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 1,951 to 2,000 of 4,289
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Base salary $264,000 to $379,500Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Software Engineer - Performance Engineering (Cloud Infrastructure) Apply for Principal Software Engineer - Performance Engineering (Cloud Infrastructure) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $264,000 to $379,500Annual base, USD
View job: Tech Lead Manager - SUT Team Apply for Tech Lead Manager - SUT Team on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $264,000 to $379,500Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Software Engineer - Parameters & Experimentation Apply for Principal Software Engineer - Parameters & Experimentation on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $264,000 to $379,500Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Software Engineer - Elastic Global Services Apply for Principal Software Engineer - Elastic Global Services on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $264,000 to $379,500Annual base, USD
View job: Staff/Principal AI Software Engineer - Snowflake CoWork Apply for Staff/Principal AI Software Engineer - Snowflake CoWork on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $264,000 to $379,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Engineering Manager - OLTP Apply for Senior Engineering Manager - OLTP on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $264,000 to $379,500Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Software Engineer I - Snowhouse Foundation Apply for Principal Software Engineer I - Snowhouse Foundation on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $236,000 to $339,200Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - Query Processing (Snowtrail) Apply for Staff Software Engineer - Query Processing (Snowtrail) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $236,000 to $339,200Annual base, USD
View job: Engineering Manager/Tech Lead Manager - Runtime Engineering Apply for Engineering Manager/Tech Lead Manager - Runtime Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $236,000 to $339,200Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Snowpark Container Service Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Snowpark Container Service on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $236,000 to $339,200Annual base, USD
View job: Engineering Manager, Bedrock Apply for Engineering Manager, Bedrock on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $236,000 to $339,200Annual 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 $236K to $295KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Frontier Security Team Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Frontier Security Team on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $236,000 to $339,250Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - Unistore Apply for Staff Software Engineer - Unistore on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $236,000 to $339,250Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Cortex AI Search Infrastructure Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Cortex AI Search Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $236,000 to $339,200Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Frontend Software Engineer, AI Product: Observe by Snowflake Apply for Staff Frontend Software Engineer, AI Product: Observe by Snowflake on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $236,000 to $339,250Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - FDB Platform Apply for Staff Software Engineer - FDB Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $236,000 to $339,200Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - Snowhouse Apply for Staff Software Engineer - Snowhouse on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $236,000 to $339,200Annual base, USD
View job: Software Engineering Manager, AI Migrations (Forward Deployed) Apply for Software Engineering Manager, AI Migrations (Forward Deployed) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $221,187 to $287,500Annual 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 $208K to $299KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Development - Full Stack Apply for Staff Software Development - Full Stack on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Observe by Snowflake, OpenTelemetry Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Observe by Snowflake, OpenTelemetry on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, CXE – Frontier Engineering Apply for Senior Software Engineer, CXE – Frontier Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200K to $270KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Cortex Quality Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Cortex Quality on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Compute Service Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Compute Service on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Marketplace Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Marketplace on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Frontend Engineer, AI Product - Observe by Snowflake Apply for Senior Frontend Engineer, AI Product - Observe by Snowflake on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - ManagedDB Apply for Senior Software Engineer - ManagedDB on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Warehouse UX Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Warehouse UX on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200,000 to $287,500Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - Database Engineering Apply for Staff Software Engineer - Database Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200,000 to $287,500Annual 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 $200K to $287KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Foundation DB Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Foundation DB on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $160K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Fullstack Engineer - Marketplace Apply for Fullstack Engineer - Marketplace on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $160K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer – Mobile Team Apply for Software Engineer – Mobile Team on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $160K to $210KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Observe by Snowflake Apply for Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Observe by Snowflake on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $160K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Database Engineering Apply for Software Engineer - Database 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: Software Engineer - Postgres Apply for Software Engineer - Postgres on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $160K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Frontend Software Engineer– Cortex AI Apps Apply for Frontend Software Engineer– Cortex AI Apps on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $160K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer (AI-Native), Database Engineering Apply for Software Engineer (AI-Native), Database Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $157K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - AIM Virtualization Apply for Software Engineer - AIM Virtualization on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $157K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Backend Apply for Software Engineer - Backend on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $189,051 to $216,000Annual 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 $187,075 to $234,000Annual 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 $185,587 to $234,000Annual 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 $185,587 to $286,000Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer Apply for Staff Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $117K to $234KAnnual 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 $117K to $234KAnnual 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 $117K to $234KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer III Apply for Software Engineer III on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $117K to $234KAnnual 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 $117K to $234KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer III Apply for Software Engineer III 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.