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Sr. Principal Engineer

Intel

Location

Hillsboro, OR

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/30/2026

Compensation

$257,740 - $363,860 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202694.2% approval-88% YoY
💎 Strong sponsor

Job description

As a Sr. Principal Engineer in Software Application Architecture, you will be pivotal in shaping the technical direction of software architecture across various domains. You will focus on designing scalable, secure, and resilient software solutions while influencing development tools and coding standards. The role is part of Intel's Software group, which aims to enhance hardware solutions through advanced software technology. Your work will involve collaborating with multiple teams to turn telemetry data into actionable business insights.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field with 12+ years of experience; or Master's with 8+; or PhD with 6+.
  • 10+ years building field telemetry and data collection systems at scale, spanning millions of endpoints and thousands of data points.
  • Deep knowledge of Intel client platform architecture and OS internals across Windows and Linux.
  • Proven software architecture skills for scalability, security, and resiliency in high-volume ingestion, storage, and analysis pipelines.
  • Hands-on development experience with modern data lake and analytics stacks such as Snowflake and Databricks.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical architecture for the end-to-end telemetry platform.
  • Drive the crash analytics and reliability modeling stack to enhance root cause analysis.
  • Scale ingestion and analysis across millions of endpoints while maintaining high flighting success.
  • Partner with product architecture, validation, quality, and customer-enabling teams to leverage telemetry data.
  • Set engineering standards, mentor teams, and define metrics for quality health.

Benefits

  • Intel offers a comprehensive benefits package including competitive pay, stock programs, healthcare coverage, retirement plans, paid time off, parental leave, and programs supporting employee wellbeing and professional development.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Intel Corp

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

74

FY2026

Approval rate

94.2%

FY2026

LCA certified

2,201

FY2026

Entry-level share

0.1%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-88%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-54%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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