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 4,051 to 4,100 of 4,289
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Base salary $320KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Software Engineer, Full-stack Apply for Senior Software Engineer, Full-stack on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $320K to $485KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference Apply for Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $320K to $485KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff+ Software Engineer, Caching Apply for Staff+ Software Engineer, Caching on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $320K to $485KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff+ Software Engineer, Claude App Infrastructure Apply for Staff+ Software Engineer, Claude App Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $320K to $485KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff + Senior Software Engineer, Inference Infrastructure Apply for Staff + Senior Software Engineer, Inference Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $320K to $405KAnnual base, USD
View job: AI Infrastructure Operations, Demand Planning Apply for AI Infrastructure Operations, Demand Planning on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $320K to $485KAnnual base, USD
View job: Software Engineer, Labs Apply for Software Engineer, Labs on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $320K to $485KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff+ Software Engineer, Databases Apply for Staff+ Software Engineer, Databases on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $320K to $405KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff+ Software Engineer, Storage + Transfer Apply for Staff+ Software Engineer, Storage + Transfer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $290K to $435KAnnual base, USD
View job: Developer Relations Apply for Developer Relations on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $278,200 to $339,250Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Engineer - Privacy Apply for Principal Engineer - Privacy on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $235K to $295KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Staff Software Engineer - Enzyme Apply for Senior Staff Software Engineer - Enzyme on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $233,900 to $321,650Annual base, USD
View job: Sr. Staff Software Engineer, AI Native Web Platform Apply for Sr. Staff Software Engineer, AI Native Web Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $232K to $313KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Staff Software Engineer - IAM Apply for Senior Staff Software Engineer - IAM on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $228,600 to $317,233Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Engineering Manager - Enzyme Apply for Senior Engineering Manager - Enzyme on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $228,600 to $314,250Annual base, USD
View job: Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Managed Tables Apply for Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Managed Tables on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $228,600 to $314,250Annual base, USD
View job: Sr. Engineering Manager - Agentic Service Platform Apply for Sr. Engineering Manager - Agentic Service Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $228,600 to $314,250Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Engineering Manager - Notebook Dataplane Apply for Senior Engineering Manager - Notebook Dataplane on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $228,400 to $303,550Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Staff Software Engineer - Security Infrastructure Apply for Senior Staff Software Engineer - Security Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $222K to $300KAnnual base, USD
View job: Senior Engineering Manager for Self-Serve (Learning) Apply for Senior Engineering Manager for Self-Serve (Learning) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $220,400 to $297,400Annual base, USD
View job: Principal Engineer - Privacy Apply for Principal Engineer - Privacy on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $217,000 to $312,200Annual base, USD
View job: Senior Engineering Manager for Workspace Platform Apply for Senior Engineering Manager for Workspace Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $198,200 to $272,600Annual base, USD
View job: Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Applications Apply for Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Applications on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $198,200 to $272,600Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer, AI Native Web Platform Apply for Staff Software Engineer, AI Native Web Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $198,200 to $272,600Annual base, USD
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Base salary $192K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - User Activation Apply for Staff Software Engineer - User Activation on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications Apply for Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Data Scientist Apply for Staff Data Scientist on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - Database Engine Internals Apply for Staff Software Engineer - Database Engine Internals on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - Backend Apply for Staff Software Engineer - Backend on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Data Scientist - Infrastructure Apply for Staff Data Scientist - Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - Backend Apply for Staff Software Engineer - Backend on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Fullstack Engineer Apply for Staff Fullstack Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr. Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications Apply for Sr. Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Data Systems Apply for Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Data Systems on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Sr Software Engineer, Agentic Applications Apply for Sr Software Engineer, Agentic Applications on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Data Systems Apply for Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Data Systems on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Data Scientist - Trust and Safety Apply for Staff Data Scientist - Trust and Safety on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications Apply for Staff Fullstack Engineer, Agentic Applications on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $192K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - Database Engine Internals Apply for Staff Software Engineer - Database Engine Internals on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $190,900 to $274,700Annual 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 $190,900 to $253,750Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - Security Infrastructure Apply for Staff Software Engineer - Security Infrastructure on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $190,900 to $232,800Annual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - GenAI inference Apply for Staff Software Engineer - GenAI inference on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $190K to $260KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer - Customer Engagement & Docs Platform Apply for Staff Software Engineer - Customer Engagement & Docs Platform on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $190K to $285KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Machine Learning Engineer Apply for Staff Machine Learning Engineer on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $190K to $265KAnnual base, USD
View job: Staff Software Engineer- Foundation Model Inference Apply for Staff Software Engineer- Foundation Model Inference on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $190,000 to $261,250Annual base, USD
View job: Engineering Manager - Databricks SQL Control Plane Apply for Engineering Manager - Databricks SQL Control Plane 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: Engineering Manager, App Traffic Apply for Engineering Manager, App Traffic on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $190,000 to $261,250Annual base, USD
View job: Engineering Manager - Identity and Access Management (IAM) Apply for Engineering Manager - Identity and Access Management (IAM) on the employer's site (opens in new tab)- Last checked
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Base salary $172,300 to $236,950Annual base, USD
View job: Manager, Developer Relations - Open Source Apply for Manager, Developer Relations - Open Source 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.