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Principal Software Engineer, Artificial Intelligence
The median salary range for Principal Software Engineer, Artificial Intelligence disclosed in public job postings is $191k - $272k as of Jul 2026, based on 562 job postings from 79 companies.
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$191,148
18%
Mid
$231,751
18%
High
$272,355
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Principal Software Engineer, AI Networking
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Software Engineer - Physical AI Tooling
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Software Engineer - AI Inference
Santa Clara
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Software Engineer - Enterprise AI Platform
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Software Engineer — Agentic AI Applications and Foundations
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal AI and ML Infra Software Engineer, GPU Clusters
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Engineer, Local AI - Agents and Systems
Santa Clara
·3+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Developer, AI Networking
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$431k - $489k
$431,250 - $488,750
Principal Software Engineer - Physical AI Tooling
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Software Engineer, AI Networking
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Software Engineer - Enterprise AI Platform
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Software Engineer — Agentic AI Applications and Foundations
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal AI and ML Infra Software Engineer, GPU Clusters
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Engineer, AI Tooling and Workflows
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Engineer, Local AI - Agents and Systems
Santa Clara
·3+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Software Engineer - Physical AI Tooling
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Software Engineer - AI Inference
Santa Clara
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Software Engineer, AI Networking
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Software Engineer - Enterprise AI Platform
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Software Engineer — Agentic AI Applications and Foundations
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Engineer, Local AI - Agents and Systems
Santa Clara
·3+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$431k
$431,250
Principal Software Engineer, Age
New York City
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$307k - $428k
$307,000 - $428,000
Principal Software Engineer, Age
San Jose
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$307k - $428k
$307,000 - $428,000
Principal Software Engineer, Age
Boulder
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$307k - $428k
$307,000 - $428,000
Principal Software Engineer, Age
United States
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$307k - $428k
$307,000 - $428,000
Principal Engineer, Data Analytics (GenAI)
Sunnyvale
·20+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$307k - $427k
$307,000 - $427,000
Principal Engineer, Data Analytics (GenAI)
Kirkland
·20+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$307k - $427k
$307,000 - $427,000
Principal Engineer, Storage AI
New York City
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$307k - $427k
$307,000 - $427,000
Principal Engineer, Data Analytics (GenAI)
Seattle
·20+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$307k - $427k
$307,000 - $427,000
Principal Engineer, Data Analytics (GenAI)
United States
·20+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$307k - $427k
$307,000 - $427,000
Principal Engineer, Storage AI
Sunnyvale
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$307k - $427k
$307,000 - $427,000
Principal Engineer, Storage AI
Kirkland
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$307k - $427k
$307,000 - $427,000
Principal Engineer, Storage AI
Seattle
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$307k - $427k
$307,000 - $427,000
Principal Engineer, Storage AI
United States
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$307k - $427k
$307,000 - $427,000
Principal Engineer, GKE Platform for AI Inference Workloads
Sunnyvale
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$307k - $427k
$307,000 - $427,000
Principal Engineer, GKE Platform for AI Inference Workloads
Kirkland
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$307k - $427k
$307,000 - $427,000
Principal Engineer, Gemini App Infrastructure, DeepMind
Mountain View
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$307k - $427k
$307,000 - $427,000
Principal Engineer, Gemini App Infrastructure, DeepMind
United States
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$307k - $427k
$307,000 - $427,000
Principal Engineer, GKE Platform for AI Inference Workloads
Seattle
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$307k - $427k
$307,000 - $427,000
Principal Engineer, GKE Platform for AI Inference Workloads
United States
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$307k - $427k
$307,000 - $427,000
Principal Engineer, Agentic AI, App and EcoSystem Safety
Republic of Singapore
·15+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer, Agentic AI, App and EcoSystem Safety
Singapore
·15+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Backend Infrastructure Engineer - AI, Search & Knowledge Platforms
United States
·Last Posted: May 2026
$212k - $386k
$212,000 - $386,300
Principal Backend Infrastructure Engineer - AI, Search & Knowledge Platforms
Santa Clara
·Last Posted: May 2026
$212k - $386k
$212,000 - $386,300
Principal Software Engineer - AI and Simulation
Sunnyvale
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$280k - $350k
$280,000 - $350,000
Principal AI Engineer, Special Programs
Palo Alto
·6+ Years Experience
$220k - $350k
$220,000 - $350,000
Principal AI Engineer, Special Programs
Washington
·6+ Years Experience
$220k - $350k
$220,000 - $350,000
Principal AI Engineer, Special Programs
Washington, DC
·6+ Years Experience
$220k - $350k
$220,000 - $350,000
Principal Software Engineer, Corporate AI
Remote
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$256k - $347k
$256,300 - $346,700
Principal Applied AI Engineer, Finance
Massachusetts
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$194k - $341k
$193,600 - $340,600
Principal Applied AI Engineer, Finance
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$194k - $341k
$193,600 - $340,600
Principal AI Platform Engineer - 11189
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$289k - $337k
$289,000 - $337,400
Principal AI Platform Engineer - 11189
Foster City
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$289k - $337k
$289,000 - $337,400
Principal AI Software Engineer
San Francisco
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$222k - $334k
$222,000 - $334,000
Principal AI Architect
Bellevue
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$200k - $325k
$200,000 - $325,000
Principal AI Engineer
San Francisco
·9+ Years Experience
$197k - $314k
$197,300 - $313,700
Principal Software Engineer (PMTS) - Agentic AI
Republic of India
·14+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal AI Engineer
Mexico City
·9+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal AI Engineer
Mexico
·9+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Engineer - AI
San Jose
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$250k - $300k
$250,000 - $300,000
Principal AI Engineer - Core Platform
New York City
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$250k - $290k
$250,000 - $290,000
Principal AI Engineer - Core Platform
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$250k - $290k
$250,000 - $290,000
Principal AI Engineer
New York City
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$265k - $285k
$265,000 - $285,000
Principal AI Engineer
United States
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$265k - $285k
$265,000 - $285,000
Principal AI Engineer
Miami
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$265k - $285k
$265,000 - $285,000
Principal AI Engineer
Austin
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$265k - $285k
$265,000 - $285,000
Principal AI Engineer
Chicago
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$265k - $285k
$265,000 - $285,000
Principal AI Engineer
San Francisco
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$265k - $285k
$265,000 - $285,000
Principal AI Engineer
Denver
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$265k - $285k
$265,000 - $285,000
Principal AI Engineer
Seattle
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$265k - $285k
$265,000 - $285,000
Principal Software Engineer (Gradient AI)
San Francisco
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$272k - $341k
$272,448 - $340,560
Principal Software Engineer (Gradient AI)
Denver
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$227k - $284k
$227,040 - $283,800
Principal Software Engineer (Gradient AI)
Seattle
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$227k - $284k
$227,040 - $283,800
Principal Software Engineer (Gradient AI)
Austin
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$227k - $284k
$227,040 - $283,800
Principal Software Engineer (Gradient AI)
Boston
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026