Principal Engineer Jobs
Principal Engineer roles represent the top of the individual contributor or management ladder. These positions combine deep technical expertise with organizational influence, commanding $200k–$350k+ in total compensation at leading tech companies.
Salary Range
$63k – $282k
Top Companies
Oracle, Peraton, Amtrak, ITL USA, Capital One, Tata Consultancy Services +41 more
Job Types
88% Full Time, 10% Contract, 2% Part Time
Top Locations
CA, Washington, Baltimore, Maryland, New York
Work Model
88% On-Site, 12% Hybrid
Experience Levels
34% Lead, 26% Staff, 22% manager
We found 3,428 principal engineer jobs currently hiring in locations including CA, Washington, Baltimore, Maryland. Salaries range from $63k to $282k based on experience, location, and company size. Work arrangements include On-Site (88%), Hybrid (12%). Top employers include Oracle, Peraton, Amtrak and 44 other companies.
Companies Hiring for Principal Engineer Jobs
+41 more companies hiring. Sign up to see all.
Career Path & Salary Progression
Lead
$90k–$130k
17 jobs
Staff
Salary varies
13 jobs
Director+
Salary varies
1 job
Latest Jobs Added
Also searching for: sde, swe, developer, programmer, software engineer, software developer
451–500 of 3,428 jobs
Lead SAP S4 MDG Consultant
ITL USA·US
Principal Software Engineer (Full stack)
Oracle·Washington, District of Columbia, US
Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Java, Python, AWS)
Capital One·McLean, Virginia, US
AWS NodeJS Tech lead
Tata Consultancy Services·CA
Senior Product Manager | Canada | Remote New Canada (Remote)
Grafana Labs·New Canada, Nova Scotia, CA
Lead Azure Data Scientist (AI/ML & Agentic AI)
STAFFWORXS·Coquitlam, British Columbia, CA
ETL Developer
Leidos·Ashburn, Virginia, US
Cloud Data Engineer
ECS·Fairfax, Virginia, US
Cloud Platform Engineer, Onsite
Govcio LLC
Data Engineer, Sr. Principal
Waters Corporation·Mississauga, Ontario, CA
Lead Data Engineer / SME
Peraton·Fort Meade, Maryland, US
Gen AI Developer with Python for Reston VA
Hexaware Technologies, Inc
Senior Tech Project Manager
Bank of Montreal·CA
Staff Mobile Engineer, Instrumentation SDK (Remote)
Grafana·CA
Lead AI Engineer (Cloud, Machine Learning)
InterEx Group
Lead Full Stack Engineer with Security Clearance
Oteemo Inc.·Baltimore, Maryland, US
Lead Software Engineer -Java Backend Engineer | Hoboken, NJ, USA
JPMorgan Chase & Co.·Hoboken, New Jersey, US
Staff Base Software Engineer – OS & Middleware (Telematics)
Pi Square Technologies·Detroit, Michigan, US
Lead Backend Engineer
Virtual Vocations Inc·Brooklyn, New York, US
Software Engineer, Backend, Level 4
Snap, Inc.·Seattle, Washington, US
Lead PHP Developer
ATS Software·CA
Director, Technology Program Management Jobs
Peraton·Chantilly, Virginia, US
Fleet Data Analyst
DASH·Alexandria, Virginia, US
Technical Project/Program Management - Technical Program Manager II
confidential·Burlingame, California, US
Product Manager, Advanced Analytics,
Tim Hortons·CA
Senior Digital Product Manager
Walmart·Scottsdale, Arizona, US
AI-Driven Platform Engineering Leader; Equity + PTO
RPM Freight Systems
Senior Technical Product Manager II(CCaaS)
Bell Canada·New Brunswick, CA
Product Manager, Platform & Services
Proof·Toronto, Ontario, CA
Staff Backend Engineer (SGAI and SSAI) (Toronto)
Fox Corporation
Lead Product Designer
Ford Motor Company·Montpelier, Vermont, US
Principal Frontend Engineer - Remote
Veradigm·Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Director of Data Platform Engineering (26-27)
IDEA Public Schools·Houston, Texas, US
Lead Node.js Developer
SESHENG LLC·New York, New York, US
Business Program Manager (Johns Hopkins Data Science & AI Institute)
Inside Higher Ed·Baltimore, Maryland, US
Principal Data Product Manager
Equinix·CA
Senior Product Manager, Production Planning
Kinaxis Inc.·Ottawa, Ontario, CA
Information Technology Program Manager
Delpath·CA
Principal Network Engineer
Oracle·Wyoming, Delaware, US
Lead Network Engineer; TS/SCI Transport & Cloud
Relha LLC·Springfield, Virginia, US
Staff Machine Learning & Intelligent Automation Engineer
Niagara Bottling·Diamond Bar, California, US
Lead Power BI Data Analyst - Washington DC, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Chicago
Amtrak·Washington, District of Columbia, US
Lead Power BI Data Analyst - Washington DC, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Chicago
Amtrak·Wilmington, Delaware, US
Principal Network Security Engineer; Cloud
Calix·CA
Staff Software Engineer
Confluent·Victoria, British Columbia, CA
Principal User Experience Designer
Autodesk Canada Co.·CA
Staff Infrastructure Engineer 22
Fieldguide ai·Maine, US
Staff Software Developer (Full Stack)
Warner Bros. Discovery·Ottawa, Ontario, CA
Lead Node.js Developer
Jobs via Dice·New York, New York, US
Lead ML Platform Engineer
Royal Bank of Canada·Calgary, Alberta, CA