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Staff Engineer Jobs in San Francisco.

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Total jobs
890
positions indexed
New today
67
last 24 hours
Companies
253
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
3
from anywhere

How many Staff Engineer jobs in San Francisco are there right now?

There are 890 open Staff Engineer jobs in San Francisco on JobsRadar right now, from 253 companies hiring directly. 737 of them disclose pay, with a median of $247,900 a year and most offers between $223,000 and $291,200. 67 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 7, 2026 at 15:26 UTC.

Staff Engineer salary range in San Francisco

$223k 25th
$247.9k Median
$291.2k 75th
$195k
$397.3k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $129.7k – $850k · outliers off-axis
Based on 737 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 7, 2026 from live listings
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Redwood Materials
Staff BESS Electrical Design Engineer, EPC
Redwood Materials
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, California, Uni... Onsite $190,000–$252,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Redwood Materials
Staff Software Engineer
Redwood Materials
⚡ Apply early McCarran, NV; San Francisco, C... Hybrid $217,500–$287,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Redwood Materials
Staff Electrical Engineer, Balance of Plant
Redwood Materials
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, California, Uni... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Redwood Materials
Staff Mechanical Design Engineer, Big Machines
Redwood Materials
⚡ Apply early McCarran, NV; San Francisco, C... Onsite $147,500–$235,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
SA
Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - Slack
Salesforce
⚡ Apply early California - San Francisco Onsite $237,700–$344,700
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
Reddit
Staff Software Engineer, Media Experience
Reddit
⚡ Apply early Remote - United States · location restricted $217,000–$303,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 8h ago
Crusoe
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Availability Platform
Crusoe
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA - US Onsite $250,000–$300,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
ME
Staff Data Engineer
Metriport
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $200,000–$260,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
ME
Staff Software Engineer
Metriport
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $200,000–$260,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
Waabi
Senior / Staff Electrical Engineer
Waabi
⚡ Apply early Pittsburgh, PA Onsite $147,000–$250,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
Reddit
Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Ads
Reddit
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $217,000–$303,900
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 14h ago
Reddit
Staff Software Engineer, DevPlatform
Reddit
⚡ Apply early Remote - United States · location restricted $217,000–$303,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 15h ago
Reddit
Staff iOS Engineer, Media Foundation
Reddit
⚡ Apply early Remote - United States · location restricted $217,000–$303,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 15h ago
Gusto, Inc.
Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
Gusto, Inc.
⚡ Apply early Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York,... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 15h ago
Reddit
Staff Product Security Engineer
Reddit
⚡ Apply early Remote - United States · location restricted $217,000–$303,900
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 15h ago
Reddit
Staff Software Engineer, Onboarding
Reddit
⚡ Apply early Remote - United States · location restricted $217,000–$303,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 16h ago
SA
Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $252,000–$315,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 16h ago
SA
Staff Software Engineer, RL Environments
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $252,000–$315,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 16h ago
SA
Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Engineer, General Agents, Enterprise GenAI
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $290,400–$363,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 16h ago
SA
Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - Gen AI
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early New York, NY; San Francisco, C... Onsite $252,000–$315,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 16h ago
SA
Senior Staff Frontier Agents Engineer
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $288,000–$360,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 16h ago
SA
Staff Software Engineer, Public Sector
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; St. Louis,... Onsite $252,000–$362,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 16h ago
SA
Staff/Senior Machine Learning Research Engineer, Intelligent Systems
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $250,000–$350,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 16h ago
SA
Staff Frontier Agents Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineering)
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $252,000–$315,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 16h ago
CHAOS Industries
Staff Software Engineer
CHAOS Industries
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, California, Uni... Onsite $190,000–$260,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 17h ago

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Frequently asked questions

How many Staff Engineer jobs in San Francisco are open right now?
890 Staff Engineer jobs in San Francisco are open across 253 companies, as of October 7, 2026.
What do Staff Engineer jobs in San Francisco pay?
Across the 737 Staff Engineer jobs in San Francisco that disclose pay, the median is $247,900 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $223,000 and $291,200.
Are any Staff Engineer jobs in San Francisco remote?
3 of these Staff Engineer jobs in San Francisco (0.3%) are open to candidates anywhere in the world.
Which companies are hiring Staff Engineer jobs in San Francisco?
Redwood Materials, Salesforce, Reddit, Crusoe and Metriport are among the 253 companies currently hiring Staff Engineer jobs in San Francisco.
How current are these listings?
Every listing comes straight from the employer’s own careers system and is re-checked three times a day. This page was last updated on October 7, 2026 at 15:26 UTC.

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