Remote Principal Software Engineer Jobs in United States

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Remote Principal Software Engineer Jobs in United States (189)

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Principal Software Engineer - Hosting

Pantheon Systems, Inc · Full Time · 6 Weeks Ago
Pantheon Systems, Inc
🌎 United States πŸ’΅ $187K - $234K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
You will architect and evolve the core services underpinning the hosting platform, including edge delivery, container orchestration, and database services. Additionally, you will provide technical leadership and mentorship across the engineering organization to ensure platform reliability and performance.

Principal Software Engineer - Networking Architecture and SDN - TeraWave

BLUE ORIGIN · Full Time · 6 Weeks Ago
BLUE ORIGIN
🌎 United States πŸ’΅ $230K - $323K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
Lead the end-to-end design of a hybrid space-ground transport network and architect a Software-Defined Networking (SDN) framework for satellite constellations. Develop self-healing network logic and optimize traffic engineering to ensure high performance across constrained satellite payloads.

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Autodesk is hiring for remote Principal Software Engineer - Backend

Principal Software Engineer - Backend

Autodesk · Full Time · 6 Weeks Ago
Autodesk
🌎 United States πŸ’΅ $139K - $249K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
The Principal Software Engineer will provide technical leadership across multiple backend teams to shape architecture and strategy for complex, business-critical systems. They will also drive operational excellence and mentor senior engineers while remaining hands-on with critical system design and implementation.
Palo Alto Networks is hiring for remote Principal Software Engineer - Frontend, Developer Experience

Principal Software Engineer - Frontend, Developer Experience

Palo Alto Networks · Full Time · 7 Weeks Ago
Palo Alto Networks
🌎 United States ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
Drive the development of intuitive user experiences for an observability platform by collaborating with product, design, and engineering teams. You will evolve UI and API architecture while mentoring colleagues to ensure high-quality, performant, and reliable software delivery.
GitHub, Inc. is hiring for remote Principal Software Engineer, Identity & AI Governance

Principal Software Engineer, Identity & AI Governance

GitHub, Inc. · Full Time · 8 Weeks Ago
GitHub, Inc.
🌎 United States ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
Lead the architecture of Tier-0 identity and governance services to support secure interactions within GitHub's agentic AI ecosystem. Partner with cross-functional teams to define strategy, drive technical design, and ensure the reliability and scalability of global control plane services.

Principal Software Engineer, Tech Lead - Databricks Platform

Cardlytics · Full Time · 9 Weeks Ago
Cardlytics
🌎 United States ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
The Principal Software Engineer will own and evolve the end-to-end Databricks environment on AWS while leading a team of platform engineers. Responsibilities include platform administration, architecture design, implementing data governance, and providing technical enablement for cross-functional stakeholders.
Palo Alto Networks is hiring for remote Principal Engineer Software, Security (Chronosphere)

Principal Engineer Software, Security (Chronosphere) 29 APPLICANTS

Palo Alto Networks · Full Time · 10 Weeks Ago
Palo Alto Networks
🌎 United States πŸ’΅ $147K - $237K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development
The engineer will define and build core security engineering efforts to establish foundational security infrastructure used company-wide, focusing on making security a shared guardrail, not a bottleneck. Key tasks include designing and operating security tools for access control, vulnerability management, and detection/response systems, while collaborating on roadmaps and participating in design reviews.
Palo Alto Networks is hiring for remote Principal Engineer Software, Infrastructure (Chronosphere)

Principal Engineer Software, Infrastructure (Chronosphere)

Palo Alto Networks · Full Time · 10 Weeks Ago
Palo Alto Networks
🌎 United States πŸ’΅ $147K - $237K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development
The engineer will design and maintain high-scale developer tooling and backend services within a modern, cloud-native, containerized ecosystem to enhance productivity and reliability. Key tasks include treating infrastructure as code using Terraform, driving systemic quality improvements in the SDLC, and ensuring infrastructure resilience under massive loads.
Palo Alto Networks is hiring for remote Principal Engineer Software, Production Engineering (Chronosphere)

Principal Engineer Software, Production Engineering (Chronosphere)

Palo Alto Networks · Full Time · 10 Weeks Ago
Palo Alto Networks
🌎 United States πŸ’΅ $147K - $237K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development
The engineer will solve complex distributed systems problems at the largest scales globally, focusing on scaling infrastructure and architecture to meet platform needs. Responsibilities include using Go to build reliable distributed systems on Kubernetes, GCP, and AWS, and owning projects from inception through delivery.

Principal Software Engineer - AI Solutions 18 APPLICANTS

Insight · Full Time · 10 Weeks Ago
Insight
🌎 United States πŸ’΅ $130K - $150K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
The Principal Software Engineer will play a senior, hands-on role in building and delivering AI-powered solutions for client transformation initiatives, working closely with AI Architects to implement scalable systems across AI, cloud, and data domains. Responsibilities include designing solution-level components, serving as a technical lead for AI workstreams, and building, testing, and deploying production-grade solutions.

Principal Software Engineer, ePrescribing

Prescryptive Health, Inc. · Full Time · 11 Weeks Ago
Prescryptive Health, Inc.
🌎 United States πŸ’΅ $177K - $222K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
The Principal Software Engineer will own the architecture, reliability, and evolution of the ePrescribing platform, setting the technical direction for this critical domain. Responsibilities include leading the implementation of NCPDP SCRIPT standards, designing scalable message processing, and owning complex production issue resolution end-to-end.

