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$250k+ Principal Engineer Jobs

These $250k+ principal engineer positions offer $250k+ in total compensation. High-paying roles require strong experience and specialized skills, but reward top talent with premium compensation packages.

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Salary Range

$202k$363k

Top Companies

Cloudflare, Samsara, Databricks, Stripe, OpenAI (Ashby), Robinhood +1 more

Job Types

100% Full Time

Top Locations

New York City

Work Model

74% Hybrid, 18% On-Site, 8% Remote

Experience Levels

62% manager, 26% principal, 10% Staff

We found 3,152 $250k+ principal engineer jobs currently hiring in locations including New York City. Salaries range from $202k to $363k based on experience, location, and company size. Work arrangements include Hybrid (74%), On-Site (18%), Remote (8%). Top employers include Cloudflare, Samsara, Databricks and 4 other companies.

Skills in Demand for $250k+ Principal Engineer Jobs

SurgeryCloudflarePythonTypeScriptCPostgreSQLComplianceRust

Common Tools & Technologies

JiraConfluenceSplunkKafkaSalesforceExcel

Companies Hiring for $250k+ Principal Engineer Jobs

Cloudflare43 jobs
Samsara2 jobs
Databricks1 job
Stripe1 job
OpenAI (Ashby)1 job
Robinhood1 job

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Career Path & Salary Progression

Lead

Salary varies

1 job

Staff

Salary varies

5 jobs

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Senior Program Manager, Talent & Leadership Development

Databricks·Mountain View, California; New York City, New York; San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; Washington, D.C.

Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Program Manager, Alliances & Channels

Stripe·Chicago, ATL, US-Remote

Full TimemanagerRemote
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Samsara·Remote - Canada

Full TimestaffRemote
Full Timestaff
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4w ago
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Samsara·Remote - US

Full TimestaffRemote
Full Timestaff
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4w ago
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Product Marketing Manager, Frontier

OpenAI (Ashby)·Remote - US

Full TimeprincipalRemote
Full Timeprincipal
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4w ago
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Staff Software Developer, Security

Robinhood·Toronto, Canada

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4w ago
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Lead Full Stack Engineer, Partner Ecosystem

Alloy·New York City

Full Timelead
Full Timelead
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4w ago
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Senior Solutions Engineering Manager - Mid Atlantic

Cloudflare·Distributed

Full Timemanager
$233k – $285kFull Timemanager
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4w ago
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Software Engineering Manager, AI Agents

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Solutions Engineering Manager, Commercial - West

Cloudflare·Distributed

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Senior Technical Program Manager, Detections & Response

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Senior Solutions Engineering Manager, West

Cloudflare·Distributed

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Senior Technical Program Manager, Compliance

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Solutions Engineering Manager,

Cloudflare·Distributed

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Senior Technical Program Manager

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Senior Solutions Engineering Manager

Cloudflare·Distributed

Full Timemanager
$233k – $285kFull Timemanager
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4w ago
C

Senior IT Product Manager, Product & Pricing

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Senior Product Manager, Cloudflare Realtime

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Senior Product Manager, AI Agents Platform

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
$202k – $246kFull Timemanager
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4w ago
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Senior Product Manager, Growth and Adoption (Dashboard)

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
C

Senior Product Manager, Infrastructure Lifecycle

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Resident Consultant, Professional Services

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timestaff
Full Timestaff
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4w ago
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Senior/Product Manager, Cloudflare Workers

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Senior Product Manager, Application Performance

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Senior or Principal Pricing Manager

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timeprincipal
Full Timeprincipal
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4w ago
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Senior Engineering Manager, Billing

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
C

Senior Product Manager; Load Balancing

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Senior/Product Manager, Workers KV and D1

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Sales Director, US Majors Heartland

Cloudflare·Distributed

Full Timestaff
Full Timestaff
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4w ago
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Senior/Principal Systems Engineer, Workers AI (AI/ML)

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timeprincipal
Full Timeprincipal
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4w ago
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Product Manager, FinTech

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Principal Partner Global Account Manager, GSI's

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timeprincipal
Full Timeprincipal
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4w ago
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Engineering Manager, Workers

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Engineering Manager, Product Growth and Experimentation

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Product Manager

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Principal Systems Engineer, Data

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timeprincipal
Full Timeprincipal
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4w ago
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(Principal) Solutions Architect, AI/Cloudflare Developer Platform

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timeprincipal
Full Timeprincipal
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4w ago
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Principal Technical Engagement Manager

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timeprincipal
Full Timeprincipal
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4w ago
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Principal VM Engineer – Workers Runtime Team

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timeprincipal
Full Timeprincipal
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4w ago
C

Principal Software Engineer, Identity Access Management

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timeprincipal
Full Timeprincipal
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4w ago
C

Principal Software Engineer

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timeprincipal
Full Timeprincipal
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4w ago
C

Principal People Team Business Partner - R&D

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timeprincipal
Full Timeprincipal
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4w ago
C

Principal Partner Account Manager, Pacific Northwest

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timeprincipal
$297k – $363kFull Timeprincipal
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4w ago
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Engineering Manager, Data Center and Network Infrastructure Operations

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Engineering Manager - Queues

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
C

Engineering Manager - Cloudforce One

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Engineering Manager, Durable Objects

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Engineering Manager, Logs

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Product Manager, Cloudflare Radar

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timemanager
Full Timemanager
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4w ago
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Principal Partner Global Account Manager, Technology Alliances

Cloudflare·Hybrid

Full Timeprincipal
Full Timeprincipal
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