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Total jobs
123
positions indexed
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2
last 24 hours
Companies
47
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
from anywhere

How many Principal Engineer jobs in Boston are there right now?

There are 123 open Principal Engineer jobs in Boston on JobsRadar right now, from 47 companies hiring directly. 76 of them disclose pay, with a median of $213,563 a year and most offers between $184,500 and $257,160. 2 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 14, 2026 at 01:14 UTC.

Principal Engineer salary range in Boston

$184.5k 25th
$213.6k Median
$257.2k 75th
$157.6k
$299k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $135k – $407k · outliers off-axis
Based on 76 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 14, 2026 from live listings
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Jobber
Principal Engineer (AI, Office of the CEO)
Jobber
⚡ Apply early Boston · location restricted $229,300–$229,300
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
Recorded Future
Principal Data Engineer
Recorded Future
⚡ Apply early Boston, MA Onsite $152,000–$228,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 8h ago
Zscaler
Principal Specialist Sales Engineer, Zero Trust Branch - Enterprise, East
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Re... · location restricted $175,875–$251,250
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Wilson Sonsini
Principal Security Engineer
Wilson Sonsini
⚡ Apply early Los Angeles Onsite $163,200–$220,800
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
DomainTools
Principal Software Engineer
DomainTools
⚡ Apply early Austin, Texas, United States · location restricted $180,000–$230,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
SimCorp
Senior Principal Solutions Engineer, MBS
SimCorp
⚡ Apply early New York Hybrid $130,000–$180,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Klaviyo
PIPELINE - L5 Principal Software Engineer
Klaviyo
⚡ Apply early Boston, MA Onsite $244,000–$366,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
InterSystems
Principal Quality Development Engineer
InterSystems
⚡ Apply early Boston, MA Onsite $115,000–$164,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
InterSystems
Principal Cloud Kubernetes Engineer
InterSystems
⚡ Apply early Boston, MA Onsite $140,000–$206,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
InterSystems
Principal Security Engineer
InterSystems
⚡ Apply early Boston, MA Onsite $135,000–$194,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Motional
Principal Engineer Team Lead, Safety & Targets
Motional
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts, United... Hybrid $200,000–$275,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Mastercard
Senior Principal AI Engineer- AI Center of Excellence
Mastercard
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, California Onsite $254,000–$407,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Seven AI
Principal Security Engineer - AI
Seven AI
⚡ Apply early Boston, MA Hybrid $200,000–$220,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Motional
Principal Engineer Team Lead, Prediction & ML Planner
Motional
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts, United... · location restricted $240,000–$330,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Motional
Principal Engineer Motion Planning
Motional
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts, United... · location restricted $240,000–$330,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Motional
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Data Mining
Motional
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts, United... · location restricted $240,000–$330,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Motional
Principal Engineer Team Lead, AV Behavior
Motional
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts, United... Hybrid $200,000–$275,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Motional
Principal Engineer, Data & ML Infrastructure
Motional
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts, United... · location restricted $200,000–$275,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Motional
Principal Engineer, Team Lead- Motion Planning
Motional
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts, United... · location restricted $240,000–$330,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Motional
Principal Engineer, Team Lead - Behaviors
Motional
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts, United... · location restricted $240,000–$330,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
RTX
Principal Systems Engineer
RTX
⚡ Apply early US-MA-TEWKSBURY-TB3 ~ 50 Apple... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
New Balance
Principal Data Engineer
New Balance
⚡ Apply early Boston, MA Headquarters - (NB) Hybrid $138,500–$173,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
RTX
Radar Analog and Power Design Principal Electrical Engineer
RTX
⚡ Apply early US-MA-MARLBOROUGH-MA3 ~ 1001 B... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Fidelity Investments
Principal Software Engineer
Fidelity Investments
⚡ Apply early Boston, MA Onsite $107,000–$216,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
SA
Principal Solution Engineer, Global Private Equity & Startups Practice
Salesforce
⚡ Apply early New York - New York Onsite $157,640–$210,910
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago

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Frequently asked questions

How many Principal Engineer jobs in Boston are open right now?
123 Principal Engineer jobs in Boston are open across 47 companies, as of October 14, 2026.
What do Principal Engineer jobs in Boston pay?
Across the 76 Principal Engineer jobs in Boston that disclose pay, the median is $213,563 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $184,500 and $257,160.
Which companies are hiring Principal Engineer jobs in Boston?
Jobber, Recorded Future, Zscaler, Wilson Sonsini and DomainTools are among the 47 companies currently hiring Principal Engineer jobs in Boston.
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 14, 2026 at 01:14 UTC.

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