Principal Software Engineer

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Salary

$160K-$425K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

151% above the BLS role benchmark for software engineering aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Principal From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Work mode

Remote From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

In-office days

0 days From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Principal Software Engineer United States About GitHub GitHub is the world's leading platform for agentic software development - powered by Copilot to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 180 million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate, and more than 77,000 organisations have adopted GitHub Copilot. Locations In this role you can work from Remote, United States Overview GitHub is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to help shape the future of our core platform infrastructure. In this critical leadership position, you'll drive system architecture for our most critical services, inspire and coach engineering teams, and deliver solutions that keep GitHub running for millions of developers worldwide. We're looking for someone with deep expertise in building and operating large-scale distributed systems-someone who thrives on solving hard problems around reliability, availability, and performance at massive scale. You have a proven track record of tackling complex technical challenges with creativity and pragmatism, and you excel in highly collaborative, cross-functional environments. Our team focuses on the systems that power GitHub at scale, ensuring our platforms remain stable, secure, and performant under extreme load. As a Principal Software Engineer, you'll work alongside a globally distributed team of talented engineers and managers to enhance and scale our most critical infrastructure, delivering an exceptional experience to our diverse and growing customer base. You'll lead by example-both through your own technical contributions and by mentoring others. You'll guide technical strategy, influence architectural decisions, and drive performance optimization across teams. Our

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