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Principal Software Engineer salary in Austin
Average Base Salary in Austin
$153,734
$32,400
Additional Cash Compensation
$186,134
Total Compensation
Median: $154K
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 $153,734. The average additional cash compensation for a Principal Software Engineer in Austin is $32,400. The average total compensation for a Principal Software Engineer in Austin is $186,134. 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
As a Principal Software Engineer at Evernote you’ll be a leader across Engineering, helping us design the right technical solutions on complex multi-team projects . You'll apply your deep engineering experience to a variety of problems, from turning fuzzy product ideas into concrete requirements and technical designs to crafting solutions to our most difficult technical challenges. We’re looking for people who can lead from the front, helping grow our engineers and contributing significantly to our codebase and technical evolution.
Blackbaud is seeking a Principal Network Engineer / Network Architect to work among a passionate team responsible for fast and effective operations support and for engineering innovative infrastructure and application solutions with increasing reliability, scalability, supportability and security. You will play an instrumental role in our journey to a public cloud model while also sustaining a high level of quality in our current co-located data centers, responsible for both cloud-based and physical infrastructure and application solutions. And you’ll relentlessly pursue opportunities to advance our operational effectiveness and increase customer satisfaction
Principal Software Engineer
+45
You’ll mentor and guide a talented group of early and mid-career engineers.
You will collaborate with other Principal Software Engineers to enhance the state of technology and architecture of RetailMeNot as a whole.
You will write and deliver software as a member of an Agile scrum team.
You’ll cultivate and enhance a culture built around standard methodologies for testing, automation, and monitoring.
You will develop a deep understanding of the business and use that knowledge to collaboratively build a roadmap for the next major iteration of the API to support where the business is heading.
You’ll bring expertise in distributed systems to improve reliability, scalability, and performance of an API serving millions of customers.
You will work together with your Agile team to improve process and delivery through collaborative problem solving.
As a consequence of our focus on the customer, we have experienced explosive growth. This growth provides many opportunities at WP Engine to tackle hard problems at scale, to deliver new products that continue to make WP Engine the platform of choice for online agility. As a member of our team, you'll have an essential role taking our platform to the next level, both in scale and functionality, helping to lead our microservices transition and build products that support the growth and operational excellence of WP Engine. This is your chance to make your mark on a company that is the leader in its industry.
Golang, Kubernetes, and Docker are some of the technologies you will work with. Experience in these domains is desired, but we are also happy to help you learn our stack. We hire for talent and potential, and we are seeking forward-thinking people to help invent the future of web hosting.
Principal Software Engineer
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Build full stack React/Redux applications that talk to Python API services.
Deliver new features to our iOS and Android mobile app using React Native.
Build backend services around advanced machine learning and predictive analytic models.
Design and operationalize data pipelines using advanced data architectures deployed on Amazon Web Services.
Optimize our developer toolchain to support instant provisioning of new services and infrastructure, fully automate deployment, and minimize development friction..
Coach and mentor junior and senior engineers in engineering techniques, processes, and new technologies; enable others to succeed.
Contribute to overall system design, architecture, security, scalability, reliability, and performance of applications.
Support the build and deployment pipeline and when necessary, both diagnose and solve production support issues.
Identify, scope, and architect solutions for new features while applying sound technical judgment that considers technology alternatives, impact on affected / adjacent systems and tradeoffs.
Work with Product, Design, and QA to deliver world-class digital experiences.
Get the opportunity to stay ahead of new technologies with an eye to evaluating and potentially incorporating them into your team’s architecture.
Apply understanding to help improve the cloud infrastructure that powers our high-performance, consumer-scale site and mobile apps.
Lead initiatives, technical design, and delivery of complex features across multiple systems to improve user experiences.
We are looking for a Principal Engineer to join to help continue building our energy jobs and services marketplace. The ideal candidate will have 15+ years of experience developing scalable software in partnership with diverse engineering teams and every aspect of our business, from the C-Suite to those in their first job.
What you’ll do: As a technical leader at Yonder, you will set and be responsible for architectural direction; define and prioritize the technical vision and backlog; either directly or indirectly manage the Engineering Chapter Leads; and ensure continuity across the entire tech stack.
