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Principal Software Engineer

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$185,000

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Iron Health

2 Job Posts

$140k - $190k

$140,000 - $190,000

Principal Software Development Engineer

Seattle

6+ Years Experience

$140k - $200k

$140,000 - $200,000

Principal Software Development Engineer

Washington

6+ Years Experience

$140k - $180k

$140,000 - $180,000

Level

2 Job Posts

$130k - $190k

$130,000 - $190,000

Principal Front-End Engineer

Chicago

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10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: May 2025

Inactive

$130k - $190k

$130,000 - $190,000

Principal Software Engineer

Chicago

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8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Aug 2025

Inactive

$130k - $190k

$130,000 - $190,000

Sonos

1 Job Post

$185k

$185,000

Principal Wi-Fi Driver/Firmware Engineer

Seattle

10+ Years Experience

$185k

$185,000

The Wild

3 Job Posts

$132k - $181k

$131,500 - $180,840

Principal Software Engineer

United States

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jan 2025

Inactive

$141k - $229k

$141,400 - $228,800

Principal Backend Engineer

Remote

·

5+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jan 2025

Inactive

$132k - $181k

$131,500 - $180,840

Principal Software Engineer (Back-End)

Vancouver

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Last Posted: Jan 2025

Inactive

$132k - $181k

$131,500 - $180,840

Design Pickle

1 Job Post

$160k - $180k

$160,000 - $180,000

Remote Principal Software Engineer

Scottsdale

7+ Years Experience

$160k - $180k

$160,000 - $180,000

Collective Medical Technologies

1 Job Post

$154k - $171k

$153,500 - $170,600

Principal Software Engineer

Mississauga

·

Last Posted: Jun 2025

Inactive

$154k - $171k

$153,500 - $170,600

Proprio Vision

1 Job Post

$150k - $170k

$150,000 - $170,000

Principal Software Quality Engineer

Seattle

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Aug 2025

Inactive

$150k - $170k

$150,000 - $170,000

Feathr

1 Job Post

$145k - $165k

$145,000 - $165,000

Principal Backend Engineer

Remote

·

6+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: May 2025

Inactive

$145k - $165k

$145,000 - $165,000

Correlation One

2 Job Posts

$90k - $115k

$90,000 - $115,000

Principal Software Engineer

Remote

12+ Years Experience

$90k - $115k

$90,000 - $115,000

Principal Software Engineer

New York City

12+ Years Experience

$90k - $115k

$90,000 - $115,000

Gilt Groupe

1 Job Post

$105k

$105,000

Principal Software Engineer

Ireland

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5+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Dec 2024

Inactive

$105k

$105,000

Visor

1 Job Post

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer, Full-Stack - Application Engineering

New York City

5+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Verizon

1 Job Post

N/A

N/A

Principal Engineer-iOS App Dev

Chennai

4+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Udemy

1 Job Post

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer

Ankara

10+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

TripConnect

2 Job Posts

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer

London

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

N/A

N/A

Third Pole

2 Job Posts

N/A

N/A

Principal Software Engineer - Embedded

Waltham

10+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Waltham

10+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

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