Software Engineer Jobs in San Francisco
San Francisco software engineer hiring is the most over-broadcast slice of the market. Most listings are not actually builder roles. Filtering on the LLM classifier brings the volume way down to companies under 50 people where the role is genuinely end-to-end. Compensation at builder-role SF startups commonly runs $180k–$220k base with meaningful equity. Expect 4–5 day in-office at most pre-seed and Series A companies.
4 active median salary $250k
| 1. | Software Engineer - AI (NovusMinds AI) San Francisco, California, United States | on-site | full-time | senior | python, typescript, go | 5mo ago |
| 2. | Software Engineer, AI (Ruli) San Francisco, California, United States | $110,000 – $200,000/yr | hybrid | full-time | entry | python, typescript, serverless | 5mo ago |
| 3. | Software Engineer - AI (WealthyMinds AI) San Francisco, California, United States | on-site | full-time | entry | python, fastapi, langchain | 6mo ago |
| 4. | Founding Engineer (Lance (YC W26)) San Francisco, California, United States | $160,000 – $300,000/yr | on-site | full-time | entry | python, javascript, software development | 5mo ago |
Frequently asked questions
- What does a software engineer in san francisco earn?
- SF compensation runs at the top end of the band. Founding engineer offers commonly clear $200k base + 0.5–2% equity at seed-to-Series-A. The typical band for a software engineer runs $120k–$200k base, equity at startups.
- Are software engineer jobs in san francisco remote-friendly?
- 0 of the current 4 listings (0%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in San Francisco.
- What companies hire software engineer jobs in san francisco?
- Jobs Base aggregates listings across YC-backed startups, growth-stage companies, and selected larger companies hiring with builder-role characteristics.
- What's the difference between a software engineer and a regular software engineer?
- Jobs Base only lists builder roles. Positions where one person owns the product end-to-end. We filter out ticket-driven, narrowly-scoped roles even when the title matches. About 9% of listings scraped match this definition.