Software development jobs in the United States

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Counted Nov 2, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 51,736
Employers: 9,813

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $141,109Across 11,001 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $57.37Across 2,261 listings
Average starting payUSD / month: $13,523Across 52 listings
Average starting payCAD / year: $133,360Across 44 listings
Average starting payUSD / week: $2,136Across 10 listings

Employer-advertised starting pay, not employee salaries. Currencies and pay periods stay separate.

Where work happens

Remote: 9%4,476 listings
Hybrid: 7%3,613 listings
On-site: 15%7,813 listings

Not specified: 69% (35,834 listings)

Employers hiring include Akamai Technologies, Inc. (697), Lockheed Martin (676), Salesforce.com (608).

Sources & calculation notes

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.

Hybrid and on-site classifications may be inferred from descriptions. Check the original ad. How we count

Software development jobs in the United States

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Cyber Software Engineer
Actalent
Manassas, VA
- $52 to $85 USD / hour
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Sr. Embedded Software Engineer
ULV LLC
Ottertail, MN
- $130,000 to $180,000 USD / year
Sr. Embedded Software Engineer (Ottertail, MN) Develop and integrate embedded software systems to support electric-vehicle technology.
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Irving, TX
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Salt Lake City, UT
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8 years of experience in software development.
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Staff Software Engineer, Android Laptop and Tablet System Software, Platform Inputs

San Jose, CA, United States

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Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 23, 2026

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Staff Software Engineer, Android Laptop and Tablet System Software, Platform Inputs

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XIn most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development.
8 years of experience with one or more general purpose programming languages (e.g., Java, C/C++, or Python).
5 years of experience with Linux Kernel, Operating Systems, Performance Analysis, Performance Optimization, Performance Tuning, and C++ or C coding.
3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
8 years of experience with software development in C/C++, and with data structures and algorithms.
5 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, inputs, or hardware architecture.
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.

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Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

Android is Google’s mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

Architect, deliver of premium, desktop-class input experiences across Google’s unified Android and ChromeOS computing ecosystems.
Own end-to-end technical roadmap across the multi-layered input stack spanning physical hardware matrices, firmware protocols (HID, HID++, USI 2.0 styluses, SPI/I2C touch controllers), Linux, Android GKI kernel-drivers, native C++ input processing pipelines, Java framework services.
Design, scale foundational OS capabilities including public, system APIs for third-party peripheral, mouse button customization, next-generation keyboard standards featuring dedicated AI hardware triggers (Super G, quick insert-keys), cross-form-factor haptics for trackpads and styluses, heatmap-driven palm rejection algorithms, low-latency hardware-to-OS wake signaling.
Be the primary technical conduit across system UI, input experience hardware engineering, and global Tier-1 OEM for new platform bring-up.
Advocate next-generation hardware-in-the-loop test automation, input latency telemetry, drive operational excellence across release bug triaging and code- ownership to deliver flagship Google devices.

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