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
$83k – $359k
Top Companies
Capital One, Twitch, Helion Energy, OpenAI (Ashby), Jobber, Kinaxis Inc. +40 more
Job Types
98% Full Time, 2% Contract
Top Locations
Toronto, Ontario, Everett, Kitchener, Ontario, CA
Work Model
72% On-Site, 18% Remote, 10% Hybrid
Experience Levels
50% manager, 16% Staff, 12% Director+
We found 3,517 principal engineer jobs currently hiring in locations including Toronto, Ontario, Everett, Kitchener, Ontario. Salaries range from $83k to $359k based on experience, location, and company size. Work arrangements include On-Site (72%), Remote (18%), Hybrid (10%). Top employers include Capital One, Twitch, Helion Energy and 43 other companies.
Skills in Demand for Principal Engineer Jobs
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Companies Hiring for Principal Engineer Jobs
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Career Path & Salary Progression
Lead
$190k–$210k
4 jobs
Staff
$107k–$284k
8 jobs
Director+
$245k–$275k
6 jobs
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2,101–2,150 of 3,517 jobs
Staff Product Manager
Jobber·Kitchener, Ontario, CA
Staff Software Developer, AI/ML
Kinaxis Inc.·Toronto, Ontario, CA
Technology Product Management Lead, VP
Citi·CA
Senior Product Manager Exclusive Partner Program (EPP) Pricing Team
TELUS·Toronto, Ontario, CA
Staff Machine Learning Engineer
GEICO·Chevy Chase, Maryland, US
Product Manager (Multiple Permanent Opportunities)
Greater Toronto Airports Authority·Toronto, Ontario, CA
Staff Product Designer, New Initiatives
Dropbox·Montreal, Quebec, CA
Senior Manager, Product Manager-Data Products
Capital One
Staff Software Development Engineer - Full Stack Java/J2EE
CVS Health
Vice President, Software Engineer (C#)
Bank of Montreal·Toronto, Ontario, CA
Senior Product Manager, Account
Govini·Arlington, Virginia, US
Senior Product Manager
Adobe·Lehi, Utah, US
Principal Front End Engineer
Fidelity Investments Careers·Smithfield, Rhode Island, US
Staff Backend Engineer Remote
Nango·Remote
Senior Engineering Manager
Alma·Remote, Contiguous US
Senior Product Manager, Payments
Twitch·Seattle, WA
Senior Product Manager, Payments
Twitch·San Francisco, CA
Senior Technical Program Manager, Money Movement
Human Interest·United States, Remote
NPI Team Lead | NPI Engineering
Beta Bionics, Inc. - Common Stock·South Burlington, VT
Director of Fusion Plant Operations
Helion Energy·Everett, WA
Director of Demand Generation
Cortex·Remote
Staff Backend Software Engineer (Elixir) - Community
Papa·Remote with preference for San Francisco Bay Area, CA candidates
Engineering Manager
Treasury Prime·San Francisco, California / Remote US
Director of Capacitor Production
Helion Energy·Everett, WA
Strategic Program Manager
figma·San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
Infrastructure Engineering Manager
Make School·Prague, Czechia
Engineering Manager
Pelago·New York, NY
Head of Growth Marketing & Systems
MarqVision·San Francisco, California, United States
Program Manager, M&A Recruiting | People
OpenAI (Ashby)·San Francisco
Partner Development Manager - Fintech
plaid·New York
Thermal-Mechanical Manufacturing Engineer
OpenAI (Ashby)·San Francisco
Sr. Distinguished Data Engineer
Capital One·Tysons, Virginia, US
Lead Data Engineer
Capgemini Holding Inc·Illinois, US
Director, Technology Product Manager (Cloud Platform) | Columbus, OH, USA
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company·Columbus, Ohio, US
Sr Staff Technical Product Manager - Pricing
General Electric·Pierre, South Dakota, US
Lead Software Engineer – Computer Vision & Automation (Transportation)
Leidos·Fulton, Maryland, US
Principal DevOps Engineer
Ad Hoc LLC·Washington, District of Columbia, US
Senior Product Manager
Indeed·Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, US
Product Manager/Strategy 4-ProdDev
Oracle·Rising Sun, Maryland, US
Principal Data Engineer and Architect
BHP Career Portal·CA
Technical Product Manager – Data Ingestion Processing
Global Relay·Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, CA
Head of Advisory
Realm·Marina Del Rey
Staff Brand Copywriter
Mixpanel·United States (Remote)
Engineering Manager
NimbleRx·Redwood City, CA
Lead Optical Analysis Engineer
Albedo·Broomfield, CO
Senior Product Manager, Payments
Clear Genetics·New York, New York, United States (In-Office)
Director of Data
Nabis·Remote
VP of Software Engineering
Multiply Labs·San Francisco
Senior Product Manager - Data & Interoperability
CareMessage·USA
Program Manager
PagerDuty·Toronto