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I don't think it's just "notional". These people are usually put in technical charge of progressively bigger / more complex projects. They have a lot of clout,

I don't think it's just "notional". These people are usually put in technical charge of progressively bigger / more complex projects. They have a lot of clout, decision power, but not organizational/disciplinary powers, no direct reports. Alternatively, I've seen a "senior principal" dev working effectively as IC in a technically very demanding project (specialized database engine).

bravetraveler 2y ago
I'm a 'principal SRE' which is a weird thing. More made up than the rest of the titles out there, at least. It exists in the void created by others, eliminating toil and such. Basically champion firefighter in addition to what you describe. Arguably the role we'd have if there were many CTOs and they were still practicing, instead of getting showtime