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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
16%
Mid
$227,338
16%
High
$264,300
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Principal Software Engineer (Product Validation and Support)
San Jose
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$212k - $265k
$212,000 - $265,000
Principal Software Engineer (Product Validation and Support)
United States
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$212k - $265k
$212,000 - $265,000
Principal Software Engineer (Service Platform & Orchestration)
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$212k - $265k
$212,000 - $265,000
Principal Software Engineer (Service Platform & Orchestration)
San Jose
·10+ Years Experience
$212k - $265k
$212,000 - $265,000
Principal Software Development Engineer (C Programming)
San Jose
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$182k - $260k
$182,000 - $260,000
Principal Software Development Engineer (C Programming)
United States
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$182k - $260k
$182,000 - $260,000
Principal Software Engineer
San Francisco
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$206k - $277k
$206,400 - $276,700
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$206k - $277k
$206,400 - $276,700
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$206k - $277k
$206,400 - $276,700
Principal Software Engineer
San Francisco
·10+ Years Experience
$206k - $277k
$206,400 - $276,700
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$206k - $277k
$206,400 - $276,700
Principal Software Engineer
San Francisco
·10+ Years Experience
$206k - $277k
$206,400 - $276,700
Principal Software Engineer
New York City
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$197k - $265k
$197,400 - $264,700
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$197k - $265k
$197,400 - $264,700
Principal Software Engineer
New York City
·10+ Years Experience
$197k - $265k
$197,400 - $264,700
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$197k - $265k
$197,400 - $264,700
Principal Software Engineer - Ad Experiences
United States
$197k - $265k
$197,400 - $264,700
Principal Software Engineer - Ad Experiences
Glendale
$197k - $265k
$197,400 - $264,700
Principal Software Engineer - Ad Experiences
Glendale
$197k - $265k
$197,400 - $264,700
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$188k - $253k
$188,400 - $252,600
Principal Software Engineer
Glendale
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$188k - $253k
$188,400 - $252,600
Principal Software Engineer
Glendale
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$188k - $253k
$188,400 - $252,600
Principal Front-end Engineer (Front-end / UI/ Full Stack)
Glendale
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$184k - $247k
$184,300 - $247,100
Principal Front-end Engineer (Front-end / UI/ Full Stack)
Glendale
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$184k - $247k
$184,300 - $247,100
Principal Front-end Engineer (Front-end / UI/ Full Stack)
United States
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$184k - $247k
$184,300 - $247,100
Principal Software Engineer
Santa Monica
·10+ Years Experience
$184k - $247k
$184,300 - $247,100
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$184k - $247k
$184,300 - $247,100
Principal Software Engineer
United States
$176k - $235k
$175,500 - $235,400
Principal Software Engineer, Core Pricing
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
$195k - $270k
$195,300 - $270,400
Principal Software Engineer, Core Pricing
United States
·8+ Years Experience
$195k - $270k
$195,300 - $270,400
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
$191k - $264k
$190,600 - $263,900
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·8+ Years Experience
$191k - $264k
$190,600 - $263,900
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
$186k - $258k
$186,100 - $257,500
Principal Software Engineer, Personal Loans
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$117k - $162k
$117,000 - $162,000
Principal Software Engineer, Personal Loans
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$117k - $162k
$117,000 - $162,000
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$200k - $263k
$200,000 - $263,000
Principal Software Engineer, Knowledge Platform
Remote
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$160k - $262k
$160,480 - $262,000
Principal Software Engineer - Santa Clara,CA - Hybrid
Santa Clara
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$208k - $260k
$208,000 - $260,000
Principal SW Engineer - Gigasmart
Pune
·14+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Chennai
·15+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Mexico City
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Mexico
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Madison
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$153k - $259k
$153,000 - $259,000
Principal Software Engineer (Containers)
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$229k - $258k
$229,000 - $258,000
Principal Software Engineer (Containers)
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$229k - $258k
$229,000 - $258,000
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$220k - $258k
$220,000 - $258,000
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$220k - $258k
$220,000 - $258,000
Principal Software Engineer - Remote USA (*eligible states)
Remote
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$224k - $258k
$223,674 - $258,000
Principal Software Engineer - Remote USA (*eligible states)
California
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$224k - $258k
$223,674 - $258,000
Principal Software Engineer, Platform Engineering
Cambridge
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$143k - $257k
$142,500 - $256,500
Principal Software Engineer
San Jose
·10+ Years Experience
$203k - $305k
$203,200 - $304,800
Principal Software Engineer
Louisville
$226k - $254k
$225,680 - $254,400
Principal Software Engineer
Boulder
$226k - $254k
$225,680 - $254,400
Principal Software Engineer- Full stack cloud
Hyderabad
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer, Endpoint Platform
Milpitas
·1+ Years Experience
$240k - $250k
$240,000 - $250,000
Principal Software Engineer, Endpoint Platform
Vancouver
·1+ Years Experience
$240k - $250k
$240,000 - $250,000
Principal Software Engineer, Endpoint Platform
Vancouver
·1+ Years Experience
$240k - $250k
$240,000 - $250,000
Principal Software Engineer, Connectors
San Francisco
·12+ Years Experience
$225k - $245k
$225,000 - $245,000
Principal Software Engineer, Connectors
Los Angeles
·12+ Years Experience
$225k - $245k
$225,000 - $245,000
Principal Engineer - Java
Bengaluru
·1+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer - Postgres
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$215k - $250k
$215,000 - $250,000
Principal Software Engineer - Postgres
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer - Postgres
Republic of India
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer - Postgres
Kingdom of the Netherlands
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$229k - $240k
$229,000 - $240,000
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$229k - $240k
$229,000 - $240,000
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$229k - $240k
$229,000 - $240,000
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$229k - $240k
$229,000 - $240,000
Diagnostics Platform Software Engineer
Santa Clara
·Last Posted: Feb 2026