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Software Engineer in San Francisco Salary at AI Startups

Base pay from 883 open roles at 94 AI companies that list a salary range. Annual USD.

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25th percentile

$203K

Median

$254K

75th percentile

$323K

Percentiles use the midpoint of each posted range. Lowest posted $101K, highest $850K.

Pay by role

RoleCompanySalary range
Software Engineer, ML NetworkingSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$280K–$850K
Software Engineer, Research InfrastructureSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$625K
Staff Software Engineer, Claude CodeSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$625K
Staff Software Engineer, Code RLSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$405K–$625K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Developer ProductivitySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$405K–$625K
Staff Software Engineer, Environments InfrastructureSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$605K
Software Engineer, Inference - Multi ModalSan FranciscoOpenAI$295K–$555K
Software Engineer, Data Acquisition San FranciscoOpenAI$295K–$536K
Full-Stack SWE, Data Acquisition (Foundations)San FranciscoOpenAI$295K–$536K
Software Engineer - Data Aquisition (systems)San FranciscoOpenAI$295K–$536K
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Identity Infrastructure EngineeringSan FranciscoOpenAI$347K–$510K
Software Engineer, Collective CommunicationSan FranciscoOpenAI$380K–$500K
Software Engineer, Model InferenceSan FranciscoOpenAI$266K–$500K
Software Engineer, Platform SystemsSan FranciscoOpenAI$380K–$500K
Software Engineer, Inference - Performance OptimizationSan FranciscoOpenAI$266K–$500K
Software Engineer, Systems & Platform Applied AISan FranciscoMercor$220K–$500K
Infrastructure Software Engineer San FranciscoMercor$160K–$500K
Software Engineer, AgentsSan FranciscoMercor$160K–$500K
Software Engineer, AutomationSan FranciscoMercor$160K–$500K
Software Engineer, Frontier Data ProductsSan FranciscoMercor$160K–$500K
Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier EngineeringSan FranciscoMercor$160K–$500K
Software Engineer, PlatformSan FranciscoMercor$160K–$500K
Software Engineer, Machine LearningSan FranciscoMercor$160K–$500K
Software Engineer, MarketplaceSan FranciscoMercor$160K–$500K
Software Engineer, BackendSan FranciscoMercor$200K–$500K
Software Engineer, Robotics San FranciscoMercor$130K–$500K
Member of Technical Staff, BackendSan FranciscoMercor$250K–$500K
Fullstack Software Engineer, Agent PlatformSan FranciscoMercor$160K–$500K
Software Engineer, Search Systems - Code DataSan FranciscoMercor$250K–$500K
Software Engineer, Developer ProductivitySan FranciscoOpenAI$210K–$490K
Software Engineer, Fleet ManagementSan FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$490K
Software Engineer, Fleet InfrastructureSan FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$490K
Software Engineer, Compute Foundations SystemsSan FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$490K
Software Engineer, Resilience EngineeringSan FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$490K
Full Stack Engineer, Fleet SchedulingSan FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$490K
Software Engineer, GPU Infrastructure - HPCSan FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$490K
Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure San FranciscoOpenAI$230K–$490K
Software Engineer, Build Systems / CISan FranciscoOpenAI$185K–$490K
Full-Stack Engineer, ChatGPT Education & LearningSan FranciscoOpenAI$185K–$490K
Software Engineer, Delivery / CDSan FranciscoOpenAI$210K–$490K
Software Engineer, Plugin Developer PlatformSan FranciscoOpenAI$185K–$490K
Software Engineer, Compute FoundationsSan FranciscoOpenAI$255K–$490K
Software Engineer, Plugin EcosystemSan FranciscoOpenAI$185K–$490K
Model Performance Software Engineer, Claude CodeSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$485K
Senior+ Software Engineer, Legal TechRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NYAnthropic$320K–$485K
Senior Staff Software Engineer, APISan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$485K
Software Engineering Manager, Network SecuritySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$485K
Software Engineer, LabsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Software Engineer, SandboxingSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$320K–$485K
Software Engineer, Staff: Applied AI, Science & EngineeringNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WAAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff + Senior Software Engineer, Inference DeploymentSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff + Senior Software Engineer, Inference InfrastructureSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Access ProgramsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Account AbuseSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Account Abuse (Machine Learning)San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Account CreationSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff Software Engineer, AI ReliabilitySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$325K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Auth & IdentitySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Billing PlatformSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, CachingSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Capacity EngineeringSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Claude App InfrastructureSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff Software Engineer, Claude DesignSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Claude Managed AgentsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Claude ScienceSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Cybersecurity ProductsSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, DatabasesSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Data InfrastructureRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Developer AccelerationSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WAAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Developer ExperienceSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Distributed Systems New York City, NY; San Francisco, CAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, EnterpriseSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Enterprise AI ProductsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Enterprise Knowledge WorkSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, ExperimentationSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WAAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Full-stackSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Inference VelocityRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems)San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Kubernetes PlatformSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, ML Inference PathSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, ML Sampling PathSan Francisco, CAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Node InfraSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Payment Fraud San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, People ProductsRemote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CAAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, PlatformSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform ConnectivityLondon, UK; San Francisco, CAAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform DistributionSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform EcosystemSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform Portability San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, PrivacyRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NYAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Product SandboxingSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Public SectorRemote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DCAnthropic$405K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Research Systems EngineeringRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NYAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, SafeguardsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff+ Software Engineer, Safeguards Human Review ToolingNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud InferenceSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference Launch EngineeringSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, ScalingNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WAAnthropic$320K–$485K
Software Engineer, DevOpsSan FranciscoOpenAI$318K–$485K
Software Engineer, SupercomputingSan FranciscoThinking Machines Lab$350K–$475K
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