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IC6 - Advisory
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$180,000
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$208,750
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Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·15-20 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2025
$200k - $300k
$200,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·15-20 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Nov 2024
$205k - $294k
$205,000 - $294,000
Principal Software Engineer
Canada
·15-20 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2025
$178k - $268k
$178,000 - $268,000
Principal Software Engineer
Columbia
·15-20 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2025
$178k - $268k
$178,000 - $268,000
Principal Software Engineer
Columbia
·15-20 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2025
$178k - $268k
$178,000 - $268,000
Principal Software Engineer
Columbia
·15-20 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2025
$178k - $268k
$178,000 - $268,000
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·15-20 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2025
$182k - $262k
$182,000 - $262,000
Staff Software Engineer (Contact Center Pro)
Remote
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2025
$183k - $245k
$183,400 - $245,400
Principal Salesforce Architect
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2025
$183k - $245k
$183,400 - $245,400
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·15-20 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2025
$200k - $300k
$200,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·15-20 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Nov 2024
$205k - $294k
$205,000 - $294,000
Principal Software Engineer
Columbia
·15-20 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2025
$178k - $268k
$178,000 - $268,000
Principal Software Engineer
Columbia
·15-20 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2025
$178k - $268k
$178,000 - $268,000
Principal Software Engineer
Columbia
·15-20 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2025
$178k - $268k
$178,000 - $268,000
Principal Software Engineer
Canada
·15-20 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2025
$178k - $268k
$178,000 - $268,000
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·15-20 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2025
$182k - $262k
$182,000 - $262,000
Staff Software Engineer (Contact Center Pro)
Remote
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2025
$167k - $250k
$166,500 - $249,700
Principal Salesforce Architect
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2025
$183k - $245k
$183,400 - $245,400
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2025
$178k - $267k
$178,216 - $267,324
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Dec 2024
$162k - $286k
$161,600 - $286,200
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·6+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Dec 2024
$138k - $267k
$137,600 - $267,000
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·6+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Aug 2024
$138k - $267k
$137,600 - $267,000
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·6+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Sep 2024
$138k - $267k
$137,600 - $267,000
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Oct 2024
$138k - $267k
$137,600 - $267,000
Principal Software Engineer-CTJ - TS/SCI
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2025
$138k - $267k
$137,600 - $267,000
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2025
$138k - $267k
$137,600 - $267,000
Principal Engineer, Developer Productivity
New York City
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2025
$275k - $330k
$275,000 - $330,000
Technical Lead / Principal Engineer
New York City
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jan 2025
$185k - $200k
$185,000 - $200,000
Principal Engineer, State Estimation (R3260)
Dallas
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2025
$264k - $396k
$264,000 - $396,000
Principal Systems Engineer, Cloud Architecture (R3366)
San Diego
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2025
$220k - $330k
$220,000 - $330,000
Principal Engineer, C++ Build and Workflow (R3139)
San Diego
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2025
$208k - $313k
$208,360 - $312,540
Principal Engineer, Hivemind Foundations (R3002)
San Diego
·15+ Years Experience
$203k - $305k
$203,280 - $304,920
Staff Engineer, Perception Software Integration (R2657)
Washington
·7+ Years Experience
$190k - $285k
$189,887 - $284,831
Senior Staff Engineer, Simulation Software (R2554)
San Diego
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2025
$180k - $270k
$180,037 - $270,055
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Software Integration (R2570)
San Diego
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2025
$179k - $268k
$178,586 - $267,880
Senior Staff Software Engineer, APIs and Infrastructure (R2549)
San Diego
·10+ Years Experience
$179k - $268k
$178,586 - $267,880
Senior Staff Engineer, Software (C++) (R3279)
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2025
$175k - $263k
$175,232 - $262,848
Sr. Staff Full-stack Software Engineer
San Diego
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2025
$174k - $261k
$174,200 - $261,301
Senior Staff Engineer, Software Autonomy Applications (R2884)
Washington
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2025
$174k - $261k
$174,200 - $261,301
Senior Staff Engineer, APIs & Infrastructure (R2609)
San Diego
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2025
$174k - $261k
$174,200 - $261,301
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Software Integration
San Diego
·Last Posted: Jun 2025
$169k - $253k
$168,871 - $253,306
Sr. Staff Engineer, State Estimation (R2415)
San Diego
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Oct 2024
$174k - $246k
$173,654 - $246,273
Staff Engineer, Operating Systems (R3351)
Dallas
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2025
$160k - $240k
$160,160 - $240,240
Staff Engineer, Full Stack GCS (R3380)
Dallas
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2025
$158k - $236k
$157,595 - $236,393
Staff Engineer, Software Applications (R2799)
Washington
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2025
$151k - $226k
$150,697 - $226,046
Principal Systems Engineer, Cloud Architecture (R3366)
San Diego
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2025
$220k - $330k
