Software Engineer Salary in San Francisco (2026)

Top-paying companies in San Francisco

Median of disclosed midpoints; companies with at least 3 disclosed salaries.

Recent Software Engineer jobs with disclosed pay

• Software Engineer - Training/Inference (C++) — Xai · Palo Alto, CA · $180k–$440k
• Software Engineer - Network (C++) — Xai · Palo Alto, CA; Seattle, WA · $180k–$440k
• Software Engineer - X Data — Xai · Palo Alto, CA · $125k–$400k
• Software Engineer, Ads Product — Xai · Palo Alto, CA · $150k–$350k
• Software Engineer - Data — Xai · Palo Alto, CA · $150k–$250k
• Software Engineer– X Core Product — Xai · Palo Alto, CA · $180k–$440k
• Software Engineer - Managed Kubernetes — Lambda · San Francisco Office (Fremont St) · $225k–$300k
• Software Engineer - Kernels/CUDA (C++) — Xai · Palo Alto, CA; Seattle, WA · $180k–$440k
• Software Engineer - Networking Software and Services — Xai · Palo Alto, CA · $150k
• Exceptional Software Engineer — Xai · Austin, TX; New York, NY; Palo Alto, CA; Seattle, WA · $180k–$440k

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Methodology

Figures are computed from base-salary ranges that employers disclose directly on live job postings tracked by ForgeApply (as of 2026-07-14). For each posting we take the midpoint of the disclosed range, then report the median and the 25th–75th percentile band across all matching postings. Postings without disclosed pay are excluded, which can skew results toward companies and states with pay transparency requirements. This is marketplace data about current openings, not an estimate of total compensation or of any individual offer.

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