Software Engineer jobs in California
404 open roles classified as Software Engineer and placed in California, read from employers’ own careers sites.
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Monitoring Service
Crusoe
Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $175,000 – $210,000
Crusoe is hiring a senior engineer to design and operate customer-facing observability products for their cloud monitoring service, including APIs, backends, and self-service configuration tools. This role suits experienced distributed-systems engineers who enjoy owning products end-to-end and working directly with customer feedback to improve reliability and ease of use.
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Principal Engineer
Intuit
Mountain View, CA · $261,500 – $353,500
Intuit is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead major technology initiatives with a focus on AI-native applications, working across the full stack to solve complex customer problems at scale. This role suits experienced engineers who thrive in matrix environments, mentor others, and want to shape the future of AI in financial software.
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Senior Engineer, Automated Test (R4461)
Shield AI
Full-time · San Diego, CA · $114,266 – $171,400
Shield AI is seeking a senior automation engineer to build testing infrastructure and CI/CD systems for their autonomy platform used in unmanned aircraft and robots. This role suits someone with strong Python and distributed systems experience who wants to work on mission-critical reliability in defense technology.
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Senior Applied AI Engineer, Manufacturing & System Co-Design
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $168,000 – $310,500
Lead the design and implementation of workflows and automation that keep NVIDIA's chip specifications aligned across architecture, silicon, and manufacturing throughout the product lifecycle. This role suits senior engineers with deep silicon expertise, Python proficiency, and a track record of driving cross-organizational adoption of complex technical infrastructure.
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Staff Software Engineer, Billing Platform
Crusoe
San Francisco, CA · $210,000 – $255,000
Crusoe's billing platform team needs a staff engineer to design and operate end-to-end billing systems for their AI infrastructure cloud offering, from metering and pricing through invoicing and payments. This role suits experienced backend engineers who have built financial or similarly complex, high-integrity systems and want to own critical infrastructure across a technical organization.
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Staff Backend Software Engineer
Intuit
3 locations · $202,500 – $274,000
This is a senior backend engineering role focused on architecting and delivering scalable, cloud-native systems while integrating AI capabilities. The position suits experienced engineers who can lead technology initiatives across complex distributed systems and mentor junior team members.
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Senior Embedded System Software Engineer – Platform Execution Lead
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $224,000 – $356,500
Lead the complete software platform bring-up for NVIDIA's edge AI systems from prototype through mass production, combining deep Linux kernel expertise with program management to coordinate cross-functional teams and drive execution. This role suits experienced embedded systems engineers who thrive bridging technical complexity with project delivery and mentoring others.
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Software Engineer II, Managed Platform Services
Crusoe
Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $140,000 – $165,000
Crusoe is hiring a Software Engineer to design and operate cloud platform services that power AI infrastructure at scale. This role suits someone with 3-5 years of experience building distributed systems who wants to own core infrastructure components and mentor teammates while working across cloud, energy, and data center teams.
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Staff Software Engineer-Front End
Intuit
2 locations · $188,500 – $255,000
A leadership role for a seasoned front-end engineer to architect and build consumer-facing web and mobile experiences while integrating AI capabilities and mentoring junior developers. This suits engineers with deep full-stack JavaScript experience, a track record shipping large-scale products, and a genuine interest in AI as a tool to solve customer problems.
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Senior Software Engineer, Networking
NVIDIA
2 locations · $184,000 – $356,500
This is a senior-level Linux kernel and networking driver development role at NVIDIA, building software for next-generation network interface cards. It suits experienced systems engineers comfortable with low-level kernel programming, device driver architecture, and the full software development lifecycle.
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Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Managed Platform Services
Crusoe
Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $250,000 – $300,000
Crusoe seeks a senior staff engineer to serve as a floating technical leader across their managed platform services organization, tackling problems from data center automation to distributed systems reliability and new product exploration. This role suits experienced engineers comfortable with ambiguity and context-switching who can drive technical outcomes across organizational boundaries and mentor others.
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Staff Software Engineer-Full Stack
Intuit
3 locations · $202,500 – $274,000
A Staff Software Engineer role focused on designing and building scalable, enterprise-grade full-stack applications with a strong emphasis on AI integration and emerging technologies. This position suits experienced engineers who can architect complex systems, mentor others, and lead the adoption of AI across products while working across distributed global teams.
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Staff Engineer, Command Center Insights & Actions
Crusoe
Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $210,000 – $255,000
Crusoe seeks a Staff Engineer to own anomaly detection and alerting for their Command Center platform, defining what constitutes problems across global AI infrastructure. The role suits someone with deep expertise in detection systems and heuristics who wants to build critical infrastructure at scale while mentoring a strong engineering team.
