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

There are 1,373 open Principal Engineer jobs in California on JobsRadar right now, from 282 companies hiring directly. 1,013 of them disclose pay, with a median of $205,375 a year and most offers between $156,550 and $263,250. 83 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 21, 2026 at 12:28 UTC.

Principal Engineer salary range in California

$156.6k 25th
$205.4k Median
$263.3k 75th
$129.5k
$320.1k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $20k – $600k · outliers off-axis
Based on 1,013 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 21, 2026 from live listings
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Pragmatike
Principal Software Engineer (YC Experience)
Pragmatike
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $200,000–$400,000
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Pragmatike
Principal Founding Product Engineer
Pragmatike
⚡ Apply early San Francisco · location restricted $200,000–$400,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1h ago
Pragmatike
Principal Founding Product Engineer
Pragmatike
⚡ Apply early San Francisco · location restricted $200,000–$400,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1h ago
Pragmatike
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
Pragmatike
⚡ Apply early San Francisco · location restricted $200,000–$400,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1h ago
eBay
Sr. Director - Distinguished Engineer
eBay
⚡ Apply early San Jose Onsite $274,400–$366,300
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2h ago
Blue Origin
Principal ASIC Design Verification Engineer - Terawave
Blue Origin
⚡ Apply early Hutto, TX Onsite $269,175–$376,844
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4h ago
Roblox
Principal Software Engineer
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $295,250–$345,040
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Distinguished Engineer, Machine Learning - Economy
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $397,460–$455,720
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Principal Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer, Ads & Discovery
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $295,250–$345,040
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Principal Software Engineer - Content Lifecycle
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $295,250–$345,040
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Principal Network Engineer
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $295,250–$345,040
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Principal Network Engineer, Backbone/Edge Network
Roblox
⚡ Apply early Ashburn, Virginia, United Stat... Onsite $265,730–$320,890
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Principal Software Engineer - Roblox Database
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $293,800–$343,340
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Principal Software Engineer
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Hybrid $295,250–$345,040
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Senior/Principal Software Engineer - Creator Data
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $345,040–$399,420
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Principal Fullstack/Backend Software Engineer, User Connections
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $295,250–$345,040
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Principal Security Engineer, Enterprise Security
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $320,880–$365,710
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Distinguished Engineer, Content Platform
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $399,420–$457,970
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Principal Security Software Engineer, Application Security
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $326,060–$385,050
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Principal Engineer, Studio Builder Tools
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $345,040–$399,420
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Principal Software Engineer - Roblox Economy Platform
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $293,800–$343,340
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Principal Software Engineer, Engineering Acceleration
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $295,250–$345,040
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Principal Rendering Engineer
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $295,250–$345,040
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Principal Software Engineer, Backend - Sharing
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $295,250–$345,040
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roblox
Principal Software Engineer - Compute (Kubernetes)
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $345,040–$399,420
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago

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Frequently asked questions

How many Principal Engineer jobs in California are open right now?
1,373 Principal Engineer jobs in California are open across 282 companies, as of October 21, 2026.
What do Principal Engineer jobs in California pay?
Across the 1,013 Principal Engineer jobs in California that disclose pay, the median is $205,375 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $156,550 and $263,250.
Which companies are hiring Principal Engineer jobs in California?
Pragmatike, eBay, Blue Origin and Roblox are among the 282 companies currently hiring Principal Engineer jobs in California.
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 21, 2026 at 12:28 UTC.

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