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Worldwide

Principal Engineer · Seattle

$232,188

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -1.2%

$235,000 $232,188

$206.9k 25th

$232.2k Median

$269.8k 75th

$196.8k

$409.2k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $200k – $576.8k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 76.7%
Live roles: 43

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Highest-paying jobs

Distinguished Engineer

Pinterest · Seattle, WA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Remote, US

$280,148 – $576,774

Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Delivery

Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Palo Alto, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US

$314,580 – $550,515

Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security

OpenAI · Remote - US

$347,000 – $490,000

Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security

OpenAI · Remote - US

$347,000 – $490,000

Principal Engineer, Authentication

Databricks · Bellevue, Washington; Seattle, Washington

$266,000 – $365,750

Senior Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Docker · Seattle, WA

$219,000 – $352,000

Principal Engineer, Autonomy

AeroVect · South San Francisco - Hybrid

$300,000 – $350,000

Principal Software Engineer, Cryptography

Anduril Industries · Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Costa Mesa, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States

$254,000 – $336,000

Principal Software Engineer, AI Tools and Security (Seattle)

Docker · Seattle, WA

$198,000 – $319,000

Principal Engineer - Privacy

Databricks · Seattle, Washington

$220,400 – $297,400

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
DigitalOcean	$264,600	3
Anduril Industries	$256,000	3
Pinterest	$430,504	2
OpenAI	$418,500	2
Databricks	$287,388	2
Docker	$272,000	2
AX Axon	$224,738	2
Highspot	$223,544	2