Software Engineer Jobs in California, United States

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Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman

McClellan, California, United States Full-time On-site $91,800 - $137,600

Software Engineering team at Northrop Grumman develops secure, mission-critical software for defense systems. The role synthesizes requirements into test plans, executes qualification testing, and collaborates with systems and development engineers to ensure software integrity.

Last seen Oct 11, 2026
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Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer - Java

Northrop Grumman

El Segundo, California, United States Full-time On-site

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks Software Engineer and Principal Software Engineer, Java to develop enterprise Java solutions in a SOA environment. The role designs, implements, and delivers Java applications, collaborates with system engineers and integration teams, and follows the full software lifecycle.

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Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack

Plus 2

Santa Clara, CA Full-time Hybrid $120,000 - $200,000 / year

PlusAI is pioneering AI-based virtual driver software for autonomous trucks. This role owns the fullstack product surface, building web applications and APIs that enable autonomy teams to author simulations and analyze data.

Last seen Sep 28, 2026
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Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer - JAVA

Northrop Grumman

San Diego, California, United States Full-time On-site $91,800 - $137,600 / year

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer, Java to develop, integrate, test and maintain desktop, web and backend services within an Integrated Product Team. The role collaborates with hardware, system test and other software teams, builds CI/CD pipelines, identifies technical risks and reports progress to senior leadership.

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Software Quality Engineer/ Prin Software Quality Engineer

Northrop Grumman

San Diego, California, United States Full-time On-site $83,400 - $125,200 / year

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems team builds advanced aerospace software and ensures mission‑critical quality. The Software Quality Engineer implements quality standards, audits processes, and supports CMMI and AS9100 compliance, while the Principal role leads quality planning and supplier evaluation across multiple programs.

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Embedded Software Engineer/Principal Embedded Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman

McClellan, California, United States Full-time On-site

Northrop Grumman, Embedded Systems team builds mission‑critical software for aerospace and defense platforms. The role designs, develops, and maintains embedded firmware and software, applying Agile, OOP, and memory‑mapping techniques while collaborating with customers and cross‑functional teams.

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Software Dev Engineer, Software Controller, CLOS Fabric Engineering, AWS

Amazon

Santa Clara, California, United States Full-time

AWS Infrastructure Services' Data Center Network organization, specifically the DCFC (DCF Controllers) team within CLOS Fabric Engineering, builds software controllers that monitor network/fabric state, recover out-of-service capacity, enable network scaling, manage IP allocation, and plan decommissioning. As a Software Development Engineer, you will build and maintain production-quality distributed systems, develop tools to collect and rationalize data from multiple sources, partner with Networ

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Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer – Data Analyst

Northrop Grumman

Palmdale, California, United States Full-time $91,800 - $171,000

Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer – Data Analyst on Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems, building enterprise toolsets to exploit large operational data sets for communication subsystems and advanced payloads. Day‑to‑day duties include developing Python/Java/C++/MATLAB solutions, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with Cloud, Networking, and DevSecOps teams.

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Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer (TS Clearance) (AHT)

Northrop Grumman

Manhattan Beach, California, United States Full-time On-site $91,800 - $137,600

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer in Manhattan Beach, CA to develop and test mission planning systems. The role involves designing, developing, documenting, and debugging applications; maintaining CI/CD pipelines; setting up build and test environments; creating Windows installers; and supporting software integration and testing within a cross-functional scrum team.

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Software Engineering - Core Software Engineering - Software Engineering PMTS-2

Salesforce

San Francisco, California, United States Full-time $197,300 - $313,700 / year

AgentExchange Search & Personalization team at Salesforce builds AI-powered discovery engines that connect customers with agents, apps, and integrations. The Principal Engineer leads architectural design and delivery of multi-turn GenAI search, personalization services, and contextual discovery across the ecosystem, driving AI-native engineering and platform modernization.

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Engineer / Principal Engineer Software - Autonomy

Northrop Grumman

Redondo Beach, California, United States Full-time On-site

Aeronautics Systems sector team at Northrop Grumman develops cutting‑edge software for advanced flight systems. The Software Engineer or Principal Software Engineer designs, develops, integrates, and tests autonomy algorithms, AI/ML models, and GPU‑accelerated simulations using C++, Python, and DevOps pipelines.

Last seen Oct 1, 2026
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Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering (Application Software)

SpaceX

Hawthorne, California, United States Full-time On-site $125,000 - $195,000 / year

Application Software team at SpaceX builds mission‑critical platforms that accelerate vehicle software delivery, testing, and operations for Falcon 9, Starship, Dragon and Starlink. The Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering role designs, deploys, and scales these platforms, collaborates with engineers to create operable systems, and participates in on‑call rotation and incident response.

