Software Engineer salary in San Francisco
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026
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Software Engineer pay in San Francisco is measured from 396 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 222 postings put the middle half between $197,400 and $241,700, with a median of $220,000.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $200,250 and senior $220,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 10% more.
Against the 64 other measured markets for software engineer at senior, this sits below 4 of them; Long Beach leads at $227,450.
780 software engineer roles are open in San Francisco right now, 775 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $173,125 – $240,000 | $200,250 | 174 |
| Senior | $197,400 – $241,700 | $220,000 | 222 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
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 San Francisco · 775 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $166,000–$330,000scale $90,000–$470,000
Software Engineer - Billing & Internal Tooling Baseten · San Francisco New $165,000–$330,000 2d ago Software Engineer - Identity & Authorization Baseten · San Francisco New $165,000–$330,000 2d ago Software Engineer - Partner Platform Baseten · San Francisco New $165,000–$330,000 2d ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Claims Intelligence Commure · Mountain View New $180,000–$230,000 2d ago Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Revenue Operations Commure · Mountain View New $180,000–$230,000 2d ago 
Software Engineer, Enterprise Product Ramp · New York New $189,000–$330,000 2d ago Senior Software Engineer, R&D Commure · Mountain View New $170,000–$220,000 3d ago 
Software Engineer - Backend Happyrobot Inc. · San Francisco $180,000–$250,000 4d ago Senior Software Engineer - Backend Happyrobot Inc. · San Francisco $220,000–$250,000 4d ago 
Senior Principal Software Engineer (Foundational Platform) Paloaltonetworks · San Jose $183,600–$297,000 5d ago 
Software Engineer, Identity & Access Management Hadrian Automation · Los Angeles $192,500–$273,500 8d ago 
Senior Software Engineer - Client Lifecycle Virta Health · Remote · US $161,500–$232,500 8d ago 
Software Engineer, Frontend Gamma · San Francisco $180,000–$310,000 9d ago Software Engineer, Growth Gamma · San Francisco $180,000–$310,000 9d ago 
Senior Software Engineer - CLO Circle · Remote · US $152,500–$205,000 10d ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Billing Platform Sentry · San Francisco $215,000–$400,000 2w ago 
Senior Staff Software Engineer - Agent Marketplace Kong · San Francisco $250,000–$270,000 2w ago Senior Software Engineer, AI Integrations Commure · Mountain View $180,000–$230,000 2w ago 
Software Engineer, Platform Reducto · San Francisco $200,000–$325,000 2w ago 
Backend Software Engineer, Cooperative AI (Evals) OpenAI · San Francisco $266,000–$445,000 2w ago Software Engineer, Cooperative AI OpenAI · San Francisco $266,000–$445,000 2w ago 
Senior Software Engineer — Backend (Files Team) Databricks · San Francisco $166,000–$225,000 3w ago 
Software Engineer, New Grad (2027) Harvey · New York $165,000–$181,500 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Eval Efficiency & Optimization Waymo · Mountain View $213,000–$263,000 3w ago 
Software Engineer, Sandboxing Anthropic · San Francisco $320,000–$485,000 3w ago 
Software Engineer, Mobile Platform (iOS) Notion · San Francisco $150,000–$168,000 3w ago Software Engineer, Mobile Core (Android) Notion · San Francisco $150,000–$168,000 3w ago Frontend Software Engineer, Codex App OpenAI · San Francisco $230,000–$385,000 3w ago Full Stack Software Engineer, Sales Platform OpenAI · San Francisco $266,000–$455,000 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Orchestration Platform Scale AI · San Francisco $216,000–$270,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer, Chassis Waymo · San Francisco $213,000–$263,000 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer zetaglobal · San Francisco $240,000 3w ago 
Software Engineer, Data Loading Infrastructure Asana · San Francisco $171,000–$190,000 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer - Identity & Access Management Brex · Seattle $192,000–$240,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer - Identity & Access Management Brex · New York $192,000–$240,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer - Identity & Access Management Brex · San Francisco $192,000–$240,000 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer Gallup · San Francisco $180,000–$230,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, Secure Execution Harvey · San Francisco $231,000–$346,400 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer Meadow · Remote · US $185,300–$276,000 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Mission Optimization Planet · San Francisco $162,600–$203,200 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Continuity Product Rad AI · San Francisco $170,000–$265,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer Circle · Remote · US $152,500–$205,000 3w ago Software Engineer II, Android Crunchyroll, LLC · San Francisco $135,100–$168,900 3w ago 
Software Engineer Cyvl · Somerville $125,000–$195,000 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Platform Security Decagon · San Francisco $200,000–$400,000 3w ago 
Software Engineer (Frontend) Latent · San Francisco $200,000–$275,000 3w ago Software Engineer, Implicit Signals OpenAI · San Francisco $347,000–$445,000 3w ago 
Software Engineer II Ripple · San Francisco $140,000–$170,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer Ripple · San Francisco $212,000–$265,000 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Cobalt Tubi · San Francisco $186,400–$266,300 3w ago Senior Software Engineer, Fleet Response Efficiency & Optimization Waymo · Mountain View $213,000–$263,000 3w ago Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference Anthropic · San Francisco $320,000–$485,000 3w ago Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference Launch Engineering Anthropic · San Francisco $320,000–$485,000 3w ago Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Scaling Anthropic · New York $320,000–$485,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, AI Teammates Asana · San Francisco $248,000–$282,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, Acquisition Brex · Seattle $240,000–$300,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, Acquisition Brex · San Francisco $240,000–$300,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, Acquisition Brex · Vancouver CA$240,000–CA$300,000 3w ago 
Software Engineer, Consumer Revenue Discord · San Francisco $160,000–$200,000 3w ago 
Software Engineer, Full Stack - Experimentation Platform DoorDash USA · San Francisco $130,600–$192,000 3w ago 60 of 780 open roles. All software engineer jobs