You’re someone who works seamlessly with engineers and designers alike; you can ask savvy questions in either space to reach powerful product conclusions. As a Product Manager, you will embrace the role of “editor in chief” – finding and evaluating ideas from all sources and using customer empathy to mold those ideas into a seamless, compelling whole that is so much more than the sum of its parts.
Principal Software Engineer Salary ranges
The most common Principal Software Engineer salary in Austin is between $130k - $140k.
Average Principal Software Engineer Salary by Company Size
People with the job title Principal Software Engineer make the most at companies with 500+ employees, earning $162,295 on average.
Principal Software Engineer Salary by gender
The average Principal Software Engineer salary for women is $135,000 and the average Principal Software Engineer salary for men is $159,341.
Principal Software Engineer Salary by Years of Experience
The average salary for a Principal Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience is $153,630.
Average Dev + Engineer salaries in Austin
| Job Title | Average Salary | Salary Range |
|---|---|---|
| QA Analyst | $68,100 | Min: $42K Max: $103K |
| Junior Software Engineer | $74,725 | Min: $65K Max: $85K |
| QA Engineer | $78,526 | Min: $40K Max: $115K |
| Software Test Engineer | $86,417 | Min: $61K Max: $120K |
| Front End Developer | $98,286 | Min: $70K Max: $153K |
| Salesforce Developer | $102,385 | Min: $70K Max: $125K |
| Data Engineer | $102,927 | Min: $55K Max: $150K |
| Automation Engineer | $104,700 | Min: $79K Max: $130K |
| Android Developer | $105,400 | Min: $73K Max: $125K |
| Game Developer | $105,600 | Min: $65K Max: $141K |
| Sales Engineer | $105,740 | Min: $68K Max: $152K |
| iOS Developer | $109,750 | Min: $85K Max: $150K |
| DevOps Engineer | $111,671 | Min: $84K Max: $141K |
| Systems Engineer | $112,500 | Min: $90K Max: $135K |
| Software Engineer | $114,161 | Min: $71K Max: $188K |
| Machine Learning Engineer | $120,000 | Min: $110K Max: $135K |
| Data Architect | $127,941 | Min: $98K Max: $153K |
| QA Manager | $131,600 | Min: $110K Max: $150K |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $135,000 | Min: $130K Max: $140K |
| Senior Software Engineer | $136,277 | Min: $95K Max: $200K |
| Security Engineer | $139,200 | Min: $112K Max: $180K |
| Engineering Manager | $144,085 | Min: $109K Max: $175K |
| Hardware Engineer | $147,000 | Min: $147K Max: $147K |
| Database Administrator | $148,333 | Min: $133K Max: $163K |
| Principal Software Engineer | $153,734 | Min: $120K Max: $275K |
| Lead Software Engineer | $166,500 | Min: $166K Max: $167K |
| Director of Software Engineering | $170,483 | Min: $140K Max: $228K |
| Data Engineering Manager | $175,000 | Min: $175K Max: $175K |
| Vice President of Engineering | $214,682 | Min: $162K Max: $265K |
| CTO (Chief Technology Officer) | $242,300 | Min: $130K Max: $435K |
Skills that affect Principal Software Engineer salaries in Austin
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Javascript
3% have this skill
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SQL
3% have this skill
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DevOps
2% have this skill
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Java
2% have this skill
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Node.js
2% have this skill
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AngularJS
2% have this skill
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$160,000
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A Principal Reservoir Engineer reported a yearly salary of $160,000 with +$30,000 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
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500+ Employees
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$168,000
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A Principal Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $168,000
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$211,500
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A Senior Technical Staff Member reported a yearly salary of $211,500 with +$25,000 in additional cash compensation
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500+ Employees
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$140,000
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A Team Lead reported a yearly salary of $140,000 with +$14,000 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
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51-200 Employees
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$138,000
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A Staff Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $138,000
7+ Years of Experience
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500+ Employees
Austin
$176,000
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A Principal Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $176,000 with +$25,000 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
Male
500+ Employees
Austin
$150,000
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A Principal Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $150,000
7+ Years of Experience
Male
11-50 Employees
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1-5 Reports
$163,000
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A Principal Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $163,000
7+ Years of Experience
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500+ Employees
Austin
$150,000
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A Principal Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $150,000
7+ Years of Experience
Male
11-50 Employees
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$239,000
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A Principal AWS Cloud Engineer reported a yearly salary of $239,000
7+ Years of Experience
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500+ Employees
Austin
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