Est. Monthly

Estimated €3,853 - €6,440

Posted June 25, 2026 · 49 days agoLast seen August 13, 2026Deadline July 19, 2026

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Principal, Engineering Operations

Remote - Europe

Remote · Software Engineering

Full-time · Senior

English

No People Management

8 years experience

How this salary compares

Salary Context: Principal, Engineering Operations

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All roles in Remote - Europe

€1,794

€14,814

Pay in our data — not quoted in ad (Senior)

€321

€537

Salary analysis

Compared with the selected benchmark ("All roles in Remote - Europe"), this listing's salary midpoint is about 95% lower. The offer sits below the benchmark range (€1,794–€14,814). The listed pay band (€321–€537) is tighter than the benchmark, which suggests lower salary variability. This benchmark is based on 26 comparable listings.

Monthly salary comparison for Principal, Engineering Operations
Market	Lower bound (25th percentile)	Median	Upper bound (75th percentile)
All roles in Remote - Europe	€1,794/per month	€5,147/per month	€14,814/per month
Pay in our data — not quoted in ad (Senior)	€321/per month	€429/per month	€537/per month

About the role

This is a hands-on senior role in which you will drive AI transformation implementation in practice, not just framework definition. You will work with engineering leaders to improve alignment and governance, coach engineers and directors, and manage cross-functional initiatives. You will build dashboards, track metrics, and ensure timely, quality launches. You will collaborate across product, engineering and operations to shape the organisation’s future.

Job Details

Responsibilities

Drive change within Product & Engineering as part of our continuous improvement of our processes, practices and culture
Be part of a team that drives common approaches that make it simpler for the teams and leaders allowing them to focus on the big picture problems
Ensure quality assurance and seamless launches that set industry standards
Advocate for best practices in tools and instrumentation, eg. addressing data integrity issues
Offer insights for decision making around the flow of work through the product organisation and where the bottlenecks are
Provide insights to the business by helping out teams to track metrics that align to business outcomes
Building and maintaining dashboards in JIRA, Confluence, Compass that show us where we are at and if we are going to make our marks
Have the organisation build the muscle to self-organise around the set of defined, measurable outcomes you have landed and helped communicate.
Ad hoc projects which require managing / leading / driving in various part of the business - these will grow in complexity over time
Inbed and hand off change to product management, engineering and operations owners

Requirements

Experience and openness towards using AI to improve your own day to day work as well as the rest of the Engineering organisation
Business acumen, including financial literacy, business models, planning, change and project management skills, goal setting and organisation design
Exposure to product strategy, product management, and/or program marketing in SaaS company
Expertise in Agile and scrum development practices
Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, MixPanel, SalesForce, PowerBI and other tools
Exceptional PowerPoint and Excel skills — you can turn complex data into beautiful, crisp presentations
Detail-oriented and able to handle multiple projects with tight deadlines
Comfortable working with senior stakeholders and handling confidential information