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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 3,278 job postings from 270 companies.
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$191,300
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$227,600
16%
High
$263,900
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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 (10378, 10382, 10385)
United States
·8+ Years Experience
$220k - $250k
$220,000 - $250,000
Principal Software Engineer (10378, 10382, 10385)
San Jose
·8+ Years Experience
$220k - $250k
$220,000 - $250,000
Principal Software Engineer (10378, 10382, 10385)
Seattle
·8+ Years Experience
$220k - $250k
$220,000 - $250,000
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
$160k - $240k
$160,000 - $240,000
Principal Software Engineer, Money Group
San Francisco
·15+ Years Experience
$189k - $236k
$189,000 - $236,000
Principal Software Engineer, Money Group
New York City
·15+ Years Experience
$189k - $236k
$189,000 - $236,000
Principal Software Engineer, Money Group
Denver
·15+ Years Experience
$189k - $236k
$189,000 - $236,000
Principal Software Engineer - Identity Graph
San Francisco
·8+ Years Experience
$221k - $277k
$221,360 - $276,700
Principal Software Engineer - Identity Graph
New York
·8+ Years Experience
$199k - $249k
$199,280 - $249,100
Principal Software Engineer - Identity Graph
New Jersey
·8+ Years Experience
$199k - $249k
$199,280 - $249,100
Principal Software Engineer - Identity Graph
Washington
·8+ Years Experience
$199k - $249k
$199,280 - $249,100
Principal Software Engineer - Identity Graph
California
·8+ Years Experience
$199k - $249k
$199,280 - $249,100
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$199k - $235k
$199,280 - $235,300
Principal Software Engineer - Identity Graph
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
$188k - $235k
$188,240 - $235,300
Principal Software Engineer - Identity Graph
Colorado
·8+ Years Experience
$188k - $235k
$188,240 - $235,300
Principal Software Engineer - Identity Graph
Hawaii
·8+ Years Experience
$188k - $235k
$188,240 - $235,300
Principal Software Engineer - Identity Graph
Illinois
·8+ Years Experience
$188k - $235k
$188,240 - $235,300
Principal Software Engineer - Identity Graph
Maryland
·8+ Years Experience
$188k - $235k
$188,240 - $235,300
Principal Software Engineer - Identity Graph
Massachusetts
·8+ Years Experience
$188k - $235k
$188,240 - $235,300
Principal Software Engineer - Identity Graph
Minnesota
·8+ Years Experience
$188k - $235k
$188,240 - $235,300
Principal Software Engineer - Identity Graph
Vermont
·8+ Years Experience
$188k - $235k
$188,240 - $235,300
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
$188k - $235k
$188,240 - $235,300
Principal Software Engineer
Republic of India
·12+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·12+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Developer
Canada
·15+ Years Experience
$210k - $235k
$210,000 - $235,000
Principal Software Developer
Vancouver
·15+ Years Experience
$210k - $235k
$210,000 - $235,000
Principal Software Developer
Columbia
·15+ Years Experience
$210k - $235k
$210,000 - $235,000
Principal Software Developer
Columbia
·15+ Years Experience
$210k - $235k
$210,000 - $235,000
Principal Software Developer
Columbia
·15+ Years Experience
$210k - $235k
$210,000 - $235,000
Principal Software Developer
Vancouver
·15+ Years Experience
$210k - $235k
$210,000 - $235,000
Principal Software Developer
Toronto
·15+ Years Experience
$210k - $235k
$210,000 - $235,000
Principal Software Developer
Canada
·15+ Years Experience
$210k - $235k
$210,000 - $235,000
Principal Software Engineer
New Zealand
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer - Hosting
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$187k - $234k
$187,200 - $234,000
Principal Software Engineer - Hosting
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$187k - $234k
$187,200 - $234,000
Principal Software Engineer - Internal Platform
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$187k - $234k
$187,200 - $234,000
Principal Software Engineer - Internal Platform
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$187k - $234k
$187,200 - $234,000
Principal Software Engineer - Agentic Platform
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$188k - $258k
$188,000 - $257,500
Principal Software Engineer - Agentic Platform
Cambridge
·10+ Years Experience
$188k - $258k
$188,000 - $257,500
Principal / Senior Software Engineer
United States
·5+ Years Experience
$108k - $209k
$108,000 - $209,000
Principal / Senior Software Engineer
Cambridge
·5+ Years Experience
$108k - $209k
$108,000 - $209,000
Principal Software Engineer
Torrance
·2+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Aug 2026
$204k - $231k
$204,000 - $231,000
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$204k - $231k
$204,000 - $231,000
Principal Software Engineer
Torrance
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$204k - $231k
$204,000 - $231,000
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·2+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Aug 2026
$204k - $231k
$204,000 - $231,000
Principal Software Engineer, Payments
Remote
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$185k - $230k
$185,000 - $230,000
Principal Software Engineer (C++)
Alameda
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$180k - $230k
$180,000 - $230,000
Principal Software Engineer (C++)
Alameda
·8+ Years Experience
$180k - $230k
$180,000 - $230,000
Principal Software Engineer, Java
Palo Alto
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$175k - $230k
$175,000 - $230,000
Principal Software Engineer - Backend
New York City
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$150k - $230k
$150,000 - $230,000
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·5+ Years Experience
$152k - $229k
$152,000 - $228,500
Principal Software Engineer
Boston
·5+ Years Experience
$152k - $229k
$152,000 - $228,500
Principal Software Engineer
Washington
·5+ Years Experience
$152k - $229k
$152,000 - $228,500
Principal Software Engineer
Washington, DC
·5+ Years Experience
$152k - $229k
$152,000 - $228,500
Principal Software Engineer, (APIs/microservices/Python/Kafka/Elasticsearch)
Chicago
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$152k - $228k
$152,000 - $228,000
Principal Software Engineer, (APIs/microservices/Python/Kafka/Elasticsearch)
Boston
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$152k - $228k
$152,000 - $228,000
Principal Software Engineer, (APIs/microservices/Python/Kafka/Elasticsearch)
Atlanta
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$152k - $228k
$152,000 - $228,000
Principal Software Engineer, (APIs/microservices/Python/Kafka/Elasticsearch)
Washington
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$152k - $228k
$152,000 - $228,000
Principal Software Engineer, (APIs/microservices/Python/Kafka/Elasticsearch)
Washington, DC
·Last Posted: Feb 2026