{"id":27526,"date":"2023-01-04T11:02:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T11:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/04\/principal-engineers-top-1m-in-salary-survey-the-register\/"},"modified":"2023-01-04T11:02:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T11:02:33","slug":"principal-engineers-top-1m-in-salary-survey-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/04\/principal-engineers-top-1m-in-salary-survey-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal engineers top $1m in salary survey \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If a new year means a new job, it might be worth taking a peek at the 2022 Levels.fyi salary survey, which reveals that principal engineers are getting up to $1 million, and even entry-level engineers can expect more than $250,000 in the highest paying tech firms.<\/p>\n

Based on more than 150,000 salary submissions, the research<\/a> shows entry-level engineers with up to two years of experience can expect a salary of around $274,000 from New York’s Two Sigma, which specializes in applying data science to the financial services industry. Second place went to Stripe, the online payment specialist, which offered around $266,000, and in third was $238,000 from Cruise, the self-driving car company.<\/p>\n

On the standard engineering grade, Databricks offers the highest salary of around $443,000, while Cruise and online gaming platform Roblox came in second and third, respectively with $361,000 and $354,000. At the other end of the scale, a principal engineer might expect $1,044,000 at the highest payer, social media giant Facebook. In this tier of engineers, Stripe came in second with $900,000, while Airbnb was third with $796,000.<\/p>\n

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