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Senior software engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area

856 open roles for senior software engineers in San Francisco Bay Area as of Nov 15, 2026. Roblox, CoreWeave, Verkada, Nuro and Databricks have the most. 36 are remote and the median advertised salary is $216K.

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How many senior software engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area are open right now?
There are 856 open senior software engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area at 286 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 65 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 San Francisco Bay Area?
Right now the most openings are at Roblox (65), CoreWeave (28), Verkada (27), Nuro (25) and Waymo (23). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote senior software engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
36 of the 856 open senior software engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area (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 San Francisco Bay Area pay?
The median advertised salary is $216K, based on 776 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $198K and $238K. 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 San Francisco Bay Area?
0 of the 856 open senior software engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area (0%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 597 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 286 companies are hiring and 65 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 San Francisco Bay Area?
309 of the 856 open senior software engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area (36%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often LLM, Machine Learning, AI. Employers still list 856 such roles today at 286 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
What skills do senior software engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area ask for?
Most often Python (50%), Kubernetes (32%), Go (31%), AWS (30%), C++ (27%) of the 856 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
Which job titles come up most in senior software engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
Senior Software Engineer (578), Sr. Software Engineer (38), Senior Backend Engineer (31), Senior Systems Engineer (20), Senior Frontend Engineer (16): the most common titles among the 856 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
Are senior software engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area in demand in 2026?
856 senior software engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 286 companies, 0.6% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 65 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $216K. 36 (4%) can be done remotely.
How do I apply for senior software engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
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