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Principal Software Engineer

The median salary range for Principal Software Engineer disclosed in public job postings is $189k - $260k as of Oct 2026, based on 4,206 job postings from 291 companies.

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Low

$188,620

16%

Mid

$224,060

16%

High

$259,500

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355 Data Points

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Motion

2 Job Posts

$532k - $965k

$532,000 - $965,000

OpenAI

7 Job Posts

$441k - $500k

$441,000 - $500,000

OmniML

15 Job Posts

$431k

$431,250

NVIDIA

12 Job Posts

$431k

$431,250

Excelero Storage

15 Job Posts

$431k

$431,250

Waymo

6 Job Posts

$349k - $431k

$349,000 - $431,000

Google

37 Job Posts

$307k - $427k

$307,000 - $427,000

Apollo.io

1 Job Post

$315k - $415k

$315,300 - $415,000

Apollo

1 Job Post

$315k - $415k

$315,300 - $415,000

DoorDash

3 Job Posts

$269k - $395k

$268,600 - $395,000

Bread

3 Job Posts

$184k - $394k

$183,800 - $393,800

Astronomer

1 Job Post

$277k - $390k

$277,000 - $390,000

Astronomer

1 Job Post

$277k - $390k

$277,000 - $390,000

Dropbox

7 Job Posts

$285k - $385k

$284,800 - $385,200

Asana

1 Job Post

$366k - $380k

$365,500 - $380,000

Okta

28 Job Posts

$272k - $374k

$272,000 - $374,000

Apple

6 Job Posts

$212k - $352k

$212,000 - $352,350

Quizlet

1 Job Post

$267k - $350k

$266,748 - $350,107

Roblox

99 Job Posts

$295k - $345k

$295,250 - $345,040

Hamul

95 Job Posts

$295k - $345k

$295,250 - $345,040

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