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IC6 - Advisory
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$180,000
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$208,500
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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 Software Engineer
Remote
·Last Posted: Jul 2024
$228k - $285k
$228,000 - $285,000
Principal Software Engineer- Federation
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2024
$196k - $245k
$196,000 - $245,000
Principal Engineer, Autonomy Integration (R2419-2420)
San Diego
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Aug 2024
$238k - $357k
$238,256 - $357,384
Principal Systems Engineer, Cloud Architecture (R3366)
San Diego
·12+ Years Experience
$220k - $330k
$220,000 - $330,000
Principal Engineer Full Stack Developer (Remote) (R#3345)
San Diego
·5+ Years Experience
$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
$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
Staff Engineer, Systems Software Test (R2646)
San Diego
·7+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2024
$139k - $209k
$139,310 - $208,965
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
Principal Software Engineer - Storage
Shenzhen
·5+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Senior Architect - Echtra Games, ARPG (Unreal Engine 5)
Canada
·6+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2024
$130k - $260k
$130,000 - $260,000
Principal Gameplay Engineer
Republic of India
N/A
N/A
Principal Gameplay Engineer
State of Israel
N/A
N/A
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, Backend (EMR)
Remote
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2024
$200k - $250k
$200,000 - $250,000
Principal Engineer
Palo Alto
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jan 2025
$200k - $250k
$200,000 - $250,000
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
$186k - $258k
$186,100 - $257,500
Principal Software Engineer
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2025
$181k - $250k
$180,600 - $250,000
Principal Software Engineer, Servicing Core Platform
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2024
$181k - $250k
$180,600 - $250,000
Principal Software Engineer, Small Dollar Loans
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Nov 2024
$181k - $250k
$180,600 - $250,000
Principal DevOps Engineer
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Oct 2024
$181k - $250k
$180,600 - $250,000
Architect, Front End
Remote
·Last Posted: Feb 2025
$175k - $250k
$175,000 - $250,000
Sr/Lead/Principal Front-End Engineer
Remote
·Last Posted: Jun 2024
$150k - $250k
$150,000 - $250,000
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 644 Data Points | $121,600 | $140,800 | $160,000 | |
IC3 Proficient 5-7 YOE Owns specific projects and requires minimal guidance. Skills are fully developed. | Very Large 878 Data Points | $128,350 | $149,125 | $169,900 | |
IC4 Advanced 8-11 YOE Owns complex projects and drives their direction. Displays in-depth and broad skills and expertise. | Very Large 1,809 Data Points | $149,781 | $169,891 | $190,000 | |
IC5 Expert 12+ YOE A very experienced team member who leads large, high-priority projects that impact company-level goals. | Very Large 594 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 482 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 348 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 216 Data Points | $175,000 | $205,580 | $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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