Software engineering jobs in California with a published base of $100K+
Published pay at a glance
4,298 open postings from 498 employers, as of .
- Median published starting base
- $176K
- Median midpoint of published ranges
- $218,900
- Half of postings publish a starting base between
- $149,100 and $202K
- Median published range width
- $70K
- Publish a starting base of $150K+
- 74%
- Publish a starting base of $200K+
- 29%
- $100K - $125K344
- $125K - $150K758
- $150K - $175K981
- $175K - $200K983
- $200K - $225K535
- $225K - $250K275
- $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 2,701 to 2,750 of 4,298
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Base salary $220K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Full Stack (Staff+) Apply for Software Engineer, Full Stack (Staff+) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $220K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Applied AI (Staff+) Apply for Software Engineer, Applied AI (Staff+) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $220K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Product (Staff+) Apply for Software Engineer, Product (Staff+) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $220K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Agentic Pipeline Generation (Staff+) Apply for Software Engineer, Agentic Pipeline Generation (Staff+) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $220K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Staff+) Apply for Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Staff+) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure (Staff+) Apply for Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure (Staff+) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Backend (Staff+) Apply for Software Engineer, Backend (Staff+) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $160K to $180KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer (Early Career) Apply for Software Engineer (Early Career) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200K to $300KAnnual base, USD
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Base salary $200K to $275KAnnual base, USD
View job: Site Reliability Engineer Apply for Site Reliability Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200K to $275KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer (Frontend) Apply for Software Engineer (Frontend) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Member of Technical Staff, Tech Lead Apply for Member of Technical Staff, Tech Lead on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $349K to $465KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - Managed Kubernetes Apply for Staff Software Engineer - Managed Kubernetes on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $349K to $465KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure Storage Apply for Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure Storage on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $349K to $465KAnnual base, USD
View job: Lead / Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer - Console Experience Apply for Lead / Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer - Console Experience on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $296K to $395KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Storage Control Plane Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Storage Control Plane on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $296K to $395KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure Storage Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure Storage on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $296K to $395KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - SDN Apply for Senior Software Engineer - SDN on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $296K to $395KAnnual 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 $267K to $312KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Site Reliability Engineer - SDN Apply for Senior Site Reliability Engineer - SDN on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $267K to $356KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Storage Apply for Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Storage on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $255K to $346KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Core Cloud Platform Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Core Cloud Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $255K to $395KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Fleet Engineering Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Fleet Engineering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $255K to $340KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Cloud Foundations Apply for Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Cloud Foundations on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $255K to $346KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Enginering - Mk8S/Control Plane Apply for Senior Software Enginering - Mk8S/Control Plane on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $255K to $346KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Managed Kubernetes Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Managed Kubernetes on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $160K to $240KAnnual base, USD
View job: Android AOSP Device Software Engineer Apply for Android AOSP Device Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary From $192,400Annual base, USD
View job: Software Engineering Technical Leader Apply for Software Engineering Technical Leader on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary From $166,300Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - Data & Scalability Platform (hybrid) Apply for Staff Software Engineer - Data & Scalability Platform (hybrid) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $190,900 to $334,100Annual base, USD
View job: Sr Software Engineering Manager - Veza Apply for Sr Software Engineering Manager - Veza on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200K to $400KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Product Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Product on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $167K to $228KAnnual base, USD
View job: Business Systems Engineer Apply for Business Systems Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $150K to $225KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Test Engineer Apply for Senior Test Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $220K to $405KAnnual base, USD
View job: Member of Technical Staff (Android Engineer, Computer Growth) Apply for Member of Technical Staff (Android Engineer, Computer Growth) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $220K to $405KAnnual base, USD
View job: Member of Technical Staff (iOS Engineer, Computer Growth) Apply for Member of Technical Staff (iOS Engineer, Computer Growth) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $240K to $400KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200K to $400KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Product Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Product on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $145K to $190KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Systems Engineer Apply for Sr. Systems Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $177,500 to $287,100Annual base, USD
View job: Sr Principal DevOps Engineer (Prisma AIRS) Apply for Sr Principal DevOps Engineer (Prisma AIRS) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $254K to $350KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Training Optimization Apply for Senior/Staff Software Engineer, ML Training Optimization on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $177K to $270KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, ML Training Optimization Apply for Software Engineer, ML Training Optimization on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $125K to $180KAnnual base, USD
View job: Information Security System Officer (ISSO) Apply for Information Security System Officer (ISSO) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $196K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior iOS Engineer, Crypto Perpetuals Apply for Senior iOS Engineer, Crypto Perpetuals on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary From $178KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, ML Infrastructure, ML Platform Level 5 Apply for Software Engineer, ML Infrastructure, ML Platform Level 5 on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $140K to $160KAnnual base, USD
View job: Full Stack Engineer (D2C), San Francisco, CA Apply for Full Stack Engineer (D2C), San Francisco, CA on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $220KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Accounting & Ledger Systems Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Accounting & Ledger Systems on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $226KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff I Software Engineer Apply for Staff I Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $159,400 to $229,300Annual 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 $149,000 to $214,300Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Mobile Engineer Apply for Principal Mobile Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $149,000 to $214,300Annual base, USD
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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 (4,298).
Of the 31% of postings that state a workplace: 2% remote, 50% hybrid, 47% 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 861
- Marketing in California 753
- Program & Project Management in California 750
- Finance & Accounting in California 666
- Sales in California 654
- IT & Security in California 521
- HR & Recruiting in California 520
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.
