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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

$125k$175k

Top Companies

Duolingo, Airbnb, Reddit, Databricks, ALT TEX, Dropbox +13 more

Job Types

100% Full Time

Top Locations

US Remote, San Francisco, (U.S.), Boston, MA | Chicago, IL | Milwaukee, WI | San Francisco, CA | New York, NY | Denver

Work Model

78% On-Site, 18% Remote, 4% Hybrid

Experience Levels

48% Staff, 46% manager, 6% principal

We found 3,123 $250k+ principal engineer jobs currently hiring in locations including US Remote, San Francisco, (U.S.). Salaries range from $125k to $175k based on experience, location, and company size. Work arrangements include On-Site (78%), Remote (18%), Hybrid (4%). Top employers include Duolingo, Airbnb, Reddit and 16 other companies.

Skills in Demand for $250k+ Principal Engineer Jobs

SurgeryFinancial ModelingCredit AnalysisInsurance UnderwritingUX DesignUI DesignPythonAWS

Common Tools & Technologies

NotionExcelGitGradlePagerDuty

Companies Hiring for $250k+ Principal Engineer Jobs

Duolingo19 jobs
Airbnb4 jobs
Reddit4 jobs
Databricks3 jobs
ALT TEX3 jobs
Dropbox2 jobs

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Corporate Development Deal Lead

Toast·Boston

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Engineering Manager, Golden Path

Lyft·San Francisco, CA

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Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Databricks·San Francisco, California

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Senior Product Manager- Pricing

ALT TEX·Remote

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Senior Product Manager- Credit, Cash Advance & Lending

ALT TEX·Remote

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Staff Machine Learning Engineer

ALT TEX·US Remote

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Manager, Supply Acquisition (New York City/San Francisco)

Airbnb·United States

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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Consumer)

Coinbase·Remote - USA

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Principal Engineer, Authentication

Databricks·Bellevue, Washington; Seattle, Washington

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Principal Engineer, Authentication

Databricks·Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California

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Senior Engineering Manager, Core Mobile Experience

Dropbox·Remote - Canada: Select locations

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Senior Engineering Manager, Core Mobile Experience

Dropbox·Remote - US: Select locations

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Strategy and Business Growth Lead, Experiences

Airbnb·Rome, Italy

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Member of Technical Staff (SRE)

Cockroach Labs·New York, NY

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Strategy and Business Growth Lead, Experiences

Airbnb·London, United Kingdom

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Engineering Manager

Outschool·San Francisco

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Staff Reliability Engineer - Robinhood Command Center

Robinhood·New York, NY

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Senior Product Manager, In-App Purchases

Duolingo·New York, NY

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Engineering Manager, Machine Learning

Reddit·San Francisco, CA

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Engineering Manager

Reddit·San Francisco, CA

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Manager, Mid-Market Sales (Client Account Executives)

Reddit·San Francisco, CA

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Manager, Mid-Market Sales (Client Account Executives)

Reddit·New York City, NY

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Staff Technical Program Manager

Robinhood·Menlo Park, CA; New York, NY

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Sr Staff Software Engineer, Entity Management

Gusto·San Francisco, CA

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Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Communication & Connectivity

Airbnb·Remote - USA

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Senior Engineering Manager

CaptivateIQ·Menlo Park, California

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Senior Product Manager, Learning

Duolingo·New York, NY

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Staff Data Scientist, Forecasting in Monetization

Duolingo·New York, NY

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Senior Product Manager, Math

Duolingo·New York, NY

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Staff Product Designer

Duolingo·New York, NY

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Senior Product Manager, Math

Duolingo·Seattle, WA

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Senior Product Manager, Score

Duolingo·New York, NY

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Staff Data Scientist, New Subjects

Duolingo·Pittsburgh, PA

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Staff Android Engineer, Client Architecture

Duolingo·New York, NY

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Staff Product Designer

Duolingo·Pittsburgh, PA

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Staff iOS Engineer, App Builds

Duolingo·New York, NY

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Senior Scaling Operations Program Manager

Duolingo·New York, NY

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Senior Scaling Operations Program Manager

Duolingo·Pittsburgh, PA

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Senior Product Manager, Score

Duolingo·Pittsburgh, PA

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Engineering Manager, Chess

Duolingo·New York, NY

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Senior Product Manager, Ads

Duolingo·New York, NY

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Ad Sales Lead

Duolingo·New York, NY

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Senior Platform Engineering Manager

Duolingo·Pittsburgh, PA

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Senior Product Manager, Learning

Duolingo·Pittsburgh, PA

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Principal Software Engineer - AI Tooling & Adoption

Fivetran·Oakland, California, United States, AMER

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Staff Software Engineer, Risk Engineering

The Flex Company·Remote (U.S.)

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Sales Director – Global Value

Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. Class A Common Stock·Boston, MA | Chicago, IL | Milwaukee, WI | San Francisco, CA | New York, NY | Denver, CO

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M&A Finance Integration Lead

OpenAI (Ashby)·San Francisco

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Principal Product Manager, Growth

PagerDuty·Remote (USA)

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Database Reliability Engineer IV

PagerDuty·Atlanta

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