Lead & principal Engineering jobs
3,362 open Lead & principal Engineering roles as of Nov 14, 2026. Databricks, Anthropic, Elastic, OKX and Waymo have the most. 709 are remote and the median advertised salary is $242K.
- Principal Software EngineerShowpad · 🇮🇳Pune—LeadGoPythonJava
- Director of EngineeringEndor Labs · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA—LeadC++CI/CD
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Vision AIToast · 🇺🇸Remote, US$151K - $309KRemoteLeadGoPythonJava
- Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Vision AIToast · 🇺🇸Remote, US$180K - $368KRemoteLeadPythonJavaKotlin
- Principal Sofware Engineer, Applied AIPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$203K - $275KLeadKubernetesAI
- Lead Design CNC Programmer/OperatorLucid Motors · 🇺🇸Newark, CA—Lead
- Lead Electrical Engineer, Hardware Reliability (Starshield)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$165K - $230KLead
- Operations Tech LeadCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$200K - $250KLeadGo.NET
- Lead Software Development Engineer, Full StackPitchBook Data · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States$190K - $230KLeadJavaPostgreSQLDocker
- Executive Assistant, CTO & Team LeadPlaid · 🇺🇸San Francisco HQ$144K - $197KLead
- Staff Software Engineer - Okta Identity GovernanceOkta · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$194K - $267KLeadGoJavaKotlin
- Principal Network Software Engineer - TS/SCIRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA · +1 more location$173K - $259KLeadDockerJiraAgile
- Principal, Developer Platform PositioningCloudflare · Hybrid$164K - $200KLead
- Principal Design Verifiction EngineerSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$180K - $225KLeadPythonC++Machine Learning
- Tech Lead - Global Offices NetworkNubank · 🇧🇷São Paulo—LeadPrometheusGrafana
- Principal Software Engineer, Creator AnalyticsRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$345K - $399KLeadGoPythonJava
- Tech Lead Manager, Human Agent ToolingChime · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, USA$199K - $275KLeadReactRubyReact Native
- Staff Software Engineer - Privileged Access Management (PAM)Okta · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington$180K - $247KLeadGoJavaScriptReact
- Lead Launch EngineerApex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$160K - $190KLeadExcel
- Staff Content Developer1Password · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Remote (United States | Canada)CA$110K - CA$160KRemoteLeadMachine LearningNLP
- Staff Software EngineerSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$225K - $280KLeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Director, Machine Learning EngineeringChime · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, USA$269K - $373KLeadMachine LearningAI
- Staff+ Software Engineer, ConsumerAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$320K - $405KLeadTypeScriptReactNode.js
- Staff Product Manager, Hardware *Oura · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, California$198K - $235KLead
- Staff Software Engineer, (DEM)Crusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$215K - $260KLeadRustGoKubernetes
- Principal Software Engineer, Creator HubRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KLeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Software Engineer, Internal ProductsAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$405K - $485KRemoteLeadLLM
- Staff Quantum Success EngineerIonQ · 🇰🇷Seoul, Seoul, South Korea—LeadPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Principal RF Engineer (Starshield)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$210K - $340KLeadPythonC++MATLAB
- Staff Software Engineer, TRUST NetworkCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$218K - $256KRemoteLead
- Staff Site Reliability EngineerSprout Social · 🇵🇱Remote Poland—RemoteLeadGoPythonJava
- Staff Solutions Architect, New Logo (US)Temporal · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$168K - $220KRemoteLeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Developer ExperienceCohere · 🇬🇧London$185K - $300KLeadPythonTypeScriptDocker
- Sr. Staff Engineer, Enterprise BrowserNetskope · 🇪🇸Spain · +1 more location€80K - €136KLeadGoPythonJava
- Staff Software Engineer - BackendSurveyMonkey · 🇮🇳Bengaluru—LeadNode.jsSQLLLM
- Global Engineering Senior Director - USNubank · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$380K - $420KLeadAgile
- Global Engineering Director - USNubank · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$340K - $380KLeadAgile
- Manager, Software Engineering - SRE Site Lead: Dublin ROCRiot Games · 🇮🇪Dublin, Ireland—LeadMySQLCI/CDKubernetes
- Lead Product Engineer, GrowthNeko Health · 🇬🇧London—LeadTypeScriptReactKotlin
- Team Lead, Software Development (Backend)- all gendersLightspeed Commerce · 🇩🇪Berlin—LeadPythonJavaGraphQL
- Director, EngineeringZoomInfo · 🇮🇳Bengaluru, Karnataka, India—LeadMachine LearningLLMRAG
- Principal Propulsion Engineer- ComponentsVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$182K - $232KLead
- Staff Engineer, Thermal DesignTenstorrent · 🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada—LeadAirflow
- Staff Software Engineer, EnterpriseToast · 🇺🇸Remote, US$151K - $309KRemoteLeadJavaKotlin
- Lead Software Engineer - FullstackAEG Worldwide · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$165K - $185KLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack (Auth Experiences)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote Canada · +1 more locationCA$181K - CA$241KRemoteLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Staff Software Engineer, ConsoleDeepgram · 🇺🇸USA - Remote$247K - $308KRemoteLeadRustGoPython
- Staff Engineer, Mechanical DesignTenstorrent · 🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada—Lead
- Principal Software Engineer, PerformanceNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$258K - $387KLeadC++Machine LearningLinux
- Tech Lead Manager, Growth Data ScienceAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$460KLeadPythonSQLLLM
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Questions about lead & principal Engineering jobs
- How many lead & principal Engineering jobs are open right now?
- There are 3,362 open lead & principal Engineering jobs at 440 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 188 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most lead & principal Engineering jobs?
- Right now the most openings are at Databricks (132), Anthropic (90), Elastic (75), OKX (74) and Waymo (69). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote lead & principal Engineering jobs?
- 709 of the 3,362 open lead & principal Engineering jobs (21%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do lead & principal Engineering jobs pay?
- The median advertised salary is $242K, based on 1,887 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $216K and $284K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
- How do I apply for lead & principal Engineering jobs?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.




































