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Principal Engineer

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$179,000

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$209,500

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$240,000

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dotloop

1 Job Post

$187k - $298k

$186,700 - $298,300

Principal Applications Engineer

Remote

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Oct 2024

Inactive

$187k - $298k

$186,700 - $298,300

Shield AI

2 Job Posts

$198k - $297k

$197,920 - $296,879

Principal Engineer, Hivemind Foundations (R3002)

San Diego

15+ Years Experience

$203k - $305k

$203,280 - $304,920

Principal Engineer, Aero-Performance

Dallas

·

15+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Feb 2025

Inactive

$193k - $289k

$192,559 - $288,838

PixelFactory.ai

2 Job Posts

$198k - $297k

$197,920 - $296,879

Principal Engineer, Hivemind Foundations (R3002)

San Diego

15+ Years Experience

$203k - $305k

$203,280 - $304,920

Principal Engineer, Aero-Performance

Dallas

·

15+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Feb 2025

Inactive

$193k - $289k

$192,559 - $288,838

Ripple

4 Job Posts

$236k - $295k

$236,000 - $295,000

Principal Engineer

New York City

12+ Years Experience

$236k - $295k

$236,000 - $295,000

Principal Engineer

Toronto

12+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Engineer

London

12+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Engineer

Canada

12+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

LeafLink

1 Job Post

$230k - $295k

$230,000 - $295,000

Principal Engineer, Core Services

Remote

·

15+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Mar 2024

Inactive

$230k - $295k

$230,000 - $295,000

Arkose Labs

1 Job Post

$250k - $290k

$250,000 - $290,000

Principal Engineer

San Mateo

15+ Years Experience

$250k - $290k

$250,000 - $290,000

PayPal

2 Job Posts

$119k - $287k

$118,700 - $287,100

Principal Engineer

United States

10+ Years Experience

$119k - $287k

$118,700 - $287,100

Principal Engineer

Los Angeles

10+ Years Experience

$119k - $287k

$118,700 - $287,100

Workiva

1 Job Post

$177k - $284k

$177,000 - $284,000

Principal Engineer - Automation & Connectivity

Remote

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Feb 2025

Inactive

$177k - $284k

$177,000 - $284,000

Synack

1 Job Post

$200k - $280k

$200,000 - $280,000

Principal Engineer

San Francisco

·

15+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2024

Inactive

$200k - $280k

$200,000 - $280,000

Vectra

3 Job Posts

$155k - $280k

$155,000 - $280,000

Principal Systems Engineer

Remote

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Nov 2024

Inactive

$155k - $280k

$155,000 - $280,000

Principal Systems Engineer

San Jose

8+ Years Experience

$155k - $280k

$155,000 - $280,000

Principal Engineer

Austin

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Mar 2024

Inactive

$180k - $220k

$180,000 - $220,000

JUUL

1 Job Post

$188k - $273k

$188,000 - $273,000

Principal Firmware Engineer

United States

·

1+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jan 2025

Inactive

$188k - $273k

$188,000 - $273,000

DocuSign

8 Job Posts

$172k - $252k

$171,950 - $251,875

Principal Engineer - Identity

San Francisco

15+ Years Experience

$178k - $292k

$178,300 - $292,175

Principal Engineer - Identity

California

15+ Years Experience

$178k - $292k

$178,300 - $292,175

Principal Engineer - Identity

New York City

15+ Years Experience

$178k - $252k

$178,300 - $251,875

Principal Engineer - Identity

Washington

15+ Years Experience

$166k - $252k

$165,600 - $251,875

Principal Engineer - Identity

Seattle

15+ Years Experience

$166k - $252k

$165,600 - $251,875

Principal Engineer - Identity

Colorado

15+ Years Experience

$166k - $234k

$165,600 - $233,850

Principal Engineer - Identity

United States

15+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Engineer - Identity

Remote

15+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Hedvig

2 Job Posts

$125k - $250k

$125,250 - $250,150

Principal Technologist

Remote

·

15-20 Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jun 2024

Inactive

$166k - $288k

$165,500 - $287,500

Principal Engineer

Remote

·

12+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jan 2025

Inactive

$85k - $213k

$85,000 - $212,800

Forward Networks

1 Job Post

$240k - $250k

$240,000 - $250,000

Principal Engineer

Santa Clara

·

Last Posted: Jun 2024

Inactive

$240k - $250k

$240,000 - $250,000

Zeta Global

1 Job Post

$200k - $250k

$200,000 - $250,000

Principal Engineer

United States

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Dec 2024

Inactive

$200k - $250k

$200,000 - $250,000

AiDash

1 Job Post

$200k - $250k

$200,000 - $250,000

Principal Engineer

Palo Alto

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jan 2025

Inactive

$200k - $250k

$200,000 - $250,000

Movable Ink

1 Job Post

$220k - $240k

$220,000 - $240,000

Principal Infrastructure Engineer

Remote

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Dec 2024

Inactive

$220k - $240k

$220,000 - $240,000

Astera Labs

6 Job Posts

$160k - $240k

$160,000 - $240,000

Principal Silicon Technologist

Santa Clara

10+ Years Experience

$160k - $240k

$160,000 - $240,000

Principal Lab Validation Engineer

Santa Clara

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jun 2024

Inactive

$160k - $240k

$160,000 - $240,000

Principal IT Engineer

Santa Clara

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Aug 2024

Inactive

$160k - $240k

$160,000 - $240,000

Principal Firmware Engineer

Santa Clara

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jan 2025

Inactive

$160k - $240k

$160,000 - $240,000

Principal Firmware Engineer

Santa Clara

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Feb 2025

Inactive

$160k - $240k

$160,000 - $240,000

Principal Lab Validation Engineer

Santa Clara

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jan 2025

Inactive

$160k - $240k

$160,000 - $240,000

Aporeto

2 Job Posts

$147k - $238k

$147,000 - $237,500

Principal Engineer - Core Engineering (Full Stack Developer, SRE/DevOps)

United States

·

Last Posted: Feb 2025

Inactive

$147k - $238k

$147,000 - $237,500

Principal Engineer - Core Engineering (Full Stack Developer, DevOps)

United States

$147k - $238k

$147,000 - $237,500

DriveWealth

1 Job Post

$220k - $235k

$220,000 - $235,000

Principal Engineer, Platform

United States

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Mar 2024

Inactive

$220k - $235k

$220,000 - $235,000

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