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 1,051 to 1,100 of 4,289
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Base salary $242,100 to $312,970Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Frontend (App Foundations) Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Frontend (App Foundations) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $233,570 to $269,170Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Security Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security Apply for Senior Security Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $230,980 to $267,390Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Client Platform Engineer Apply for Principal Client Platform Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Test Frameworks & Tools Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Test Frameworks & Tools on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Core Platform and Systems Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Core Platform and Systems on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Frontend/Fullstack Software Engineer, Social Graph Apply for Senior Frontend/Fullstack Software Engineer, Social Graph on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, iOS Apply for Senior Software Engineer, iOS on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual 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 $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Systems Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Systems on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Safety Foundation Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Safety Foundation on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Avatar Personalization Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Avatar Personalization on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Compute Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Compute on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer (Backend), Co-Experience Apply for Senior Software Engineer (Backend), Co-Experience on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Frontend Engineer, Discovery UX Apply for Senior Frontend Engineer, Discovery UX on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Build Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Build on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Data Acquisition Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Data Acquisition on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack), Global Actions Apply for Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack), Global Actions on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Machine Bootstrap Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Machine Bootstrap on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Core UX Studio Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Core UX Studio on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Consumer Apps Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Consumer Apps on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Automation Tools Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Automation Tools on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Engineering Acceleration Foundations Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Engineering Acceleration Foundations on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Productivity Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Productivity on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Consumer Apps Desktop Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Consumer Apps Desktop on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Economy Platform (Product Dynamics) Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Economy Platform (Product Dynamics) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual 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 $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Consoles Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Consoles on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Detection and Response Engineer Apply for Senior Detection and Response Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Runtime Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Runtime on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Engine Harmony Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Engine Harmony on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196,750 to $243,290Annual 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 $195,780 to $242,100Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Client Systems (C++) Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Client Systems (C++) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $195,780 to $242,100Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer (C++) Apply for Senior Software Engineer (C++) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $195,780 to $242,100Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, App Performance Apply for Senior Software Engineer, App Performance on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $263K to $395KAnnual base, USD
View job: Director of Software Engineering, CPBU Apply for Director of Software Engineering, CPBU on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $217K to $326KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior System Software Manager Apply for Senior System Software Manager on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $217K to $326KAnnual base, USD
View job: Quality Systems Engineer - FlashBlade and FlashArray Apply for Quality Systems Engineer - FlashBlade and FlashArray on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $217K to $359KAnnual base, USD
View job: Hardware Engineering Manager Apply for Hardware Engineering Manager on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $217K to $359KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. SSD Firmware Architect Apply for Sr. SSD Firmware Architect on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $217K to $326KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Hyperscale Build Infrastructure Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Hyperscale Build Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $217K to $326KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Datapath Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Datapath on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $270KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Embedded Software Engineer Apply for Senior Embedded Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $326KAnnual base, USD
View job: Fullstack Software Engineer, AI Infra Apply for Fullstack Software Engineer, AI Infra on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $270KAnnual base, USD
View job: Linux Kernel Software Engineer - Systems Engineering Apply for Linux Kernel Software Engineer - Systems Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $175K to $317KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer Apply for Senior Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $170K to $255KAnnual base, USD
View job: MFG Test Development Software Engineer Apply for MFG Test Development Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $167K to $246KAnnual base, USD
View job: Linux Kernel Software Engineer - Systems Engineering Apply for Linux Kernel Software Engineer - Systems Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $149K to $224KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Quality Engineer, Hyperscale Line of Business Apply for Software Quality Engineer, Hyperscale Line of Business on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $122K to $183KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer Grad 2027 Apply for Software Engineer Grad 2027 on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $182,900 to $228,600Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Camera Systems Engineer Apply for Senior Camera Systems Engineer 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 747
- Finance & Accounting in California 660
- Sales in California 649
- IT & Security in California 522
- 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.
