Principal Engineer Jobs.
Principal engineers set technical direction at the highest individual-contributor level. Browse principal engineer jobs from companies hiring worldwide.
Total jobs
6,453
positions indexed
New today
123
last 24 hours
Companies
1,106
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
8
from anywhere
How many Principal Engineer jobs are there right now?
There are 6,453 open Principal Engineer jobs on JobsRadar right now, from 1,106 companies hiring directly. 3,064 of them disclose pay, with a median of $168,238 a year and most offers between $130,184 and $215,562. 123 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 23, 2026 at 00:16 UTC.
Principal Engineer salary range
$130.2k
25th
$168.2k
Median
$215.6k
75th
$111.8k
$275k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $13.5k – $600k · outliers off-axis
Based on 3,064 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 22, 2026 from live listings
Principal Snowflake Data Engineer - Contract (Manchester)
Insight Investment
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Principal Electrical Engineer, Integration & Test
Radiant Industries
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Principal Electrical Engineer, Electronics
Radiant Industries
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Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack - Reporting Product
Rad AI
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Staff / Principal Software Engineer, Inference Platform - USA
Inworld
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Principal Engineer, Product Engineering
1Password
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Principal Solutions Engineer, Emerging Technologies
1Password
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Principal Engineer, Software Engineering
Thinkahead
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Associate Principal Technical Support Engineer-
Saviynt
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Senior Staff/Principal Software Engineer - GPU System Software, Onboard Execution
Zoox
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6h ago
Cybersecurity Engineer, Principal
Hut 8
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Principal Machine Learning Platform Engineer, Foundation AI
Roblox
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7h ago
Principal Turbomachinery Engineer, Turbine Development
Relativity Space
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Senior / Principal Data Infrastructure Engineer
Flagship Pioneering, Inc.
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Principal Engineer, Extractive Metallurgy
Redwood Materials
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Principal Data Engineer
Precision AQ
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Principal Data Engineer
Precision Medicine Group
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Principal ASIC Engineer (Mixed-Signal)
Voyant Photonics
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Principal Software Engineer, Mission Design
Muon Space
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Sr Principal Engineer
Apex Companies
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Principal Sales Systems Engineer
Veeam Software
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Principal Engineer - Facades / External Walls
Jensen Hughes
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Principal Engineer - Facades / External Walls
Jensen Hughes
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Principal Fire Engineer
Jensen Hughes
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Principal CFD Modeling Engineer
Jensen Hughes
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Frequently asked questions
- How many Principal Engineer jobs are open right now?
- 6,453 Principal Engineer jobs are open across 1,106 companies, as of October 23, 2026.
- What do Principal Engineer jobs pay?
- Across the 3,064 Principal Engineer jobs that disclose pay, the median is $168,238 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $130,184 and $215,562.
- Are any Principal Engineer jobs remote?
- 8 of these Principal Engineer jobs (0.1%) are open to candidates anywhere in the world.
- Which companies are hiring Principal Engineer jobs?
- Insight Investment, Radiant Industries, Rad AI, Inworld and 1Password are among the 1,106 companies currently hiring Principal Engineer jobs.
- 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 23, 2026 at 00:16 UTC.