Remote staff and principal engineer jobs
685 open remote roles for staff and principal engineers as of Nov 14, 2026. Affirm, Reddit, Coinbase, Mozilla and Grafana Labs have the most. The median advertised salary is $237K.
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Vision AIToast · 🇺🇸Remote, US$151K - $309KRemoteLeadGoPythonJava
- Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Vision AIToast · 🇺🇸Remote, US$180K - $368KRemoteLeadPythonJavaKotlin
- Staff Content Developer1Password · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Remote (United States | Canada)CA$110K - CA$160KRemoteLeadMachine LearningNLP
- Staff Software Engineer, Internal ProductsAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$405K - $485KRemoteLeadLLM
- 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
- Staff Software Engineer, EnterpriseToast · 🇺🇸Remote, US$151K - $309KRemoteLeadJavaKotlin
- Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack (Auth Experiences)Affirm · 🇨🇦Remote Canada · +1 more locationCA$181K - CA$241KRemoteLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Staff Software Engineer, ConsoleDeepgram · 🇺🇸USA - Remote$247K - $308KRemoteLeadRustGoPython
- Staff Mobile Engineer - Session Replay | Canada | RemoteGrafana Labs · 🇨🇦Canada (Remote)CA$193K - CA$231KRemoteLeadGoTypeScriptReact
- Staff Mobile Engineer - Session Replay | US | RemoteGrafana Labs · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$189K - $227KRemoteLeadGoTypeScriptReact
- Staff GTM Engineer1Password · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Remote (United States | Canada)CA$139K - CA$202KRemoteLeadSQLGCPMachine Learning
- Staff Software Engineer, InfrastructureHex · 🇺🇸Remote - US$246K - $329KRemoteLeadRustGoPython
- Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, EMEAGitLab · 🇮🇪🇦🇹🇫🇷Remote Ireland; Remote, Austria; Remote, France; Remote…—RemoteLeadGoTypeScriptRuby
- Staff Backend Engineer, Performance EnablementGitLab · 🇵🇱Remote, Poland—RemoteLeadGCPKubernetes
- Staff Security Engineer - AppSec6sense · 🇺🇸United States, Remote$201K - $256KRemoteLeadPythonJavaScriptAWS
- Staff Software Engineer - Query Planner & ReflectionsDremio · 🇵🇹Portugal - Remote—RemoteLeadJavaC++SQL
- Staff Software Engineer, Application InfrastructureToast · 🇺🇸Remote, US$151K - $309KRemoteLeadGoJavaKotlin
- Principal Database EngineerKraken · 🇺🇸United States · +1 more location$161K - $359KRemoteLeadRustGoPython
- Principal Software Engineer, InfrastructureReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$287K - $401KRemoteLeadRustGoPython
- Staff Developer, Authentication Enablement1Password · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Remote (United States | Canada)CA$192K - CA$278KRemoteLeadRustGoPython
- Staff Applied AI Engineer - Pre-SalesSnorkel AI · 🇺🇸New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); U…$190K - $330KRemoteLeadPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Staff Security Engineer, Product SecurityFlexport · 🇺🇸U.S. Remote$148K - $271KRemoteLeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Software Engineer, Browser (New Products)Mozilla · 🇨🇦Remote Canada · +1 more locationCA$130K - CA$170KRemoteLeadRustJavaScriptC++
- Staff Security Software Engineer, Detection & ResponsePinterest · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemoteLeadGoPythonRuby
- Staff Software Engineer, Sandbox Secrets (West Coast)Docker · 🇺🇸United States$170K - $276KRemoteLeadRustGoJava
- Principal Engineer, Autonomy Systems Engineering, ODD Definition & RiskMotional · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Las Vegas, Nevada…$200K - $275KRemoteLeadSQLCI/CDLooker
- Staff Software Engineer, Ads Data PlatformInstacart · 🇨🇦Canada - Remote (ON, AB, BC, or NS Only) · +1 more locationCA$229K - CA$242KRemoteLeadPythonSQLScala
- Staff Solutions Architect, Banking (US)Temporal · 🇺🇸New York, New York$168K - $210KRemoteLeadRustGoPython
- Principal Engineer, PrivacyAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$485K - $625KRemoteLeadGoPythonMachine Learning
- Staff Product Security EngineerChainguard · 🇨🇦Canada - Remote · +3 more locations—RemoteLeadGoPythonGCP
- Staff Platform Engineer, Agentic Engineeringn8n · 🇩🇪Berlin Office€128K - €202KRemoteLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptNode.js
- Senior/Staff - Go Backend Engineer - remote friendlyQonto · 🇮🇹Milan, Italy · +2 more locations—RemoteLeadGoRubyPostgreSQL
- Staff Software Engineer - New Markets Singapore/SEAAlpaca · 🇸🇬Remote - Singapore, Remote - APAC—RemoteLeadGoGCPAzure
- Principal Machine Learning EngineerHims & Hers · 🇺🇸US - Remote$290K - $330KRemoteLeadPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Staff Application Security EngineerBambooHR · 🇺🇸Utah | Remote—RemoteLeadPythonTypeScriptPHP
- Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer ProductivityCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$218K - $256KRemoteLeadGoPythonJava
- Principal Solutions EngineerTwingate · Remote$215K - $260KRemoteLeadPythonGraphQLKubernetes
- Staff Software Engineer, SimulationAgility Robotics · 🇺🇸Hybrid- Any Office (Fremont, CA, Salem, OR, or Pittsburgh…$181K - $282KRemoteLeadPythonC++CI/CD
- Principal Product Security EngineerCribl · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$265K - $320KRemoteLeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Client Support EngineerBigID · 🇺🇸Remote- USA East Coast$120K - $140KRemoteLeadPythonJavaScriptJava
- Staff Solutions Architect, Majors (US)Temporal · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$168K - $220KRemoteLeadRustGoPython
- Embedded Systems Staff EngineerBugcrowd · 🇺🇸Remote - US—RemoteLeadC++Linux
- Staff Software Engineer - Backend (Consumer - Agentic Trading)Coinbase · 🇨🇦Remote - Canada · +1 more locationCA$218KRemoteLeadGoLLMTrading
- Staff Software Engineer, Frontend/Mobile (Consumer - Agentic Trading)Coinbase · 🇨🇦Remote - Canada · +1 more locationCA$218KRemoteLeadGoTypeScriptReact
- Staff Software Engineer, Platform (Java)Sprout Social · 🇵🇱Remote Poland—RemoteLeadPythonJavaC++
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Edge AISamsara · 🇨🇦Remote - Canada · +1 more locationCA$170K - CA$234KRemoteLeadRustPythonC++
- Staff Software Engineer, Chainguard HarnessChainguard · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$205K - $231KRemoteLeadTerraformGCPLLM
- Staff Software EngineerFivetran · 🇺🇸Remote, New York, United States, AMER—RemoteLeadRustGoPython
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Questions about remote staff and principal engineer jobs
- How many remote staff and principal engineer jobs are open right now?
- There are 685 open remote staff and principal engineer jobs at 175 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 46 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 remote staff and principal engineer jobs?
- Right now the most openings are at Affirm (39), Reddit (39), Coinbase (35), Mozilla (33) and Grafana Labs (25). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Can I do remote staff and principal engineer jobs from any country?
- Mostly not. 1 of the 685 open remote staff and principal engineer jobs are listed as open worldwide; the rest are limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do remote staff and principal engineer jobs pay?
- The median advertised salary is $237K, based on 428 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $215K and $271K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
- How do I apply for remote 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.
































