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Staff and principal engineer jobs in the United States
3,228 open roles for staff and principal engineers in the United States as of Nov 14, 2026. Shield AI, Anduril Industries, Anthropic, Databricks and Crusoe have the most. 609 are remote and the median advertised salary is $238K.
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Vision AIToast · 🇺🇸Remote, US$151K - $309KRemoteLeadGoPythonJava
- Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Vision AIToast · 🇺🇸Remote, US$180K - $368KRemoteLeadPythonJavaKotlin
- Staff SW Engineer, Ground & Control ServicesBlackSky · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA; Herndon, VA; Remote$155K - $180KRemoteLeadGoPythonC++
- Principal Sofware Engineer, Applied AIPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$203K - $275KLeadKubernetesAI
- Staff Reactor Systems EngineerRadiant Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, CA$150K - $212KLead
- Staff Site Reliability Engineer, AWS & DatabasesOpenloophealth · 🇺🇸United States - Remote—RemoteLeadPythonSQLPostgreSQL
- Senior Staff R&D Engineer – Thermal-Fluids & Process ModelingSila · 🇺🇸Alameda, CA$172K - $218KLeadPython
- 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 Design Verifiction EngineerSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$180K - $225KLeadPythonC++Machine Learning
- Principal Software Engineer, Creator AnalyticsRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$345K - $399KLeadGoPythonJava
- Staff Software Engineer, Vehicle Management SystemsAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Boston, Massachusetts, United States$220K - $292KLeadComputer Vision
- Staff Software Engineer - Privileged Access Management (PAM)Okta · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington$180K - $247KLeadGoJavaScriptReact
- Staff Content Developer1Password · 🇺🇸🇨🇦Remote (United States | Canada)CA$110K - CA$160KRemoteLeadMachine LearningNLP
- Staff Software EngineerSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$225K - $280KLeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff+ Software Engineer, ConsumerAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$320K - $405KLeadTypeScriptReactNode.js
- Staff Software Engineer, BackendArcher · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States · +1 more location$175K - $215KLeadGCPAWS
- Staff Software Engineer, (DEM)Crusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$215K - $260KLeadRustGoKubernetes
- Principal Software Engineer, Creator HubRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KLeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Principal Test EngineerVoyager Technologies, Inc. · 🇺🇸Pueblo, CO$145K - $175KLeadMATLAB
- Staff Software Engineer, Internal ProductsAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$405K - $485KRemoteLeadLLM
- Principal RF Engineer (Starshield)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$210K - $340KLeadPythonC++MATLAB
- Staff Applied AI/ML Scientist, AcquisitionFaire · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$246K - $339KLeadMachine LearningLLMSEO
- Staff Software Engineer, TRUST NetworkCoinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$218K - $256KRemoteLead
- Principal AI ArchitectClera · 🇺🇸New York$270K - $330KRemoteLeadMachine LearningAI
- Principal Forward Deployed EngineerBetterup · 🇺🇸Austin, TX$230K - $320KLeadLLMSnowflake
- Staff Solutions Architect, New Logo (US)Temporal · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$168K - $220KRemoteLeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cybersecurity Products)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KRustGoPython
- Senior Engineer - Technical StaffSavvy · 🇺🇸NYC Office$175K - $230KSeniorReactPostgreSQLGCP
- Staff Software EngineerOverjet · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA—LeadPythonSQLDocker
- Staff/Principal Fullstack Software EngineerWitnessai · 🇺🇸Bay Area$216K - $274KLeadRustGoTypeScript
- Senior Staff Security Architect (Digital Assets)SoFi · 🇺🇸WA - Seattle; UT - Cottonwood Heights; CA - San Francisco…—LeadCI/CDKubernetesAWS
- Staff Software EngineerLorikeet · 🇺🇸New York City (US-Onsite)—LeadPythonTypeScriptReact
- Staff Engineer, Electromechanical Systems Advance Manufacturing - Ranger (R6547)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington—Lead
- Staff Engineer, Integration Advance Manufacturing - Ranger (R6505)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington—Lead
- Staff Engineer, Harness Design - Ranger (R6528)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington—Lead
- Staff Mechanical Engineer, Systems Integration - Ranger (R6580)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US$171K - $257KLead
- Staff DevOps Engineer (R6668)Shield AI · 🇺🇸United States—LeadPythonDockerTerraform
- Staff Software Engineer, EcosystemBoulevard · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$194K - $225KRemoteLeadGoPythonJava
- Principal Propulsion Engineer- ComponentsVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$182K - $232KLead
- Staff Service Systems EngineerAmperesand · 🇺🇸Reno, Nevada, United States; San Francisco, California, U…—LeadPythonSQLAzure
- Staff Engineer, Mission Systems (R5893)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington$156K - $282KLead
- Staff Mission Systems Engineer - Ranger (R6405)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington$188K - $282KLead
- Staff Field Service EngineerAmperesand · 🇺🇸Reno, Nevada, United States; San Francisco, California, U…—LeadPythonJira
- Staff Engineer, Propulsion Systems Advance Manufacturing (R5185)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington—Lead
- Staff Engineer, Electromechanical (R6043)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US$176K - $264KLeadAgile
- Staff Engineer, Mechanical - Harness Design (R4594)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US$171K - $257KLead
- Senior Staff Engineer, Electromechanical (R4583)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US$209K - $313KLeadAgile
- Staff Mechanical Design & Analysis Engineer - Launch & Recovery Vehicle (LRV)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington—LeadAgile
- Staff Guidance Navigation and Control Software Engineer (GNC)Anduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States; Santa Ana, Califor…$220K - $292KLeadMATLABComputer Vision
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Questions about Staff and principal engineer jobs in the United States
- How many Staff and principal engineer jobs in the United States are open right now?
- There are 3,228 open Staff and principal engineer jobs in the United States at 584 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 248 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 in the United States?
- Right now the most openings are at Shield AI (185), Anduril Industries (147), Anthropic (89), Databricks (78) and Crusoe (58). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote Staff and principal engineer jobs in the United States?
- 609 of the 3,228 open Staff and principal engineer jobs in the United States (19%) 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 in the United States pay?
- The median advertised salary is $238K, based on 2,586 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $212K and $275K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
- How do I apply for Staff and principal engineer jobs in the United States?
- 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.
















