Software Engineer salary in Palo Alto
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026
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Software Engineer pay in Palo Alto is measured from 36 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 27 postings put the middle half between $186,250 and $245,000, with a median of $216,850.
Against the 64 other measured markets for software engineer at senior, this sits below 6 of them; Long Beach leads at $227,450.
1 of these ranges rests on fewer than 10 postings, so read it as a strong hint rather than a benchmark; the sample column shows exactly what backs each number.
41 software engineer roles are open in Palo Alto right now, 41 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $164,300 – $190,550 | $169,500 | 9hint |
| Senior | $186,250 – $245,000 | $216,850 | 27 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open software engineer roles in Palo Alto · 41 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $135,000–$254,000scale $80,000–$360,000
Lead Software Engineer Nubank · Palo Alto New $230,000–$276,000 2d ago Staff Software Engineer - Identity Lifecycle Engineering GEICO · Bethesda $110,000–$230,000 3w ago Senior Staff Software Engineer - Incident Prevention / Post Incident Correction of Errors GEICO · Bethesda $110,000–$260,000 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer, iOS Grindr · Palo Alto $190,000–$254,000 3w ago Sr. Staff Software Engineer, AI Agent Platform GEICO · New York $130,000–$300,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer, AI Agent Platform GEICO · Palo Alto $105,000–$230,000 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer - Accounting & Ledger Systems BitGo · Palo Alto $180,000–$220,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer GEICO · Palo Alto $110,000–$230,000 3w ago 
Staff Digital Key Software Engineer Ford Motor Company · Palo Alto $150,200–$283,500 4w ago Senior Software Engineer - (C#/Microservices/Azure) GEICO · Seattle $105,000–$215,000 4w ago 
Software Engineer Rhombus Power, Inc. · Palo Alto $100,000–$140,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer - Backend & Cloud Infrastructure Rubrik Job Board · Palo Alto $188,500–$282,700 4w ago Software Engineer, Distributed Systems & Networking Ford Motor Company · Palo Alto $138,800–$232,700 5w ago Staff Software Engineer GEICO · Bethesda $115,000–$230,000 5w ago Staff Software Engineer – Testing Tools and Frameworks GEICO · Bethesda $105,000–$260,000 5w ago Software Engineer - Reliability (US Citizen) Rubrik Job Board · Palo Alto $158,000–$237,000 6w ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Ads & Core Serving Platform Pinterest · Palo Alto $208,454–$364,795 6w ago Staff Software Engineer Typeface · Bellevue $210,000–$240,000 7w ago Software Engineer - SaaS Data Protection Rubrik Job Board · Palo Alto $158,000–$237,000 7w ago Software Engineer, Atlas Distributed Systems Rubrik Job Board · Palo Alto $158,000–$237,000 2mo ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Trading Infrastructure Aptos Labs · Palo Alto $150,000–$250,000 2mo ago 
Sr. Software Engineer 23Andme · Palo Alto $160,000–$200,000 3mo ago Sr. Software Engineer, Frontend Globality, Inc. · Palo Alto $150,000–$220,000 3mo ago Full Stack Software Engineer - AI Applications Ford Motor Company · Palo Alto $85,400–$232,700 3mo ago 
Software Engineer III, Frontend (Storefront) Quince · Palo Alto $195,000–$235,000 3mo ago Software Engineer - AI Security Product Obsidian Security · Palo Alto $155,000–$180,000 3mo ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Network Wealthfront · Palo Alto $172,000–$228,000 4mo ago Senior Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure Aptos Labs · Palo Alto $160,000–$260,000 4mo ago 
Software Engineer - Core Interfaces Palantir · New York $135,000–$200,000 4mo ago Software Engineer - Hosted Model Infrastructure Palantir · New York $145,000–$200,000 4mo ago Staff Software Engineer - Reliability (US Citizen OR Green Card Only) Rubrik Job Board · Palo Alto $218,300–$327,500 4mo ago 
Backend Software Engineer (Mid-Senior) Endor Labs · Palo Alto $150,000–$200,000 5mo ago Software Engineer, Frontend Wealthfront · Palo Alto $150,000–$189,000 5mo ago Software Engineer - Orchestrated Application Recovery Rubrik Job Board · Palo Alto $152,400–$228,700 6mo ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Mapping ALSO · Palo Alto $165,000–$210,000 6mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Big Data Storage Pinterest · Remote · US $177,185–$364,795 10mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems Palantir · Seattle $145,000–$200,000 1y ago Staff Software Engineer, Backend Grindr · Palo Alto $190,000–$254,000 1y ago Software Engineer, New Grad - Infrastructure Palantir · New York $145,000–$155,000 1y ago Software Engineer, New Grad - Defense Palantir · New York $145,000–$155,000 1y ago Backend Software Engineer - Defense Palantir · Washington $135,000–$200,000 1y ago