Principal Software Engineer Salaries in Glendale, CA

Using current programming language and technologies, writes code, completes programming, and performs testing and debugging of applications.

$149,000 - $214,300 a year

Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, math, or a STEM discipline or 10+ years of professional experience in…

$200,000 - $240,000 a year

Participate in architecture reviews and technical design discussions. A strong sense of ownership and can independently own projects from inception to delivery.

$147,000 - $237,500 a year

Exceptional technical documentation and communication skills (architecture diagrams, design documents, technical decisions).

$260,000 - $335,000 a year

Hands-on experience using AI tools (Claude or Cursor preferred; other agentic tools welcome) to ship code, build agents, and automate workflows.

$190,000 - $240,000 a year

Build AI Agent Frameworks: Develop the internal agents, LLMs, logic and reasoning loops, that allow AI agents to perform complex, multi-step tasks.

$200,000 - $230,000 a year