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Principal Software Engineer

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$180,000

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$210,000

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$240,000

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Volterra

3 Job Posts

$182k - $273k

$181,774 - $272,660

Principal Software Engineer

San Jose

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: May 2025

Inactive

$200k - $300k

$199,952 - $299,928

Software Architect

Seattle

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12+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Sep 2024

Inactive

$182k - $273k

$181,774 - $272,660

Principal Software Engineer

Seattle

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10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Mar 2025

Inactive

$182k - $273k

$181,774 - $272,660

Illumina

1 Job Post

$180k - $270k

$180,100 - $270,100

Principal Software Engineer (Technical Lead)

San Diego

15+ Years Experience

$180k - $270k

$180,100 - $270,100

Whyline

3 Job Posts

$230k - $270k

$230,000 - $270,000

Principal Engineer, Fullstack

New York City

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10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Mar 2025

Inactive

$230k - $270k

$230,000 - $270,000

Principal Engineer, Fullstack

New York City

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10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: May 2025

Inactive

$230k - $270k

$230,000 - $270,000

Principal Engineer, Java

New York City

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10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jun 2025

Inactive

$230k - $270k

$230,000 - $270,000

CLEAR

3 Job Posts

$230k - $270k

$230,000 - $270,000

Principal Engineer, Fullstack

New York City

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10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Mar 2025

Inactive

$230k - $270k

$230,000 - $270,000

Principal Engineer, Fullstack

New York City

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: May 2025

Inactive

$230k - $270k

$230,000 - $270,000

Principal Engineer, Java

New York City

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jun 2025

Inactive

$230k - $270k

$230,000 - $270,000

Smartsheet

2 Job Posts

$200k - $270k

$200,000 - $270,000

Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack - Content (Remote Eligible)

United States

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10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Nov 2024

Inactive

$200k - $270k

$200,000 - $270,000

Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack (Remote Eligible)

United States

10+ Years Experience

$200k - $270k

$200,000 - $270,000

Brandfolder

3 Job Posts

$200k - $270k

$200,000 - $270,000

Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack - Content (Remote Eligible)

United States

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Nov 2024

Inactive

$200k - $270k

$200,000 - $270,000

Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack (Remote Eligible)

United States

10+ Years Experience

$200k - $270k

$200,000 - $270,000

Principal Software Engineer, Front End - Collaboration (Remote Eligible)