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Fetch is hiring for remote Principal Software Engineer, Growth

Principal Software Engineer, Growth

Fetch · Full Time · 11 Weeks Ago
Fetch
🌎 United States ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
The Principal Engineer will architect and scale growth platforms powering core engagement experiences like loyalty mechanics and notifications, ensuring reliability for millions of users. They will also lead system design, define technical strategy, and drive cross-team alignment to translate business growth goals into scalable technical systems.
Coalition, Inc. is hiring for remote Principal Software Engineer, Security

Principal Software Engineer, Security

Coalition, Inc. · Full Time · 11 Weeks Ago
Coalition, Inc.
🌎 United States πŸ’΅ $172K - $256K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
The Principal Software Engineer will lead the design and implementation of core backend services and integrations powering the Wirespeed detection and enrichment platform. This includes owning high-impact integrations with security tools end-to-end while setting technical standards for quality and driving adoption through reviews.
GHX is hiring for remote Principal Software Engineer - Java, SQL and NoSQL DBA

Principal Software Engineer - Java, SQL and NoSQL DBA

GHX · Full Time · 11 Weeks Ago
GHX
🌎 France, United States πŸ’΅ $150K - $214K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
This role involves working directly with application teams to establish data architecture excellence, designing and reviewing data architectures, models, and access patterns for services. The engineer will also be responsible for optimizing database performance, guiding technology selection, and establishing data quality and observability standards.

Principal Software Engineer- GenAI

Duck Creek Technologies · Full Time · 12 Weeks Ago
Duck Creek Technologies
🌎 United States πŸ’΅ $136K - $219K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
The Principal Software Engineer will drive the technical vision and execution of advanced AI-powered solutions, designing and implementing scalable, secure, and high-performing systems leveraging LLMs, RAG, and AI-driven services. Key duties include leading technical strategy for GenAI products, architecting core AI services, and mentoring engineers on modern AI development practices.
Utilidata is hiring for remote Principal Software Engineer, DevOps

Principal Software Engineer, DevOps

Utilidata · · 14 Weeks Ago
Utilidata
🌎 United States πŸ’΅ $180K - $210K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
This role involves designing, building, and operating the off-device platform that ingests, processes, and serves data from edge AI devices across on-premises and cloud environments. Responsibilities include overseeing containerized application deployment via Kubernetes, leading scalable system design on AWS/on-premise, and utilizing Terraform for infrastructure automation.
🌎 United States ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
This role involves architecting and implementing next-generation customer-facing data and intelligence APIs, defining contracts for low latency, high throughput endpoints, and agentic workflows. The engineer will also architect service layers for agentic workflows and build context hubs on top of authoritative data systems.
Zelis is hiring for remote Sr. Principal Software Engineer

Sr. Principal Software Engineer

Zelis · · 15 Weeks Ago
Zelis
🌎 United States ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
The role involves designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining high-quality backend services and supporting systems, while also owning services in production, including monitoring and operational health. Responsibilities also include driving architectural decisions, improving delivery workflows, and mentoring other engineers through technical guidance.
AlphaSense is hiring for remote Principal Software Engineer, Financial Data Platform & GenSearch Agent

Principal Software Engineer, Financial Data Platform & GenSearch Agent

AlphaSense · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
AlphaSense
🌎 United States πŸ’΅ $246K - $339K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
The Principal Engineer will focus on optimizing the GenSearch financial data agent by reducing latency in AI-powered answers and simplifying the fragmented, legacy-heavy architecture. Responsibilities include improving cross-dataset querying, shipping new datasets, and leading technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams.

Principal Software Engineer (Remote) - 27014

HII's Mission Technologies division · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
HII's Mission Technologies division
🌎 United States πŸ’΅ $143K - $245K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
The engineer will design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain complex, scalable backend systems handling massive data volumes and high query loads across various technical domains. Responsibilities include evolving RESTful APIs, modifying open-source software like Trino, implementing identity federation, managing data ingestion pipelines, and enhancing deployment automation.

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Referral Board is hiring for remote Elasticsearch - Principal Software Engineer II - Search Internals, Lucene

Elasticsearch - Principal Software Engineer II - Search Internals, Lucene

Referral Board · Full Time · 15 Weeks Ago
Referral Board
🌎 Canada, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
The engineer will define, lead, and contribute to the evolution of core search and indexing capabilities by researching advances in search infrastructure, data structures, and retrieval algorithms. They will shape the long-term technical vision for search at Elastic by driving an innovative roadmap for indexing, query execution, and relevance layers.
Aura is hiring for remote Principal Software Engineer, D2C Growth

Principal Software Engineer, D2C Growth

Aura · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago
Aura
🌎 United States πŸ’΅ $205K - $285K per year ⭐ 5-10 yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
The Principal Software Engineer will serve as a technical visionary for the D2C Growth team, driving the evolution of customer acquisition channels and platforms. This involves leading ambitious initiatives like developing an AI-powered optimization platform and building a personalization platform to enhance customer journeys.

Principal Software Engineer, Site Reliability

Upstart · Full Time · 16 Weeks Ago
Upstart
🌎 United States πŸ’΅ $195K - $270K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
This role involves serving as a thought leader and SRE evangelist, driving the adoption of best practices, mentoring engineers, and influencing technical and business decisions across various engineering teams. Key duties include championing reliability strategies, building self-healing systems, and owning cross-functional initiatives from concept to execution.

Principal Software Engineer (Backend)

Veradigm · Full Time · 17 Weeks Ago
Veradigm
🌎 United States πŸ’΅ $130K - $189K per year ⭐ 10+ yrs exp πŸ’Ό Software Development Principal Software Engineer
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will architect and lead the development of technical solutions that are secure, robust, and scalable. You will also provide technical thought leadership and mentor developers while collaborating across various functional areas.

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