150+ Staff Software Engineer Jobs in California

159 open Staff Software Engineer roles from 82 employers in California, posted in the last 21 days. Updated September 18, 2026.

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Newest Staff Software Engineer openings in California

  1. Staff Software Engineer - UI Platform Okta Inc. · San Francisco, California, United States
    $194K to $267K a year
    Posted today
  2. Staff Software Engineer, Ads Safety Format Enablement Google Inc · Mountain View, California, United States
    $207K to $300K a year
    Posted today
  3. Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise Sales Systems Architecture, Google Cloud Business Platform Transact Google Inc · Sunnyvale, California, United States
    $207K to $300K a year
    Posted yesterday
  4. Staff Software Engineer, Kernel Virtualization Google Inc · Sunnyvale, California, United States
    $207K to $300K a year
    Posted yesterday
  5. Staff Software Engineer, ML Frameworks Google Inc · Sunnyvale, California, United States
    $207K to $300K a year
    Posted yesterday
  6. Staff Software Engineer – Core OS, Vehicle Compute General Motors Company · Mountain View, California, United States
    $160K to $330K a year
    Posted yesterday
  7. Staff Software Engineer, ML Data Infrastructure, Autonomy Rivian Automotive · Palo Alto, California, United States
    $206K to $258K a year
    Posted yesterday
  8. Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy - Behavior and Motion Planning (R6007) Software Frontdoor Defense · San Diego, California, United States
    $200K to $300K a year
    Posted yesterday
  9. Staff Backend Software Engineer, Developer Productivity Engineering Tapestry · Mountain View, California, United States
    $207K to $290K a year
    Posted yesterday
  10. Staff Software Engineer, Agentic App Platform - Moveworks ServiceNow · Mountain View, California, United States
    $176K to $308K a year
    Posted 2 days ago
  11. Staff Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure Ridezum · Redwood City, California, United States
    $240K to $280K a year
    Posted 2 days ago
  12. Staff Software Engineer, Neuronavigation and Autonomy Magnus Medical, Inc. · Burlingame, California, United States
    $170K to $220K a year
    Posted 2 days ago
  13. Sr Staff Software Engineer Cohesity, Inc. · Santa Clara, California, United States
    $239K to $266K a year
    Posted 2 days ago
  14. Staff Software Engineer (AI-Native Platform) First American Financial Corporation · Santa Ana, California, United States
    $149K to $198K a year
    Posted 2 days ago
  15. STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER, Frontier Security Team Snowflake Inc. · Menlo Park, California, United States
    $236K to $295K a year
    Posted 2 days ago
  16. Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy - Behavior and Motion Planning (R6007) Shield · San Diego, California, United States
    $200K to $300K a year
    Posted 2 days ago
  17. Staff Engineer, AI Native Sony Electronics Inc. · Los Angeles, California, United States
    $200K to $240K a year
    Posted 2 days ago
  18. Staff Software Engineer - Video Performance - (Bay area only) Canva · San Francisco, California, United States
    $262K to $329K a year
    Posted 2 days ago
  19. Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud Compute Google Inc · Sunnyvale, California, United States
    $207K to $300K a year
    Posted 2 days ago
  20. Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure, Autonomy Rivian Automotive · Palo Alto, California, United States
    $206K to $258K a year
    Posted 2 days ago
  21. Staff Software Engineer, Validation Foundations and Acceleration GM · Sunnyvale, California, United States
    $189K to $291K a year
    Posted 2 days ago
  22. Staff Software Engineer GoodLeap, LLC · San Francisco, California, United States
    $155K to $213K a year
    Posted 3 days ago
  23. Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Equipment Edge) Rivian VW Group · Palo Alto, California, United States
    $186K to $255K a year
    Posted 3 days ago
  24. Staff Software Development Engineer - JIT Proxy Delinea · Redwood City, California, United States
    $160K to $180K a year
    Posted 3 days ago
  25. Staff Software Engineer, Validation Foundations and Acceleration General Motors Company · Sunnyvale, California, United States
    $189K to $291K a year
    Posted 3 days ago
  26. Staff Software Engineer - AMR Robot Simulation GM · Sunnyvale, California, United States
    Posted 3 days ago
  27. Staff Software Engineer - AI/ML Platform Fanatics Inc. · Redwood City, California, United States
    $190K to $238K a year
    Posted 3 days ago
  28. Staff Software Engineer, ASE Storage team Apple, Inc. · Cupertino, California, United States
    $216K to $325K a year
    Posted 4 days ago
  29. Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack Oscar Health, Inc. · Los Angeles, California, United States
    $192K to $252K a year
    Posted 4 days ago
  30. Staff Software Engineer - AMR Robot Simulation General Motors Company · Sunnyvale, California, United States
    Posted 4 days ago

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What these postings look like

Across the 144 postings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $226,000 at the 25th percentile, $250,250 at the median and $253,500 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

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Who is hiring

  1. Google Inc: 33 roles
  2. General Motors Company: 7 roles
  3. GM: 6 roles
  4. PayPal, Inc.: 6 roles
  5. Collectors Holdings, Inc.: 4 roles
  6. Towards AI, Inc.: 4 roles
  7. Riot Games, Inc.: 3 roles
  8. ServiceNow: 3 roles
  9. Shield: 3 roles
  10. Static Cisco: 3 roles

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