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.
- Senior Systems Software Engineer, Low Latency Streaming Technology - Automotive, NVIDIA
- Senior SoC Software Engineer, NVIDIA
- Senior Systems Software Engineer, Workload Systems Engineering, NVIDIA
- Senior Software Developer, NVIDIA Mission Control integration, NVIDIA
- Senior Systems Software Engineer, Accelerated Kubernetes Performance and Scale - DGX Cloud, NVIDIA
Jobs 1,351 to 1,400 of 4,289
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Systems Software Engineer, Low Latency Streaming Technology - Automotive Apply for Senior Systems Software Engineer, Low Latency Streaming Technology - Automotive on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior SoC Software Engineer Apply for Senior SoC Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Systems Software Engineer, Workload Systems Engineering Apply for Senior Systems Software Engineer, Workload Systems Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Developer, NVIDIA Mission Control integration Apply for Senior Software Developer, NVIDIA Mission Control integration on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Systems Software Engineer, Accelerated Kubernetes Performance and Scale - DGX Cloud Apply for Senior Systems Software Engineer, Accelerated Kubernetes Performance and Scale - DGX Cloud on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Platform Middleware — Automotive and Robotics Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Platform Middleware — Automotive and Robotics on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Developer Relations Manager – Data Processing and Databases Apply for Developer Relations Manager – Data Processing and Databases on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Storage Management Platform - DGX Cloud Apply for Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, Storage Management Platform - DGX Cloud on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior System Software Engineer - Halos Apply for Senior System Software Engineer - Halos on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: System Software Engineering Lead Apply for System Software Engineering Lead on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Manager, Software Architecture Apply for Manager, Software Architecture on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior System Software Engineer - Halos Core and Robotics Platform Apply for Senior System Software Engineer - Halos Core and Robotics Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - SOC Platforms Apply for Senior Software Engineer - SOC Platforms on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior System Software Engineer, Enterprise MODS Apply for Senior System Software Engineer, Enterprise MODS on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Datacenter Modeling Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Datacenter Modeling on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer – Accelerated Quantum Chemistry and cuEST Apply for Senior Software Engineer – Accelerated Quantum Chemistry and cuEST on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Compute System Software Engineer Apply for Senior Compute System Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, CUDA UMD - Graphs and GPU Sharing Apply for Senior Software Engineer, CUDA UMD - Graphs and GPU Sharing on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Cloud-Native Stack – CSP Engagements Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Cloud-Native Stack – CSP Engagements on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - AI Inference Performance Apply for Senior Software Engineer - AI Inference Performance on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Developer Relations Manager - Telecom Apply for Senior Developer Relations Manager - Telecom on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Developer Relations Manager - Omniverse Apply for Developer Relations Manager - Omniverse on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior System Software Engineer - SoC Power Apply for Senior System Software Engineer - SoC Power on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior System Software Engineer - AV Platform Apply for Senior System Software Engineer - AV Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior System Software Engineer, CUDA Driver for Windows Apply for Senior System Software Engineer, CUDA Driver for Windows on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior System Software Engineer, Agentic Kernel Development Apply for Senior System Software Engineer, Agentic Kernel Development on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer Aerial Platform Apply for Senior Software Engineer Aerial Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior System Software Engineer, Software Defined Networking Apply for Senior System Software Engineer, Software Defined Networking on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Open Harness Engineering Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Open Harness Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior System Software Engineer - Halos Core and Robotics Platform Apply for Senior System Software Engineer - Halos Core and Robotics Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, JAX Apply for Senior Software Engineer, JAX on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Security Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Security on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Networking Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Networking on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Embedded Linux for Edge Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Embedded Linux for Edge on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer — MD Simulation Engineering Apply for Senior Software Engineer — MD Simulation Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer - EDA Infrastructure Apply for Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer - EDA Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Product Marketing Manager - AI Platform Software Apply for Product Marketing Manager - AI Platform Software on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Embedded Software Engineer - RISCV Apply for Embedded Software Engineer - RISCV on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Switch Software Architect Apply for Senior Switch Software Architect on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior SoC Software Engineer Apply for Senior SoC Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, L4 - Autonomous Vehicles Apply for Senior Software Engineer, L4 - Autonomous Vehicles on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior System Software Engineer - GPU Server Apply for Senior System Software Engineer - GPU Server on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Firmware Verification and Bringup Engineer Apply for Senior Firmware Verification and Bringup Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Developer Relations Manager – GR00T End-to-End Workflow Apply for Senior Developer Relations Manager – GR00T End-to-End Workflow on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior System Firmware Engineer - SOC and GPU Apply for Senior System Firmware Engineer - SOC and GPU on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Distributed Software Engineer, Golang - DGX Cloud Apply for Senior Distributed Software Engineer, Golang - DGX Cloud on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior System Software Engineer, Interactive World Models Apply for Senior System Software Engineer, Interactive World Models on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Developer Relations Manager - Omniverse Apply for Senior Developer Relations Manager - Omniverse on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior System Software Engineer - AV Platform Apply for Senior System Software Engineer - AV Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $184,000 to $356,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Firmware Engineer – CSP Engagements Apply for Senior Firmware Engineer – CSP Engagements 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.