Software engineer jobs in California
1,839 open roles for software engineers in California as of Nov 14, 2026. SpaceX, OpenAI, Roblox, Anthropic and Databricks have the most. 75 are remote and the median advertised salary is $232K.
- Sr. Software Engineer, Machine Learning & Data InfrastructureOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$179K - $268KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Software Engineer, Frontier Data ProductsMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $500KPythonPostgreSQLAWS
- Senior Software Engineer, Roblox OSRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$197K - $243KSeniorROS
- Software Engineer, Cloud PlatformBaseten · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $330KGoTerraformMachine Learning
- Senior Software Engineer, Data EngineeringRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$243K - $295KSeniorMachine Learning
- Senior Software Engineer, Platform FullstackAirbyte · 🇺🇸San Francisco$196K - $235KSeniorTypeScriptReactJava
- Senior Software Engineer, Release EngineeringAgility Robotics · 🇺🇸Hybrid- Any Office (Fremont, CA, Salem, OR, or Pittsburgh…$175K - $274KSeniorPythonLinuxKubernetes
- Senior Software Engineer II, InferenceCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA$182K - $242KSeniorGoPythonC++
- Software Engineer I, PaymentsTwitch · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA · +1 more location$127K - $185KGoJavaC++
- Senior Software Engineer, PerformanceNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$194K - $291KSeniorC++CUDAROS
- Staff Software Engineer - Okta Identity GovernanceOkta · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$194K - $267KLeadGoJavaKotlin
- Software Engineer, Consumer SubscriptionsxAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$140K - $225KRustGoPython
- Senior Mission Software EngineerVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$169K - $216KSeniorPythonC++Docker
- Senior Network Software Engineer I - Secret ClearanceRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$132K - $198KSeniorDockerJiraAgile
- Senior Network Software Engineer II - Secret ClearanceRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$151K - $227KSeniorDockerJiraAgile
- Principal Network Software Engineer - TS/SCIRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$173K - $259KLeadDockerJiraAgile
- Software Engineer III, Software Services (Applications)Agility Robotics · 🇺🇸Hybrid- Any Office (Fremont, CA, Salem, OR, or Pittsburgh…$144K - $225KRustGoPython
- Flight Software Engineer IIRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$108K - $148KRustC++Linux
- Full Stack Software Engineer, Consumer HealthOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $385K
- Full Stack Software Engineer, ChatGPT FinancesOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $385KGoPythonTypeScript
- Principal Software Engineer, Creator AnalyticsRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$345K - $399KLeadGoPythonJava
- Senior Software Engineer, StorageCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$170K - $190KSeniorRustGoJava
- Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Test SystemsWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA$213K - $263KSeniorPythonC++
- Senior Software Engineer – Backend Platforms and Agentic & ML SystemsSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$230K - $270KSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Flight Software EngineerVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$169K - $216KSeniorRustPythonC++
- Staff Software EngineerSocure · 🇺🇸Hub - San Francisco$225K - $280KLeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff+ Software Engineer, ConsumerAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$320K - $405KLeadTypeScriptReactNode.js
- Staff Software Engineer, (DEM)Crusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$215K - $260KLeadRustGoKubernetes
- Principal Software Engineer, Creator HubRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KLeadGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Embedded Software EngineerVarda Space Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$169K - $216KSeniorRustPythonC++
- Staff Software Engineer, Internal ProductsAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$405K - $485KRemoteLeadLLM
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cybersecurity Products)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KRustGoPython
- Software Developer, CarrierTextNow, Inc. · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$136K - $274KGoPHPCI/CD
- Lead Software Engineer - FullstackAEG Worldwide · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$165K - $185KLeadTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Software Engineering Intern-Information Systems (Summer 2027)Muon Space · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA—InternPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML PlatformAgility Robotics · 🇺🇸Hybrid- Any Office (Fremont, CA, Salem, OR, or Pittsburgh…$197K - $307KSeniorTerraformGCPAzure
- Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure (Mid-Senior level)Zip · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $240KSeniorRedisKubernetesAWS
- Software Engineer, Backend (All Levels)Zip · 🇺🇸San Francisco$160K - $280KPythonJavaScriptReact
- Principal Software Engineer, PerformanceNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$258K - $387KLeadC++Machine LearningLinux
- Senior Software Engineer, ReliabilityRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$243K - $295KSeniorGoJavaC#
- Principal Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA · +1 more location$255K - $340KLeadRustC++
- Sr. Software Engineer, CDN (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA · +1 more location$185K - $265KSeniorRustC++
- Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering)Patreon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$189K - $256KPythonSQL
- RF Software Engineer (Starshield)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$125K - $160KPythonC++Linux
- Software Engineer II, Frontend (Banking)Brex · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$152K - $190KReactReact NativeGraphQL
- 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
- Staff Software Engineer, Support TechnologyAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$405K - $485KLeadLLMZendesk
- Senior Software Engineer - Autonomy Safety MetricZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$239K - $280KSeniorPythonSparkAirflow
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Questions about Software engineer jobs in California
- How many Software engineer jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 1,839 open Software engineer jobs in California at 200 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 112 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 Software engineer jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at SpaceX (142), OpenAI (132), Roblox (126), Anthropic (82) and Databricks (59). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote Software engineer jobs in California?
- 75 of the 1,839 open 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 Software engineer jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $232K, based on 1,618 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $196K and $295K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
- How do I apply for 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. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.

























