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Full Stack Software Engineer
We're an early-stage startup building a SaaS platform combining data infrastructure, pipelines, and AI agents for [power systems / your domain]. Small...
Matterhaul
Looking for opportunities to develop an AI-powered product with a practical impact? Look no further. Matterhaul is building the AI-native ERP for indu...
Brigit
Hi, we're Brigit! A holistic financial health company helping everyday Americans build a brighter financial future. With a business model that is alig...
Cascade Space (YC P25)
Cascade Space is building ground-based physical infrastructure and software tools to support customer spacecraft exploring the moon and beyond. We're ...
Aware Health
Come build the future of orthopedic care with us! I'm expanding my team again at Aware Health, and I'm hiring a Director of Engineering to help us dev...
Aurelius Systems
We fuse AI, robotics, and directed energy for autonomous cUAS. We build laser weapons to shoot down drones — autonomous, edge-deployed directed energy...
*Y Combinator
YC is hiring Product Engineers to build the future of YC -- and increasingly, software for startups everywhere. We're a team of ~20 engineers building...
OneCrew
OneCrew is the leading full-business platform system, purpose-built for top asphalt and concrete businesses to win more jobs, scale faster, and run sm...
Offstream (YC S24)
Offstream is building the infrastructure for the environmental compliance market, think compliance software meeting real-world industrial hardware. We...
Factory
also - Factory | IT Operations Specialist | ONSITE, SF, CA | Full-Time My team at Factory's growing. Come work with me to beef up 1) our security stan...
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San Francisco remains the epicenter of the global tech industry, home to hundreds of startups, major tech companies, and one of the highest concentrations of venture capital in the world. The Bay Area ecosystem spans from early-stage YC companies to established giants like Salesforce, Stripe, and Cloudflare.
The SF tech scene is defined by its density of engineering talent, world-class accelerators, and a culture that rewards ambitious technical bets. Developer salaries in San Francisco are among the highest globally, reflecting the extreme cost of living and intense competition for talent.
Base salaries for software engineers in SF range from $130k-$200k+ depending on experience, with total compensation at top companies reaching $300k-$500k+ for senior and staff engineers.
Software engineer base salaries in San Francisco typically range from $130k for junior roles to $200k+ for senior positions. Total compensation packages at major tech companies (including equity and bonuses) frequently reach $300k-$500k+ for experienced engineers. The high salaries reflect San Francisco's extreme cost of living and intense competition for engineering talent.
San Francisco remains the largest and most influential tech hub globally, despite remote work shifting some talent elsewhere. The Bay Area still hosts the highest density of VC funding, tech headquarters, and engineering talent. Many companies that went remote during 2020-2022 have since adopted hybrid models centered on SF offices.
Major employers include Salesforce, Stripe, Cloudflare, Coinbase, Figma, Notion, Anthropic, OpenAI, and hundreds of well-funded startups. The YC ecosystem alone produces dozens of new companies each batch. Financial services firms like Block and Ripple also maintain significant SF engineering teams.
San Francisco has one of the highest costs of living globally. Average rent for a one-bedroom apartment is $3,000-$3,500/month, with two-bedrooms exceeding $4,500. However, the premium developer salaries and equity compensation often offset these costs, particularly for experienced engineers at well-funded companies.