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Staff Software Engineer, Security
Crusoe
Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $215,000 – $260,000
Crusoe is seeking a systems engineer with a security-first mindset to architect and build the core infrastructure platforms that protect their AI energy infrastructure business. This role suits experienced distributed systems engineers comfortable with Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and identity/secrets management who want to move beyond traditional security roles into platform architecture.
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Senior Software Engineer, Security
Crusoe
San Francisco, CA · $175,000 – $210,000
Crusoe seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design and operate security infrastructure—PKI, secrets management, and automation systems—that protect their AI infrastructure at scale. This role combines platform engineering with security expertise, requiring someone who can architect and deploy production-grade systems under full ownership from design through operational monitoring.
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Billing Platform
Crusoe
San Francisco, CA · $237,600 – $288,000
Crusoe is hiring a senior engineer to design and operate the billing platform for their AI infrastructure cloud service, handling metering, pricing, invoicing, and payments at scale. This role suits someone with deep experience in financial systems or similarly complex, reliable data systems who wants to own critical infrastructure end-to-end and mentor other engineers.
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Senior Software Engineer, IAM
Crusoe
San Francisco, CA · $175,000 – $220,000
This role leads the design and delivery of identity and access management systems for Crusoe's AI infrastructure cloud platform, working across security, authentication, and user access. It suits senior engineers with strong distributed systems and security fundamentals who want to mentor others while building critical infrastructure at scale.
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Senior Software Engineer, Billing Platform
Crusoe
San Francisco, CA · $175,000 – $220,000
Crusoe is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and operate the core billing platform for their AI infrastructure cloud service, owning systems from usage metering through invoicing and payments. This role suits experienced backend engineers who thrive on building reliable, accurate financial systems and enjoy collaborating across product, finance, and customer teams.
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Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience
Crusoe
Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $208,725 – $253,000
Crusoe seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead the Developer Experience team, building tools and infrastructure that enable all engineers to work efficiently across the entire software development lifecycle. This role suits experienced infrastructure and DevOps leaders who want to shape technical direction at a fast-growing AI infrastructure company.
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Staff Software Engineer, Managed Orchestration (Managed Kubernetes)
Crusoe
Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $220,000 – $250,000
Crusoe is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and scale their Kubernetes orchestration infrastructure for AI workloads, working on system architecture, operators, and cloud platform reliability. This role suits experienced systems engineers who want to own critical infrastructure projects in a high-growth AI infrastructure company.
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Senior API Integration Engineer
Crusoe
Sunnyvale, CA · $165,000 – $200,000
Crusoe is seeking a senior engineer to design and operate large-scale enterprise system integrations using Workato, modernizing workflows across ERP, CRM, and HR platforms. This role suits experienced integration architects who can set standards, mentor teammates, and bridge business strategy with technical delivery.
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Managed Orchestration
Crusoe
Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $237,600 – $288,000
Senior Staff Software Engineer leading the design and scaling of Crusoe's cloud infrastructure orchestration platform, managing Kubernetes clusters and establishing technical standards across multiple teams. This role suits experienced systems engineers who want to combine deep expertise in distributed systems with strategic leadership on high-impact infrastructure initiatives.
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Staff Software Engineer, Systems Engineering Focus
Crusoe
Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $210,000 – $255,000
Crusoe seeks a systems-focused staff engineer to design and operate customer-facing managed services on their AI infrastructure platform, with particular responsibility for lightweight agent software deployed directly on customer systems. You'll balance building new features end-to-end with deep technical authority over edge computing architecture, Linux instrumentation, and cross-team collaboration.
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Staff Software Engineer, Storage
Crusoe
Full-time · 2 locations · $215,000 – $260,000
Crusoe seeks a Staff Software Engineer to architect their cloud storage infrastructure at massive scale, bridging high-performance hardware with globally distributed object stores. This role suits experienced systems programmers ready to define multi-year technical strategy and lead critical design decisions across storage, networking, and virtualization.
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Senior Systems Engineer
Crusoe
San Francisco, CA · $190,000 – $230,000
Crusoe seeks a senior engineer to architect agentic AI systems that automate enterprise workflows across integrated platforms like Salesforce and Slack. This role suits someone with deep AI infrastructure expertise who thrives building scalable, production-grade automation frameworks and mentoring teams through emerging AI technologies.
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Software Engineer jobs in other states
Other roles hiring in California
Reports on Software Engineer hiring
- Texas Postings Doubled This Week: 585 New Roles vs 285, Second Only to CaliforniaSep 16, 2026
- New York Added 386 New Roles This Week, Up 11.6% While the National Week Rose 22.6%Sep 13, 2026
- California Opened 798 Roles This Week, Up 30% — But 10 of 12 States Grew FasterSep 12, 2026
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