Tech Lead Jobs in California.

California is the largest state economy in the United States, home to Silicon Valley technology, Hollywood entertainment, aerospace, agriculture, and a vast healthcare and services sector. Its job market stretches from the Bay Area to Los Angeles and San Diego. Browse jobs in California from companies hiring across every field.

Tech leads guide a team's technical direction while staying close to the code. Browse tech lead roles from companies hiring worldwide.

Total jobs
383
positions indexed
New today
39
last 24 hours
Companies
178
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
from anywhere

How many Tech Lead jobs in California are there right now?

There are 383 open Tech Lead jobs in California on JobsRadar right now, from 178 companies hiring directly. 295 of them disclose pay, with a median of $212,500 a year and most offers between $170,000 and $250,000. 39 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on August 27, 2026 at 06:31 UTC.

Tech Lead salary range in California

$170k 25th
$212.5k Median
$250k 75th
$160k
$300k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $24k – $850k · outliers off-axis
Based on 295 disclosed live listings
Updated Aug 27, 2026 from live listings
See full salary breakdown
Luminai
Forward Deployed Engineer, Team Lead
Luminai
⚡ Apply early San Francisco or New York Hybrid $190,000–$270,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3h ago
Stitch Fix
Lead Engineer - Product Catalog Team
Stitch Fix
⚡ Apply early Remote, USA · location restricted $125,000–$186,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4h ago
Riot Games
Manager, Software Engineering (Services Lead) - Unpublished R&D Product
Riot Games
⚡ Apply early Los Angeles, USA Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5h ago
Roku
Lead Software Engineer, Payment Platform
Roku
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California Onsite $400,000–$500,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
Roku
Lead Machine Learning Inference Engineer, Advertising
Roku
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California Onsite $246,500–$486,100
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
Nuro
Tech Lead Software Engineer, Fleet Connectivity
Nuro
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California (HQ) Onsite $193,930–$291,150
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
Nuro
Technical Lead, Behavior & Triage Labeling
Nuro
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California (HQ) Onsite $235,030–$352,290
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
Nuro
Technical Lead, Evaluation Infrastructure
Nuro
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California (HQ) Onsite $291,150–$291,150
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
Nuro
Technical Lead Manager, Autonomy Evaluation and Intelligence
Nuro
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California (HQ) Onsite $235,030–$352,290
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
Nuro
Staff/Lead Machine Learning Engineer, Behavior & Planning
Nuro
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California (HQ) Onsite $235,030–$352,290
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
AL
Product Technical Chip Lead, Senior Director
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $260,000–$295,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
ZG
Lead Software Engineer – Real-Time Events
Zeta Global
⚡ Apply early Remote - United States · location restricted $200,000–$210,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
ZG
Lead Software Engineer – Real-Time Events
Zeta Global
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $200,000–$210,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
Relativity Space
Lead, Components Engineering
Relativity Space
⚡ Apply early Long Beach, California Onsite $136,000–$204,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
L(
Technical Operations Lead - Badminton
LA28 (Web)
⚡ Apply early Los Angeles, California, Unite... Onsite $88,000–$115,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
ZG
Lead Application Security Engineer
Zeta Global
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite $220,000–$250,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 8h ago
Cscgeneration
Lead Software Engineer (Team Lead)
Cscgeneration
⚡ Apply early San Jose · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 8h ago
Fluidstack
Rack Systems Architect, Technical Lead
Fluidstack
⚡ Apply early New York, NY Onsite $208,000–$263,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 10h ago
Fluidstack
MV DC Systems, Technical Lead
Fluidstack
⚡ Apply early New York, NY Onsite $208,000–$263,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 10h ago
Fluidstack
Product Engineering NPI Team Lead
Fluidstack
⚡ Apply early New York, NY Onsite $208,000–$263,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 10h ago
Fluidstack
SST Systems Architect, Technical Lead
Fluidstack
⚡ Apply early New York, NY Onsite $208,000–$263,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 10h ago
Fluidstack
Electrical Equipment Design, Technical Lead
Fluidstack
⚡ Apply early New York, NY Onsite $208,000–$263,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 10h ago
Tenstorrent
RISC-V AI / HPC & Agentic Software Engineering Lead
Tenstorrent
⚡ Apply early Santa Clara, California, Unite... Onsite $100,000–$500,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 10h ago
Merlinlabs
Lead AI Dataloop and Release Engineer
Merlinlabs
⚡ Apply early Boston or San Francisco Bay Ar... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 11h ago
Chime Financial, Inc
Lead Technical Recruiter
Chime Financial, Inc
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA, USA Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 11h ago

Frequently asked questions

How many Tech Lead jobs in California are open right now?
383 Tech Lead jobs in California are open across 178 companies, as of August 27, 2026.
What do Tech Lead jobs in California pay?
Across the 295 Tech Lead jobs in California that disclose pay, the median is $212,500 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $170,000 and $250,000.
Which companies are hiring Tech Lead jobs in California?
Luminai, Stitch Fix, Riot Games, Roku and Nuro are among the 178 companies currently hiring Tech Lead jobs in California.
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 August 27, 2026 at 06:31 UTC.

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