Senior Staff Software Engineer Salary | $174k - $245k

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Senior Staff Software Engineer

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Low

$174,200

17%

Mid

$209,600

17%

High

$245,000

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Zoox

1 Job Post

$234k - $342k

$234,000 - $342,000

Staff/Senior Staff Software Engineer - Developer Platforms

Foster City

$234k - $342k

$234,000 - $342,000

Databricks

1 Job Post

$232k - $313k

$232,000 - $313,000

Senior Staff Software Engineer - GenAI Platform

San Francisco

8+ Years Experience

$232k - $313k

$232,000 - $313,000

Square

4 Job Posts

$245k - $300k

$245,100 - $299,500

Senior Staff Software Engineer, PubSub

United States

10+ Years Experience

$245k - $300k

$245,100 - $299,500

Senior Staff Software Engineer, PubSub

San Francisco

10+ Years Experience

$245k - $300k

$245,100 - $299,500

Senior Staff Software Engineer, PubSub

United States

10+ Years Experience

$245k - $300k

$245,100 - $299,500

Senior Staff Software Engineer, PubSub

San Francisco

10+ Years Experience

$245k - $300k

$245,100 - $299,500

Activision Blizzard

2 Job Posts

$143k - $265k

$143,060 - $264,846

Senior Staff Software Engineer

United States

7+ Years Experience

$143k - $265k

$143,060 - $264,846

Senior Staff Software Engineer

San Francisco

7+ Years Experience

$143k - $265k

$143,060 - $264,846

PixelFactory.ai

3 Job Posts

$174k - $261k

$174,200 - $261,301

Senior Staff Autonomy Engineer, Planning (R2879)

United States

12+ Years Experience

$220k - $330k

$220,000 - $330,000

Sr. Staff Full-stack Software Engineer (R2819)

San Diego

·

5+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Mar 2025

Inactive

$174k - $261k

$174,200 - $261,301

Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Software Integration

San Diego

$169k - $253k

$168,871 - $253,306

PayPal

3 Job Posts

$107k - $260k

$107,300 - $259,600

Senior Staff Software Engineer

United States

9+ Years Experience

$107k - $260k

$107,300 - $259,600

Senior Staff Software Engineer

San Jose

9+ Years Experience

$107k - $260k

$107,300 - $259,600

Sr. Staff Software Engineer

Republic of India

14+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Shield AI

2 Job Posts

$172k - $257k

$171,536 - $257,304

Sr. Staff Full-stack Software Engineer

San Diego

·

5+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Mar 2025

Inactive

$174k - $261k

$174,200 - $261,301

Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Software Integration

San Diego

$169k - $253k

$168,871 - $253,306

Temporal Technologies

6 Job Posts

$200k - $250k

$200,000 - $250,000

Senior Staff Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Tech Lead

Columbia

$200k - $250k

$200,000 - $250,000

Senior Staff Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Tech Lead

Columbia

$200k - $250k

$200,000 - $250,000

Senior Staff Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Tech Lead

Vancouver

$200k - $250k

$200,000 - $250,000

Senior Staff Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Tech Lead

Remote

$200k - $250k

$200,000 - $250,000

Senior Staff Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Tech Lead

Vancouver

$200k - $250k

$200,000 - $250,000

Senior Staff Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Tech Lead

Columbia

$200k - $250k

$200,000 - $250,000

Archer

1 Job Post

$246k

$246,000

Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Product

United States

·

15+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Dec 2024

Inactive

$246k

$246,000

Arcadia Data

1 Job Post

$196k - $245k

$196,000 - $245,000

Principal Software Engineer- Federation

Remote

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2024

Inactive

$196k - $245k

$196,000 - $245,000

Twist Bioscience

1 Job Post

$194k - $238k

$194,174 - $237,726

Sr. Staff Platform Engineer

United States

·

Last Posted: Feb 2025

Inactive

$194k - $238k

$194,174 - $237,726

Illumina

4 Job Posts

$156k - $235k

$156,300 - $234,500

Sr Staff Software Test Engineer

Foster City

10+ Years Experience

$156k - $235k

$156,300 - $234,500

Sr Staff Software Test Engineer

San Francisco

10+ Years Experience

$156k - $235k

$156,300 - $234,500

Sr Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack

Republic of Singapore

N/A

N/A

Sr Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack

Singapore

N/A

N/A

WP Engine

1 Job Post

$156k - $234k

$156,000 - $234,000

Sr. Staff Software Engineer (Back-End/WordPress)

Austin

$156k - $234k

$156,000 - $234,000

Flywheel

1 Job Post

$148k - $222k

$148,000 - $222,000

Sr. Staff Software Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure

Austin

$148k - $222k

$148,000 - $222,000

Palo Alto Networks

2 Job Posts

$120k - $194k

$119,700 - $193,600

Sr Staff Engineer Software, Email DLP

United States

5+ Years Experience

$120k - $194k

$119,700 - $193,600

Sr Staff Engineer Software, Email DLP

Santa Clara

5+ Years Experience

$120k - $194k

$119,700 - $193,600

Dexterity

1 Job Post

$150k - $190k

$150,000 - $190,000

Senior Lead Algorithms Engineer

Redwood City

·

Last Posted: Mar 2025

Inactive

$150k - $190k

$150,000 - $190,000

Aporeto

4 Job Posts

$161k - $190k

$161,000 - $189,750

Sr Staff Engineer Software (Customer Profile Test Engineering)

United States

·

5+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jan 2025

Inactive

$147k - $238k

$147,000 - $237,500

Sr Staff Engineer Software (Backend, Distributed Systems, Cloud Platform)

United States

·

5+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Feb 2025

Inactive

$126k - $205k

$126,000 - $204,500

Sr Staff Engineer Software (DLP)

United States

·

5+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Aug 2024

Inactive

$175k

$175,000

Sr Staff Software Engineer (Expanse)

United States

·

3+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jun 2024

Inactive

$175k

$175,000

RedLock

4 Job Posts

$175k

$175,000

Sr Staff Engineer Software (Backend, Distributed Systems, Cloud Platform)

United States

·

5+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Feb 2025

Inactive

$126k - $205k

$126,000 - $204,500

Sr Staff Software Engineer (Expanse)

United States

·

3+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jun 2024

Inactive

$175k

$175,000

Sr Staff Engineer Software (Java - Feature Development/Platform)

United States

·

5+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2024

Inactive

$175k

$175,000

Sr Staff Engineer Software (Java - Feature Development/Platform)

United States

·

5+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2024

Inactive

$175k

$175,000

Prisma SD-WAN

3 Job Posts

$175k

$175,000

Sr Staff Engineer Software (DLP)

United States

·

5+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Aug 2024

Inactive

$175k

$175,000

Sr Staff Software Engineering (Customer Profile Test Engineering)

United States

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2024

Inactive

$175k

$175,000

Sr Staff Engineer Software (Java - Feature Development/Platform)

United States

·

5+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jul 2024

Inactive

$175k

$175,000

SecZetta

1 Job Post

N/A

N/A

Senior Staff Software Engineer

United States

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

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