How many staff and principal engineer jobs are open right now?

There are 2,943 open staff and principal engineer jobs at 369 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 154 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 staff and principal engineer jobs?

Right now the most openings are at Databricks (124), Anthropic (97), Elastic (77), Okta (75) and OKX (61). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.

Are there remote staff and principal engineer jobs?

685 of the 2,943 open staff and principal engineer jobs (23%) 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 staff and principal engineer jobs pay?

The median advertised salary is $248K, based on 1,720 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $220K and $286K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.

How do I apply for staff and principal engineer 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.

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Q: What is a staff and principal engineer job?

In a staff and principal engineer job, a person is one of the most senior engineers without managing people: sets technical direction and solves the hardest problems. 2,943 such roles are open on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026.

Staff and principal engineer: a person in this job is one of the most senior engineers without managing people: sets technical direction and solves the hardest problems. Databricks, Anthropic, Elastic, Okta and OKX have the most open roles with “Staff and principal engineer” or a close variant in the title right now.

2,943 open roles · 154 posted in the last 7 days · 23% remote · 369 companies hiring · $248K median advertised salary · checked Nov 14 against employer career pages

What these jobs pay1,720 of them state a yearly range in US dollars (bands in thousands). The orange column holds the median, $248K.

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Period	Count
under $75K	2
$75K to $100K	1
$100K to $125K	0
$125K to $150K	15
$150K to $175K	44
$175K to $200K	164
$200K to $250K	657
$250K to $300K	501
$300K and more	336

Three numbersOut of 2,943 open jobs in this list.

Can be done from home23%685 of 2,943 jobs

State the pay66%1,946 of 2,943 jobs

Are for beginners0%0 of 2,943 jobs

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Software development

Skills asked for in staff and principal engineer roles

Python1,288 · 44%AWS785 · 27%Kubernetes762 · 26%Go646 · 22%LLM638 · 22%Machine Learning554 · 19%Java546 · 19%

Bars show the share of these 2,943 roles; one role can count in several rows.

Newest staff and principal engineer jobs

Showing the newest 100 of 2,507. The search looks through all of them by title, place and pay.

Who is hiring for staff and principal engineer roles

Where staff and principal engineer roles are

A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.

What staff and principal engineer roles pay, by level

Level in the title	Median advertised salary	Roles counted
No level in the title	$312K	45
Lead	$245K	1,669

Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.

Questions about staff and principal engineer jobs

What is a staff and principal engineer job?: In a staff and principal engineer job, a person is one of the most senior engineers without managing people: sets technical direction and solves the hardest problems. 2,943 such roles are open on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026.
How many staff and principal engineer jobs are open right now?: There are 2,943 open staff and principal engineer jobs at 369 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 154 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 staff and principal engineer jobs?: Right now the most openings are at Databricks (124), Anthropic (97), Elastic (77), Okta (75) and OKX (61). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote staff and principal engineer jobs?: 685 of the 2,943 open staff and principal engineer jobs (23%) 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 staff and principal engineer jobs pay?: The median advertised salary is $248K, based on 1,720 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $220K and $286K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
How do I apply for staff and principal engineer 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.

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