Principal Engineer Jobs.
Principal engineers set technical direction at the highest individual-contributor level. Browse principal engineer jobs from companies hiring worldwide.
Total jobs
1,770
positions indexed
New today
141
last 24 hours
Companies
649
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
10
from anywhere
How many Principal Engineer jobs are there right now?
There are 1,770 open Principal Engineer jobs on JobsRadar right now, from 649 companies hiring directly. 754 of them disclose pay, with a median of $218,016 a year and most offers between $185,000 and $262,500. 141 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on July 28, 2026 at 11:56 UTC.
Principal Engineer salary range
$185k
25th
$218k
Median
$262.5k
75th
$140.1k
$315.7k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $10k – $600k · outliers off-axis
Based on 754 disclosed live listings
Updated Jul 28, 2026 from live listings
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI
V2 Digital
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Principal Software Engineer - Data Discovery (GenAI) (812)
Protegrity
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Principal Solution Test Engineer 10383 - Layer2/Layer3 Protocol Testing- Python |Data Center Networking
Extremenetworks
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Principal Software Engineer
Toast
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Principal Engineer (Backend)
Kaizen Gaming
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Principal Mechanical Engineer - Building Services
BakerHicks
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Staff/ Principal Physical Design CAD Engineer
Astera Labs
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Staff/ Principal Physical Design STA Engineer
Astera Labs
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Staff/ Principal Chip Top Physical Design Engineer
Astera Labs
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Staff/ Principal Physical Design Engineer - SoC EMIR Expert
Astera Labs
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Staff/ Principal Design Verification Engineer
Astera Labs
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Staff / Principal ASIC Design Engineer
Astera Labs
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Principal Software Engineer
Viant Technology
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Principal DFT Engineer
Astera Labs
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Principal Emulation Engineer
Astera Labs
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Distinguished Machine Learning Engineer - Safety
Roblox
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Principal Software Engineer
Roblox
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Principal Software Engineer - Content Platform
Roblox
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Principal Software Engineer, Ads Experience
Roblox
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Distinguished Engineer, Machine Learning Systems – Economy
Roblox
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Principal Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer, Ads & Discovery
Roblox
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5h ago
Principal Software Engineer - Game Engine Systems
Roblox
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5h ago
Principal Core Systems Software Engineer - Game Engine (C++)
Roblox
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5h ago
Principal Software Engineer - Asset Loading
Roblox
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Principal Software Engineer, WebRTC
Roblox
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Frequently asked questions
- How many Principal Engineer jobs are open right now?
- 1,770 Principal Engineer jobs are open across 649 companies, as of July 28, 2026.
- What do Principal Engineer jobs pay?
- Across the 754 Principal Engineer jobs that disclose pay, the median is $218,016 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $185,000 and $262,500.
- Are any Principal Engineer jobs remote?
- 10 of these Principal Engineer jobs (0.6%) are open to candidates anywhere in the world.
- Which companies are hiring Principal Engineer jobs?
- V2 Digital, Protegrity, Extremenetworks, Toast and Kaizen Gaming are among the 649 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 July 28, 2026 at 11:56 UTC.