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
$89k – $355k
Top Companies
Coinbase, Akido Labs, Twitch, Workday, Inc., Make School, Gusto +22 more
Job Types
98% Full Time, 2% Contract
Top Locations
USA or, Bengaluru, KA, in, Seattle, New York
Work Model
61% On-Site, 34% Remote, 5% Hybrid
Experience Levels
45% manager, 19% principal, 15% Staff
We found 3,347 principal engineer jobs currently hiring in locations including USA or, Bengaluru, KA, in, Seattle. 13 new positions were added this week at companies like Fisher Investments, PepsiCo, University of Ottawa. Salaries range from $89k to $355k based on experience, location, and company size. Work arrangements include On-Site (61%), Remote (34%), Hybrid (5%). Top employers include Coinbase, Akido Labs, Twitch and 25 other companies.
Skills in Demand for Principal Engineer Jobs
Common Tools & Technologies
Companies Hiring for Principal Engineer Jobs
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Career Path & Salary Progression
Lead
$175k–$215k
4 jobs
Staff
$222k–$260k
7 jobs
Director+
Salary varies
4 jobs
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3,301–3,347 of 3,347 jobs
Sr. Software Development Manager, Community Discovery
Twitch·Los Angeles, CA
Sr. Software Development Manager, Community Discovery
Twitch·Seattle, WA
Sr. Product Manager, Onboarding & Safety
Twitch·San Francisco, CA
Sr. Product Manager, Onboarding & Safety
Twitch·Irvine, CA
Product Manager II - Cash Balances
Coinbase·Remote - USA
Vice President, Inflammatory and Immune Disease Biomarker Development
Apogee Therapeutics, Inc. - Common Stock·Remote
Business Development Manager
Array Technologies, Inc. - Common Stock·Remote - USA or Canada
Principal Engineer, Enterprise Data Platform - Data Architect ( 15 -20 years ) (Data warehouse , data form , Data Modelling and Architecture) and (GCP / GBQ ) & Cloud Platform ( Azure/ AWS)
Western Digital·Bengaluru, KA, in
Director of Strategic Finance, Payments & Platform
OpenAI (Ashby)·San Francisco
Engineering Manager
Akido Labs·United States
Senior Engineering Manager
Akido Labs·Seattle, WA
Senior Engineering Manager
Akido Labs·New York, NY
Senior Engineering Manager
Akido Labs·San Francisco
Senior Engineering Manager
Akido Labs·Los Angeles, CA
Senior IT Project Manager
Akido Labs·Remote
Principal Software Engineer, Money Infrastructure
Replit (Ashby)·Foster City, CA (Hybrid) In office M,W,F
Staff Backend Engineer
Cortex·Remote
Vice President of Product | Huha
Bloom Institute of Technology·Vancouver
Lead TMS Compliance Analyst III
Coinbase·Remote - USA
Member of Technical Staff (AI Migrations)
Cockroach Labs·Toronto, Canada
Tech Lead - Scenario Rendering (low level JS)
Make School·Prague, Czechia
Staff AI Engineer - Greenfield project
Make School·Prague, Czechia
Senior Engineering Manager, Mapping
Lyft·San Francisco, CA
Lead / Senior Product Manager Analytics
Netomi·Toronto , Canada
Head of Sales & Business Development
Teleo·Various
Principal Data Scientist – Product
Gusto·Denver, CO;San Francisco, CA;New York, NY;Los Angeles, CA;Seattle, WA;Toronto, Ontario, CAN - Remote
Staff Data Scientist - Product
Gusto·San Francisco, CA - Hybrid; Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, NY - Hybrid; United States - Remote
Staff Software Engineer - AI
plaid·San Francisco
Staff Technical Program Manager - FinOps
plaid·San Francisco
Sr. Technical Program Manager, Enterprise Apps
Coinbase·Remote - USA
Coinbase Ventures, Principal
Coinbase·Remote - USA
Director of Product - Growth
Coinbase·Remote - Canada
Director of Product - Growth
Coinbase·Remote - USA
Lead Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS), Prenatal (PM Shift)
BillionToOne, Inc. - Class A common stock·Union City, CA
Lead Data Engineer
Fisher Investments·Camas, Washington, US
Principal Data Engineer
PepsiCo·Plano, Texas, US
Product Manager, Information Technology
University of Ottawa·Ottawa, Ontario, CA
Data Engineer III- EN
Global Excel Management Inc.·Windsor, Ontario, CA
Principal Machine Learning Engineer(GenAI)
Workday, Inc.·USA, CO, Boulder
Principal Machine Learning Engineer(GenAI)
Workday, Inc.·USA, CO, Boulder
Principal Machine Learning Engineer(GenAI)
Workday, Inc.·USA, CO, Boulder
Staff Product Manager - US (Remote)
Luxury Presence·Austin, Texas, US
Sr. Product Manager
Upshop·Mississauga, Ontario, CA
Sr. Product Manager - CANADA (Remote)
Luxury Presence·CA
Principal Associate, Data Scientist - US Card (New To Credit Team)
Capital One·McLean, Virginia, US
Staff Frontend Engineer, Vehicle UI
Tesla·Hawthorne, California, US
Senior Product Manager — Core Platform & Applied AI
ACTO Technologies·Ontario, CA