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Principal Engineer I salaries

953 H-1B & PERM records for "Principal Engineer I", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.

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Employer Role Location Salary Program Filing Date
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. Principal Engineer I (M), Machine Learning (Sr. D… Bellevue, WA $323200 Green Card Mar 8, 2023
Cloudera, Inc. Principal Engineer II - Public Cloud (SDE) Santa Clara, CA $293000 H-1B Oct 24, 2023
Confluent, Inc. Principal Engineer I Mountain View, CA $280000 H-1B Oct 16, 2024
Cloudera, Inc. Principal Engineer I Bayonne, NJ $280000 H-1B Mar 8, 2024
Cloudera, Inc. Principal Engineer II Santa Clara, CA $277134 H-1B Aug 27, 2024
Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Principal Engineer I (M), Data Engineering Mountain View, CA $277000 - $310000 H-1B Oct 11, 2021
Confluent, Inc. Principal Engineer I Mountain View, CA $270000 H-1B Mar 19, 2021
Cloudera, Inc. Principal Engineer II McLean, VA $264000 H-1B Sep 23, 2025
MCKINSEY & COMPANY, INC. UNITED STATES Principal Engineer II New York, NY $252300 H-1B Apr 15, 2026
Samsung Electronics America, Inc. Principal Engineer I (M), Machine Learning (Sr. D… Bellevue, WA $250000 - $350000 H-1B Sep 17, 2021
Cloudera, Inc. Principal Engineer I - DW Santa Clara, CA $241020 H-1B Sep 13, 2024
Cloudera, Inc. Principal Engineer I - Data Services Platform Santa Clara, CA $239250 H-1B Apr 10, 2025
MCKINSEY & COMPANY, INC. UNITED STATES Principal Engineer II New York, NY $237400 H-1B Jan 30, 2025
Cloudera, Inc. Principal Engineer I Santa Clara, CA $234587 H-1B Jun 10, 2025
Western Alliance Bank Principal Engineer III Los Angeles, CA $233350 H-1B Nov 25, 2025
Deeproute.ai Ltd Principal Engineer in Design Verification Fremont, CA $230000 H-1B Nov 15, 2022
CommVault Systems,Inc. Principal Engineer II Milpitas, CA $228300 - $250000 H-1B Apr 24, 2025
INDEED INC. Principal Engineer IV - Architecture Seattle, WA $224000 - $300000 Green Card Mar 18, 2021
Western Alliance Bank Principal Engineer III Thousand Oaks, CA $215000 H-1B Feb 7, 2023
Western Alliance Bank Principal Engineer III Thousand Oaks, CA $215000 H-1B Feb 23, 2023
MCKINSEY & COMPANY, INC. UNITED STATES Principal Engineer I NEW YORK, NY $214400 H-1B Mar 28, 2022
Cloudera, Inc. Principal Engineer I - RelEng/Infra/QE Tools Atlanta, GA $210000 H-1B Apr 17, 2025
CVS Pharmacy, Inc. Principal Engineer I Edison, NJ $210000 H-1B Jan 10, 2023
CommVault Systems,Inc. Principal Engineer III Tinton Falls, NJ $207500 - $220000 H-1B Feb 2, 2026
CommVault Systems,Inc. Principal Engineer II San Jose, CA $202800 - $250000 H-1B Apr 24, 2025
AUDIBLE, INC. PRINCIPAL ENGINEER IV NEWARK, NJ $202800 H-1B Aug 5, 2019
Pentagon Federal Credit Union Principal Engineer IT Cloud McLean, VA $201935 H-1B Sep 25, 2025
Caremark LLC Digital Principal Engineer I Richardson, TX $200571 H-1B Feb 23, 2023
CVS Pharmacy Inc. Digital Principal Engineer I Richardson, TX $200571 H-1B Mar 27, 2023
Aetna Resources LLC Digital Principal Engineer I Burlington, MA $199495 H-1B Apr 3, 2023
Aetna Resources LLC Digital Principal Engineer I Wakefield, MA $199359 H-1B Feb 2, 2024
Hughes Network Systems LLC Principal Engineer II - Software Germantown, MD $198384 H-1B Mar 24, 2025
Caremark LLC Digital Principal Engineer I Richardson, TX $195700 H-1B Jun 5, 2023
CVS Pharmacy Inc. Digital Principal Engineer I Richardson, TX $195700 H-1B Jun 26, 2023
Government Employees Insurance Company … Principal Engineer I- .NET Sacramento, CA $195000 H-1B Dec 8, 2022
CommVault Systems,Inc. Principal Engineer III Tinton falls, NJ $194000 - $200000 H-1B Mar 31, 2026
CVS Pharmacy, Inc. Digital Principal Engineer I Bentonville, AR $190000 H-1B Oct 20, 2022
CVS Pharmacy, Inc. Principal Engineer I Huntersville, NC $190000 H-1B Jan 20, 2023
Aetna Resources LLC Digital Principal Engineer I Burlington, MA $189881 H-1B Jan 26, 2023
Caremark LLC Digital Principal Engineer I Queen Creek, AZ $188268 H-1B Oct 31, 2023
CVS Pharmacy Inc. Principal Engineer I Buffalo Grove, IL $188000 H-1B Apr 10, 2024
CVS Pharmacy Inc. Digital Principal Engineer I Richardson, TX $186660 H-1B Dec 5, 2023
CommVault Systems,Inc. Principal Engineer II Ashburn, VA $186000 - $200000 H-1B Feb 20, 2025
CommVault Systems,Inc. Principal Engineer II Ashburn, VA $186000 - $200000 H-1B Feb 20, 2025
Midcontinent Independent System Operato… Principal Engineer II Operations Systems Round Rock, TX $185494 H-1B May 1, 2025
Caremark LLC Digital Principal Engineer I Buffalo Grove, IL $185253 H-1B Mar 6, 2024
Hughes Network Systems LLC Principal Engineer II- Data Analyst Germantown, MD $185000 H-1B Dec 18, 2023
CVS Pharmacy Inc. Principal Engineer I - Backend (Spring Boot) Chester Springs, PA $185000 H-1B Apr 17, 2023
Commvault Systems, Inc. Principal Engineer II Santa Clara, CA $185000 - $200000 H-1B May 18, 2022
Caremark LLC Digital Principal Engineer I Richardson, TX $184783 H-1B Apr 23, 2024
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