Last seen Oct 11, 2026
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Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer, Data & ML Platform

Plus 2

Santa Clara, California, United States Full-time Hybrid $135,000 - $200,000 / year

Data & ML Platform team builds and operates the compute platform for large‑scale data processing, simulation, auto‑labeling and model training. The role improves reliability and efficiency of Kubernetes infrastructure, creates self‑service onboarding, and develops reusable batch and workflow capabilities for petabyte‑scale workloads.

Last seen Oct 11, 2026
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Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer (Top Secret Clearance)

Northrop Grumman

Manhattan Beach, California, United States Full-time On-site $91,800 - $137,600

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems (NGDS) is seeking a Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer to work on state-of-the-art Mission Planning systems in Manhattan Beach, CA. The role involves designing, developing, testing, and debugging application software and systems while maintaining CI/CD pipelines, setting up development environments, and creating Windows installers. You will work within a cross-functional scrum team, support automated and formal testing, interface technically with cus

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Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer, Applied ML & Data Mining

Plus 2

Santa Clara, California, United States Full-time Hybrid $130,000 - $220,000 / year

Data Engineering – Data Infrastructure team at Plus 2 builds tools that surface the most valuable moments from petabytes of autonomous‑driving fleet data for model training and evaluation. The role develops mining, retrieval and ranking methods, builds distributed pipelines and end‑to‑end search products, and ships Python APIs, services and modern React interfaces.

Last seen Oct 11, 2026
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Software Engineer II and/or Senior Software Engineer - AI Compilers

Microsoft

Mountain View, California, United States Full-time On-site $102,100 - $202,200 / year

AI Compilers team at Microsoft builds cutting‑edge compiler technologies and optimization passes for AI workloads. The role designs and implements new compiler features, code generation for emerging hardware, and AI‑specific programming abstractions while collaborating with hardware architects and ML developers.

Last seen Oct 11, 2026
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Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Data Infrastructure

Plus 2

Santa Clara, California, United States Full-time Hybrid $120,000 - $200,000 / year

Data Engineering – Data Infrastructure team at PlusAI builds the backbone for autonomous vehicle sensor data, ensuring reliable capture, transfer, and scalable access for analytics and machine learning. The Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer designs high‑throughput C++ recording systems, creates Python data‑plane services, and evolves vehicle‑data formats and lakehouse APIs.

Last seen Oct 11, 2026
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Software Engineer, Flight Software

Muon Space

San Jose, CA Full-time Remote $170,000 - $195,000

Muon Space is looking for a Flight Software Engineer to design, develop, and test embedded firmware for orbiting satellites, working with ARM Cortex-M CPUs and RTOS environments.

Last seen Oct 11, 2026
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Staff Software Engineer, Software Systems

Brain Corp

San Diego, California, United States Full-time On-site

Platform team at Brain Corp builds the core software that powers autonomous mobile robots. The Staff Software Engineer leads architecture and re‑engineering of the Hardware Abstraction Layer, telemetry, and high‑performance C++ middleware, collaborating with hardware, autonomy and applications groups to ensure scalable, reliable robot deployments.

Last seen Oct 11, 2026
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Software Engineer - Networking Software and Services

xAI

Palo Alto, CA Full-time Hybrid $150,000 - $250,000 / year

Network Software and Services for AI (nssAI) team at xAI builds cutting‑edge software, services, and frameworks to empower Network Development Engineers managing large GPU supercomputing fabrics. The Software Engineer develops metrics‑rich tools, automates provisioning, monitoring and remediation, and implements IaC best practices to ensure reliable, secure service delivery.

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Software Engineer Jobs in California: FAQ

How many Software Engineer jobs in California are open right now?

10,000 Software Engineer jobs in California are live on NextGig, all seen active within the last 45 days. The list refreshes daily as new roles are posted and filled ones drop off.

Which companies are hiring for Software Engineer jobs in California?

Employers with current openings include Northrop Grumman, Plus 2, Amazon, Salesforce, SpaceX, Microsoft, and others. Every listing links straight to the employer's application page.

What do Software Engineer jobs in California pay?

15 of the 20 newest listings disclose pay, for example $91,800 - $137,600 at Northrop Grumman, $120,000 - $200,000 / year at Plus 2, $91,800 - $137,600 / year at Northrop Grumman. Open a listing for the full compensation details.

Are any of these roles remote?

Of the 20 newest listings on this page, 1 is remote and 5 are hybrid. The work model is shown on each job card.