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$179,293
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Principal Backend Engineer - Personalization
San Mateo
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2025
$316k - $384k
$315,850 - $383,910
Principal Software Engineer - Input & Control
United States
·Last Posted: Mar 2025
$316k - $384k
$315,850 - $383,910
Principal Backend Engineer - Personalization
United States
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2025
$316k - $384k
$315,850 - $383,910
Principal Software Engineer, Virtual Economy
United States
·9+ Years Experience
$289k - $338k
$289,460 - $338,270
Principal Software Engineer - Sharing
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2025
$289k - $338k
$289,460 - $338,270
Principal Software Engineer - Creator Collaboration
United States
·8+ Years Experience
$289k - $338k
$289,460 - $338,270
Principal Systems Software Engineer, Infra Foundation Software
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jan 2025
$284k - $332k
$283,780 - $331,640
Principal Software Engineer, Application Networking
United States
·8+ Years Experience
$284k - $332k
$283,780 - $331,640
Principal Software Engineer, Infra Foundation Software
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2025
$284k - $332k
$283,780 - $331,640
Principal Rendering Software Engineer
United States
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Sep 2024
$284k - $332k
$283,780 - $331,640
Principal Software Engineer, Creator Collaboration
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Sep 2024
$284k - $332k
$283,780 - $331,640
Principal Software Engineer, Kubernetes Networking
United States
·8+ Years Experience
$284k - $332k
$283,780 - $331,640
Senior / Principal Software Engineer, Mobile UX
United States
·4+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Dec 2024
$268k - $332k
$267,720 - $331,640
Senior/Principal Software Engineer, Compiler, Runtime and Programming Models
United States
·5-10 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2025
$268k - $332k
$267,720 - $331,640
Principal Software Engineer- Input & Controls
United States
·8+ Years Experience
$239k - $289k
$238,520 - $289,460
Staff Engineer - IaaS Platform
California
$134k - $331k
$134,000 - $331,000
Staff Engineer - Storage Performance
Palo Alto
·7+ Years Experience
$181k - $326k
$181,000 - $326,000
Sr. Member of Technical Staff - Cloud Software Engineering
Palo Alto
$193k - $277k
$192,941 - $277,000
Staff Software Engineer, VMware Cloud on AWS
Sofia
N/A
N/A
Staff Software Engineer - Workspace ONE Freestyle
Sofia
·15+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Staff Java Software Engineer, VMware Cloud on AWS
Sofia
N/A
N/A
Staff Engineer
Washington
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Staff Engineer
Washington, DC
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Staff Engineer - Storage Performance
United States
·7+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Staff Engineer
United States
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Site Reliability Engineer- GovCloud
United States
·25+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Site Reliability Engineer- GovCloud
Remote
·25+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Sr. Member of Technical Staff - Cloud Software Engineering
United States
N/A
N/A
Senior Member of Technical Staff - Python & C#/Java, NoSql - Dynamo, AWS
Pune
N/A
N/A
Senior Member of Technical Staff- Go, Kubernetes
Vista
N/A
N/A
Sr. Member of Technical Staff - Full Stack - Java, Spring, Angular UI Development
Remote
N/A
N/A
Senior Member of Technical Staff - Python & C#/Java, NoSql - Dynamo, AWS
Rasht
N/A
N/A
Lead Enterprise Architect
Tokyo
N/A
N/A
Cloud Native Architect
Singapore
N/A
N/A
Cloud Native Architect
Republic of Singapore
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Engineer, Ads Backend Engineering
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
$261k - $365k
$260,800 - $365,100
Senior Staff Backend Engineer, C3PO
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2025
$233k - $326k
$232,500 - $325,500
Principal Software Engineer, Ads Formats
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
$233k - $326k
$232,500 - $325,500
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Ads Infrastructure & Systems
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2025
$293k - $325k
$293,000 - $325,000
Software Architect
Mountain View
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Aug 2024
$241k - $320k
$241,000 - $320,000
Principal Software Engineer - Ops Cloud Applications
San Francisco
·Last Posted: Mar 2025
$319k
$319,000
Principal Software Engineer - Ops Cloud Platform
San Francisco
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2025
$319k
$319,000
Senior Staff Software Engineer - Rider Experience
Foster City
·8+ Years Experience
$240k - $350k
$240,000 - $350,000
Staff/Senior Staff Software Engineer - Developer Platforms
Foster City
·Last Posted: Apr 2025
$234k - $342k
$234,000 - $342,000
Staff/Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer
Foster City
·8+ Years Experience
$234k - $342k
$234,000 - $342,000
Senior/Staff Software Engineer – Hyperparameter Optimization
Foster City
·Last Posted: Nov 2024
$221k - $319k
$221,000 - $319,000
Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Prediction Integration
Foster City
·Last Posted: Mar 2025
$221k - $319k
$221,000 - $319,000
Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Collaborative Planning
Foster City
·Last Posted: Jun 2025
$221k - $319k
$221,000 - $319,000
Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Mission Progress
Foster City
·Last Posted: May 2025
$221k - $319k
$221,000 - $319,000
Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Ride & Fleet Services
Foster City
·Last Posted: Aug 2024
$203k - $293k
$203,000 - $293,000
Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Front-End Simulation & Visualization
Foster City
·Last Posted: Feb 2025
$203k - $293k
$203,000 - $293,000
CRM Enterprise Architect
Foster City
·15+ Years Experience
$207k - $276k
$207,000 - $276,000
Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Robot Link Platform
Foster City
$195k - $245k
$195,000 - $245,000
Staff Software Engineer, Secure Embedded Operating Systems
Foster City
·Last Posted: Oct 2024
$160k - $225k
$160,000 - $225,000
Senior/Staff Technical Operations Engineer
Foster City
·15+ Years Experience
$133k - $193k
$133,000 - $193,000
Principal Engineer, Platform Engineering Group
San Francisco
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2025
$324k
$323,500
Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Datastores (Hybrid)
San Francisco
$176k - $314k
$176,000 - $314,200
Principal Software Engineer - Customer Engagement
Seattle
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2025
$245k - $368k
$245,100 - $367,700
Senior Staff Software Engineer - GenAI Platform
San Francisco
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2025
$232k - $313k
$232,000 - $313,000
Database Engine Internals - Staff Software Engineer
Bellevue
·8+ Years Experience
$182k - $247k
$182,400 - $247,000
Senior Staff Software Engineer (Backend)
Republic of India
·15+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Software Reverse Engineer
Arlington
·9+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2025
$151k - $307k
$151,400 - $306,800
Senior Software Development Engineer - Apple Vision Pro
Cupertino
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2024
$200k - $300k
$199,800 - $300,200
Senior Software Development Engineer - Apple Vision Pro
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2024
$200k - $300k
$199,800 - $300,200
Senior Software Development Engineer - Apple Vision Pro
United States
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2024
$200k - $300k
$199,800 - $300,200
Principal Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering
Santa Clara
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Aug 2024
$171k - $300k
$170,700 - $300,200
Principal Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering
United States
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Aug 2024
$171k - $300k
$170,700 - $300,200
Principal Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering
Cupertino
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Aug 2024
$171k - $300k
$170,700 - $300,200
Principal Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering
United States
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Aug 2024
$162k - $285k
$161,700 - $284,900
Principal Software Engineer, Apple Services Engineering
Seattle
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Aug 2024
$162k - $285k
$161,700 - $284,900
Principal Software Engineer
Sydney
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2025
$270k - $300k
$270,000 - $300,000
Principal Architect
New York City
·Last Posted: Apr 2025
$250k - $300k
$250,000 - $300,000
Principal macOS Engineer
San Francisco
·Last Posted: Aug 2024
$220k - $300k
$220,000 - $300,000
Software Architect - Java
Portland
·10+ Years Experience
$180k - $300k
$180,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Java
Remote
$180k - $300k
$180,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Java
Pleasanton
$180k - $300k
$180,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Java
San Francisco
$180k - $300k
$180,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack
Boston
·12+ Years Experience
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Java
Columbus
·Last Posted: Mar 2025
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer - Advance Data Storage
Pleasanton
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2025
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Developer
Chengdu
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Level Comparison
Level | Sample Size | Low | Mid | High | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
IC1 Entry 0-1 YOE Contributes to smaller projects under detailed guidance. | Very Large 113 Data Points | $112,000 | $130,623 | $149,245 | |
IC2 Developing 2-4 YOE Contributes to projects under general guidance. Skills are relatively developed with room for growth. | Very Large 633 Data Points | $121,300 | $141,525 | $161,750 | |
IC3 Proficient 5-7 YOE Owns specific projects and requires minimal guidance. Skills are fully developed. | Very Large 854 Data Points | $129,000 | $149,500 | $170,000 | |
IC4 Advanced 8-11 YOE Owns complex projects and drives their direction. Displays in-depth and broad skills and expertise. | Very Large 1,771 Data Points | $149,800 | $169,900 | $190,000 | |
IC5 Expert 12+ YOE A very experienced team member who leads large, high-priority projects that impact company-level goals. | Very Large 579 Data Points | $170,000 | $195,000 | $220,000 | |
IC6 Advisory An authority in their field who defines and drives initiatives with long-term strategic impact. | Very Large 469 Data Points | $179,293 | $208,272 | $237,250 | |
M3 Manager Directly supervises a team of individual contributors and is accountable for their results. | Very Large 339 Data Points | $175,000 | $201,425 | $227,850 | |
M4 Sr. Manager Experienced people manager responsible for setting objectives, observing budgets, and tracking results. | Very Large 215 Data Points | $175,700 | $205,930 | $236,160 | |
M5 Director Oversees managers or leads their own department. Responsible for vision, strategy, hiring, and results. | Very Large 164 Data Points | $200,300 | $238,050 | $275,800 | |
M6 Sr. Director Manages senior leaders in various groups. Responsible for a business function. | Small 19 Data Points | $200,000 | $244,906 | $289,813 |

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