Principal Software Engineer salary in Austin
Average Base Salary in Austin
$155,800
$46,659
Additional Cash Compensation
$202,459
Total Compensation
Median: $156K
Min: $120K
Max: $275K
How Much Does a Principal Software Engineer Make in Austin?
The average salary for a Principal Software Engineer in Austin is $155,800. The average additional cash compensation for a Principal Software Engineer in Austin is $46,659. The average total compensation for a Principal Software Engineer in Austin is $202,459. Principal Software Engineer salaries are based on responses gathered by Built In Austin from anonymous Principal Software Engineer employees in Austin.
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Principal Software Engineer jobs in Austin

Principal Software Engineer - Documents
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As a Principal Software Engineer on our Documents team, you’ll enable our customers to manage enterprise-level document management and control. You’ll design and implement a system to link millions of documents to both internal and external applications, clients, and services. In collaboration with Product, QA, UX, and other teams, you’ll identify critical areas, develop roadmaps, and drive immediate and long-term strategic direction for major parts of the technology stack. If you’re a strong leader with proven experience evaluating industry best-of-class technical approaches—we have a spot for you on our team.

Principal Software Engineer
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As a Principal Software Engineer on our Platform Workflows team, you’ll create the workflow engine of our future application platform, empowering internal and external teams to efficiently create and deliver experiences on the Procore Platform. In addition to playing a key role in our technology strategy, your work will directly enable all experiences built on the platform to seamlessly flex, extend, and meet customer’s unique construction needs on a global scale. While driving immediate and long-term strategic direction for major parts of the technology stack, you’ll identify critical areas based on future growth and collaborate with Product, UX, and other groups to develop roadmaps and tackle initiatives.

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join the HomePay Technology team in the position of Principal GoLang Engineer. The candidate would join a small, agile team responsible for building a platform to support our community team. The candidate will be responsible for the analysis, design, programming, testing, documentation, and implementation of new product features.

Principal UX Designer
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Procore is looking for a Principal UX Designer, Revenue Product to transform the construction industry by driving richer collaboration across stakeholders on a construction project. In this role, you’ll lead the design vision across the entire product lifecycle and multiple product initiatives inspiring future-facing solutions that simplify complex business processes.
As a Principal UX Designer and member of the Revenue Product leadership team, y

Principal Product Manager - Identity
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Procore is looking for a Principal Product Manager to help shape the future of identity and security for our platform, ecosystem, and industry. In this role, you’ll partner closely with our Security and Platform organizations to deliver a seamless, secure, and scalable collaborative experience for all Procore users. You’ll take ownership of the end-to-end product management of Procore user identity with a focus on providing the right access to the right people at the right time. If you’re interested in making a long-lasting impact on the future direction of Procore’s collaborative platform—apply today!

Principal Android Engineer
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As a Principal Android Engineer at Procore, you’re given the unique opportunity to partner intimately with our customer base, translating their fundamental needs into technological SaaS solutions. Backed by the might of our teams, we’ll provide you with the tools and resources needed to achieve extraordinary results that render a significant impact extending beyond the boundaries of traditional engineering roles.

We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated application architect with Kafka experience to join our team in working on a large data modernization initiative. The role will be responsible for shaping and building Care.com’s streaming data pipeline strategy that will enable data exchange between microservices and feeding into the data lake.
The right individual will be a proactive, self-starter that enjoys and thrives when connecting people and technology to solve complex problems at scale. You love researching industry trends and remaining current on emerging technology. You will design, perform POC where needed, and partner with application architects and engineers to build an enterprise distributed messaging and integration ecosystem. If you have a passion for long-term end-to-end thinking balanced with working directly with delivery teams to craft increments that enable value for customers now, this role is for you!

Principal Analyst, Revenue Operations
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The Principal Analyst, Revenue Operations
STRATEGIST | ANALYTICAL GURU | COLLABORATOR
A Cloud Guru’s RevOps team is seeking a Principal Analyst to drive strategy, and handle the “big think” projects that establish the framework for the future. This is a highly analytical role that will provide the context, and insights that affect key philosophies around TAM, business performance, and org strategy.
You will work on everything from the highly

Principal Product Manager - Accounting Connectors
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Procore is looking for a Principal Product Manager, Accounting Connectors to help accelerate market-leading coverage of connectors with accounting systems and drive significant revenue growth in our Financials product line over the next three years.
As a successful Principal Product Manager, you have a deep background in product management, are comfortable collaborating with multiple stakeholders, and can balance competing priorities with ease.

Principal Security Engineer, Purple Team
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As a Principal Security Engineer, Purple Team, you’ll be a key member of the Security Operations group, within the Security Engineering Division. You’ll use your knowledge of threat actor tools, tactics, and procedures to build an effective incident response toolset and process. This role requires a strong background in security as it relates to production cloud platform infrastructure, penetration testing, application security, and other aspects of network/cloud infrastructure. If you’re interested in becoming a foundational member of the Procore security team, setting the course for security within Procore for years to come—we’d like to hear from you.

