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last 24 hours
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110
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How many Principal Engineer jobs in Massachusetts are there right now?

There are 362 open Principal Engineer jobs in Massachusetts on JobsRadar right now, from 110 companies hiring directly. 239 of them disclose pay, with a median of $192,270 a year and most offers between $168,150 and $225,379. 17 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 22, 2026 at 03:11 UTC.

Principal Engineer salary range in Massachusetts

$168.2k 25th
$192.3k Median
$225.4k 75th
$154.3k
$273.1k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $135k – $429k · outliers off-axis
Based on 239 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 22, 2026 from live listings
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Staff / Principal Research Engineer, AI Safety Mitigations
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK;... Onsite $224,000–$336,000
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Staff / Principal Security Engineer, AI Safety and Security
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK;... Onsite $192,000–$306,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
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Principal Engineer, AI Security
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA Onsite $252,000–$374,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
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Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA; San Francis... Onsite $252,000–$336,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
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Principal Network Engineer
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA Onsite $204,000–$272,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
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Principal Software Engineer, App
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA; San Francis... Onsite $204,000–$348,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
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Principal Software Engineer, Instrument Simulations
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA Onsite $204,000–$272,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
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Staff/ Principal Software Engineer, Scientific System of Record
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA; San Francis... Onsite $204,000–$310,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
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Staff / Principal Automated Systems Engineer
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA Onsite $163,400–$228,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
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Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA; San Francis... Onsite $204,000–$310,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
Evolv Technologies Inc.
Principal Embedded Software Engineer
Evolv Technologies Inc.
⚡ Apply early Waltham, Massachusetts, United... Onsite $148,000–$240,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
Definitive Healthcare, US
Principal Machine Learning Operations Engineer
Definitive Healthcare, US
⚡ Apply early Framingham, MA Onsite $158,000–$294,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
Pragmatike
Principal Founding Product Engineer
Pragmatike
⚡ Apply early San Francisco · location restricted $200,000–$400,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 16h ago
Pragmatike
Principal Founding Product Engineer
Pragmatike
⚡ Apply early San Francisco · location restricted $200,000–$400,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 16h ago
Pragmatike
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
Pragmatike
⚡ Apply early San Francisco · location restricted $200,000–$400,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 16h ago
Draper
Principal Hardware Instrument Engineer
Draper
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA Onsite $95,000–$245,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 16h ago
RELX
Principal Software Engineer/Principal AI Engineer
RELX
⚡ Apply early Philadelphia Onsite $115,400–$192,300
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 18h ago
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Staff/Principal Full Stack Software Engineer
Axon
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts, United... Hybrid $168,750–$270,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
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Principal Security Operations Engineer
Axon
⚡ Apply early Atlanta, Georgia, United State... Onsite $168,750–$270,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
CarGurus
Senior Principal Software Engineer, Cloud Architecture
CarGurus
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts, United... Hybrid $191,000–$239,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Motional
Principal Engineer Team Lead, Simulation Infrastructure
Motional
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts, United... Hybrid $200,000–$275,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
Principal Game AI Engineer
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
⚡ Apply early Massachusetts, USA Onsite $180,000–$210,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Ghost Story Games
Principal Game AI Engineer
Ghost Story Games
⚡ Apply early Massachusetts, USA Onsite $180,000–$210,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
RTX
Senior Principal Cyber Engineer
RTX
⚡ Apply early US-MA-CAMBRIDGE-BBN06 ~ 10 & 5... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
RTX
Principal Operations Quality Engineer
RTX
⚡ Apply early US-MA-ANDOVER-AN1 ~ 350 Lowell... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago

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Frequently asked questions

How many Principal Engineer jobs in Massachusetts are open right now?
362 Principal Engineer jobs in Massachusetts are open across 110 companies, as of October 22, 2026.
What do Principal Engineer jobs in Massachusetts pay?
Across the 239 Principal Engineer jobs in Massachusetts that disclose pay, the median is $192,270 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $168,150 and $225,379.
Which companies are hiring Principal Engineer jobs in Massachusetts?
Lila Sciences, Evolv Technologies Inc., Definitive Healthcare, US, Pragmatike and Draper are among the 110 companies currently hiring Principal Engineer jobs in Massachusetts.
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 22, 2026 at 03:11 UTC.

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