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Principal Engineer · Austin

$208,000

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$219,000 $208,000
$190.8k 25th
$208k Median
$243.5k 75th
$144.1k
$275k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $164.3k – $326.1k · outliers off-axis
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Highest-paying jobs

Graphcore

Principal Post Silicon Validation Engineer (Bringup)

Graphcore · Austin, Texas, United States

$241,100 – $326,100 Graphcore

Principal Post Silicon Validation Engineer (Bringup)

Graphcore · Austin, Texas, United States

$241,100 – $326,100 Invisible Technologies

Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)

Invisible Technologies · Austin, Texas - Hybrid; New York - Hybrid; San Francisco Bay Area - Hybrid

$250,000 – $300,000 Cloudflare

Principal Software Engineer

Cloudflare · Hybrid

$230,000 – $281,000 Upside

Principal Data Engineer

Upside · DC

$215,000 – $250,000 Skydance

Principal Engineer

Skydance · Santa Monica, Los Angeles

$217,000 – $246,000 DriveWealth

Principal Data Engineer

DriveWealth · Austin, Texas, United States; Denver, Colorado, United States; Miami, Florida, United States; New York, New York, United States; Office - Chicago; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States

$220,000 – $240,000 SpyCloud

Principal Software Engineer – Next-Generation API & AI Platform Architecture

SpyCloud · Austin, Texas | Remote

$181,000 – $235,000 Atomcomputing

Principal Software Engineer

Atomcomputing · Boulder, CO

$180,000 – $220,000 Zynga

Principal Software Engineer

Zynga · Austin, TX; Toronto, Canada

$119,140 – $169,140

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Graphcore $283,600 2
Zynga $141,720 2
Invisible Technologies $275,000 1
Cloudflare $255,500 1
Upside $232,500 1
Skydance $231,500 1
DriveWealth $230,000 1
SpyCloud $208,000 1

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