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Principal Distributed Systems Jobs

35 open positions · Updated 3 weeks ago

Average salary (USD/year): 154.5k–222.5k/yr
35 roles Principal 35 2–15 yrs experience Bellevue, Washington +25 more Full-time newest 3 weeks ago

35 Distributed Systems roles across 14 companies, most in Backend; 34% fully remote; typical advertised salary $117.2k

Work arrangement: 12 fully remote · 14 hybrid · 9 not stated

Advertised salaries: p25 $89.9k · median $117.2k · p75 $219.5k (from 27 disclosed annual salaries, USD)

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Asana

Lead the technical direction of Asana's platform, driving high-stakes initiatives and mentoring engineering leaders.

Asana New York City $365.5k–$380k/yr Published 3 weeks ago
GitLab

Lead technical direction for GitLab's Core DevOps services, focusing on quality and AI integration.

GitLab Remote, Canada; Remote, United Kingdom; Remote, United States $250k–$349k/yr Published 1 month ago
Okta

Lead the strategic evolution of the Auth0 Platform Infrastructure at Okta, focusing on cloud resilience and consumption models.

Okta Toronto, Ontario, Canada CA$173k–CA$237k/yr Published 1 month ago
AI-first team
SpaceX

Lead a team of engineers to develop and test cyber defenses for the Starshield network at SpaceX.

SpaceX Hawthorne, CA $225k–$340k/yr Published 1 month ago
Cloudflare

Lead the technical strategy for Cloudflare's Developer Platform in APJC, focusing on strategic customer and partner engagements.

Cloudflare Hybrid Published 1 month ago
Flexible on stack Heavy meetings
Acceldata

Join Acceldata as a Principal Engineer to shape the future of enterprise data platforms and influence the broader data ecosystem.

Acceldata Kitchener Published 7 months ago
AI-first team
Echodyne

Join Echodyne as a Principal Software Engineer to lead cloud integration for cutting-edge radar systems in a fast-growing team.

Echodyne Kirkland, WA $164.6k–$246.8k/yr Published 3 months ago
Flexible on stack
Enterpret

Lead the architecture for AI-native product engineering at Enterpret, focusing on agent workflows and ML platforms.

Enterpret Bengaluru Published 2 months ago
AI-first team
Synthesia

Join Synthesia as a Principal Engineer to enhance ML platform reliability and scalability in a hands-on role.

Synthesia Europe Published 6 months ago
Flexible on stack 70% coding
SpaceX

Join SpaceX as a Principal Software Engineer to design and scale a new Content Delivery Network for Starlink's global internet service.

SpaceX Redmond, WA $260k–$345k/yr Published 2 months ago
Flexible on stack
SpaceX

Join SpaceX as a Principal Software Engineer to design and scale a new Content Delivery Network for Starlink's global internet service.

SpaceX Hawthorne, CA $255k–$340k/yr Published 2 months ago
Flexible on stack
Elastic

Lead performance engineering initiatives for Elasticsearch, optimizing its performance and scalability in diverse environments.

Elastic Portugal €67k–€106k/yr Published 2 months ago
Flexible on stack
Elastic

Lead architectural and code-level performance engineering initiatives for Elasticsearch at Elastic.

Elastic Poland PLN 369.4k–PLN 584.3k/yr Published 2 months ago
Flexible on stack
Elastic

Lead performance engineering initiatives for Elasticsearch, optimizing its performance and scalability in diverse environments.

Elastic United States $159.8k–$252.8k/yr Published 2 months ago
Flexible on stack
Elastic

Lead performance engineering initiatives for Elasticsearch, optimizing its performance and scalability in diverse environments.

Elastic Ireland €104.8k–€165.7k/yr Published 2 months ago
Flexible on stack
Elastic

Join Elastic as a Principal Software Developer to lead performance engineering initiatives for Elasticsearch in a hybrid work environment.

Elastic Canada CA$154k–CA$243.6k/yr Published 2 months ago
Flexible on stack
Elastic

Lead performance engineering initiatives for Elasticsearch, optimizing its performance and scalability in a fully remote environment.

Elastic Romania $326.4k–$516.4k/yr Published 2 months ago
Flexible on stack
Elastic

Lead architectural and code-level performance engineering initiatives for Elasticsearch in a fully remote environment.

Elastic Norway NOK 949.5k–NOK 1502k/yr Published 2 months ago
Flexible on stack
Elastic

Join Elastic as a Principal Software Engineer to lead performance engineering initiatives for Elasticsearch in a collaborative environment.

Elastic Spain €80.4k–€127.2k/yr Published 2 months ago
Flexible on stack
Elastic

Lead performance engineering initiatives for Elasticsearch, optimizing its performance and scalability in a fully remote environment.

Elastic Greece €73.3k–€115.9k/yr Published 2 months ago
Flexible on stack
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