·Last Posted: May 2026
$220k - $298k
$220,100 - $297,700
Principal Software Engineer
New York City
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$220k - $298k
$220,100 - $297,700
Principal Software Engineer, Amazon Translation Services
Seattle
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$220k - $298k
$220,100 - $297,700
Principal Software Engineer-AMZ9082654
Seattle
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$212k - $271k
$212,202 - $270,600
Principal Software Engineer -AMZ9084875
Seattle
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$212k - $271k
$212,202 - $270,600
Principal Software Engineer, Developer Agents and Experiences, Kiro
Seattle
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$200k - $271k
$200,100 - $270,600
Principal Software Engineer, Infra Supply Chain Automation
Seattle
·Last Posted: May 2026
$200k - $271k
$200,100 - $270,600
Principal Software Engineer, Amazon Customer Service
Seattle
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$200k - $271k
$200,100 - $270,600
Principal Software Engineer, S3 Keystone
Seattle
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$200k - $271k
$200,100 - $270,600
Principal Software Engineer, Alexa Audio
Seattle
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$200k - $271k
$200,100 - $270,600
Principal Software Engineer, AWS Training and Certification Tech Services (TCTS)
Bellevue
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$200k - $271k
$200,100 - $270,600
Principal Software Engineer, AWS Training and Certification Tech Services (TCTS)
Bellevue
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$200k - $271k
$200,100 - $270,600
Principal Software Engineer, MADS
Toronto
$132k - $220k
$131,562 - $219,695
Principal Software Engineer, Amazon DynamoDB
Dublin
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer, Amazon DynamoDB
Dublin
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer, ABI Engineering
Bengaluru
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer, Prime Video & Studios CoreTech
Bengaluru
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Berlin
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer, Amazon Payments, WW Installments, Amazon Payments
Bengaluru
·12+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer, RBS - Tech
Bengaluru
·12+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer, AWS Lambda Experience
Dublin
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer, AWS Lambda Experience
Dublin
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer, Prime Video Commerce Tech
Bengaluru
·12+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer, Amazon Shipping
Hyderabad
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer, Device Cloud Core Services
Bengaluru
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer, Product Software
San Francisco
$179k - $304k
$179,000 - $304,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
San Francisco
·8+ Years Experience
$179k - $304k
$179,000 - $304,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
California
$172k - $293k
$172,000 - $293,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
New York
$172k - $293k
$172,000 - $293,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
Connecticut
·8+ Years Experience
$172k - $293k
$172,000 - $293,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
New Jersey
·8+ Years Experience
$172k - $293k
$172,000 - $293,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
Maryland
·8+ Years Experience
$172k - $293k
$172,000 - $293,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
New York
·8+ Years Experience
$172k - $293k
$172,000 - $293,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
Maryland
$172k - $293k
$172,000 - $293,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
New Jersey
$172k - $293k
$172,000 - $293,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
Connecticut
$172k - $293k
$172,000 - $293,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
Washington
$172k - $293k
$172,000 - $293,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
California
·8+ Years Experience
$172k - $293k
$172,000 - $293,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
Washington
·8+ Years Experience
$172k - $293k
$172,000 - $293,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
Rhode Island
$159k - $271k
$159,000 - $271,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
Colorado
$159k - $271k
$159,000 - $271,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
Colorado
·8+ Years Experience
$159k - $271k
$159,000 - $271,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
Rhode Island
·8+ Years Experience
$159k - $271k
$159,000 - $271,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
Nevada
$159k - $271k
$159,000 - $271,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
Nevada
·8+ Years Experience
$159k - $271k
$159,000 - $271,000
Principal Engineer, Product Software
Republic of Singapore
·7+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer, Product Software
United States
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer, Product Software
Singapore
·7+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer, Product Software
Remote
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer, Product Software
United States
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer, Product Software
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer (Platform Team)
Sunnyvale
·7+ Years Experience
$210k - $295k
$210,000 - $295,000
Principal Software Engineer (Platform Team)
Palo Alto
·7+ Years Experience
$210k - $295k
$210,000 - $295,000
Principal Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink)
Palo Alto
·10+ Years Experience
$210k - $295k
$210,000 - $295,000
Principal Software Engineer (Platform Team)
Hawthorne
·7+ Years Experience
$200k - $285k
$200,000 - $285,000
Principal Software Engineer, Continuous Integration (Starship)
Hawthorne
·9+ Years Experience
$200k - $285k
$200,000 - $285,000
Principal Software Engineer (Platform Team)
Redmond
·7+ Years Experience
$200k - $285k
$200,000 - $285,000
Principal Engineer - Marketing and Enterprise Technology
San Francisco
·15+ Years Experience
$212k - $343k
$212,100 - $342,650
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·15+ Years Experience
$212k - $343k
$212,100 - $342,650
Principal Software Engineer
California
·15+ Years Experience
$212k - $343k
$212,100 - $342,650
Principal Software Engineer – CLM Platform Team
California
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$205k - $327k
$205,100 - $327,250
Principal Software Engineer – CLM Platform Team
San Francisco
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$205k - $327k
$205,100 - $327,250
Principal Software Engineer – CLM Applications Team
California
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$205k - $327k
$205,100 - $327,250
Principal Software Engineer – CLM Applications Team
San Francisco
