🇺🇸Linux jobs in California
701 open roles mentioning Linux in California as of Nov 14, 2026. SpaceX, OpenAI, CoreWeave, Crusoe and Muon Space have the most. 18 are remote and the median advertised salary is $203K.
- Software Engineer, Cloud PlatformBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $330KGoTerraformMachine Learning
- Senior Software Engineer, Release EngineeringAgility Robotics · 🇺🇸Hybrid- Any Office (Fremont, CA, Salem, OR, or Pittsburgh…$175K - $274KSeniorPythonLinuxKubernetes
- Flight Software Engineer IIRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$108K - $148KRustC++Linux
- Senior Software Engineer, StorageCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$170K - $190KSeniorRustGoJava
- High Performance Computing Systems Engineer (HPC)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $160KPythonDockerLinux
- Senior Flight Software EngineerVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$169K - $216KSeniorRustPythonC++
- Senior Embedded Software EngineerVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$169K - $216KSeniorRustPythonC++
- Senior System AdministratorSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$160K - $190KSeniorDockerLinuxKubernetes
- Senior Automation & Controls EngineerVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$140K - $179KSeniorPythonLinuxGrafana
- CX Ops SpecialistTogether AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$140K - $180KRustGoGCP
- Government Cloud Security EngineerxAI · 🇺🇸Austin, TX; New York, NY; Palo Alto, CA; Washington, DC$100K - $198KTerraformAzureLinux
- IT Services TechnicianxAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA—PythonLinuxJira
- Manager, Client Platform EngineeringMongoDB · 🇺🇸Los Angeles; Phoenix; San Diego; Seattle · +1 more location$137K - $270KPythonSwiftGCP
- Lead Product Designer, Mobile (Native & Mobile)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $260KLeadSwiftLinux
- Principal Software Engineer, PerformanceNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$258K - $387KLeadC++Machine LearningLinux
- IT Manager, ManufacturingSkydio · 🇺🇸Hayward, California, United States$157K - $210KPythonTerraformLinux
- Senior Staff Incident Response EngineerSoFi · 🇺🇸WA - Seattle; CA - San Francisco—LeadGoPythonSQL
- RF Software Engineer (Starshield)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $160KPythonC++Linux
- Senior Software Engineer - SecurityCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$170K - $205KSeniorLinux
- Aerospace Software Engineer (Starfall)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $150KC++LinuxBash
- Sr. Aerospace Software Engineer (Starfall)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$165K - $230KSeniorC++LinuxBash
- New Graduate Engineer, Aerospace Software (Starfall)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $160KJuniorC++LinuxBash
- Staff /Sr. Staff Test Platform & Firmware Integration EngineerLightmatter · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$167K - $227KLeadPythonLinux
- Senior Hardware Reliability Test Engineer – Electrical Systems & Power ElectronicsCerebras · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA$190K - $230KSeniorPython.NETLinux
- Hardware Development EngineerRubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$143K - $214KLinux
- Data Center Operations TechnicianSambaNova · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California, United States$50K - $60KLinux
- Security Certification Engineer - Android, Common Criteria & FIPS 140-3Samsung Research America · 🇺🇸665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA$164K - $225KC++AndroidLinux
- Data Engineering Intern - Summer 2027Riot Games · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, USA—InternGoPythonJava
- Sr. Server Hardware Systems Engineer (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA · +1 more location$185K - $265KSeniorGoPythonLinux
- Server Hardware Systems Engineer (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA · +1 more location$150K - $175KGoPythonLinux
- Senior Software Engineer, Nuro Driver Core SoftwareNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$194K - $291KSeniorC++Linux
- Senior Infrastructure EngineerCrusoe · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA - US$170K - $205KSeniorRustGoPython
- Hardware In Loop (HIL) Software Engineer Intern - Winter 2027Skydio · 🇺🇸San Mateo, California, United States—InternPythonDockerLinux
- Engineering Manager, Kubernetes Bare Metal InfrastructureTogether AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$300K - $350KTerraformLinuxKubernetes
- Product Manager- Enterprise PlatformTenstorrent · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California, United States—LinuxKubernetes
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Core ConnectivityZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$255K - $320KLeadC++LinuxROS
- Senior Software Engineer, Embedded (TS Cleared)Apex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$185K - $250KSeniorRustPythonC++
- Senior Flight Software Engineer (TS Cleared)Apex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$185K - $250KSeniorRustPythonC++
- Systems Engineering Intern - Summer 2027Skydio · 🇺🇸San Mateo, California, United States—InternPythonC++Linux
- Server Test EngineerPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$209K - $255KPythonLinuxBash
- Infrastructure Server Engineer (Top Secret)Apex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$150K - $250KPythonAzureLinux
- IT Engineer (Active Top Secret)Apex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$150K - $250KPythonAzureLinux
- Senior Director of ITSambaNova · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States; San Jose, California, Unite…—LeadTerraformLinuxCI/CD
- Site Reliability Internship - Summer 2027Varda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States—InternPythonDockerGCP
- Hardware Test EngineerAstranis · 🇺🇸San Francisco$110K - $176KPythonSQLLinux
- Senior DevOps EngineerMachina Labs · 🇺🇸Chatsworth, CA—SeniorPythonJavaScriptDocker
- Security Operations AnalystGusto · 🇺🇸Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, NY - Hybrid; San Francisco…$147K - $164KPythonGCPLinux
- Firmware EngineerSamsara · 🇺🇸Remote - Austin; Remote - Seattle; San Francisco, CA, Uni…$114K - $191KRemoteGoPythonLinux
- IT Systems Administrator (Top Secret Clearance)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$95K - $120KSQLLinux
- Principal Software EngineerCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$285K - $335KLeadRustGoC++
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Questions about Linux jobs in California
- How many Linux jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 701 open Linux jobs in California at 100 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 44 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most Linux jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at SpaceX (123), OpenAI (29), CoreWeave (26), Crusoe (25) and Muon Space (23). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote Linux jobs in California?
- 18 of the 701 open Linux jobs in California (3%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do Linux jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $203K, based on 608 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $160K and $245K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
- How do I apply for Linux jobs in California?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.

























