Principal Software Engineer Salaries in California

Balance engineering costs of development, testing, deployment complexity, and run-time cost, to deliver optimum value for the business and customers.

$130,241 - $189,502 a year

This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.

$184,300 - $258,900 a year

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

$149,000 - $214,300 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

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

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