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2,591 live Principal Engineer openings across the United States — every one pulled straight from an employer career site and swept for ghost listings daily. Oracle posts the most (806), and 9% are listed as remote or flexible.

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At a glance

Counted across all 2,591 live openings.

Posted pay

$135–241K/yr

Median low and high ends of 2,236 posted salaries; the middle half start between $113K and $167K.

$66–88/hr

Median low and high ends of 24 posted hourly rates; the middle half start between $56 and $80.

Pay is listed on 2,260 of 2,591 openings (87%).

Remote or flexible

9%

224 of 2,591 openings are listed as remote or flexible, and 325 as hybrid.

Top employers
  1. Oracle806 openings
  2. Northrop Grumman216 openings
  3. Teradata138 openings
  4. RTX Corporation76 openings
  5. Palo Alto Networks68 openings
  6. Meta67 openings
  7. BAE Systems63 openings
  8. General Motors52 openings
Top locations
  1. Santa Clara, CA78 openings
  2. Austin, TX54 openings
  3. San Jose, CA48 openings
  4. San Francisco, CA44 openings
  5. San Diego, CA40 openings
  6. Seattle, WA39 openings
  7. Atlanta, GA37 openings
  8. Boise, ID36 openings

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Good to know

How many Principal Engineer jobs are open right now?
Olive Jobs is tracking 2,591 live Principal Engineer openings in the United States, sourced directly from employer career sites and swept for ghost listings daily.
Where are Principal Engineer roles hiring?
Recent postings span New York, NY; Remote; Hagerstown, MD; San Diego, CA — and more locations are in the full list above.
What do Principal Engineer jobs pay?
Among the newest postings that disclose pay, recent examples include $259–337K/yr, $67/hr, $260–390K/yr. Olive shows the posted range on every listing that includes one.

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