Principal Software Engineer Salaries in Massachusetts

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

Mentoring engineers through code reviews and technical guidance. Owning features across the full stack — React frontends, backend APIs, cloud infrastructure —…

$163,800 - $257,400 a year

As a Principal Software Development Engineer, you will operate within a large-scale product, engineering, and architecture ecosystem, leading strategic…

$144,200 - $288,400 a year

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

You will collaborate closely with hardware engineers, systems engineers, clinical teams, and field technicians to create cutting-edge tools for physicians and…

$106,800 - $202,900 a year