JobFrame · SOFTWA.SOFTWARE984E.P6
Software Engineering
P6 · P6 — Principal Professional · Individual contributor
Median pay · United States
$188,314
$147,937 – $239,712 · USD · annual · national base (function pricing in review)
Level position
P6 · 6 of 7 in track
Median pay
$188,314
$147,937–$239,712
Level
P6
P6 · 6 of 7 in track
Super-function
technology
Demand-heat
cool
15.8% growth
Summary
Designs, builds, tests, and maintains production software systems through coding, debugging, architecture, and technical decision-making. Distinct from sibling focuses such as QA/Test Engineering (validation-centric), DevOps/SRE (infrastructure and reliability operations), and Data/ML Engineering (model and pipeline-centric) — this focus centers on application/system feature development, code quality, system design, and the technical direction of software products.
This level — P6 P6 — Principal Professional
Top individual contributor; recognized authority with strategic impact, equivalent to a low executive level
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$258 · $79/mo · $790/yr
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