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ActiveCampaign’s category-defining Customer Experience Automation Platform (CXA) helps over 180,000 businesses in 170 countries meaningfully engage with their customers. The platform gives businesses of all sizes access to 820+ pre-built automations that combine transactional email and email marketing, marketing automation, ecommerce marketing, and CRM for powerful segmentation and personalization across social, email, messaging, chat and text. Over 70% of ActiveCampaign’s customers use its 870+ integrations including Microsoft, Shopify, Square, Facebook and Salesforce. ActiveCampaign is one of only 17 products with over 10,000 positive customer reviews on G2.com, also scoring higher in customer satisfaction than any other solution in Marketing Automation, CRM and E-Commerce Personalization and is the Top Rated Email Marketing Software on TrustRadius. Pricing starts at just $9/month. Start a free trial at ActiveCampaign.com. read more

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ActiveCampaign Principal Engineer Salaries in Chicago

The average ActiveCampaign Principal Engineer in Chicago earns an estimated $153,298 annually. ActiveCampaign's Principal Engineer compensation is $8,439 less than the US average for a Principal Engineer.

In Chicago, The Engineering Department at ActiveCampaign earns $7,336 more on average than the IT Department.

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$153,298

Average Compensation

$153,298: avg. base

Principal Engineer Salaries at ActiveCampaign

In Chicago, Principal Engineers earn $22,520 more than Sales Engineers, and $11,090 less than Group Engineering Managers.

Group Engineering Manager

$164k*

Principal Engineer

$153k*

Sales Engineer

$131k*

Senior Developer

$125k*

Senior QA

$117k*

Mobile Developer

$102k*

Data Scientist

$94k

Developer

$90k

$84k*

Jr Developer

$74k

* estimated salary

Compensation at ActiveCampaign by Department

In Chicago, The Engineering Department averages $7,336 more than the IT Department, and $4,909 less than the Product Department

Product

$115,881 Avg. total comp.

+$5k

Engineering

$110,972 Avg. total comp.

$103,636 Avg. total comp.

-$7k

Principal Engineer Compensation by Gender (All Companies)

The average female Principal Engineer at companies similar size to ActiveCampaign reported making $151,156, while the average male Principal Engineer at similar sized companies reported making $160,687.

Principal Engineer Compensation by Ethnicity (All Companies)

The average Asian or Pacific Islander Principal Engineer at companies similar size to ActiveCampaign reported making $168,169, while the average Hispanic or Latino Principal Engineer at similar sized companies reported making $149,389.

How Principal Engineers at ActiveCampaign Rate Their Compensation

The majority of Principal Engineers at ActiveCampaign believe they're compensated fairly. 45% of Principal Engineers at ActiveCampaign say they receive annual bonuses, and the vast majority (91%) are satisfied with their benefits. See more compensation ratings at ActiveCampaign

Do you believe you're paid fairly?

86% Yes

Does your company give annual bonuses?

45% Yes

Are you satisfied with your Benefits?

91% Yes

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