Software Engineer, Full Stack, Level 5
Snap
Palo Alto, CA · $209k–$313k a year · Posted October 29, 2026
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Where Palo Alto, CA ranks
Where Palo Alto, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #3Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills28% · of 100
- #3Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the West Coast28% · of 54
- #3Best cities for AI-skill jobs37% · of 100
- #3Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the West Coast37% · of 71
- #4Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living$207k · of 28
- #4Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals83 / 100 · of 100
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $261,000 a year. Across 816 open software engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $150,000 to $247,000 and the median is $192,500. That is 36% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
Among software developers, AI is already used for some of the tasks. Measured exposure for software developers: 29% (some).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
Snap has filed one layoff notice in the last twelve months, covering 95 workers, most recently April 2026. These are public filings with state labor departments, and an open role can sit alongside them. See the filings
About the job
...addition to Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.Snap Engineering teams build fun and technically sophisticated products that reach... ...!What you’ll do:Build State of the art mobile and desktop web software applications and/or systemsFollow high-quality design and...