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 - $125K343
- $125K - $150K759
- $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 Software Developer, AI Networking, NVIDIA
- Senior Software Engineer, Sentry Software (Ground Based Air Defense), Anduril Industries
- Sr Principal Software Engineer, Palo Alto Networks
- Infrastructure Engineer, AEG Worldwide
- Senior Director, Software Engineering - Sandbox, Salesforce
Jobs 151 to 200 of 4,289
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Base salary $152,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Developer, AI Networking Apply for Senior Software Developer, AI Networking on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $220K to $292KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Sentry Software (Ground Based Air Defense) Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Sentry Software (Ground Based Air Defense) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $183,600 to $297,000Annual base, USD
View job: Sr Principal Software Engineer Apply for Sr Principal Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $123K to $136KAnnual base, USD
View job: Infrastructure Engineer Apply for Infrastructure Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary From $218,400Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Director, Software Engineering - Sandbox Apply for Senior Director, Software Engineering - Sandbox on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary From $172,500Annual base, USD
View job: Software Engineering LMTS Apply for Software Engineering LMTS on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $130K to $225KAnnual base, USD
View job: Full-Stack Software Engineer, Reinforcement Learning Apply for Full-Stack Software Engineer, Reinforcement Learning on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $152,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Harness and Platform Engineer, AI Safety and Security Engineering Apply for Harness and Platform Engineer, AI Safety and Security Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary From $149,100Annual base, USD
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Base salary $198K to $326KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. AI Engineering Manager, Ads AI Apply for Sr. AI Engineering Manager, Ads AI on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $122,600 to $160,000Annual base, USD
View job: Fabrication Backend Engineer, AWS CQC - Fabrication Apply for Fabrication Backend Engineer, AWS CQC - Fabrication on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $125K to $195KAnnual base, USD
View job: Space Operations Software Engineer Apply for Space Operations Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $217,000 to $299,999Annual base, USD
View job: Software Engineering Manager Apply for Software Engineering Manager on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $217,000 to $299,999Annual base, USD
View job: Software Engineering Manager, Hyperscale Line of Business Apply for Software Engineering Manager, Hyperscale Line of Business on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary From $149,750Annual base, USD
View job: AI Software Development Engineer Apply for AI Software Development Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $145K to $190KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Platform) Apply for Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Platform) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Principal Member of Technical Staff (PMTS) / Staff Software Engineer – AI Platform (Agentic Systems)
Base salary From $197,300Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Member of Technical Staff (PMTS) / Staff Software Engineer – AI Platform (Agentic Systems) Apply for Principal Member of Technical Staff (PMTS) / Staff Software Engineer – AI Platform (Agentic Systems) 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 Networking Software Architect Apply for Senior Networking Software Architect on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $168K to $322KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Platform Engineering Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Platform Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $152,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Cloud Services Software Engineer Apply for Cloud Services Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $152,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Vehicles on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $141,100 to $204,700Annual base, USD
View job: C-17 Support Equipment Engineering Manager Apply for C-17 Support Equipment Engineering Manager on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $106,250 to $143,750Annual base, USD
View job: Experienced Electrical/Optical Hardware/Software Space Systems Analyst Apply for Experienced Electrical/Optical Hardware/Software Space Systems Analyst on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $106,250 to $143,750Annual base, USD
View job: Experienced Electrical/Optical Hardware/Software Space Systems Analyst Apply for Experienced Electrical/Optical Hardware/Software Space Systems Analyst on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $130K to $180KAnnual base, USD
View job: Developer Relations Apply for Developer Relations on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $122,986 to $184,478Annual base, USD
View job: Robotics Software Engineer – Cell Therapy Automation Apply for Robotics Software Engineer – Cell Therapy Automation on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $214K to $297KAnnual base, USD
View job: Principal Software Engineer Apply for Principal Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $169K to $211KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior DevOps Engineer - Matterport Apply for Senior DevOps Engineer - Matterport on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $169K to $202KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior DevOps Engineer Apply for Senior DevOps Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $139K to $165KAnnual base, USD
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Base salary $130K to $204KAnnual base, USD
View job: Homes.com - Senior iOS Engineer (SwiftUI) Apply for Homes.com - Senior iOS Engineer (SwiftUI) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $128,000 to $163,500Annual base, USD
View job: iOS Engineer - Homes.com Apply for iOS Engineer - Homes.com on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $124K to $187KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer (C#/Databases) - Apartments.com - Irvine, CA Apply for Senior Software Engineer (C#/Databases) - Apartments.com - Irvine, CA on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $103K to $154KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer II (C#/Databases) - Apartments.com - Irvine, CA Apply for Software Engineer II (C#/Databases) - Apartments.com - Irvine, CA on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $165,200 to $223,600Annual base, USD
View job: Software Dev Engineer Apply for Software Dev Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $112,200 to $170,500Annual base, USD
View job: Design For Test Engineer IV (IC) Apply for Design For Test Engineer IV (IC) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $173,800 to $212,400Annual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Applied AI Apply for Software Engineer - Applied AI 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 - Ledger Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Ledger on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $143,200 to $243,400Annual base, USD
View job: Sr Software Engineer Apply for Sr Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $130K to $180KAnnual 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 $212,700 to $287,700Annual base, USD
View job: Software Development Manager - Compiler Apply for Software Development Manager - Compiler 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 - NKI Compiler, AWS Neuron, Annapurna Labs Apply for Software Development Manager - NKI Compiler, AWS Neuron, Annapurna Labs 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- AI/ML, AWS Neuron Distributed Training Apply for Sr. Software Engineer- AI/ML, AWS Neuron Distributed Training 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 ML Software Engineer, Data Plane Apply for Senior ML Software Engineer, Data Plane 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, AI/ML, AWS Neuron, Model Inference Apply for Sr. Software Development Engineer, AI/ML, AWS Neuron, Model Inference 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 AI/ML, Inference Model Enablement, AWS Neuron Apply for Sr. Software Development Engineer AI/ML, Inference Model Enablement, AWS Neuron 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, Neuron Collectives, Annapurna Labs Apply for Sr Software Development Engineer, Neuron Collectives, Annapurna Labs 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- AI/ML, Amazon Neuron Training Apply for Sr. Software Engineer- AI/ML, Amazon Neuron Training 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- AI/ML, AWS Neuron Distributed Training Apply for Sr. Software Engineer- AI/ML, AWS Neuron Distributed Training on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $188,900 to $330,500Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Developer Advocate – AWS Trainium, Trainium Apply for Principal Developer Advocate – AWS Trainium, Trainium 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 2,091
- 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.