United States

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jun 2025

Inactive

$200k - $253k

$200,000 - $252,500

Yurts Technologies Inc

1 Job Post

$222k - $269k

$222,000 - $269,000

Principal Software Engineer - Core Platform

San Francisco

·

12+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2024

Inactive

$222k - $269k

$222,000 - $269,000

ServiceTitan

7 Job Posts

$178k - $268k

$178,000 - $268,000

Principal Software Engineer

Remote

·

15-20 Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2025

Inactive

$200k - $300k

$200,000 - $300,000

Principal Software Engineer

Remote

·

15-20 Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Nov 2024

Inactive

$205k - $294k

$205,000 - $294,000

Principal Software Engineer

Columbia

·

15-20 Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2025

Inactive

$178k - $268k

$178,000 - $268,000

Principal Software Engineer

Columbia

·

15-20 Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2025

Inactive

$178k - $268k

$178,000 - $268,000

Principal Software Engineer

Columbia

·

15-20 Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2025

Inactive

$178k - $268k

$178,000 - $268,000

Principal Software Engineer

Canada

·

15-20 Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2025

Inactive

$178k - $268k

$178,000 - $268,000

Principal Software Engineer

Remote

·

15-20 Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2025

Inactive

$182k - $262k

$182,000 - $262,000

Aspire Software

7 Job Posts

$178k - $268k

$178,000 - $268,000

Principal Software Engineer

Remote

·

15-20 Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2025

Inactive

$200k - $300k

$200,000 - $300,000

Principal Software Engineer

Remote

·

15-20 Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Nov 2024

Inactive

$205k - $294k

$205,000 - $294,000

Principal Software Engineer

Canada

·

15-20 Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2025

Inactive

$178k - $268k

$178,000 - $268,000

Principal Software Engineer

Columbia

·

15-20 Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2025

Inactive

$178k - $268k

$178,000 - $268,000

Principal Software Engineer

Columbia

·

15-20 Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2025

Inactive

$178k - $268k

$178,000 - $268,000

Principal Software Engineer

Columbia

·

15-20 Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2025

Inactive

$178k - $268k

$178,000 - $268,000

Principal Software Engineer

Remote

·

15-20 Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2025

Inactive

$182k - $262k

$182,000 - $262,000

Precision Medicine Group LLC

1 Job Post

$178k - $267k

$178,216 - $267,324

Principal Software Engineer

Remote

·

12+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Apr 2025

Inactive

$178k - $267k

$178,216 - $267,324

Microsoft

9 Job Posts

$138k - $267k

$137,600 - $267,000

Principal Software Engineer

United States

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Dec 2024

Inactive

$162k - $286k

$161,600 - $286,200

Principal Software Engineer - Azure Storage

United States

·

12+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Aug 2024

Inactive

$162k - $286k

$161,600 - $286,200

Principal Software Engineer

United States

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2024

Inactive

$138k - $267k

$137,600 - $267,000

Principal Software Engineer

United States

·

6+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Dec 2024

Inactive

$138k - $267k

$137,600 - $267,000

Principal Software Engineer

United States

·

6+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Aug 2024

Inactive

$138k - $267k

$137,600 - $267,000

Principal Software Engineer

United States

·

6+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Sep 2024

Inactive

$138k - $267k

$137,600 - $267,000

Principal Software Engineer

United States

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Oct 2024

Inactive

$138k - $267k

$137,600 - $267,000

Principal Software Engineer-CTJ - TS/SCI

United States

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Feb 2025

Inactive

$138k - $267k

$137,600 - $267,000

Principal Software Engineer

United States

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Mar 2025

Inactive

$138k - $267k

$137,600 - $267,000

StarTree

1 Job Post

$267k

$266,926

Principal Software Engineers

Remote

5+ Years Experience

$267k

$266,926

PlanGrid

3 Job Posts

$161k - $260k

$160,800 - $260,150

Principal Engineer, Salesforce

United States

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Nov 2024

Inactive

$161k - $260k

$160,800 - $260,150

Senior Principal Software Engineer

United States

·

Last Posted: Jul 2024

Inactive

$161k - $260k

$160,800 - $260,150

Principal Engineer, FullStack

United States

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Dec 2024

Inactive

$141k - $229k

$141,400 - $228,800

ngrok

1 Job Post

$191k - $260k

$191,360 - $260,000

Principal Software Engineer

United States

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Nov 2024

Inactive

$191k - $260k

$191,360 - $260,000

PingCAP

1 Job Post

$180k - $260k

$180,000 - $260,000

Principal Software Engineer - Compute Engine

Remote

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Sep 2024

Inactive

$180k - $260k

$180,000 - $260,000

Varo Money

2 Job Posts

$210k - $250k

$210,000 - $250,000

Principal Software Engineer

San Francisco

·

15+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: May 2025

Inactive

$220k - $260k

$220,000 - $260,000

Principal Front End Engineer, React Native

Remote

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Aug 2024

Inactive

$200k - $240k

$200,000 - $240,000

Upstart

3 Job Posts

$181k - $250k

$180,600 - $250,000

Principal Software Engineer

Remote

10+ Years Experience

$186k - $258k

$186,100 - $257,500

Principal Software Engineer

Remote

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jun 2025

Inactive

$181k - $250k

$180,600 - $250,000

Principal Software Engineer, Small Dollar Loans

Remote

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Nov 2024

Inactive

$181k - $250k

$180,600 - $250,000

Pandora

1 Job Post

$162k - $250k

$162,400 - $250,000

Senior Principal Software Engineer

New York City

·

15+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Nov 2024

Inactive

$162k - $250k

$162,400 - $250,000

OpenX

1 Job Post

$230k - $245k

$229,500 - $245,000

Principal Software Engineer

Los Angeles

·

7+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Apr 2025

Inactive

$230k - $245k

$229,500 - $245,000

Fastly

1 Job Post

$196k - $245k

$195,720 - $244,640

Principal Software Engineer

San Francisco

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Oct 2024

Inactive

$196k - $245k

$195,720 - $244,640

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