Software engineer jobs in Santa Cruz, CA and nearby (463 jobs)
Software engineer jobs within 25 miles of Santa Cruz, CA. Nearby towns and cities are included. Distances are straight-line, not driving distances.
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- 463
- Employers
- 45
Advertised starting pay
- Average starting payUSD / year
- $151,336Across 28 listings
Employer-advertised starting pay, not employee salaries. Currencies and pay periods stay separate.
Where work happens
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- 0%0 listings
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- <1%1 listing
- On-site
- 5%21 listings
Not specified: 95% (441 listings)
Employers hiring include Apple (210), Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc. (38), Amazon (37).
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These figures describe the listings on this role page at the date shown, not the whole job market. Listings can change.
Employer-listed minimums from at least 10 listings per currency and pay period. These are advertised starting amounts, not employee salaries. Jobs without a minimum and unusual amounts are excluded.
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Guidance reviewed on September 16, 2026.
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Software Development Engineer II - Regression Infrastructure, Trainium Manufacturing Infrastucture
Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.
Our Annapurna Labs team at Amazon is looking for a Software Development Engineer to own the regression infrastructure that every manufacturing software release depends on. Before new test…
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Software Development Engineer, SoC HAL
Amazon
Annapurna Labs builds the custom silicon at the heart of AWS machine learning servers, and we are hiring a software engineer to help build the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) that brings…
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Platform Infrastructure & Optics Software Engineer
ManpowerGroup
Our client, technology and networking industry is seeking a Platform Infrastructure & Optics Software Engineer to join their team. As a Platform Infrastructure & Optics SW Eng, you will be…
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Software Engineer 2 – AHV / Linux Kernel
Nutanix
…Joining our Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) team at Nutanix as a Software Engineer 2 offers the exciting opportunity to contribute directly to the development of an enterprise-grade hypervisor.…
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Software Development Engineer, SoC HAL
Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.
Annapurna Labs builds the custom silicon at the heart of AWS machine learning servers, and we are hiring a software engineer to help build the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) that brings…
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Software Engineer, Analytics Platform
Gridmatic Inc
…electricity to retail customers. We’re looking for a startup-minded software engineer who’s great with data: you'll build the data systems our business runs on, designing core data models…
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Software Engineer II - TeraWave
Blue Origin Personnel, LLC
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Software Engineer, Watch Software
Apple
Do you want to help deliver the next amazing Apple product? As a Software Engineer on the Apple Watch Safety & Communications team, you’ll bring your top notch engineering skills and eye…
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Senior Software Development Engineer, Annapurna ML Systems, Trainium
Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc.
We're seeking a Sr.Software Development Engineer with deep storage expertise to architect, build, and operate the high-performance storage infrastructure that accelerates silicon…
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Embedded Software Engineer
Apple
The Product Integrity group is looking for a Systems Software Engineer to develop future products. As a member of the OS Diagnostics team you will develop and maintain software used to…
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Backend Software Engineer
WinMax Systems Corporation
…that delights millions of customers every day. As a backend engineer, you will be helping the team to build micro-services and improve the content ingestion…
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Web Software Engineer
WinMax Systems Corporation
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Software Engineer 2 – Wireless Access Point Development
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Software Engineer 2 – Wireless Access Point Development
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Software Engineer 2 – Wireless Access Point Development
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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Software Engineer, Triage Services
Apple
The System Triage Services team builds mission-critical applications that help detect, analyze, and classify low-level software crashes across all Apple platforms.
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Software Engineer II
Badger Meter, Inc.
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Software Engineer II, User Facing Applications
Imperative Care
Title: Software Engineer II, User Facing Applications
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Sr. Software Engineer (Systems Engineering, C/C++)
NetApp
NetApp is seeking a highly experienced Senior Software Development Engineer to help lead innovation across cloud infrastructure, software-defined storage, virtualization, and distributed…
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