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Principal Engineer

A live market snapshot for Principal Engineer roles, aggregated from active roles across intothe.zone.

Hiring demand

214

Active roles

Work mix

Full time · 214 Onsite · 194 Remote · 19 Hybrid · 1

Companies hiring for this role average an AI-maturity score of 39/100.

In-demand skills

Most-requested skills across active Principal Engineer roles

security · 27 mentoring · 20 devops · 16 python · 14 ci/cd · 13 stakeholder management · 12 aws · 11 distributed systems · 11 observability · 9 roadmap · 9 data engineering · 8 fintech · 8

Who's hiring

Companies with the most active Principal Engineer roles

  • Penguin Recruitment Ltd 35 active roles
  • RGB Recruitment 13 active roles
  • Advanced Resource Managers Limited 12 active roles
  • Searchability NS&D 7 active roles
  • Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited 6 active roles

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