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Worldwide

Principal Engineer · New York

$262,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +13.9%

$230,000 $262,000

$214.4k 25th

$262k Median

$302.5k 75th

$177k

$330k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $155k – $561.6k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 78.9%
Live roles: 71

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Highest-paying jobs

Staff / Principal Data Engineer

AppGate Cybersecurity, Inc. · New York, New York, United States

$374,400 – $561,600

Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security

OpenAI · Remote - US

$347,000 – $490,000

Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security

OpenAI · Remote - US

$347,000 – $490,000

Staff / Principal Backend Software Engineer

Twenty · Arlington, VA

$192,000 – $455,000

Staff / Principal Frontend Software Engineer

Twenty · Arlington, VA

$192,000 – $455,000

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 AI/ML Engineer - AdTech

Zeta Global · New York, New York, United States

$300,000 – $400,000

Principal Engineer, Streaming Systems

Hightouch · Remote (North America)

$180,000 – $400,000

Principal Software Engineer, Ads

DoorDash USA · New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA

$268,600 – $395,000

Principal Software Engineer (Auth0)

Okta · Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Washington, DC

$274,000 – $376,200

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
CoreWeave	$265,000	4
MC Michels Corporation	$172,500	3
OpenAI	$418,500	2
Twenty	$323,500	2
Tubi	$306,300	2
AlphaSense	$302,500	2
Invisible Technologies	$264,750	2
PhysicsX	$231,250	2