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 3,751 to 3,800 of 4,289
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Base salary $189,308 to $389,753Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Content Visual AI Apply for Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Content Visual AI on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $285,000 to $352,500Annual base, USD
View job: Distinguished Software Engineer Apply for Distinguished Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $195,000 to $257,500Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Site Reliability Engineer Apply for Staff Site Reliability Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $195,000 to $257,500Annual 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 $152,500 to $205,000Annual 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 $152,500 to $205,000Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Infra Ops Apply for Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Infra Ops on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $152,500 to $205,000Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - CLO Apply for Senior Software Engineer - CLO on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $152,500 to $205,000Annual 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 $240K to $275KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Engineering Manager, Payments & Reconciliation Apply for Senior Engineering Manager, Payments & Reconciliation on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $240K to $275KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Engineering Manager, AI Accounting & Ledger Systems Apply for Senior Engineering Manager, AI Accounting & Ledger Systems on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $210K to $275KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Data Integrations Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Data Integrations on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $210K to $275KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Accounts & Ledgering Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Accounts & Ledgering on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $210K to $275KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Backend Engineer, Ambient AI Apply for Staff Backend Engineer, Ambient AI on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $210K to $275KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Billing Agents Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Billing Agents on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, AI Integrations Apply for Senior Software Engineer, AI Integrations on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Billing Agents Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Billing Agents on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, AI Billing Apply for Senior Software Engineer, AI Billing on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $170K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Backend Engineer, Ambient AI Apply for Senior Backend Engineer, Ambient AI on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $170K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Fullstack Engineer, Ambient AI Apply for Senior Fullstack Engineer, Ambient AI on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $170K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior iOS Engineer, Ambient AI Apply for Senior iOS Engineer, Ambient AI on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $170K to $220KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, R&D Apply for Senior Software Engineer, R&D on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $170K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Voice Agents Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Voice Agents on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $170K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Fullstack Engineer, Air AI Apply for Senior Fullstack Engineer, Air AI on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $130K to $190KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, AI Integrations Apply for Software Engineer, AI Integrations on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $130K to $180KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Scribe AI Apply for Software Engineer, Scribe AI on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $130K to $190KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Billing Agents Apply for Software Engineer, Billing Agents on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $130K to $190KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, AI Billing Apply for Software Engineer, AI Billing on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $130K to $180KAnnual base, USD
View job: Fullstack Engineer, Ambient AI Apply for Fullstack Engineer, Ambient AI on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $240KAnnual 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 $200K to $280KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Flight Software Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Flight Software on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $180K to $235KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Embedded Software Engineer Apply for Senior Embedded Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $160K to $215KAnnual base, USD
View job: Electronics Engineering Manager Apply for Electronics Engineering Manager on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $160K to $215KAnnual base, USD
View job: Power Electronics Engineering Manager Apply for Power Electronics Engineering Manager on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $150K to $230KAnnual base, USD
View job: Vehicle Test Software Team Lead Apply for Vehicle Test Software Team Lead on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $145K to $210KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer - Enterprise Systems Apply for Senior Software Engineer - Enterprise Systems on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $130K to $175KAnnual base, USD
View job: Flight Software Engineer Apply for Flight Software Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $130K to $175KAnnual base, USD
View job: Embedded Software Engineer - Network Software Apply for Embedded Software Engineer - Network Software on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $153K to $183KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer in Test, Compiler & Systems Validation Apply for Staff Software Engineer in Test, Compiler & Systems Validation on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $207,400 to $259,200Annual base, USD
View job: Sr Staff Site Reliability Engineer Apply for Sr Staff Site Reliability Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $221K to $331KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Machine Learning Apply for Software Engineer, Machine Learning on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $156K to $234KAnnual base, USD
View job: Data Scientist – Analytics Apply for Data Scientist – Analytics on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $140K to $250KAnnual base, USD
View job: ML Infrastructure Engineer Apply for ML Infrastructure Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $140K to $250KAnnual base, USD
View job: ML Data Infrastructure Engineer Apply for ML Data Infrastructure Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $126K to $188KAnnual base, USD
View job: Partner Solutions Engineer Apply for Partner Solutions Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $165,848 to $269,259Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, Full-Stack Apply for Staff Software Engineer, Full-Stack on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $200K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Applied ML (Discovery, Recommendation & Search) Apply for Software Engineer, Applied ML (Discovery, Recommendation & Search) 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 Apply for Software Engineer, Backend on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $150K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Monetization Apply for Software Engineer, Monetization on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $150K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Backend/Applied ML (Safety & Integrity) Apply for Software Engineer, Backend/Applied ML (Safety & Integrity) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $150K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Core Product Apply for Software Engineer, Core Product 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.