$220,000 - $330,000
Principal Engineer Full Stack Developer (Remote) (R#3345)
San Diego
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2025
$220k - $330k
$220,000 - $330,000
Principal Engineer, C++ Build and Workflow (R3139)
San Diego
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2025
$208k - $313k
$208,360 - $312,540
Principal Engineer, Simulation Software (R2554)
San Diego
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2025
$208k - $312k
$208,013 - $312,019
Principal Engineer, Hivemind Foundations (R3002)
San Diego
·15+ Years Experience
$203k - $305k
$203,280 - $304,920
Senior Staff Engineer, Simulation Software (R2554)
San Diego
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2025
$180k - $270k
$180,037 - $270,055
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Frontend/Full Stack (R2552)
San Diego
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jan 2025
$179k - $268k
$178,586 - $267,880
Sr. Staff Full-stack Software Engineer (R2819)
San Diego
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2025
$174k - $261k
$174,200 - $261,301
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure (R3078)
San Diego
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2025
$174k - $261k
$174,200 - $261,301
Senior Staff Engineer, APIs & Infrastructure (R2609)
San Diego
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2025
$174k - $261k
$174,200 - $261,301
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Software Integration
San Diego
·Last Posted: Jun 2025
$169k - $253k
$168,871 - $253,306
Sr. Staff Engineer, State Estimation (R2415)
San Diego
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Oct 2024
$174k - $246k
$173,654 - $246,273
Staff Engineer, Infrastructure (R2780)
Washington
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Sep 2024
$155k - $233k
$155,402 - $233,102
Staff Engineer, Software Applications (R2799)
Washington
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2025
$151k - $226k
$150,697 - $226,046
Staff Engineer, Infrastructure
Washington
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2025
$150k - $226k
$150,402 - $226,046
Senior Principal Software Developer - Graphics Platform
Toronto
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Sep 2024
$161k - $260k
$160,800 - $260,150
Principal Engineer, Salesforce
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Nov 2024
$161k - $260k
$160,800 - $260,150
Principal Engineer, FullStack
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Dec 2024
$141k - $229k
$141,400 - $228,800
Principal Software Engineer
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Nov 2024
$191k - $260k
$191,360 - $260,000
Principal Software Engineer - Compute Engine
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Sep 2024
$180k - $260k
$180,000 - $260,000
Sr. Staff Systems Engineer, Fly-by-Wire (SJ2024YB)
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Oct 2024
$245k - $269k
$244,860 - $269,346
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Product
United States
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Dec 2024
$246k
$246,000
Principal Architect
Remote
·20+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Nov 2024
$250k - $350k
$250,000 - $350,000
Principal Engineer
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Dec 2024
$200k - $250k
$200,000 - $250,000
Principal SRE Engineer / SRE Architect
United States
·5+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Aug 2024
$175k - $225k
$175,000 - $225,000
Senior Staff Software Design Engineer (Cloud - IAM, AuthN/Z
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$210k - $265k
$210,000 - $265,000
Staff / Tech Lead - Distributed Systems Software Engineer
United States
$200k - $250k
$200,000 - $250,000
Staff / Tech Lead - Distributed Systems Software Engineer
Remote
$200k - $250k
$200,000 - $250,000
Senior Staff Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Tech Lead
Columbia
$200k - $250k
$200,000 - $250,000
Senior Staff Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Tech Lead
Columbia
$200k - $250k
$200,000 - $250,000
Senior Staff Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Tech Lead
Vancouver
$200k - $250k
$200,000 - $250,000
Senior Staff Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Tech Lead
Remote
$200k - $250k
$200,000 - $250,000
Senior Staff Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Tech Lead
Vancouver
$200k - $250k
$200,000 - $250,000
Senior Staff Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Tech Lead
Columbia
$200k - $250k
$200,000 - $250,000
Staff Software Design Engineer
Remote
$170k - $240k
$170,000 - $240,000
Staff Software Design Engineer
United States
$170k - $240k
$170,000 - $240,000
Staff Software Design Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure
United States
·10+ Years Experience
$175k - $225k
$175,000 - $225,000
Staff Software Design Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
$175k - $225k
$175,000 - $225,000
Principal Engineer
Palo Alto
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jan 2025
$200k - $250k
$200,000 - $250,000
Level Comparison
Level | Sample Size | Low | Mid | High | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IC1 Entry 0-1 YOE Contributes to smaller projects under detailed guidance. | Large 98 Data Points | $110,000 | $129,250 | $148,500 | ||
IC2 Developing 2-4 YOE Contributes to projects under general guidance. Skills are relatively developed with room for growth. | Very Large 561 Data Points | $122,160 | $142,455 | $162,750 | ||
IC3 Proficient 5-7 YOE Owns specific projects and requires minimal guidance. Skills are fully developed. | Very Large 769 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 1,618 Data Points | $149,352 | $169,676 | $190,000 | ||
IC5 Expert 12+ YOE A very experienced team member who leads large, high-priority projects that impact company-level goals. | Very Large 513 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 422 Data Points | $180,000 | $208,750 | $237,500 | ||
M3 Manager Directly supervises a team of individual contributors and is accountable for their results. | Very Large 304 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 185 Data Points | $175,000 | $205,490 | $235,980 | ||
M5 Director Oversees managers or leads their own department. Responsible for vision, strategy, hiring, and results. | Very Large 140 Data Points | $205,000 | $240,500 | $276,000 | ||
M6 Sr. Director Manages senior leaders in various groups. Responsible for a business function. | Small 18 Data Points | $196,000 | $242,813 | $289,625 |

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