Software engineering jobs in California with a published base of $100K+
Published pay at a glance
4,298 open postings from 498 employers, as of .
- Median published starting base
- $176K
- Median midpoint of published ranges
- $218,900
- Half of postings publish a starting base between
- $149,100 and $202K
- Median published range width
- $70K
- Publish a starting base of $150K+
- 74%
- Publish a starting base of $200K+
- 29%
- $100K - $125K344
- $125K - $150K758
- $150K - $175K981
- $175K - $200K983
- $200K - $225K535
- $225K - $250K275
- $250K - $275K197
- $275K - $300K105
- $300K - $325K35
- $325K - $350K30
- $350K - $375K2
- $375K - $400K14
- $400K+39
Because we list only ranges that start at $100K or more, these figures describe six-figure postings, not the whole job market.
New this week
1,716 of these postings were first seen by us in the last 7 days.
- Software Engineer, Full Stack (Data & Video Analysis), SpaceX
- Senior System Software Engineer - Dynamo-Triton Inference Server, NVIDIA
- Staff Engineer Software (Cortex Platform) - US Citizen, Palo Alto Networks
- Staff Software Engineer, Release, Anduril Industries
- Software Engineering Manager (ArsenalOS Deployment), Anduril Industries
Jobs 501 to 550 of 4,298
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Base salary $125K to $195KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Full Stack (Data & Video Analysis) Apply for Software Engineer, Full Stack (Data & Video Analysis) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $224,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior System Software Engineer - Dynamo-Triton Inference Server Apply for Senior System Software Engineer - Dynamo-Triton Inference Server on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $111,500 to $180,400Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Engineer Software (Cortex Platform) - US Citizen Apply for Staff Engineer Software (Cortex Platform) - US Citizen on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $220K to $292KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Release Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Release on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $191K to $254KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineering Manager (ArsenalOS Deployment) Apply for Software Engineering Manager (ArsenalOS Deployment) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $171,900 to $300,800Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Staff Software Engineer, JavaScript Runtime & Compilers Apply for Senior Staff Software Engineer, JavaScript Runtime & Compilers on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200K to $280KAnnual base, USD
View job: Engineering Manager, Enterprise Apply for Engineering Manager, Enterprise on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $253,100 to $342,300Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Manager, Software Development, AWS SageMaker HyperPod Infra Apply for Senior Manager, Software Development, AWS SageMaker HyperPod Infra on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $253,100 to $342,300Annual base, USD
View job: Sr Software Development Manager, Managed Agents, AWS Apply for Sr Software Development Manager, Managed Agents, AWS on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $220,100 to $297,700Annual base, USD
View job: Sr. Manager Software Development, Device OS Apply for Sr. Manager Software Development, Device OS on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $212,700 to $287,700Annual base, USD
View job: Software Development Manager, Core Search Apply for Software Development Manager, Core Search on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $212,700 to $287,700Annual base, USD
View job: Software Dev Manager, Amazon EMR Apply for Software Dev Manager, Amazon EMR on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $212,700 to $287,700Annual base, USD
View job: Manager III, Software Dev - AMZ27948.1 Apply for Manager III, Software Dev - AMZ27948.1 on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $212,700 to $287,700Annual base, USD
View job: Software Development Manager, Classification&Policy Platform Apply for Software Development Manager, Classification&Policy Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $212,700 to $287,700Annual base, USD
View job: Software Development Manager, Region Flexibility and Efficiency Apply for Software Development Manager, Region Flexibility and Efficiency on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $212,700 to $287,700Annual base, USD
View job: Software Development Manager, Ring Apply for Software Development Manager, Ring on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $212,700 to $287,700Annual base, USD
View job: Software Development Manager, AWS Identity, Access Analyzer Apply for Software Development Manager, AWS Identity, Access Analyzer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $212,700 to $287,700Annual base, USD
View job: Software Development Manager, SageMaker Training Apply for Software Development Manager, SageMaker Training on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $212,700 to $287,700Annual base, USD
View job: Software Development Manager , Search Science Data Infra (ML Infra Exp. required) Apply for Software Development Manager , Search Science Data Infra (ML Infra Exp. required) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $212,700 to $287,700Annual base, USD
View job: Software Development Manager, AWS Network Fabric Engineering, MONA - Management Networks Apply for Software Development Manager, AWS Network Fabric Engineering, MONA - Management Networks on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $212,700 to $287,700Annual base, USD
View job: Software Development Manager - Amazon Redshift Catalog, Amazon Redshift Apply for Software Development Manager - Amazon Redshift Catalog, Amazon Redshift on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $212,700 to $287,700Annual base, USD
