Salary guide
| Measure | Annual pay (USD) |
|---|---|
| 25th percentile | $226,000 |
| Median | $256,000 |
| 75th percentile | $288,000 |
| Lowest listing | $110,000 |
| Highest listing | $485,000 |
| Listings counted | 572 |
| Company | Open listings | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | 54 | $445,000 |
| Databricks | 34 | $228,000 |
| Snowflake | 18 | $288,000 |
| Shield AI | 18 | $271,000 |
| Harvey | 15 | $286,000 |
| Coinbase | 15 | $237,000 |
| Zscaler | 15 | $191,000 |
| Riot Games | 14 | $231,000 |
| Country | Currency | Listings | Median pay | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USD | 516 | $256,000 | $228,000 to $288,000 |
| Canada | USD | 11 | $250,000 | $233,000 to $275,000 |
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Anduril Industries · 11d ago
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Shield AI · 3mo ago
The Autonomy Capabilities Team develops functionality to automate single- and multi-agent teams of platforms in pursuit of mission objectives and acts as a central discipline-aligned focal-point for encouraging consistent usage of technical approaches across business portfolios.
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Together AI · 4mo ago
We're looking for a Software Engineer to build the systems that treat infrastructure as software.
As the AI Platform for Telemetry, we give customers the choice, control, and flexibility to manage and analyze telemetry for both humans and agents, so they can build what’s next.
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We are actively looking for a talented senior software engineer to join our growing Developer AI team, which builds the infrastructure, tools, and agentic workflows that Verkada engineers use every day.
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Discord · 3mo ago
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Peregrine TechnologiesNew · 15h ago
We are looking for strong product-minded developers to join our small but growing team.
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The median Staff Software Engineer salary in our $100k+ listings is $256,000 a year, based on 572 live USD listings. The middle half of listings pays $226,000 to $288,000. These figures cover only listings that publish a salary of $100k+ or more, so they sit above pay for Staff Software Engineer roles overall.
Individual $100k+ Staff Software Engineer listings range from $110,000 to $485,000 a year. The 25th percentile of listing midpoints is $226,000 and the 75th percentile is $288,000.
The companies with the most open $100k+ Staff Software Engineer listings are Anthropic (54 listings, median $445,000), Databricks (34 listings, median $228,000), Snowflake (18 listings, median $288,000), Shield AI (18 listings, median $271,000) and Harvey (15 listings, median $286,000).
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.
Yes. Each listing is tagged remote, hybrid or on-site, and remote roles carry a region (US only, EMEA, APAC or global), so you can filter the live job list to the arrangement you want.
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