443 software engineering jobs are open near San Jose, CA, on employers' own career pages, from 31 employers. The three employers with the most openings are Nvidia, ServiceNow and Databricks, with 195 of the 443. 64 percent of these postings list a pay range. The middle half of listed pay runs from $177,500 to $249,150, with a median of $211,200. The places with the most are Santa Clara, CA (219); Mountain View, CA (92); San Francisco, CA (46). A typical posting has been open 15 days.
This page lists jobs outside San Jose, CA in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area. For jobs in San Jose, CA, see Software engineering jobs in San Jose, CA.
California requires employers to list a pay range in many postings, so the pay figures here come from the employers' own ranges.
Applications here go through Workday (42%), Greenhouse (34%), SmartRecruiters (20%), Lever (2%).
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ServiceNow
Santa Clara, CA · Posted Oct 17
Senior Staff Platform Engineer - Kubernetes - Federal
$190,900 to $334,100 a year24% above the median listed hereSeen todayNew this week
Please Note: This position will include supporting our US Regulated Markets.
ServiceNow
Santa Clara, CA · Posted Oct 16
Sr Software Engineering Manager - Veza
$190,900 to $334,100 a year24% above the median listed hereSeen todayNew this week
We are seeking a passionate, experienced Sr Software Engineering Manager to lead Veza's NHI and Agent Security team, which is redefining next-generation…
ServiceNow
Santa Clara, CA · Posted Oct 16
Staff Data Platform Software Engineer - veza
$176,100 to $308,200 a year15% above the median listed hereSeen todayNew this week
We are looking for a passionate Staff Software Engineer to join Veza's Graph Data Platform team.
ServiceNow
Santa Clara, CA · Posted Oct 16
Staff Software Engineer, Platform Cryptography
$166,500 to $291,400 a year8% above the median listed hereSeen todayNew this week
As a Staff AI Security & Crypto Engineer, you will architect and deliver enterprise-scale security solutions that integrate cryptographic systems with machine…
ServiceNow
Santa Clara, CA · Posted Oct 16
Staff Machine Learning Engineer
$176,100 to $308,200 a year15% above the median listed hereSeen todayNew this week
The Agent Orchestration team, the team you'll join, owns the execution core: the agent harness, orchestration runtime, multi-agent coordination, memory…
Pinterest
San Francisco, CA and 2 more places · Posted Oct 16
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Conversion Core Modeling
$222,716 to $389,753 a year45% above the median listed hereSeen todayNew this week
We are looking for a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to lead the technical vision for our Ads Conversion Core Modeling team, building the state-of-the-art…
ServiceNow
Santa Clara, CA · Posted Oct 16
Senior Machine Learning Engineer_Linguistics and Speech
$161,300 to $274,200 a yearSeen todayNew this week
As a Senior Voice AI Engineer - Linguistics & Speech, you will
ServiceNow
Santa Clara, CA · Posted Oct 15
Senior Staff AI-Native DevOps Engineer
$201,300 to $352,300 a year31% above the median listed hereSeen todayNew this week
We are seeking a Staff AI-Native DevOps Engineer to lead a new DevOps practice within the Conversational AI team.
ServiceNow
Santa Clara, CA · Posted Oct 15
Staff AI-Native DevOps Engineer
$176,100 to $308,200 a year15% above the median listed hereSeen todayNew this week
We are seeking a Staff AI-Native DevOps Engineer to join a new DevOps practice within the Conversational AI team.
Zscaler
Santa Clara, CA · Posted Oct 15
Sr. Site Reliability Engineer- Federal
$118,400 to $148,000 a year37% below the median listed hereSeen todayNew this week
As a key member of the Zero Trust Exchange team, you will own the systems-level reliability and performance of Zscaler’s high-throughput bare-metal and cloud…
DoorDash USA
San Francisco, CA and 2 more places · Posted Oct 15
Software Engineer, ML Infrastructure (MDX)
$130,600 to $192,000 a year24% below the median listed hereSeen todayNew this week
You will join a small, high-leverage team building the agentic layer of DoorDash's ML infrastructure.
