Principal Engineer Jobs in Portugal.

Portugal has become one of Europe's fastest-growing technology and startup destinations, with strong tourism and services sectors centered on Lisbon and Porto. Browse jobs across Portugal from companies hiring nationwide.

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Total jobs
33
positions indexed
New today
2
last 24 hours
Companies
13
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
from anywhere

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

There are 33 open Principal Engineer jobs in Portugal on JobsRadar right now, from 13 companies hiring directly. 12 of them disclose pay, with a median of $98,221 a year and most offers between $97,860 and $98,221. 2 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on November 3, 2026 at 20:20 UTC.

Principal Engineer salary range in Portugal

$97.9k 25th
$98.2k Median
$98.2k 75th
$96.8k
$98.9k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $111.7k – $384.8k · outliers off-axis
Based on 12 disclosed live listings
Updated Nov 3, 2026 from live listings
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Referral Board
Principal Software Engineer (Networking) - Platform Infra
Referral Board
⚡ Apply early Greece; Norway; Portugal; Spai... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 11h ago
Elastic
Principal Software Engineer (Networking) - Platform Infra
Elastic
⚡ Apply early Portugal Onsite €67,000–€106,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 11h ago
OU
Principal Software Engineer
OutSystems
⚡ Apply early Portugal - Lisbon Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
micro1
Principal Engineer / Professor — Technical Expert
micro1
⚡ Apply early Remote — 58 countries · location restricted $176,800–$384,800
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Cloudflare
Principal Software Engineer - Fintech
Cloudflare
⚡ Apply early Hybrid Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
DO
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer (EMEA)
Docker
⚡ Apply early England · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Elastic
Principal Software Engineer - Global UX - Application - Platform
Elastic
⚡ Apply early Portugal Onsite €67,000–€106,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Bjak
Principal Software Engineer
Bjak
⚡ Apply early Portugal · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Moniepoint
Principal Mobile Engineer (POS Terminal)
Moniepoint
⚡ Apply early Remote, Portugal · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Elastic
Principal Software Engineer I - CI/CD - Platform Engineering Productivity
Elastic
⚡ Apply early Portugal Onsite €67,000–€106,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Referral Board
Principal Software Engineer I - CI/CD - Platform Engineering Productivity
Referral Board
⚡ Apply early Portugal Onsite €67,000–€106,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3w ago
Elastic
Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch
Elastic
⚡ Apply early Portugal Onsite €67,000–€106,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Elastic
Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch
Elastic
⚡ Apply early Portugal Onsite €67,000–€106,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Elastic
Principal Software Engineer - Search Algorithms - Elasticsearch
Elastic
⚡ Apply early Portugal Onsite €67,000–€106,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Elastic
Principal Software Engineer - Performance Tuning - Elasticsearch
Elastic
⚡ Apply early Portugal Onsite €67,000–€106,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Elastic
Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search - Elasticsearch
Elastic
⚡ Apply early Portugal Onsite €67,000–€106,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Referral Board
Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch
Referral Board
⚡ Apply early Portugal Onsite €67,000–€106,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Referral Board
Principal Software Engineer - Performance Tuning - Elasticsearch
Referral Board
⚡ Apply early Portugal Onsite €67,000–€106,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Moniepoint
Principal Generalist Engineer
Moniepoint
⚡ Apply early Remote, Portugal · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Genesys
Principal Software Engineer
Genesys
⚡ Apply early Portugal Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
OU
Principal AI Engineer
OutSystems
⚡ Apply early Portugal - Lisbon Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Bjak
Principal Software Engineer
Bjak
⚡ Apply early Portugal · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Teya
Principal Backend Engineer
Teya
⚡ Apply early Porto Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Pragmatike
Principal ML Ops Engineer (EMEA Remote)
Pragmatike
⚡ Apply early Ukraine · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Unilabs
Principal Network Delivery Engineer
Unilabs
⚡ Apply early Porto, Porto District, Portuga... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago

Frequently asked questions

How many Principal Engineer jobs in Portugal are open right now?
33 Principal Engineer jobs in Portugal are open across 13 companies, as of November 3, 2026.
What do Principal Engineer jobs in Portugal pay?
Across the 12 Principal Engineer jobs in Portugal that disclose pay, the median is $98,221 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $97,860 and $98,221.
Which companies are hiring Principal Engineer jobs in Portugal?
Referral Board, Elastic, OutSystems, micro1 and Cloudflare are among the 13 companies currently hiring Principal Engineer jobs in Portugal.
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 November 3, 2026 at 20:20 UTC.

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