Software engineer jobs in the United States

Find software engineer jobs across the United States. Choose a place, compare current openings and read the employer’s requirements.

Counted Nov 5, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 42,005
Employers: 7,949

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $145,288Across 9,851 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $61.13Across 1,509 listings
Average starting payCAD / year: $133,718Across 41 listings
Average starting payUSD / month: $15,352Across 34 listings

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

Where work happens

Remote: 9%3,859 listings
Hybrid: 8%3,186 listings
On-site: 14%6,061 listings

Not specified: 69% (28,899 listings)

Employers hiring include Akamai Technologies, Inc. (779), JPMC page (603), Lockheed Martin (603).

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 engineer jobs in the United States

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Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Systems (C2/Backend/Service)
True Talent Solutions Partners
Palo Alto, CA
- $145,000 to $275,000 USD / year
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Mountain View, CA
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Remote, United States
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Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack
Gridware
San Francisco, CA
- $245,000 to $260,000 USD / year
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True Talent Solutions Partners
San Francisco, CA
- $230,000 to $280,000 USD / year

SpaceXSI

Sr. Software Engineer, Kernels/CUDA (C++)

Palo Alto, CA, United States

$220,000 - $357,000 USD

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Job details

Pay: $220,000 - $357,000 USD
Experience: 5+ years of experience with low-level system programming in C/C++
Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 5, 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 making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars.

SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.

SR. SOFTWARE ENGINEER, KERNELS/CUDA (C++)

We are building one of the world’s largest AI supercomputers from the ground up. As part of the Compute Infrastructure team, you will own both the raw GPU supercomputer and the platform layer that runs on top of it. You will work across the full stack - from low-level GPU kernel optimizations and Linux kernel internals to massive-scale orchestration and virtualization - to make training and inference at SpaceXSI as fast, reliable, and scalable as possible. This is a broad, high-impact role that combines hardcore supercompute and compute infrastructure work. Your contributions will directly accelerate Grok’s training speed and overall AI progress.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Design, build, and optimize massive GPU clusters for extreme-scale training and inference workloads
Develop and tune low-level CUDA kernels (GeMM, Attention, etc.), using CUTLASS, Tensor Cores, and Nsight for maximum performance
Profile, debug, and eliminate bottlenecks across GPU memory hierarchy, networking fabric, filesystems, and multi-GPU operation
Collaborate closely with AI research teams to deliver production-grade performance and scalability

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

5+ years of experience with low-level system programming in C/C++

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Deep low-level systems programming (C/C++/PTX/SASS)
Strong experience with large-scale GPU clusters or distributed compute infrastructure at production scale
Hands-on work with GPU kernel optimization (CUTLASS, custom kernels, Nsight profiling)
Track record of building or running high-performance infrastructure for AI workloads (training or inference platforms)
Ability to reason from first principles and optimize for both memory-bound and compute-bound scenarios

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

$220,000 - $357,000 USD

Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks. SpaceXSI is an equal opportunity employer. For details on data processing, view our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

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