Software engineering jobs in California with a published base of $100K+
Published pay at a glance
4,289 open postings from 497 employers, as of .
- Median published starting base
- $176K
- Median midpoint of published ranges
- $218K
- Half of postings publish a starting base between
- $149,100 and $203K
- Median published range width
- $70K
- Publish a starting base of $150K+
- 74%
- Publish a starting base of $200K+
- 29%
- $100K - $125K344
- $125K - $150K758
- $150K - $175K973
- $175K - $200K983
- $200K - $225K535
- $225K - $250K274
- $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.
Jobs 1,001 to 1,050 of 4,289
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Base salary $295,250 to $345,040Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Software Engineer, Data Tooling Apply for Principal Software Engineer, Data Tooling on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $295,250 to $345,040Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Software Engineer - Content Lifecycle Apply for Principal Software Engineer - Content Lifecycle on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $295,250 to $345,040Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Frontend Software Engineer - Discovery Apply for Principal Frontend Software Engineer - Discovery on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $295,250 to $345,040Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Network Engineer Apply for Principal Network Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $295,250 to $345,040Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Software Engineer, Orchestration Apply for Principal Software Engineer, Orchestration on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $295,250 to $345,040Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Software Engineer, WebRTC Apply for Principal Software Engineer, WebRTC on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $293,800 to $343,340Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Software Engineer - Roblox Database Apply for Principal Software Engineer - Roblox Database on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $293,800 to $343,340Annual base, USD
View job: Software Engineering Manager - Network Transport Apply for Software Engineering Manager - Network Transport on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $293,800 to $343,340Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Software Engineer - Roblox Economy Platform Apply for Principal Software Engineer - Roblox Economy Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $293,800 to $343,340Annual base, USD
View job: Software Engineering Manager - Engine Networking Apply for Software Engineering Manager - Engine Networking on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $293,800 to $343,340Annual base, USD
View job: Engineering Manager, Enterprise Security Apply for Engineering Manager, Enterprise Security on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $293,800 to $343,340Annual base, USD
View job: Software Engineering Manager, Engine UI Apply for Software Engineering Manager, Engine UI on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $269,170 to $326,060Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Security Software Engineer, Application Security Apply for Senior Security Software Engineer, Application Security on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $269,170 to $326,060Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Security Software Engineer, Sandbox Platforms Apply for Senior Security Software Engineer, Sandbox Platforms on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $259,030 to $311,430Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Apply for Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Ads on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $251,090 to $306,730Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Security Software Engineer, IAM Apply for Senior Security Software Engineer, IAM on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Metric Platform Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Metric Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Network Transport Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Network Transport on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Compute Apply for Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Compute on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, 3D Systems Apply for Senior Software Engineer, 3D Systems on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Replication Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Replication on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Engine Systems Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Engine Systems on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Engineering Acceleration Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Engineering Acceleration on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure Compute Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure Compute on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Compute Cell Platform Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Compute Cell Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Ads Experience (C++) Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Ads Experience (C++) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Hardware Engineer - Infrastructure Apply for Senior Hardware Engineer - Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Traffic Proxy Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Traffic Proxy on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Realtime Analytics Platform Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Realtime Analytics Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, 3D Engine Scalability Apply for Senior Software Engineer, 3D Engine Scalability on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Roblox Database Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Roblox Database on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Safety Experience Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Safety Experience on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Geometry Systems Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Geometry Systems on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Creator Collaboration Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Creator Collaboration on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Video Rendering Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Video Rendering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Frontend/Fullstack Software Engineer, Sharing Apply for Senior Frontend/Fullstack Software Engineer, Sharing on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Reliability Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Reliability on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Game Engine Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Game Engine on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Developer Tools Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Developer Tools on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior C++ Engineer, Real-time Engine Apply for Senior C++ Engineer, Real-time Engine on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Release Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Release on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Service Mesh Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Service Mesh on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Network Engineer - Data Center Networking Apply for Senior Network Engineer - Data Center Networking on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Creator Services Translation Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Creator Services Translation on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Data Access Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Data Access on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Game Engine Systems (C++) Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Game Engine Systems (C++) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Hardware Engineer - GPU & AI Infrastructure Apply for Senior Hardware Engineer - GPU & AI Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Storage Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Storage on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $243,290 to $295,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Storage Cache Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Storage Cache on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $242,100 to $293,800Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Avatar Animation Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Avatar Animation 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 (4,289).
Of the 31% of postings that state a workplace: 2% remote, 50% hybrid, 48% 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 859
- Program & Project Management in California 749
- Marketing in California 748
- Finance & Accounting in California 660
- Sales in California 649
- IT & Security in California 520
- HR & Recruiting in California 516
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.
