Principal Software Engineer Salaries in Boston, MA

Demonstrated technical expertise across the full stack — you can debug, design, and ship across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and AI layers.

$280,000 - $500,000 a year

You'll be expected to lead from the front: designing systems, shaping roadmaps, mentoring engineers, and driving decisions that outlast any single sprint.

$220,000 - $290,000 a year

8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated Staff, Principal, or Architect-level scope — e.g., owning system architecture end-to…

$210,000 - $275,000 a year

Cross-Team Collaboration: Communicate technical concepts clearly and collaborate effectively across teams, geographies, and varying levels of technical…

$152,000 - $228,500 a year

Effective Communication: Communicates complex technical concepts effectively in both written and spoken forms, catering to both technical and non-technical…

You will coach engineers and stakeholders of the Datastore on design patterns, collaborate with product and technical leads across platform and scientific teams…

$190,000 - $210,000 a year