Software development jobs in the United States

Explore software development jobs in the United States. Choose a role or place to find work that fits.

Counted Nov 3, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 52,187
Employers: 9,840

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $140,779Across 11,087 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $56.99Across 2,302 listings
Average starting payUSD / month: $13,248Across 54 listings
Average starting payCAD / year: $135,566Across 45 listings
Average starting payUSD / week: $2,051Across 11 listings

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

Where work happens

Remote: 8%4,419 listings
Hybrid: 7%3,618 listings
On-site: 15%7,826 listings

Not specified: 70% (36,324 listings)

Employers hiring include Akamai Technologies, Inc. (779), Lockheed Martin (692), 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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Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft
United States
- $119,800 to $261,000 USD / year
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Sr. Software Engineer
Microsoft
WA · VA · GA · Redmond, WA · Reston, VA · Atlanta, GA · Redmond · Reston · Atlanta
- $119,800 to $261,000 USD / year
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Software Engineer: Intern Opportunities for University Students - CoreAI - Redmond, WA
Microsoft
WA · Redmond, WA · Redmond
- $5,690 to $12,250 USD / month
…means using AI-powered tools and agents to transform the entire software development lifecycle. For organizations, this means moving…
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Software Engineer- CoreAI
Microsoft
WA · Redmond, WA · Redmond
- $85,400 to $183,700 USD / year
…means using AI-powered tools and agents to transform the entire software development lifecycle. For organizations, this means moving beyond first-generation AI applications and into a world…
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Software Engineer: Internship Opportunities
Microsoft
CA · Aliso Viejo, CA · Aliso Viejo
- $5,690 to $12,250 USD / month
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- $85,400 to $183,700 USD / year
…growing set of third-party OEM, silicon, firmware, driver, and software…
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Microsoft
WA · Redmond, WA · Redmond
- $102,100 to $219,200 USD / year
…the future using LLMs and agentic tools to advance compiler…
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Senior Software Engineer - Minecraft
Microsoft
WA · Redmond, WA · Redmond
- $119,800 to $261,000 USD / year
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Microsoft
WA · Redmond, WA · Redmond
- $102,100 to $219,200 USD / year
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Microsoft
United States
- $142,800 to $304,200 USD / year
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- $102,100 to $219,200 USD / year
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Microsoft
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- $102,100 to $219,200 USD / year
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Microsoft
BC, CA
- $67,700 to $133,600 CAD / year
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Greenwood Village, CO
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Seattle, WA
- $200,000 to $330,000 USD / year
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- $172,500 to $285,800 USD / year
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- $67,690 to $125,860 USD / year
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Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC
Carson City, NV
- $100,800 to $132,300 USD / year
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Radiance Technologies
Bay Saint Louis, MS
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SpaceX

Propulsion Software Engineer (Falcon Engineering)

Hawthorne, CA, United States

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Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 3, 2026

Original job description

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

PROPULSION SOFTWARE ENGINEER (FALCON ENGINEERING)

The Falcon Engineering team is dedicated to delivering Falcon and its payloads to orbit rapidly and reliably.

As a Propulsion Software Engineer, you enable the long-term success of Falcon and its Merlin engines, improve hardware reliability, and remove recurring, time-consuming work from engineers’ plates so they can focus on hard engineering. You do this by building agentic AI systems, MCP servers, RAG-based search, and traditional automation where it is the right solution. You own problems end-to-end: scoping the solution with the engineers who have the problem, rolling it out, measuring the time it saves, and maintaining it as the vehicle and processes evolve.

We are looking for engineers with hands-on hardware experience (engine test, fluid systems, or structures) who can code, so that the tools they build reflect how the hardware actually behaves and fails. Using that background, you will also support root cause analysis for anomaly resolution, providing data and model-driven insights to help operations and hardware teams with high-consequence decision making. With hundreds of Falcon launches and thousands of engine test operations, the work we do impacts both the hardware design process and the operation of every single mission and engine test.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Partner with Falcon and Merlin hardware engineering teams to identify manual, repetitive, and error-prone work and scope tools to automate it
Build automation and data pipelines that process large volumes of engineering data, including telemetry, hardware design databases, configuration files, and manufacturing and test records, to streamline data review, flag anomalies, and surface insights
Develop agentic AI systems, multi-agent workflows, and MCP servers on top of that data so engineers can query, analyze, and act on it across multiple internal systems
Build internal web dashboards that give engineers a clear view of mission status, open work, and data review results
Thoroughly test and validate all tools, including evaluating AI outputs against known-good results, so engineers can trust them in a flight-critical environment
Support anomaly resolution by working directly with engineers on every Falcon sub-component to improve time-to-insight
Participate in and lead architecture, design, and code reviews
Collaborate with engineers across the company to extend and improve interoperability among existing tools

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or physics; OR 4+ years of professional experience in hardware engineering or engineering automation in lieu of a degree
1+ years of software development experience in Python, C/C++, or similar, with a focus on automation tools or AI integrations (professional and personal projects are applicable)
1+ years of hands-on experience with engines, fluid systems, or structural hardware in design, test, or operations (professional, academic, and student team projects are applicable)

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Experience building agentic AI systems and multi-agent workflows, including prompt and context engineering, tool calling, MCP servers, and evaluating LLM outputs
Comfort analyzing large time-series telemetry and sensor datasets in Python using pandas, NumPy, and SciPy, with a working knowledge of numerical methods and signal processing
Strong SQL skills and experience with relational (PostgreSQL), non-relational, and vector databases, as well as integrating systems through REST APIs
Proficiency developing on Linux with Git, automated testing, and CI/CD
Familiarity deploying containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes
Experience building web dashboards, such as React/TypeScript frontends with FastAPI or Flask backends
Hands-on experience testing liquid propellant rocket engines or working with pressurized fluid components such as valves, regulators, and pneumatic systems
Familiarity with liquid propellant engine cycles, launch vehicle fluid systems, and launch vehicle structures
Understanding of compressible and incompressible flow, thermodynamics, thermochemistry, mechanics, and materials
Ability to read P&IDs and instrumentation drawings and relate them to vehicle telemetry
Experience supporting integrated vehicle, pad, or launch operations

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Pay Range:

Level 1: $125,000.00 - $160,000.00 Level 2: $145,000.00 - $195,000.00

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to EEOCompliance@spacex.com.

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