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Principal Software Engineer

The median salary range for Principal Software Engineer disclosed in public job postings is $190k - $260k as of Sep 2026, based on 3,730 job postings from 275 companies.

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Low

$189,500

16%

Mid

$224,500

16%

High

$259,500

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332 Data Points

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Motion

2 Job Posts

$532k - $965k

$532,000 - $965,000

OpenAI

4 Job Posts

$366k - $490k

$366,000 - $490,000

Apollo.io

1 Job Post

$315k - $473k

$315,300 - $472,900

Apollo

1 Job Post

$315k - $473k

$315,300 - $472,900

OmniML

15 Job Posts

$431k

$431,250

NVIDIA

12 Job Posts

$431k

$431,250

Excelero Storage

14 Job Posts

$431k

$431,250

Waymo

6 Job Posts

$349k - $431k

$349,000 - $431,000

Google

30 Job Posts

$307k - $427k

$307,000 - $427,000

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

Okta

31 Job Posts

$272k - $374k

$272,000 - $374,000

Dropbox

4 Job Posts

$267k - $362k

$267,250 - $361,550

Apple

6 Job Posts

$212k - $352k

$212,000 - $352,350

Quizlet

1 Job Post

$267k - $350k

$266,748 - $350,107

Roblox

77 Job Posts

$295k - $345k

$295,250 - $345,040

Hamul

75 Job Posts

$295k - $345k

$295,250 - $345,040

Replit

1 Job Post

$250k - $340k

$250,000 - $340,000

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