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.
- Systems Test Engineer, IBCS-M, Anduril Industries
- Field Test Engineer, Maritime, Anduril Industries
- Staff Software Engineer - AI Compute, Together Cloud, Together AI
- Senior Software Engineer — Infra Agent Systems, Together AI
- Staff Platform Infrastructure Engineer, Together AI
Jobs 901 to 950 of 4,298
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Base salary $112K to $149KAnnual base, USD
View job: Systems Test Engineer, IBCS-M Apply for Systems Test Engineer, IBCS-M on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $101K to $135KAnnual base, USD
View job: Field Test Engineer, Maritime Apply for Field Test Engineer, Maritime on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $260K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - AI Compute, Together Cloud Apply for Staff Software Engineer - AI Compute, Together Cloud on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $250K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer — Infra Agent Systems Apply for Senior Software Engineer — Infra Agent Systems on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $240K to $280KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Platform Infrastructure Engineer Apply for Staff Platform Infrastructure Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $220K to $270KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - AI Compute, Together Cloud Apply for Senior Software Engineer - AI Compute, Together Cloud on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200K to $280KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Observability Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Observability on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200K to $290KAnnual base, USD
View job: Platform Engineer, Model Shaping Apply for Platform Engineer, Model Shaping on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200K to $290KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Backend Engineer, Inference Platform Apply for Senior Backend Engineer, Inference Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $190K to $270KAnnual base, USD
View job: AI Infrastructure Systems Engineer Apply for AI Infrastructure Systems Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $160K to $280KAnnual base, USD
View job: [Junior / Senior / Staff] Software Engineer, Inference / Compute Infrastructure Engineering Apply for [Junior / Senior / Staff] Software Engineer, Inference / Compute Infrastructure Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $160K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Together Cloud Platform Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Together Cloud Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $226K to $325KAnnual base, USD
View job: Engineering Manager, Dashboard Apply for Engineering Manager, Dashboard on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $208K to $312KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Platform Apply for Software Engineer, Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $208K to $312KAnnual base, USD
View job: Product Manager, Software Factory Apply for Product Manager, Software Factory on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196K to $294KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure Apply for Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196K to $294KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, CDN Apply for Software Engineer, CDN on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196K to $294KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, AI Gateway Apply for Software Engineer, AI Gateway on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196K to $312KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Scheduled Tasks Apply for Software Engineer, Scheduled Tasks on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196K to $294KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Next.js Apply for Software Engineer - Next.js on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $295KAnnual base, USD
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Base salary $172K to $258KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, CDN Content Apply for Software Engineer, CDN Content on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $168K to $252KAnnual base, USD
View job: DevRel Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure Apply for DevRel Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $248K to $310KAnnual base, USD
View job: Director, Software Engineering - Common Platform Services Apply for Director, Software Engineering - Common Platform Services on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $217K to $310KAnnual base, USD
View job: Architect, Software Development (Layer 7 Security & Proxy) Apply for Architect, Software Development (Layer 7 Security & Proxy) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $212K to $265KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr Engineering Manager, API Platform Apply for Sr Engineering Manager, API Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $212K to $265KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering Apply for Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $212K to $265KAnnual base, USD
View job: Principal Software Development Engineer (Layer 7 Security & Proxy) Apply for Principal Software Development Engineer (Layer 7 Security & Proxy) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $185,500 to $265,000Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Software Development Engineer (Microservices) Apply for Principal Software Development Engineer (Microservices) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $185,500 to $265,000Annual base, USD
View job: Principal System and Solution Test Engineer Apply for Principal System and Solution Test Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $185K to $265KAnnual base, USD
View job: Principal Software Development Engineer- Go/Java Apply for Principal Software Development Engineer- Go/Java on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $225KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr Staff Software Engineer (Layer 7 Security & Proxy) Apply for Sr Staff Software Engineer (Layer 7 Security & Proxy) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $225KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Networking & Datapath Apply for Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Networking & Datapath on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $225KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer, SD-WAN Apply for Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer, SD-WAN on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $225KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer Apply for Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $157,500 to $225,000Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Staff Software Development Engineer (C / Networking / Dataplane) Apply for Senior Staff Software Development Engineer (C / Networking / Dataplane) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $157,500 to $225,000Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Staff Software Engineer – Test Automation Infrastructure (ZIA Core) Apply for Senior Staff Software Engineer – Test Automation Infrastructure (ZIA Core) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $157,500 to $225,000Annual base, USD
View job: Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer Apply for Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $157,500 to $225,000Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Staff Software Development Engineer, ZIA Core Datapath Apply for Senior Staff Software Development Engineer, ZIA Core Datapath on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $154K to $220KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Staff SWE, Provisioning Platform Apply for Sr. Staff SWE, Provisioning Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $152K to $190KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - AI Security (Go/Rust/Python) Apply for Staff Software Engineer - AI Security (Go/Rust/Python) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $152K to $190KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Development Engineer Apply for Staff Software Development Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $152K to $190KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer- Go/Java (Service Platform & Orchestration) Apply for Staff Software Engineer- Go/Java (Service Platform & Orchestration) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $133K to $190KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Development Engineer Apply for Staff Software Development Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $133K to $190KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Development Engineer (Microservices) Apply for Staff Software Development Engineer (Microservices) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $129,500 to $185,000Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - React.js Apply for Staff Software Engineer - React.js on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $122,500 to $175,000Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Site Reliability Engineer Apply for Staff Site Reliability Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $119K to $170KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Production Engineer)- Federal Apply for Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Production Engineer)- Federal on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $118,400 to $148,000Annual base, USD
View job: Sr. Site Reliability Engineer- Federal Apply for Sr. Site Reliability Engineer- Federal on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $525,510 to $573,690Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Director of Engineering, Generative AI Apply for Senior Director of Engineering, Generative AI 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.