View job: Manager III, Software Dev, Search Science Data Infra Apply for Manager III, Software Dev, Search Science Data Infra on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Sr. Software Development Engineer, EDS Device Software Apply for Sr. Software Development Engineer, EDS Device Software on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro Team Apply for Senior Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro Team on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Sr. Software Development Engineer - AWS Networking Application, SIDR Apply for Sr. Software Development Engineer - AWS Networking Application, SIDR on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Dev Engineer, AWS Core Network Apply for Senior Software Dev Engineer, AWS Core Network on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Sr Software Engineer - BIOS, AWS Hardware Engineering, Firmware Development Apply for Sr Software Engineer - BIOS, AWS Hardware Engineering, Firmware Development on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS EC2 Nitro Team Apply for Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS EC2 Nitro Team on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior SDE, OpenSearch, AWS OpenSearch Apply for Senior SDE, OpenSearch, AWS OpenSearch on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Quick Apply for Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Quick on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Quick , Amazon Quick Apply for Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Quick , Amazon Quick on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Emerging Devices Software Apply for Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Emerging Devices Software on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS EC2 Nitro Team Apply for Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS EC2 Nitro Team on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Sr. Software Development Engineer, MONA Apply for Sr. Software Development Engineer, MONA on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Sr. Software Development Engineer - AWS Networking Application, SIDR Apply for Sr. Software Development Engineer - AWS Networking Application, SIDR on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Software Development Engineer III, AWS Sagemaker Lakehouse Catalog Apply for Software Development Engineer III, AWS Sagemaker Lakehouse Catalog on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Sr Software Development Engineer, Amazon Q Apply for Sr Software Development Engineer, Amazon Q on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Software Development Engineer III, Efficiency & Performance, Alloy, Region Flex Efficiency Apply for Software Development Engineer III, Efficiency & Performance, Alloy, Region Flex Efficiency on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS EC2 Hyperplane Apply for Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS EC2 Hyperplane on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Sr Embedded SDE III, Hardware Engineering Services Apply for Sr Embedded SDE III, Hardware Engineering Services on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Alarm & Accessories - Sr. Embedded SDE , Ring Apply for Alarm & Accessories - Sr. Embedded SDE , Ring on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS EC2 Nitro Team Apply for Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS EC2 Nitro Team on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro Apply for Senior Software Development Engineer, EC2 Nitro on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Software Development Engineer, AWS Hardware Engineering Apply for Software Development Engineer, AWS Hardware Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Quick Apply for Senior Software Development Engineer, Amazon Quick on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS EC2 Nitro Team Apply for Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS EC2 Nitro Team on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $193,300 to $261,500Annual base, USD
View job: Software Development Engineer, AWS Athena and Glue ETL Apply for Software Development Engineer, AWS Athena and Glue ETL on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $173,900 to $235,200Annual base, USD
View job: HPC Platform Engineer, Software, Center for Quantum Computing Apply for HPC Platform Engineer, Software, Center for Quantum Computing on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $173,700 to $234,900Annual base, USD
View job: Compliance Engineering Manager, eero Hardware Engineering Apply for Compliance Engineering Manager, eero Hardware Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $168,100 to $227,400Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Robotics SDE, Safe Autonomy, Compass Apply for Senior Robotics SDE, Safe Autonomy, Compass on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Who publishes the highest base here
Employers ranked by median published starting base across their open postings here. Employers need at least 3 postings to be listed.
| Employer | Open postings | Median published starting base |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | 51 | $405K |
| Kikoff | 3 | $307K |
| Lambda | 15 | $296K |
| Capital One | 3 | $286,200 |
| Wayve | 21 | $275K |
| OpenAI | 45 | $266K |
| Afterquery | 4 | $255K |
| Cartesia | 5 | $250K |
| Unify | 4 | $250K |
| Ivo | 9 | $249K |
Where these jobs are
Most postings by state: California (4,298).
Of the 31% of postings that state a workplace: 2% remote, 50% hybrid, 47% on-site. 69% of postings do not state a workplace, so these shares describe only the postings that do.
Related pages
- All jobs in California
- All software engineering jobs
- Engineering (non-software) in California 2,090
- Product in California 861
- Marketing in California 753
- Program & Project Management in California 750
- Finance & Accounting in California 666
- Sales in California 654
- IT & Security in California 521
- HR & Recruiting in California 520
How to read these figures
Figures are employer-published annual base ranges in USD for postings open at last check. They are not offers and not total compensation, and they do not show what anyone is paid. Because we list only ranges that start at $100K or more, these figures describe six-figure postings, not the whole job market. Read the methodology.