Salary guide
| Measure | Annual pay (USD) |
|---|---|
| 25th percentile | $184,000 |
| Median | $205,000 |
| 75th percentile | $230,000 |
| Lowest listing | $100,000 |
| Highest listing | $500,000 |
| Listings counted | 983 |
| Level | Listings | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-level | 11 | $210,000 |
| Senior | 968 | $205,000 |
| Company | Open listings | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | 156 | $204,000 |
| Roblox | 60 | $269,000 |
| Anduril Industries | 40 | $223,000 |
| CoreWeave | 27 | $198,000 |
| Databricks | 25 | $196,000 |
| Nuro | 20 | $291,000 |
| Waymo | 20 | $238,000 |
| Workday | 20 | $206,000 |
| Country | Currency | Listings | Median pay | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USD | 899 | $205,000 | $184,000 to $230,000 |
| Canada | USD | 29 | $225,000 | $209,000 to $255,000 |
Anduril's Air & Missile Defense Radar team develops cutting-edge tracking algorithms and software systems that detect, track, and characterize airborne threats in real-time.
Anduril's Software Engineers excel at developing state-of-the-art algorithms and software that solve scientific problems with real-world applications. Working in small innovative teams, our software engineers build solutions that make a difference.
Anduril Industries · 1mo ago
Anduril's Software Engineers excel at developing state-of-the-art algorithms and software that solve scientific problems with real-world applications. Working in small innovative teams, our software engineers build solutions that make a difference.
Anduril Industries · 2mo ago
At Anduril, our Software Engineers specialize in solving complex, real-world problems through cutting-edge algorithms and intelligent software integrations.
GoogleNew · 1d ago
We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes…
GoogleNew · 2d ago
We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes…
Google · 3d ago
We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes…
We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes…
We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes…
We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes…
We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes…
Google · 7d ago
We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes…
We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes…
Google · 10d ago
We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes…
At NerdWallet, we’re on a mission to bring clarity to all of life’s financial decisions and every great mission needs a team of exceptional Nerds.
Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies.
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you will work with federal, state, and local government customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI challenges using the Databricks platform.
As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) you will work with customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI challenges using the Databricks platform.
As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you will work with customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI challenges using the Databricks Platform.
Databricks · 2mo ago
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you will work with federal government customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI challenges using the Databricks platform.
Databricks · 2mo ago
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you will work with federal government customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI challenges using the Databricks platform.
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you will work with federal government customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI challenges using the Databricks platform.
As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) you will work with customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI challenges using the Databricks platform.
Databricks · 4mo ago
As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) you will work with customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI challenges using the Databricks platform.
Databricks · 8mo ago
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) you will work with customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI challenges using the Databricks platform.
Every fund CFO’s office runs on spreadsheets, email threads, and a pile of portals that don’t talk to each other. We’re replacing all of it. Nearly 7,000 funds and SPVs and $150B in assets already run through it today. Here’s the fun part: we’re not building another portal.
The KYC (Know Your Customer) team is building the compliance infrastructure that powers every transaction in private markets, from Limited Partner (LP) onboarding to tender offers to transaction-level screening for Private Equity (PE).
Integrating AI into healthcare systems is hard. APIs behave differently in production, clinical workflows vary from site to site, and small edge cases decide whether clinicians keep using the product. You will own our most complex customer integrations from scoping to production.
ZipRecruiter · 10d ago
The Tech Enablement team is central to the velocity and quality of our entire engineering organization. The Tech Enablement team ensures engineering efficiency and provides the foundational building blocks for the entire technology stack:
Apex Technology, Inc. · 3d ago
As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer on Apex's Flight Software team, you will design, develop, and own the software that brings our spacecraft to life.
Apex Technology, Inc. · 3d ago
As a member of the Flight Software team, you will design, develop, and own the software that brings our spacecraft to life.
Spend the first weeks of each engagement in the operator’s seat, learning the constraints from the inside, then rebuild the function from first principles alongside the client and a Forward Deployed Executive. You are the one who builds it.
We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help build the core product experience of our AI-first tax platform. As an early hire, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the core architecture and features of our innovative AI-powered tax platform from its inception.
CrowdStrikeNew · 2d ago
We are seeking a Senior Engineer II to join the CDE Platform team. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing, building, and scaling the foundational services that orchestrate data, content, and execution logic across CrowdStrike’s products (e.g., NGSIEM, FCS, Endpoint).
Shield AI is seeking an engineer to help design, develop, and integrate a safety critical Run-Time Assurance (RTA) product.
Design, build, and ship full stack features for an agentic sourcing platform, from React and TypeScript interfaces to backend services, data models, and APIs.
Architect and build the next generation of our authorization model: multi-level organization hierarchies, workspace isolation, and resource-scoped roles. Implement and enforce consistent authorization checks across all public and internal APIs.
We operate in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment focused on technical precision, continuous learning, and high code quality.
Shield AI · 1mo ago
We are hiring a Software Engineer, Autonomy Integration, who will be embedded in the Planning and Controls team and work day to day with Pilot's cross-functional Integration team.
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) you will work with customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI challenges using the Databricks platform.
Databricks · 7mo ago
Candidates located anywhere within the Central or Eastern Time Zones are also eligible for consideration for this role. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) you will work with customers to build and productionize solutions to their data & AI challenges using the Databricks platform.
Developing software to enable efficient network design, deployment and day 2 management. Building product focused software solutions, used by internal and external customers.
Own the forecasting, monitoring, and alerting systems for cloud, SaaS, and AI cost and usage, including goals, design, delivery planning, and outcomes.
Partner with product and platform engineering teams to assess service designs for scalability and performance risks, ensuring systems are built for long-term growth.
Design, implement, and optimize integrations connecting the MongoDB query engine with our broader ecosystem. Write clean, maintainable, and high-performance C++ code while actively participating in code reviews and design discussions.
Build and design new features for MongoDB Atlas. Contribute to and lead complex technical projects. Work closely with product and design teams, considering the user’s perspective while building technical solutions. Work with customers and support engineers to fix issues.
Design and implement production features across the replicated data lifecycle. Improve restore and recovery workflows with attention to recovery time objectives. Improve replication lag, throughput, and flow control; measure performance and prevent or resolve regressions.
As a Senior Software Engineer on Cluster Scalability, you'll work on data partitioning, one of the hardest and most impactful problem areas at MongoDB today.
The median Senior Software Engineer salary in our $100k+ listings is $205,000 a year, based on 983 live USD listings. The middle half of listings pays $184,000 to $230,000. These figures cover only listings that publish a salary of $100k+ or more, so they sit above pay for Senior Software Engineer roles overall.
Individual $100k+ Senior Software Engineer listings range from $100,000 to $500,000 a year. The 25th percentile of listing midpoints is $184,000 and the 75th percentile is $230,000.
Median pay by level in our $100k+ listings: mid-level $210,000 (11 listings), senior $205,000 (968 listings). Levels with fewer than 5 listings are left out.
The companies with the most open $100k+ Senior Software Engineer listings are NVIDIA (156 listings, median $204,000), Roblox (60 listings, median $269,000), Anduril Industries (40 listings, median $223,000), CoreWeave (27 listings, median $198,000) and Databricks (25 listings, median $196,000).
The figures come from the salary ranges employers publish in their own job listings, collected from company career pages and applicant-tracking systems. Each listing counts once, at the midpoint of its range. Only USD listings go into the headline figures, and listings that are closed or stale are removed. The data was last refreshed on November 13, 2026.
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