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Staff Engineer Jobs in California.

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Total jobs
1,773
positions indexed
New today
102
last 24 hours
Companies
394
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
3
from anywhere

How many Staff Engineer jobs in California are there right now?

There are 1,773 open Staff Engineer jobs in California on JobsRadar right now, from 394 companies hiring directly. 1,476 of them disclose pay, with a median of $226,500 a year and most offers between $198,500 and $262,272. 102 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 7, 2026 at 14:33 UTC.

Staff Engineer salary range in California

$198.5k 25th
$226.5k Median
$262.3k 75th
$175k
$312.5k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $110k – $850k · outliers off-axis
Based on 1,476 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 7, 2026 from live listings
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Staff/Senior Staff/Principal Electrical Systems Engineer
PacBio
⚡ Apply early US - California - Menlo Park Onsite $148,200–$293,900
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3h ago
Redwood Materials
Staff BESS Electrical Design Engineer, EPC
Redwood Materials
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, California, Uni... Onsite $190,000–$252,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4h ago
Redwood Materials
Staff Software Engineer
Redwood Materials
⚡ Apply early McCarran, NV; San Francisco, C... Hybrid $217,500–$287,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4h ago
Redwood Materials
Staff Electrical Engineer, Balance of Plant
Redwood Materials
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, California, Uni... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4h 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 4h ago
SA
Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - Slack
Salesforce
⚡ Apply early California - San Francisco Onsite $237,700–$344,700
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h 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 6h ago
Roku
Staff Software Engineer, Demand Bidder, Ad Serving Platform
Roku
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California Onsite $195,000–$408,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
Roku
Staff Software Engineer, Demand Bidder, Ad Serving Platform
Roku
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts Onsite $195,500–$352,100
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
Roku
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ad Serving
Roku
⚡ Apply early New York, New York Onsite $195,000–$510,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
Roku
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ad Serving
Roku
⚡ Apply early Boston, Massachusetts Onsite $195,500–$435,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6h ago
Reddit
Staff Software Engineer, Media Experience
Reddit
⚡ Apply early Remote - United States · location restricted $217,000–$303,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
Relativity Space
Staff Software Engineer
Relativity Space
⚡ Apply early Long Beach, California, United... Onsite $181,000–$271,000
● 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 11h ago
Skydio
Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure
Skydio
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, California, United... Hybrid $230,000–$275,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 11h ago
ME
Staff Data Engineer
Metriport
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $200,000–$260,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 11h ago
ME
Staff Software Engineer
Metriport
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $200,000–$260,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 11h ago
Waabi
Senior / Staff Electrical Engineer
Waabi
⚡ Apply early Pittsburgh, PA Onsite $147,000–$250,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 11h ago
Archer
Staff Hardware Integration Engineer
Archer
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $172,800–$216,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 13h ago
AM
Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Robotic Manufacturing Systems
Atomic Machines
⚡ Apply early Emeryville, California or Sant... Onsite $180,000–$230,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 14h ago
AM
Senior Staff Manufacturing Engineer
Atomic Machines
⚡ Apply early Emeryville, California Onsite $190,000–$235,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 14h ago
AM
Senior/Staff Electrical Engineer, Test
Atomic Machines
⚡ Apply early Emeryville, California Onsite $200,000–$245,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 14h ago
AM
Staff Systems Engineer, Software
Atomic Machines
⚡ Apply early Emeryville or Santa Clara, Cal... Onsite $170,000–$230,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 14h 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 14h ago

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Frequently asked questions

How many Staff Engineer jobs in California are open right now?
1,773 Staff Engineer jobs in California are open across 394 companies, as of October 7, 2026.
What do Staff Engineer jobs in California pay?
Across the 1,476 Staff Engineer jobs in California that disclose pay, the median is $226,500 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $198,500 and $262,272.
Are any Staff Engineer jobs in California remote?
3 of these Staff Engineer jobs in California (0.2%) are open to candidates anywhere in the world.
Which companies are hiring Staff Engineer jobs in California?
PacBio, Redwood Materials, Salesforce, Roku and Reddit are among the 394 companies currently hiring Staff Engineer 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 October 7, 2026 at 14:33 UTC.

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