CrowdStrike
Sunnyvale, CA · Posted Oct 15
Sr. Software Engineer II, AI on Sensor – Mac, Linux, or Windows (Hybrid)
$160,000 to $250,000 a yearSeen todayNew this week
We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily.
ServiceNow
Santa Clara, CA · Posted Oct 14
Senior Staff Software Engineer_Voice AI Agent Prompting
$190,900 to $334,100 a year24% above the median listed hereSeen todayNew this week
The engineer works across the full lifecycle: shaping ambiguous call flows and telephony requirements into precise specifications, authoring the instructions…
Zscaler
Santa Clara, CA · Posted Oct 14
Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer - Go Dataplane (SD-WAN)
$180,000 to $225,000 a yearSeen todayNew this week
As a core technical expert, you will contribute to building and enhancing our Zero Trust Branch platform, designing and developing robust dataplane services…
ServiceNow
Santa Clara, CA · Posted Oct 14
Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - DevOps
$201,300 to $352,300 a year31% above the median listed hereSeen todayNew this week
Please note that this role requires you to be in our Santa Clara office for two days per week.
ServiceNow
Santa Clara, CA · Posted Oct 14
Data Platform Software Engineer
$139,700 to $216,500 a year16% below the median listed hereSeen todayNew this week
Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location.
ServiceNow
Santa Clara, CA · Posted Oct 14
Senior Staff Software Engineer - Agentic AI
$190,900 to $334,100 a year24% above the median listed hereSeen todayNew this week
We are seeking a Senior Staff Engineer (IC5) who will set the technical vision and architecture across AI-native and cloud-native systems.
Places covered
| Place | Open jobs |
|---|---|
| Santa Clara, CA | 219 |
| Mountain View, CA | 92 |
| San Francisco, CA | 46 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 44 |
| Milpitas, CA | 42 |
| Palo Alto, CA | 20 |
| Austin, TX | 4 |
| Bellevue, WA | 3 |
| Cupertino, CA | 2 |
| Boston, MA | 1 |
| CA or Seattle, WA | 1 |
| Campbell, CA | 1 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 1 |
| Seattle, WA | 1 |
Places with their own page link to it.
Who is hiring software engineering near San Jose, CA
| Employer | Open jobs | Typical posted pay |
|---|---|---|
| Nvidia | 115 | |
| ServiceNow | 41 | $242,150 |
| Databricks | 39 | $225,625 |
| DoorDash USA | 35 | $177,650 |
| 28 | $262,000 | |
| Zscaler | 22 | $191,250 |
| 19 | $270,990 | |
| General Motors | 17 | $211,200 |
Counts are open postings on each employer's own career page. Staffing firms and job boards are left out.
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How many software engineering jobs are open near San Jose, CA?
443 on Oct 18, 2026, from 31 employers, read from employers' own career pages. The number changes as employers post and close roles.
Which places around San Jose, CA have the most software engineering jobs?
Santa Clara, CA (219); Mountain View, CA (92); San Francisco, CA (46).
How much do software engineering jobs near San Jose, CA pay?
64 percent of postings list a pay range. The median listed pay is $211,200 and the middle half runs from $177,500 to $249,150. A listed range is the employer's budget for the role, not an offer. California requires employers to list a range in many postings.
Which employers are hiring software engineering near San Jose, CA?
The employers with the most openings are Nvidia (115), ServiceNow (41), Databricks (39). The full list is above.
How long do these postings stay open?
A typical posting has been open 15 days, and 26 percent have been open more than 60 days. An old posting is not always a closed one.
How do I apply?
Each job links to the employer's own application page. Open the posting, read the requirements and apply there. If you want a score for how well your resume matches a job, create a free Second Summit account and we score it with the reasons.
Where does this list come from?
We read employers' own career pages and USAJOBS. We do not list jobs from job boards or search services, and we do not estimate pay.