🇺🇸Operating systems jobs in California
288 open roles mentioning Operating systems in California as of Nov 15, 2026. Anthropic, Roblox, CoreWeave, Crusoe and SpaceX have the most. 8 are remote and the median advertised salary is $236K.
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- Software Engineer - Data Center ToolingLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$230K - $340KHybridGoPythonReact
- Senior Software Engineer II, InferenceCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA$182K - $242KSeniorGoPythonC++
- Senior Software Engineer, PerformanceNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$194K - $291KSeniorC++CUDAROS
- Engineering Manager, InfrastructureSentry · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$220K - $400KHybridRustGoPython
- Senior Software Engineer, Windows - AI Security & Governance (Elara)Omnissa · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia Office; Mountain View, California Office$141K - $250KSeniorRustGoAI
- Senior Software Engineer, macOS - AI Security & Governance (Elara)Omnissa · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia Office; Mountain View, California Office$141K - $250KSeniorRustGoSwift
- Principal Software Engineer, PerformanceNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$258K - $387KLead and aboveC++Machine LearningLinux
- Senior Staff Incident Response EngineerSoFi · 🇺🇸WA - Seattle; CA - San Francisco—Lead and aboveGoPythonSQL
- Senior Software Engineer - SecurityCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$170K - $205KSeniorLinuxIncident responseApplication security
- Senior Software Engineer, Engine InfrastructureRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$243K - $295KSeniorC++Operating systems
- Software Engineer - Virtual PlatformRubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$131K - $197KJavaC++Scala
- Member of Technical Staff - Research Engineer, RL EnvironmentsPreference Model · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $350KPythonMachine LearningLLM
- Senior Software Engineer, Nuro Driver Core SoftwareNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$194K - $291KSeniorC++LinuxProtobuf
- Member of Technical Staff (Storage)Cockroach Labs · 🇺🇸🇨🇦New York, NY; Remote, United States; San Mateo, CA; Toron…$180K - $238KRemoteRustGoC++
- Staff Storage EngineerCrusoe · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA - US$215K - $255KLead and aboveGoPythonBash
- Senior Software Engineer, Crusoe Managed Data TransferCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$170K - $205KSeniorGoTerraformGCP
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Core ConnectivityZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$255K - $320KLead and aboveC++LinuxROS
- Senior Construction Scheduler, Data CenterCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$165K - $210KSeniorPMPSmartsheetMS Project
- Principal Solutions Specialist, InferenceCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Bellevue, WA / Dallas, TX / Livingston, NJ / Manhattan, N…$177K - $237KLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMKubernetes
- Senior C++ Engineer – Foundations (R6023)Shield AI · 🇺🇸San Diego, CA, US—SeniorC++LinuxOperating systems
- Principal Software EngineerCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$285K - $335KLead and aboveRustGoC++
- Sr. Software Engineer, Kernels/CUDA (C++)xAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$220K - $357KSeniorC++LinuxCUDA
- Senior Software Engineer, Ads MeasurementRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$197K - $243KSeniorRustGoPython
- Software Engineer, Engine HarmonyRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$153K - $197KC++Machine LearningOperating systems
- Senior Software Engineer, Database Integration & ObservabilityMongoDB · 🇺🇸Austin; Boston; Chicago; Dallas; New York City; Palo Alto…$126K - $248KSeniorRustPythonJavaScript
- Senior Pre-Sales Systems Engineer, SLED (San Francisco / East Bay)Pure Storage · 🇺🇸Remote, California$156K - $234KRemoteSeniorSQLGCPAzure
- Software Engineer, C++ (Onboard Platform)Applied · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale$125K - $222KPythonC++ROS
- Staff Cloud Hypervisor Engineer, ComputeCrusoe · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA - US$215K - $260KLead and aboveRustC++Linux
- Software EngineerPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$269K - $329KC++LinuxOperating systems
- Staff Software EngineerIllumio · 🇺🇸HQ - Sunnyvale (Office)$190K - $235KLead and abovePythonJavaDocker
- Software Engineer, ComputeVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco—HybridGoTerraformLinux
- Research Engineer / Scientist, Pre-trainingAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$500K - $850KRemotePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Software Engineering Manager - Engine NetworkingRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$294K - $343KC++LinuxNetwork engineering
- Software Engineer Intern, Software Systems [Summer 2027]Zoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA—InternPythonC++Machine Learning
- Spacecraft Production Control ManagerK2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$135K - $175KPythonSQLPower BI
- Principal Software Engineer, WebRTCRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KLead and aboveC++COperating systems
- Principal Software Engineer, ML & Media InfraPinterest · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA; US; San Francisco, CA, US$285K - $450KLead and abovePythonJavaC++
- Staff Engineer, Crusoe Managed Data Transfer (Distributed Systems)Crusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$215K - $260KLead and aboveGoGCPKubernetes
- Staff+ Software Engineer, DeploymentAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$405K - $485KRemoteLead and aboveRustGoJava
- Compiler Engineer - New GradSambaNova · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States; San Jose, California, Unite…$131K - $197KJuniorPythonC++Machine Learning
- Mission Systems Software Engineer - BlueSky (R5199)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA, US—RustC++Security clearance
- Staff Site Reliability EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States · +1 more location—Lead and aboveRustGoPython
- Software Engineer - Storage Systems (Agent Infra)Baseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $330KHybridRustGoC++
- Software Engineer - Networking (Agent Infra)Baseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $330KHybridRustGoC++
- Software Engineer - Compute & IsolationBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $330KHybridRustC++Machine Learning
- Senior Software Engineer, RuntimeRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$197K - $243KSeniorC++ObservabilityOperating systems
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Inference - USAInworld AI · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, USA$250K - $300KSeniorRustPythonC++
- Staff Engineer, Test Automation - San Mateo (R5792)Shield AI · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, US$189K - $283KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Engineer, Test Automation (R5792)Shield AI · 🇺🇸San Diego, CA, US$157K - $236KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Software Engineer, Engine HarmonyRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$197K - $243KSeniorC++Machine LearningOperating systems
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Who is hiring for Operating systems roles in California
What Operating systems roles in California pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $245K | 101 |
| Senior | $220K | 77 |
| Lead and above | $256K | 68 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Questions about Operating systems jobs in California
- How many Operating systems jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 288 open Operating systems jobs in California at 86 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 19 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 Operating systems jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at Anthropic (18), Roblox (17), CoreWeave (15), Crusoe (14) and SpaceX (14). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote Operating systems jobs in California?
- 8 of the 288 open Operating systems 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 Operating systems jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $236K, based on 250 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $200K and $288K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- Is it hard to get one of the Operating systems jobs in California?
- 9 of the 288 open Operating systems jobs in California (3%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 184 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 86 companies are hiring and 19 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing Operating systems jobs in California?
- 134 of the 288 open Operating systems jobs in California (47%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often Machine Learning, LLM, AI. Employers still list 288 such roles today at 86 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do Operating systems jobs in California ask for?
- Most often Operating systems (100%), C++ (57%), Python (44%), Linux (34%), Rust (34%) of the 288 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in Operating systems jobs in California?
- Senior Software Engineer (44), Software Engineer (43), Staff Software Engineer (18), Member of Technical Staff (9), Engineering Manager (8): the most common titles among the 288 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are Operating systems jobs in California in demand in 2026?
- 288 Operating systems jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 86 companies, 0.2% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 19 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $236K. 8 (3%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for Operating systems 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. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.
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