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last 24 hours
Companies
44
actively hiring
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How many Staff Engineer jobs in San Jose are there right now?

There are 218 open Staff Engineer jobs in San Jose on JobsRadar right now, from 44 companies hiring directly. 192 of them disclose pay, with a median of $199,600 a year and most offers between $180,250 and $234,972. 1 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 11, 2026 at 10:21 UTC.

Staff Engineer salary range in San Jose

$180.3k 25th
$199.6k Median
$235k 75th
$160.2k
$268.1k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $110k – $537.4k · outliers off-axis
Based on 192 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 11, 2026 from live listings
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Samsung
Senior Staff Engineer, GPU System Engineer
Samsung
⚡ Apply early 9808 Scranton Rd, San Diego, C... Onsite $180,200–$297,200
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1h ago
BILL
Senior Staff AI Security Engineer
BILL
⚡ Apply early Draper, Utah, United States; S... Onsite $194,300–$243,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Lambda
Staff Software Engineer - Managed Kubernetes
Lambda
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Office (Fremont... Hybrid $314,000–$465,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
PA
Staff Engineer - Kafka Specialist
PayPal
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Hybrid $160,500–$238,700
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Figure
Staff AI Inference and Acceleration Engineer
Figure
⚡ Apply early San Jose, CA Onsite $180,000–$275,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Zscaler
Staff Software Development Engineer
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early Remote - USA; Santa Clara, Cal... · location restricted $152,000–$190,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Zscaler
Senior Staff Software Development Engineer (C / Networking / Dataplane)
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early Santa Clara, California, USA Hybrid $157,500–$225,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Zscaler
Sr. Staff Site Reliability Engineer-Federal, Security Clearance
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early Crystal City, Virginia, USA Onsite $164,000–$205,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Zscaler
Staff Software Development Engineer
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, USA Onsite $212,000–$265,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Zscaler
Sr. Staff Software Development Engineer
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, USA Onsite $180,000–$225,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Zscaler
Senior Staff Software Engineer – Test Automation Infrastructure (ZIA Core)
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, USA Hybrid $157,500–$225,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Zscaler
Senior Staff Software Development Engineer, ZIA Core Datapath
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, USA Hybrid $157,500–$225,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Zscaler
Staff Software Engineer - AI Security (Go/Rust/Python)
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, USA Hybrid $152,000–$190,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Zscaler
Staff Production Engineer
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early Remote - California, USA; San... · location restricted $152,000–$190,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Zscaler
Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Data Lake, Anomaly Detection
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, USA Hybrid $152,000–$190,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Zscaler
Staff Site Reliability Engineer
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, USA Hybrid $122,500–$175,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Zscaler
Staff Software Engineer, Go (Service Platform & Orchestration)
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, USA Onsite $152,000–$190,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Zscaler
Staff Software Development Engineer (Microservices)
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, USA Hybrid $133,000–$190,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Zscaler
Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Production Engineer)- Federal
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early Bellevue, Washington, USA; Bos... Hybrid $119,000–$170,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Zscaler
Staff Software Engineer - React.js
Zscaler
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, USA Onsite $129,500–$185,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Roku
Staff Software Engineer, Demand Bidder, Ad Serving Platform
Roku
⚡ Apply early New York, New York Onsite $195,000–$408,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Roku
Staff Software Engineer, Demand Bidder, Ad Serving Platform
Roku
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California Onsite $195,000–$408,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Roku
Staff Software Engineer, Demand Bidder, Ad Serving Platform
Roku
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts Onsite $195,500–$352,100
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Roku
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ad Serving
Roku
⚡ Apply early New York, New York Onsite $195,000–$510,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Roku
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ad Serving
Roku
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts Onsite $195,500–$435,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago

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Frequently asked questions

How many Staff Engineer jobs in San Jose are open right now?
218 Staff Engineer jobs in San Jose are open across 44 companies, as of October 11, 2026.
What do Staff Engineer jobs in San Jose pay?
Across the 192 Staff Engineer jobs in San Jose that disclose pay, the median is $199,600 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $180,250 and $234,972.
Which companies are hiring Staff Engineer jobs in San Jose?
Samsung, BILL, Lambda, PayPal and Figure are among the 44 companies currently hiring Staff Engineer jobs in San Jose.
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 11, 2026 at 10:21 UTC.

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