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$205k - $327k
$205,100 - $327,250
Principal Engineer - Full Stack
California
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$205k - $327k
$205,100 - $327,250
Principal Engineer - Full Stack
San Francisco
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$205k - $327k
$205,100 - $327,250
Principal Software Engineer
Seattle
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$202k - $300k
$202,100 - $299,625
Principal Software Engineer
Seattle
·15+ Years Experience
$202k - $300k
$202,100 - $299,625
Principal Engineer - Full Stack
California
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$178k - $292k
$178,400 - $292,175
Principal Engineer - Full Stack
San Francisco
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$178k - $292k
$178,400 - $292,175
Principal Software Engineer – CLM Platform Team
New York City
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$205k - $290k
$205,100 - $289,625
Principal Software Engineer – CLM Applications Team
New York City
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$205k - $290k
$205,100 - $289,625
Principal Engineer - Full Stack
New York City
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$205k - $290k
$205,100 - $289,625
Principal Software Engineer – CLM Platform Team
Washington
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$185k - $290k
$185,400 - $289,625
Principal Software Engineer – CLM Platform Team
Seattle
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$185k - $290k
$185,400 - $289,625
Principal Software Engineer – CLM Applications Team
Washington
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$185k - $290k
$185,400 - $289,625
Principal Software Engineer – CLM Applications Team
Seattle
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$185k - $290k
$185,400 - $289,625
Principal Engineer - Full Stack
Washington
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$185k - $290k
$185,400 - $289,625
Principal Engineer - Full Stack
Seattle
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$185k - $290k
$185,400 - $289,625
Principal Software Engineer – CLM Platform Team
Colorado
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$185k - $262k
$185,400 - $261,900
Principal Software Engineer – CLM Applications Team
Colorado
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$185k - $262k
$185,400 - $261,900
Principal Engineer - Full Stack
Colorado
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$185k - $262k
$185,400 - $261,900
Principal Engineer - Full Stack
New York City
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$178k - $252k
$178,300 - $251,875
Principal Engineer - Full Stack
Washington
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$166k - $252k
$165,600 - $251,875
Principal Engineer - Full Stack
Seattle
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$166k - $252k
$165,600 - $251,875
Principal Engineer - Full Stack
Colorado
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$166k - $234k
$165,600 - $233,850
Principal Software Engineer, Services - Unpublished R&D Product
Los Angeles
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$207k - $290k
$206,700 - $289,600
Principal Software Engineer, Services - Unpublished R&D Product
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$207k - $290k
$206,700 - $289,600
Principal Software Engineer, Client - Wild Rift
Shanghai
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer, Client - Wild Rift
People's Republic of China
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer - Developer Connections
Los Angeles
·8-12 Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer - Developer Connections
United States
·8-12 Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer, Data Platform - Remote
San Francisco
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$191k - $287k
$191,300 - $286,900
Principal Software Engineer, Data Platform - Remote
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$191k - $287k
$191,300 - $286,900
Principal Software Engineer, Data Platform - Remote
New York City
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$191k - $287k
$191,300 - $286,900
Principal Software Engineer, Data Platform - Remote
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$191k - $287k
$191,300 - $286,900
Principal Software Engineer, Data Platform - Remote
Seattle
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$191k - $287k
$191,300 - $286,900
Principal Software Engineer, Data Platform - Remote
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$191k - $287k
$191,300 - $286,900
Principal Software Engineer, Data Platform - Remote
Austin
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$172k - $258k
$172,100 - $258,200
Principal Software Engineer, Data Platform - Remote
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$172k - $258k
$172,100 - $258,200
Principal Software Engineer
Boston
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$212k - $286k
$212,000 - $286,000
Principal Software Engineer
Austin
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$245k - $285k
$245,000 - $285,000
Principal Engineer (Managed Database Services)
Denver
·Last Posted: May 2026
$198k - $297k
$198,000 - $297,000
Principal Engineer (Managed Database Services)
Austin
·Last Posted: May 2026
$198k - $297k
$198,000 - $297,000
Principal Software Engineer (PaaS)
Boston
·11+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$227k - $284k
$227,040 - $283,800
Principal Software Engineer (PaaS)
Austin
·11+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$227k - $284k
$227,040 - $283,800
Principal Software Engineer (PaaS)
Denver
·11+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$227k - $284k
$227,040 - $283,800
Principal Software Engineer (PaaS)
San Francisco
·11+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$227k - $284k
$227,040 - $283,800
Principal Software Engineer (PaaS)
Seattle
·11+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$227k - $284k
$227,040 - $283,800
Principal Software Engineer
Atlanta
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$214k - $281k
$214,000 - $281,400
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$242k - $303k
$242,400 - $303,000
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$242k - $303k
$242,400 - $303,000
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·12+ Years Experience
$242k - $303k
$242,400 - $303,000
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·12+ Years Experience
$242k - $303k
$242,400 - $303,000
Principal Software Engineer
Toronto
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$260k
$259,500
Principal Software Engineer
Vancouver
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$260k
$259,500
Principal Software Engineer
Vancouver
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$260k
$259,500
Principal Software Engineer
Canada
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026