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Principal Engineer · Los Angeles

$225,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -2.2%

$230,000 $225,000

$205k 25th

$225k Median

$256.3k 75th

$190k

$297.5k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $170k – $417k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 48.4%
Live roles: 64

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Highest-paying jobs

Software Engineer, ML Infra & Distributed Systems (Staff & Principal)

Tubi · San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY (Hybrid); USA - Remote

$227,200 – $417,000

Principal Software Engineer

Freeform · Los Angeles, CA (On-site)

$416,000 – $416,000

Principal FPGA Engineer

Freeform · Los Angeles, CA

$250,000 – $350,000

Machine Learning Engineer (Staff & Principal)

Tubi · San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY (Hybrid)

$239,000 – $342,000

Principal Software Engineer

Q Ctrl · Los Angeles

$260,000 – $335,000

Infrastructure Engineer, Principal

Hadrian Automation · Los Angeles, CA

$250,000 – $320,000

Principal Electrical Engineer (Hardware Design)

Freeform · Los Angeles, CA (On-site)

$160,000 – $300,000

Principal AI Engineer

Crunchyroll, LLC · Los Angeles, California, United States

$248,000 – $300,000

Principal Simulation Engineer

Freeform · Los Angeles, CA (On-site)

$225,000 – $300,000

Principal Thermal Protection System Engineer (TPS)

Outpost · Los Angeles, California

$230,000 – $270,000

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
CHAOS Industries	$207,500	12
Freeform	$281,250	4
Tubi	$306,300	2
OU Outpost	$242,500	2
Silvus Technologies	$207,500	2
Q Ctrl	$297,500	1
Hadrian Automation	$285,000	1
Crunchyroll, LLC	$274,000	1