Software Engineer salary in Santa Clara
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026
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Software Engineer pay in Santa Clara is measured from 40 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 27 postings put the middle half between $169,250 and $225,469, with a median of $207,550.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $160,250 and senior $207,550. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 30% more.
Against the 64 other measured markets for software engineer at senior, this sits below 13 of them; Long Beach leads at $227,450.
62 software engineer roles are open in Santa Clara right now, 62 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $151,000 – $178,100 | $160,250 | 13 |
| Senior | $169,250 – $225,469 | $207,550 | 27 |
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 Santa Clara · 62 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $143,200–$300,000scale $80,000–$420,000
Senior Principal Software Engineer (Foundational Platform) Paloaltonetworks · San Jose $183,600–$297,000 5d ago Senior Software Engineer - Machine Control Applied Materials · Santa Clara $128,000–$176,000 2w ago 
Staff Software Engineer, AiDP DDN · Santa Clara $200,000–$250,000 3w ago 
MFG Test Development Software Engineer Everpure · Santa Clara $170,000–$255,000 3w ago 
Staff QA Software Engineer IonQ · Santa Clara $152,000–$190,000 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Developer Automation d-Matrix · Santa Clara $155,000–$235,000 3w ago Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer Eeho · Santa Clara $96,800–$306,400 3w ago 
Software Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara $125,700–$194,800 3w ago Senior Software Engineer - Forensics Everpure · Santa Clara $180,000–$270,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara $143,200–$243,400 3w ago Senior Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform - Kubernetes - Distributed Systems - Federal ServiceNow · Santa Clara $149,800–$262,200 3w ago Software Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara $125,700–$194,800 4w ago Staff Software Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara $166,500–$291,400 4w ago Staff Software Engineer - Federal ServiceNow · Santa Clara $176,100–$308,200 4w ago Principal Software Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara $221,200–$387,100 4w ago Staff Software Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara $166,500–$291,400 4w ago Software Engineer IV - (E4) Applied Materials · Santa Clara $179,500–$246,500 4w ago Staff Software Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara $176,100–$308,200 4w ago 
Sr Staff Software Engineer Cohesity · Santa Clara $239,400–$266,000 4w ago Linux Kernel Software Engineer - Systems Engineering Everpure · Santa Clara $180,000–$270,000 4w ago Principal Software Engineer - AI Control Tower (AICT) ServiceNow · Santa Clara $221,200–$387,100 4w ago Staff Software Engineer - AI Search ServiceNow · Santa Clara $166,500–$291,400 5w ago Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer Eeho · Santa Clara $135,200–$306,400 5w ago Principal Software Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara $221,200–$387,100 5w ago Principal Software Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara $221,200–$387,100 5w ago Principal Software Engineer - Application Lifecycle ServiceNow · Santa Clara $221,200–$387,100 5w ago Senior Staff IAM Software Engineer ServiceNow · Remote · US $190,900–$334,100 7w ago 
Sr. Software Engineer - Production Yubico Inc. · Santa Clara $170,000–$210,000 8w ago 
Senior Machine Control Software Engineer Halo Industries, Inc. · Santa Clara $125,000–$140,000 2mo ago Senior Embedded Software Engineer Everpure · Santa Clara $180,000–$270,000 2mo ago 
Principal GPU Software Engineer Roche · Santa Clara $165,800–$308,000 2mo ago Principal Software Engineer Halo Industries, Inc. · Santa Clara $200,000–$220,000 2mo ago Staff Machine Control Software Engineer Halo Industries, Inc. · Santa Clara $160,000–$200,000 2mo ago Senior Simulation Software Engineer PlusAI · Santa Clara $130,000–$200,000 2mo ago Software Engineer Everpure · Santa Clara $149,000–$359,000 2mo ago Software Engineer (SE / Sr SE), Data Infrastructure PlusAI · Santa Clara $120,000–$200,000 2mo ago Software Engineer Roche · Santa Clara $143,800–$267,000 2mo ago Principal Software Engineer, SDK & Lowering Stack d-Matrix · Santa Clara $190,000–$300,000 2mo ago Senior Bioinformatics Software Engineer Roche · Santa Clara $145,300–$269,800 2mo ago Principal System Software Engineer, AI Inference Execution d-Matrix · Santa Clara $195,000–$285,000 2mo ago Staff Software Engineer, SIMD Kernels d-Matrix · Santa Clara $190,000–$300,000 2mo ago Software Engineer Everpure · Santa Clara $149,000–$224,000 3mo ago Principal Software Engineer, Kernels d-Matrix · Santa Clara $195,000–$285,000 3mo ago Principal Software Engineer, Kernels d-Matrix · Santa Clara $195,000–$285,000 3mo ago Principal Software Engineer ServiceNow · Santa Clara $221,200–$387,100 3mo ago Software Engineer - Data PlusAI · Santa Clara $135,000–$180,000 4mo ago Software Engineer Applied Materials · Santa Clara $179,500–$246,500 5mo ago Software Engineer Applied Materials · Santa Clara $152,000–$209,000 5mo ago Software Engineer, Simulation PlusAI · Santa Clara $120,000–$150,000 5mo ago 
PCIe Software Engineer Arista Networks · Santa Clara $123,000–$191,000 6mo ago Diagnostics Software Engineer Arista Networks · Santa Clara $128,000–$200,000 6mo ago Software Engineer, Layer1 Arista Networks · Santa Clara $123,000–$191,000 6mo ago BIOS Software Engineer Arista Networks · Santa Clara $123,000–$191,000 6mo ago Linux Kernel Software Engineer Arista Networks · Santa Clara $123,000–$191,000 6mo ago Senior Software Engineer, Datapath Everpure · Santa Clara $217,000–$326,000 7mo ago AI Software Engineer, Security Everpure · Santa Clara $149,000–$224,000 7mo ago Senior Software Engineer, Motion Planning PlusAI · Santa Clara $150,000–$190,000 8mo ago Senior Software Engineer, Mapping & Localization PlusAI · Santa Clara $150,000–$200,000 1y ago Software Engineer, Runtime PlusAI · Santa Clara $150,000–$180,000 1y ago Linux Kernel Software Engineer - Systems Engineering Everpure · Santa Clara $167,000–$246,000 1y ago 60 of 62 open roles. All software engineer jobs