Principal Software Engineer Jobs in Fairfax, VA (1,615)
Principal Cyber Support Developer
ManTech
Chantilly, VA
New
Principal Systems Engineer, SIGINT Solutions
TalentRemedy
Herndon, VA
$170k - $240k / year
Civil Engineering Manager
Energix North America
Arlington, VA
Principal Software Engineer, Manufacturing Intelligence
Xometry
Rockville, MD
Principal Engineer - gDX Development
RED SKY Consulting
Washington, DC
$177k - $245k / year
Principal Engineer
Ametek
Herndon, VA
401(k)
PTO
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
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Cloud Security Engineer - Sr. Principal
MAXISIQ
Arlington, VA
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Senior Principal Engineer
Saalex
Bethesda, MD
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Education
$175k - $190k / year
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Senior Engineer - Fire and Explosion, Bethesda, US
Gexcon India
Bethesda, MD
401(k)
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ETL Developer
CACI International
Ashburn, VA
Hospitality
$103.8k - $218.1k / year
‌
Senior Civil Engineer
IMEG Corp
Washington, DC
New
Part-Time
PTO
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Flexible Schedule
Education
$109k - $159k / year
‌
Principal Software Engineer- Inventory Management- Remote US
O'Reilly Auto Parts
🌎 Remote
Remote
Hourly
401(k)
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
$119.2k - $178.8k / year
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Principal Backend Software Engineer-Pipeline Infrastructure (FULLY REMOTE Bay Area, Seattle)
Splunk
🌎 Remote
Remote
Diversity Leader
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
$203.2k - $279.4k / year
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Principal Engineer II - Software
Rocket Lab
Germantown, MD
New
PTO
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Education
$173.8k / year
‌
Principal DevSecOps Software Engineer (Onsite)
Pratt & Whitney
Sterling, VA
Eco-Friendly
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Parental Leave
‌
Principal / Sr. Principal Software Test Engineer (AHT)
Northrop Grumman
College Park, MD
PTO
Health Insurance
‌
Chief Software Engineer
Leidos
Merrifield, VA
$126.1k - $228k / year
‌
Principal DevSecOps Engineer - Hybrid
Legion (formerly Yurts)
Washington, DC
Hybrid
Health Insurance
Vision Insurance
$95k - $125k / year
‌
Senior Principal Engineer
Hazen and Sawyer
Fairfax, VA
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Senior DevSecOps Engineer (TS/SCI)
Maxar Technologies
Springfield, VA
Diversity Leader
Health Insurance
$140k - $160k / year
‌
Principal Antenna Engineer
Intellian Technologies
Rockville, MD
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
$50 - $55 / hour
‌
Senior Principal Architect
Avature
Suitland, MD
Hybrid
‌
Principal Hardware Engineer
Curtiss-Wright
Ashburn, VA
401(k)
Health Insurance
Vision Insurance
$130k - $180k / year
‌
Principal Infrastructure Architect - Direct-Hire/FTE - Remote (Washington DC Metro)
Genuent
🌎 Remote
$150k - $170k / year
‌
Lead Engineer II, Productivity & Collaboration Engineering Lead
KPMG US
Ashburn, VA
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
$137.9k - $218.2k / year
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Principal Engineer, Agentic AI - Transforming Lending
Idexcel
Herndon, VA
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Principal TEMPEST Engineer
Obsidian Solutions Group
Washington, DC
$177k - $251k / year
‌
Digital Signal Processing Engineer
Blue-Halo.org
Leesburg, VA
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Principal Civil Engineer
ZipRecruiter
Silver Spring, MD
New
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
‌
Principal Process Manager (Cloud Operations Resilience Engineering)
Capital One
McLean, VA
Part-Time
$93.4k - $106.6k / year
‌
Architecture Principal, Transit and TOD
AECOM
Washington, DC
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
$150k - $270k / year
‌
Principal Engineer (Bridges)
Arlington County Government
Arlington, VA
Flexible Schedule
$175k - $190k / year
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Principal Engineer - EDA Verification Software Products
Siemens EDA (Siemens Digital Industries Software)
🌎 Remote
Remote
PTO
Parental Leave
$138k - $155k / year
Job Description
Working as a Principal Software Engineer in Fairfax, VA
There are 1,615 Principal Software Engineer opportunities available in Fairfax, VA all with unique requirements.
The Principal Software Engineer automates the software build and delivery process, increases the engineering team's efficiency, and improves overall quality by defining the technical standards for our development and deployment tools. He/She examines existing technologies at an organization to determine which ones can benefit our products and solutions, evaluates emerging technologies aimed at simplifying software engineering tasks (e.g. code generation, refactoring), and then works with those efforts to make best use of them in Microsoft's internal development efforts.
Principal Software Engineer jobs near Fairfax, VA
Principal Software Engineers in Fairfax, VA Resume Data
Average Experience for Principal Software Engineers in Fairfax, VA
- More than 10 years: 89%
- 6-10 years: 8%
- 3-5 years: 2%
- Less than 1 year: 1%
Educational Background for Principal Software Engineers in Fairfax, VA
- Masters: 53%
- Bachelors: 39%
- Doctorate: 7%
- Associates: 0%
- Diploma: 0%
Top Skill for Principal Software Engineers in Fairfax, VA
- Attention to detail: 25%
- Analyzing data: 19%
- Project timeline management: 13%
- Basic computer skills: 6%
- Advanced attention to detail: 6%
- Recruiting: 6%
- Management & leadership skills: Planning & execution: 6%
- Work style: Conscientiousness: 6%
- Project management skills: Budgeting: 6%
- Software developer skills: 6%
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