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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
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
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
Staff Software Engineer - High Performance Computing Infrastructure
Seattle
·Last Posted: Jun 2024
$203k - $293k
$203,000 - $293,000
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
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
Senior WebKit Architecture Engineer
United States
·Last Posted: Jun 2024
$171k - $300k
$170,700 - $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: Jun 2024
$280k - $300k
$280,000 - $300,000
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
Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Front-end)
San Francisco
·Last Posted: Jun 2024
$150k - $300k
$150,000 - $300,000
Spur Founding Engineer - Full Stack
New York City
N/A
N/A
Senior Staff Software Engineer, PubSub
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$245k - $300k
$245,100 - $299,500
Senior Staff Software Engineer, PubSub
San Francisco
·10+ Years Experience
$245k - $300k
$245,100 - $299,500
Senior Staff Software Engineer, PubSub
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$245k - $300k
$245,100 - $299,500
Senior Staff Software Engineer, PubSub
San Francisco
·10+ Years Experience
$245k - $300k
$245,100 - $299,500
Principal Android Software Engineer, Mobile Performance & Reliability
United States
$245k - $300k
$245,100 - $299,500
Principal Android Software Engineer, Mobile Performance & Reliability
San Francisco
$245k - $300k
$245,100 - $299,500
Staff Software Engineer, TBD Foundational Engineering
United States
$203k - $248k
$202,500 - $247,500
Staff Software Engineer, TBD Foundational Engineering
San Francisco
$203k - $248k
$202,500 - $247,500
Senior Principal Front-end Engineer, Yahoo News
Remote
·6+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2025
$161k - $350k
$160,965 - $349,885
Principal Web Software Apps Engineer
United States
·Last Posted: Jun 2024
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Backend Engineer- Yahoo Mail
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Oct 2024
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Software Engineer - Mail Intelligence
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Nov 2024
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Software Engineer, Yahoo Mail
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2024
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·Last Posted: Jul 2024
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Software Engineer, Yahoo Search - Data
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Nov 2024
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Software Development Engineer
Remote
·Last Posted: Jul 2024
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Princ Frontend Web Engineer, Yahoo Mail
Remote
·Last Posted: Jun 2024
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Backend Engineer, Yahoo Mail
Remote
·Last Posted: Apr 2025
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Full-Stack Engineer
Remote
·7-10 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2024
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Backend Software Engineer, Yahoo Mail
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Oct 2024
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Software Engineer, Core Mail Backend
Remote
·Last Posted: Jan 2025
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Full-Stack Engineer, Yahoo Finance
United States
·7-10 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2025
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Back-end Engineer, Yahoo News
Remote
·Last Posted: Apr 2025
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Software Engineer - iOS
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2025
$144k - $299k
$143,625 - $299,375
Principal Web Software Apps Engineer
Remote
·Last Posted: Jun 2024
$128k - $267k
$128,250 - $266,875
Principal Engineer - System Architect - Simics
San Jose
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Sep 2024
$187k - $299k
$186,760 - $299,166
Principal Software Development Engineer, Data Modeling Architect
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2025
$187k - $298k
$186,700 - $298,300
Principal Software Development Engineer, IOS Mobile
Remote
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jan 2025
$187k - $298k
$186,700 - $298,300
Principal Software Development Engineer, Big Data
Remote
·Last Posted: Dec 2024
$187k - $298k
$186,700 - $298,300
Principal Software Development Engineer, Big Data
Remote
·Last Posted: Mar 2025
$187k - $298k
$186,700 - $298,300
Principal Software Development Engineer, ZHL
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2025
$187k - $298k
$186,700 - $298,300
Principal Software Development Engineer, ZHL
Remote
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Aug 2024
$186k - $298k
$186,300 - $297,700
Principal Software Development Engineer, Data Modeling Architect
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2025
$187k - $298k
$186,700 - $298,300
Principal Software Development Engineer
Remote
·Last Posted: Dec 2024
$187k - $298k
$186,700 - $298,300
Principal Software Development Engineer, Big Data
Remote
·Last Posted: Dec 2024
$187k - $298k
$186,700 - $298,300
Principal Software Development Engineer, ZHL
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2025
$187k - $298k
$186,700 - $298,300
Principal Applications Engineer
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Oct 2024
$187k - $298k
$186,700 - $298,300
Principal Software Development Engineer, ZHL
Remote
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Aug 2024
$186k - $298k
$186,300 - $297,700
Principal Software Engineer (Data) - Riot Data Products, Data as a Service
Los Angeles
·12+ Years Experience
$213k - $297k
$213,200 - $297,200
Principal Software Engineer (Data) - Riot Data Products, Data as a Service
United States
·12+ Years Experience
$213k - $297k
$213,200 - $297,200
Staff Software Engineer - League of Legends, Game Modes
Sydney
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Staff Software Engineer - League of Legends, Game Modes
Commonwealth of Australia
·8+ 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 115 Data Points | $111,000 | $130,101 | $149,203 | |
IC2 Developing 2-4 YOE Contributes to projects under general guidance. Skills are relatively developed with room for growth. | Very Large 650 Data Points | $121,600 | $141,050 | $160,500 | |
IC3 Proficient 5-7 YOE Owns specific projects and requires minimal guidance. Skills are fully developed. | Very Large 881 Data Points | $128,350 | $149,175 | $170,000 | |
IC4 Advanced 8-11 YOE Owns complex projects and drives their direction. Displays in-depth and broad skills and expertise. | Very Large 1,822 Data Points | $149,705 | $169,852 | $190,000 | |
IC5 Expert 12+ YOE A very experienced team member who leads large, high-priority projects that impact company-level goals. | Very Large 605 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 483 Data Points | $180,000 | $208,500 | $237,000 | |
M3 Manager Directly supervises a team of individual contributors and is accountable for their results. | Very Large 350 Data Points | $175,000 | $200,533 | $226,065 | |
M4 Sr. Manager Experienced people manager responsible for setting objectives, observing budgets, and tracking results. | Very Large 222 Data Points | $175,700 | $205,750 | $235,800 | |
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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