Principal Product Manager - Platform Flexibility
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Procore is looking for a Senior Product Manager, Platform Flexibility to build scalable platform capabilities that make it faster, simpler, and safer for a broad range of stakeholders to collaborate on complex construction projects. This business-critical component of our platform will simultaneously solve multiple problems while laying the foundation for quickly building new solutions, enriching our entire product suite, and creating strategic leverage for Procore as we expand markets. Successful candidates excel at driving alignment and have proven experience digging into customer problems in order to envision horizontal solutions that meet their needs.

Principal Product Manager - API & Developer Tools
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Procore is looking for a Principal Product Manager to play an integral role in creating a world-class experience for third parties building a business within the Procore Ecosystem. In this role, you will own and manage our core developer services, including APIs, software developer kits, and developer tools, which are critical to the success of the ecosystem.
The construction vertical is ripe for technological innovation. Construction impacts the
Principal Software Engineer Salary ranges
The most common Principal Software Engineer salary in Austin is between $140k - $150k.
Average Principal Software Engineer Salary by Company Size
People with the job title Principal Software Engineer make the most at companies with 1,000+ employees, earning $207,000 on average.
Principal Software Engineer Salary by gender
The average Principal Software Engineer salary for women is $157,500 and the average Principal Software Engineer salary for men is $159,931.
Principal Software Engineer Salary by Years of Experience
The average salary for a Principal Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience is $156,867.
Average Dev + Engineer salaries in Austin
Job Title | Average Salary | Salary Range |
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QA Analyst | $72,950 | Min: $42K Max: $165K |
Junior Software Engineer | $75,157 | Min: $60K Max: $110K |
QA Engineer | $77,768 | Min: $40K Max: $115K |
Software Test Engineer | $88,159 | Min: $61K Max: $130K |
Front End Developer | $100,284 | Min: $65K Max: $153K |
Salesforce Developer | $100,786 | Min: $70K Max: $125K |
Automation Engineer | $105,048 | Min: $79K Max: $130K |
Data Engineer | $105,116 | Min: $55K Max: $150K |
Game Developer | $105,600 | Min: $65K Max: $141K |
Android Developer | $110,308 | Min: $73K Max: $135K |
Sales Engineer | $110,564 | Min: $68K Max: $168K |
iOS Developer | $111,386 | Min: $85K Max: $150K |
Software Engineer | $112,283 | Min: $65K Max: $188K |
DevOps Engineer | $112,646 | Min: $84K Max: $141K |
Systems Engineer | $123,276 | Min: $90K Max: $152K |
QA Manager | $126,575 | Min: $95K Max: $150K |
Site Reliability Engineer | $129,714 | Min: $100K Max: $150K |
Security Engineer | $131,482 | Min: $61K Max: $180K |
Data Architect | $131,944 | Min: $98K Max: $200K |
Senior Software Engineer | $135,401 | Min: $95K Max: $200K |
Machine Learning Engineer | $142,500 | Min: $110K Max: $210K |
Lead Software Engineer | $144,654 | Min: $112K Max: $177K |
Hardware Engineer | $147,000 | Min: $147K Max: $147K |
Database Administrator | $148,333 | Min: $133K Max: $163K |
Engineering Manager | $150,115 | Min: $109K Max: $220K |
Principal Software Engineer | $155,800 | Min: $120K Max: $275K |
Director of Software Engineering | $174,568 | Min: $140K Max: $240K |
Data Engineering Manager | $175,000 | Min: $175K Max: $175K |
Vice President of Engineering | $212,500 | Min: $145K Max: $265K |
CTO (Chief Technology Officer) | $244,833 | Min: $130K Max: $435K |
Skills that affect Principal Software Engineer salaries in Austin
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SQL
3% have this skill
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Javascript
2% have this skill
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DevOps
2% have this skill
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Front-end
2% have this skill
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Java
2% have this skill
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Node.js
2% have this skill
Recent Principal Software Engineer salaries in Austin
$180,000
Yearly Salary
A Principal Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $180,000
7+ Years of Experience
Male
11-50 Employees
Austin
5-10 Reports
$168,000
Yearly Salary
A Principal Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $168,000
7+ Years of Experience
Male
1-10 Employees
Austin
$207,000
Yearly Salary
A Principal software engineer reported a yearly salary of $207,000 with +$300,000 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
Male
1,000+ Employees
Austin
$140,000
Yearly Salary
A Tech Lead reported a yearly salary of $140,000
5-7 Years of Experience
Male
11-50 Employees
Austin
$180,000
Yearly Salary
A Principal Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $180,000 with +$36,000 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
Female
201-500 Employees
Austin
$140,000
Yearly Salary
A Principal Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $140,000
7+ Years of Experience
Male
501-1,000 Employees
Austin
$144,000
Yearly Salary
A Principal Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $144,000 with +$6,000 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
Male
501-1,000 Employees
Austin
1-5 Reports
$160,000
Yearly Salary
A Principal Reservoir Engineer reported a yearly salary of $160,000 with +$30,000 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
Male
501-1,000 Employees
Austin
1-5 Reports
$153,500
Yearly Salary
A Senior Principal Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $153,500 with +$30,000 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
Male
501-1,000 Employees
Austin
1-5 Reports
$168,000
Yearly Salary
A Principal Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $168,000
7+ Years of Experience
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501-1,000 Employees
Austin
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