Senior software engineer jobs in California
1,103 open roles for senior software engineers in California as of Nov 15, 2026. Anduril Industries, Roblox, SpaceX, CoreWeave and Verkada have the most. 44 are remote and the median advertised salary is $212K.
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- Sr. Full Stack Software Engineer (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $280KSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Sr. Software Engineer, Machine Learning & Data InfrastructureOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$179K - $268KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Senior Software Engineer, Roblox OSRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$197K - $243KSeniorROSCompensation
- Senior Software Engineer, Data EngineeringRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$243K - $295KSeniorMachine LearningAI agentsData quality
- Senior Software Engineer, Platform FullstackAirbyte · 🇺🇸San Francisco$196K - $235KHybridSeniorTypeScriptReactJava
- Senior Software Engineer, Release EngineeringAgility Robotics · 🇺🇸Hybrid- Any Office (Fremont, CA, Salem, OR, or Pittsburgh…$175K - $274KHybridSeniorPythonLinuxKubernetes
- Senior Software Engineer II, InferenceCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA$182K - $242KSeniorGoPythonC++
- Senior Software Engineer, PerformanceNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$194K - $291KSeniorC++CUDAROS
- Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, DataZipline · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, California, USA—SeniorPythonSQLAirflow
- Senior Software Engineer, APIMeshy · 🇺🇸Bay Area Office$150K - $300KSeniorPythonTypeScriptPostgreSQL
- Senior Software Engineer - USACanals · 🇺🇸San Francisco—RemoteSeniorAccounts payableHVAC
- Senior Software Engineer, StorageCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$170K - $190KSeniorRustGoJava
- Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Test SystemsWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA$213K - $263KSeniorPythonC++AI agents
- Senior Software Engineer – Backend Platforms and Agentic & ML SystemsSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$230K - $270KHybridSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Software Engineer, ML InfrastructureGatik AI · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, CA$180K - $260KSeniorPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Senior Software Engineer, Map InfrastructureGatik AI · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, CA$180K - $260KSeniorPythonC++
- Senior Backend Engineer, Video Platform IntegrationPatreon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$212K - $318KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Senior Software EngineerLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$230K - $383KHybridSeniorTypeScriptReactMachine Learning
- Senior Infrastructure EngineerTrm Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$205K - $245KSeniorGoPythonPostgreSQL
- Senior Android Software EngineerClera · 🇺🇸San Francisco · +1 more location$160K - $200KSeniorKotlinAndroidCI/CD
- Senior Backend Engineer, Agent InfrastructureAirbyte · 🇺🇸San Francisco$196K - $235KHybridSeniorPostgreSQLLLMKafka
- Senior Software Engineer, Windows - AI Security & Governance (Elara)Omnissa · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia Office; Mountain View, California Office$141K - $250KSeniorRustGoAI
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend/Distributed Systems - AI Security & GovernanceOmnissa · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia Office; Mountain View, California Office$141K - $250KSeniorGoPostgreSQLDocker
- Senior Software Engineer, macOS - AI Security & Governance (Elara)Omnissa · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia Office; Mountain View, California Office$141K - $250KSeniorRustGoSwift
- Senior Software Engineer - Transport InfrastructureATOMS · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$180K - $220KSeniorRustGoPython
- Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML PlatformAgility Robotics · 🇺🇸Hybrid- Any Office (Fremont, CA, Salem, OR, or Pittsburgh…$197K - $307KHybridSeniorTerraformGCPAzure
- Senior Software Engineer, ReliabilityRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$243K - $295KSeniorGoJavaC#
- Sr. Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA · +1 more location$185K - $265KSeniorRustC++Load balancing
- Senior Software Engineer, ML Serving PlatformDoorDash USA · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Seattle, WA$168K - $247KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Senior Software Engineer, Data SyncDitto · 🇺🇸Remote (Atlanta, Washington DC, San Francisco,$188K - $259KRemoteSeniorRustGo
- Senior Full-Stack EngineerPlenful · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$138K - $195KHybridSeniorPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Senior Software Engineer - SecurityCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$170K - $205KSeniorLinuxIncident responseApplication security
- Senior Software Engineer - Autonomy Safety MetricZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$239K - $280KSeniorPythonSparkAirflow
- Senior Software Engineer, Consumer RevenueDiscord · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$196K - $245KSeniorPythonTypeScriptReact
