$165K–$224K/yrOnsiteMid level · Full-time
Software Engineer salary in Sunnyvale, CA
From 116 US job postings that list pay, out of 124 open Software Engineer jobs in Sunnyvale, CA. These are the amounts employers advertised, not pay reported by employees.
- Median pay
- $213ka year
- Middle half
- $187k–$254k25th to 75th percentile
- Postings with pay
- 116of 124 open jobs
Pay range
$164k$313k
Pay by experience level
| Level the posting asks for | Median a year | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Mid level | $194k | 21 |
| Senior | $220k | 73 |
| Lead / manager | $313k | 18 |
Top-paying companies
| Company | Median a year | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Wayve | $288k | 3 |
| $254k | 69 | |
| Crusoe | $231k | 3 |
| CrowdStrike | $205k | 3 |
| Applied Intuition | $204k | 8 |
| Amazon | $194k | 7 |
| Illumio | $185k | 3 |
| Hpe | $164k | 3 |
| Lockheed Martin | $145k | 5 |
| Fortinet | $137k | 4 |
Companies with at least 3 postings that list pay.
Open Software Engineer jobs with pay listed
$147K–$210K/yrOnsiteSenior
$150K–$250K/yrOnsiteFull-time
$189K–$280K/yrRemoteSenior · Full-time
$123K–$151K/yrHybridFull-time
$165K–$224K/yrOnsiteFull-time
How these numbers are made
- Lumirole reads job postings straight from employers' own career sites (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, iCIMS and 30 more), not job boards, and keeps the pay each posting states.
- Only open US postings for this job title count, with pay in US dollars of at least $10k a year. A range counts at its middle. Hourly pay is turned into a year at 2,080 hours (40 a week), daily pay at 260 days.
- These are advertised amounts, not what people are paid: bonuses, equity and tips aren't included. A company or place is listed once it has enough postings with pay.
- Updated November 11, 2026; the numbers move as jobs open and close.