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981 live Principal Software 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 (179), and 23% are listed as remote or flexible.

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At a glance

Counted across all 981 live openings.

Posted pay

$164–275K/yr

Median low and high ends of 909 posted salaries; the middle half start between $115K and $171K.

Pay is listed on 912 of 981 openings (93%).

Remote or flexible

23%

226 of 981 openings are listed as remote or flexible, and 170 as hybrid.

Top employers
  1. Oracle179 openings
  2. Akamai Technologies, Inc.144 openings
  3. General Motors103 openings
  4. Microsoft Corporation52 openings
  5. Yammer31 openings
  6. Northrop Grumman29 openings
  7. Lumen28 openings
  8. Indeed25 openings
Top locations
  1. Redmond, WA59 openings
  2. Santa Clara, CA48 openings
  3. Nashville, TN19 openings
  4. New York, NY18 openings
  5. San Mateo, CA17 openings
  6. Seattle, WA17 openings
  7. Atlanta, GA15 openings
  8. Charleston, WV14 openings

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Good to know

How many Principal Software Engineer jobs are open right now?
Olive Jobs is tracking 981 live Principal Software Engineer openings in the United States, sourced directly from employer career sites and swept for ghost listings daily.
Where are Principal Software Engineer roles hiring?
Recent postings span El Segundo, CA; New York, NY; Bellevue, WA; Remote — and more locations are in the full list above.
What do Principal Software Engineer jobs pay?
Among the newest postings that disclose pay, recent examples include $180–290K/yr, $120–200K/yr, $366–380K/yr. Olive shows the posted range on every listing that includes one.

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