- Senior Software EngineerHippocratic AI · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, CA—SeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Senior Backend Software Engineer (Python / FastAPI)CHAOS Industries · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States · +1 more location—SeniorPythonTypeScriptReact
- Senior Software Engineer, Claims & AI BillingCommure · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$180K - $230KHybridSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Software Engineer, Engine InfrastructureRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$243K - $295KSeniorC++Operating systems
- Senior Software Engineer, Frontend (React)Retell Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$200K - $300KSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Software Engineer, Data PlatformCommure · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$180K - $230KHybridSeniorSQLTerraformGCP
- Senior Software Engineer — Distributed Compute / Spark SystemsGranica · 🇺🇸Bay Area Office$160K - $240KSeniorRustGoJava
- Senior Software Engineer (Frontend)Footprint · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $260KSeniorRustTypeScriptReact
- Senior Software Engineer - Cloud & Platform SecurityATOMS · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$167K - $230KSeniorKubernetes
- Senior Software Engineer (Prism)NorthwoodSpace · 🇺🇸Torrance, CA$140K - $170KSeniorRustPythonC++
- Senior Software Engineer, Metadata PlatformBox · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA, United States$198K - $248KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Sr. Software Engineer, Pretraining DataCursor · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$220K - $357KSeniorData quality
- Senior Software Engineer I - Data EngineeringRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$132K - $175KSeniorPythonSQLCI/CD
- Senior Software Engineer - Data EnablementBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$185K - $327KSeniorJavaKotlinMachine Learning
- Senior Software EngineerPeopleFinders · 🇺🇸Sacramento, CA$115K - $130KSeniorPythonReactNode.js
- Senior Software Engineer - Health Data PlatformRadai · 🇺🇸San Francisco - Onsite$187K - $224KSeniorPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
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Who is hiring for senior software engineer roles in California
Where senior software engineer roles in California are
- 🇺🇸United States1,103
- 🇺🇸California1,103
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area837
- 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA94
- 🇺🇸New York, NY67
- 🇺🇸Seattle, WA56
- 🇺🇸Denver, CO15
- 🇺🇸Texas14
- 🇺🇸Boston, MA14
- 🇨🇦Canada10
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
Questions about senior software engineer jobs in California
- How many senior software engineer jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 1,103 open senior software engineer jobs in California at 336 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 78 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 senior software engineer jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at Anduril Industries (68), Roblox (65), SpaceX (45), CoreWeave (28) and Verkada (27). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote senior software engineer jobs in California?
- 44 of the 1,103 open senior software engineer jobs in California (4%) 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 senior software engineer jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $212K, based on 1,005 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $195K and $230K. 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 senior software engineer jobs in California?
- 0 of the 1,103 open senior software engineer jobs in California (0%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 795 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 336 companies are hiring and 78 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 senior software engineer jobs in California?
- 403 of the 1,103 open senior software engineer jobs in California (37%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, Machine Learning, Computer Vision. Employers still list 1,103 such roles today at 336 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do senior software engineer jobs in California ask for?
- Most often Python (51%), Kubernetes (31%), Go (29%), C++ (29%), AWS (28%) of the 1,103 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in senior software engineer jobs in California?
- Senior Software Engineer (690), Sr. Software Engineer (66), Senior Systems Engineer (56), Senior Backend Engineer (32), Senior Platform Engineer (18): the most common titles among the 1,103 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are senior software engineer jobs in California in demand in 2026?
- 1,103 senior software engineer jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 336 companies, 0.7% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 78 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $212K. 44 (4%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for senior software engineer 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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