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 3,351 to 3,400 of 4,289
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Base salary $173K to $321KAnnual base, USD
View job: All Levels: Software Engineer, Builder Tools Apply for All Levels: Software Engineer, Builder Tools on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $170K to $200KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Identity Apply for Software Engineer, Identity on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $265K to $295KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Consumer Experience Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Consumer Experience on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $225K to $250KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Operator Experience Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Operator Experience on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $220K to $250KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Employer Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Employer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $208K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Annotations Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Annotations on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $208K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Backend Platform Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Backend Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $176K to $220KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Cloud Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure Apply for Senior Cloud Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $136K to $170KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer I, Build Review & Test Apply for Software Engineer I, Build Review & Test on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $220K to $292KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Infrastructure Apply for Software Engineer, Infrastructure 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, Product Apply for Software Engineer, Product on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $150K to $250KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Back End Apply for Software Engineer - Back End on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $325KAnnual base, USD
View job: AI Product Engineer Apply for AI Product Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $325KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, AI Platform (Backend) Apply for Software Engineer, AI Platform (Backend) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $325KAnnual base, USD
View job: AI Platform Engineer, Infrastructure Apply for AI Platform Engineer, Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $160K to $220KAnnual base, USD
View job: Mechanical Engineering Manager Apply for Mechanical Engineering Manager on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $195K to $250KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer (Senior) Apply for Software Engineer (Senior) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $150K to $200KAnnual base, USD
View job: Front End Software Engineer Apply for Front End Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $140K to $220KAnnual base, USD
View job: Forward Deployed Software Engineer Apply for Forward Deployed Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $140K to $220KAnnual base, USD
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Base salary $100K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Frontend (Staff+) Apply for Software Engineer - Frontend (Staff+) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $100K to $300KAnnual 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 $100K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Infrastructure (Senior+) Apply for Software Engineer - Infrastructure (Senior+) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $100K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Developer Experience Apply for Software Engineer - Developer Experience on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $100K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Fullstack Apply for Software Engineer - Fullstack on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $100K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Storage Infrastructure (Senior+) Apply for Software Engineer - Storage Infrastructure (Senior+) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $100K to $300KAnnual 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 $120K to $300KAnnual base, USD
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Base salary $150K to $350KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - ML Infrastructure Apply for Software Engineer - ML Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $150K to $350KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure Apply for Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $145K to $220KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Data Engineer II Apply for Sr. Data Engineer II on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $145K to $175KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Software Engineer II - Full Stack Apply for Sr. Software Engineer II - Full Stack on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $150K to $250KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Multimodal Backend Systems Apply for Software Engineer, Multimodal Backend Systems on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $150K to $250KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Data Systems Apply for Software Engineer, Data Systems on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $175K to $250KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Product Apply for Software Engineer - Product on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200K to $350KAnnual base, USD
View job: Supercomputing Engineer, Fleet Software Apply for Supercomputing Engineer, Fleet Software on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $175K to $350KAnnual base, USD
View job: Network Security Engineer Apply for Network Security Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $175K to $400KAnnual base, USD
View job: Inference Software Engineer Apply for Inference Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $150K to $330KAnnual base, USD
View job: Infrastructure Software Engineer Apply for Infrastructure Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $150K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Developer Experience Engineer Apply for Developer Experience Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $150K to $350KAnnual base, USD
View job: Kernel Driver Software Engineer Apply for Kernel Driver Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $130K to $280KAnnual base, USD
View job: Data Center Engineer Apply for Data Center Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $250KAnnual base, USD
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Base salary $200K to $270KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Infrastructure Apply for Software Engineer, Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $140K to $200KAnnual base, USD
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Base salary $168K to $205KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer - Backend (Product) Apply for Software Engineer - Backend (Product) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $168K to $205KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure - LVM Inference & Evaluation Apply for Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure - LVM Inference & Evaluation on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $168K to $205KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Software Engineer, Full-Stack Apply for Sr. Software Engineer, Full-Stack on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $185K to $255KAnnual 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 $160K to $220KAnnual 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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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 748
- 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.