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Principal Engineer Jobs in District of Columbia.

All active Principal Engineer roles based in District of Columbia.

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Total jobs
171
positions indexed
New today
3
last 24 hours
Companies
88
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
from anywhere

How many Principal Engineer jobs in District of Columbia are there right now?

There are 171 open Principal Engineer jobs in District of Columbia on JobsRadar right now, from 88 companies hiring directly. 3 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 31, 2026 at 16:21 UTC.

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Cloudflare
Principal Software Engineer: Distributed Systems (Config, Test, & Deployment)
Cloudflare
⚡ Apply early Hybrid Hybrid $230,000–$288,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 18h ago
Cloudflare
Staff/Principal Software Engineer - Security Platform
Cloudflare
⚡ Apply early Distributed Onsite $220,000–$303,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 18h ago
Peregrine Technologies
Staff Software Engineer, Platform
Peregrine Technologies
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $240,000–$300,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 23h ago
SpaceX
Principal AI Engineer, Special Programs
SpaceX
⚡ Apply early Palo Alto, CA Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
SpaceX
Principal AI Engineer, Special Programs
SpaceX
⚡ Apply early Washington, DC Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
SpaceX
Principal Cybersecurity Engineer (Starshield)
SpaceX
⚡ Apply early Hawthorne, CA Onsite $225,000–$340,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
SpaceX
Principal Cybersecurity Engineer (Starshield)
SpaceX
⚡ Apply early Washington, DC Onsite $225,000–$340,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
DriveWealth
Principal Security Engineer
DriveWealth
⚡ Apply early AMER-US-Remote; Austin, Texas,... Hybrid $185,000–$235,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Zscaler
Principal Specialist Sales Engineer, Zero Trust Branch - Healthcare/SLED
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early AMS - Update Location; Remote... · location restricted $175,875–$251,250
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Zscaler
Principal Threat Researcher
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early Bellevue, Washington, USA; Rem... · location restricted $171,500–$245,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Zscaler
Principal AI Security Specialist - Federal
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early McLean, Virginia, USA; Remote... · location restricted $175,875–$251,250
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Trace3
Network Engineer SME
Trace3
⚡ Apply early Linthicum Heights, MD Hybrid $223,000–$243,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Trace3
Datacenter Architect
Trace3
⚡ Apply early Linthicum Heights, MD Hybrid $165,000–$185,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
SA
Principal Software Engineer - PMTS
Salesforce
⚡ Apply early Washington - Bellevue Onsite $197,300–$313,700
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AT
Principal Member of Technical Staff - RF Engineer
AT&T
⚡ Apply early Bothell, Washington Onsite $189,200–$283,800
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
SA
Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability (Agentforce Ops)
Salesforce
⚡ Apply early California - San Francisco Onsite $178,900–$246,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
SA
Principal Software Engineer, Site Reliability (Agentforce Ops)
Salesforce
⚡ Apply early California - San Francisco Met... · location restricted $237,700–$344,700
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Cisco
Technical Leader - AIOps & Agentic Platform
Cisco
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, US Onsite $216,300–$280,800
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Wonder
Sr. Principal Engineer
Wonder
⚡ Apply early District of Columbia Onsite $305,000–$330,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Anduril Industries
Senior Software Engineer (Security)
Anduril Industries
⚡ Apply early Bellevue, Washington, United S... Onsite $191,000–$253,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Hopper
Principal Product Manager- Conversational AI
Hopper
⚡ Apply early New York - Remote · location restricted $200,000–$250,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Virtru
Staff Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Virtru
⚡ Apply early Washington, DC - Remote · location restricted $190,000–$250,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Stoke Space
Principal EMI/EMC Engineer
Stoke Space
⚡ Apply early Kent, Washington Onsite $129,150–$193,620
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
JRC Careers
Systems Safety Engineer
JRC Careers
⚡ Apply early District of Columbia, United S... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
AX
Staff/Principal Full Stack Software Engineer
Axon
⚡ Apply early Seattle, Washington, United St... Hybrid $168,750–$270,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago

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How many Principal Engineer jobs in District of Columbia are open right now?
171 Principal Engineer jobs in District of Columbia are open across 88 companies, as of October 31, 2026.
Which companies are hiring Principal Engineer jobs in District of Columbia?
Cloudflare, Peregrine Technologies, SpaceX, DriveWealth and Zscaler are among the 88 companies currently hiring Principal Engineer jobs in District of Columbia.
How current are these listings?
Every listing comes straight from the employer’s own careers system and is re-checked three times a day. This page was last updated on October 31, 2026 at 16:21 UTC.

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