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What Principal Software Engineering Jobs Ask For

Across 6 open Principal Software Engineering postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, cloudflare, dns.

Updated November 5, 2026

6 open Principal Software Engineering postings. The percentages below are measured over the 6 of them that list skills at all.

SkillMentioned in
ai100%
cloudflare83%
dns83%

"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.

Browse 6 open Principal Software Engineering jobs →

Across all Software Engineering levels

Most Software Engineering postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.

  • ai 233
  • distributed-systems 124
  • api 111
  • anthropic 101
  • rust 97
  • dns 89
  • cloudflare 89
  • python 86
  • cloud 82
  • observability 81
  • kubernetes 68
  • typescript 61

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