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 3,151 to 3,200 of 4,289
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Base salary $140K to $240KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior/Principal Radar Software Engineer Apply for Senior/Principal Radar Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $120K to $210KAnnual base, USD
View job: Production Software Engineer Apply for Production Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $110K to $151KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Systems Engineer, Integration & Test Apply for Sr. Systems Engineer, Integration & Test on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $110K to $250KAnnual base, USD
View job: Systems Engineer, Integration & Test Apply for Systems Engineer, Integration & Test on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $110K to $151KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Communications Systems Engineer Apply for Senior Communications Systems Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $144K to $180KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Engineer, DevOps Apply for Senior Engineer, DevOps on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $190,000 to $237,500Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - AI/ML Platform Apply for Staff Software Engineer - AI/ML Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $146K to $180KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer III (FanApp) Apply for Software Engineer III (FanApp) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $252KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180,504 to $236,911Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure / SRE Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure / SRE on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180,504 to $236,911Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure / SRE Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure / SRE on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $158,400 to $207,900Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Backend Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Backend on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $240K to $285KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Banking Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Banking on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $240K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Engineering Manager, Salesforce Apply for Engineering Manager, Salesforce on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $240K to $285KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Travel & Expense Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Travel & Expense on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $240K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Acquisition Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Acquisition on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $240K to $285KAnnual base, USD
View job: Engineering Manager, Bill Pay Apply for Engineering Manager, Bill Pay on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $240KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Frontend Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Frontend on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $240KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Release Infra Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Release Infra on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $240KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering) Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $152K to $190KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer II, Backend Apply for Software Engineer II, Backend on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $152K to $190KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer II, Data Enablement Platform Apply for Software Engineer II, Data Enablement Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $250K to $350KAnnual base, USD
View job: Founding Engineer (Fullstack TypeScript) Apply for Founding Engineer (Fullstack TypeScript) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $330KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Software Engineer, Real-Time Storage Apply for Sr. Software Engineer, Real-Time Storage on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $330KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Software Engineer, Consumer Subscriptions Apply for Sr. Software Engineer, Consumer Subscriptions on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $330KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Software Engineer, Observability Apply for Sr. Software Engineer, Observability on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $330KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure Apply for Sr. Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $330KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Software Engineer, Media Apply for Sr. Software Engineer, Media on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $330KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Software Engineer, X Developer Platform Apply for Sr. Software Engineer, X Developer Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $330KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Software Engineer, Network Software & Services Apply for Sr. Software Engineer, Network Software & Services on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $330KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Software Engineer, Search Infrastructure Apply for Sr. Software Engineer, Search Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $440KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Evaluation Infrastructure Apply for Software Engineer, Evaluation Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $330KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. ML Infrastructure Engineer Apply for Sr. ML Infrastructure Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $175K to $275KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Evals Apply for Software Engineer, Evals on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $160K to $250KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Training/Inference (C++) Apply for Software Engineer, Training/Inference (C++) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $160K to $250KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Kernels/CUDA (C++) Apply for Software Engineer, Kernels/CUDA (C++) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $140K to $225KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Ads Product Apply for Software Engineer, Ads Product on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $140K to $225KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Linux Kernel Apply for Software Engineer, Linux Kernel on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $140K to $225KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Network (C++) Apply for Software Engineer, Network (C++) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $140K to $225KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Data Engineering (X) Apply for Software Engineer, Data Engineering (X) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $100K to $198KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Platform Security Apply for Software Engineer, Platform Security on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $185K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer III - Senior Engineer Apply for Software Engineer III - Senior Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $150K to $185KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer II Apply for Software Engineer II on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $115K to $150KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer I Apply for Software Engineer I on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $207K to $275KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Engineering Manager, Security Products Apply for Senior Engineering Manager, Security Products on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $207K to $275KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, MetalDev Apply for Staff Software Engineer, MetalDev on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $188K to $275KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, IAM Apply for Staff Software Engineer, IAM on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $182K to $242KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer II, Observability Apply for Senior Software Engineer II, Observability on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $182K to $242KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Firmware Engineer, FPGA Apply for Senior Firmware Engineer, FPGA on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $153K to $204KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer I, Security Infrastructure Apply for Senior Software Engineer I, Security Infrastructure 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.