Lead Software Engineer jobs in California: 41 open roles
41 open lead software engineer jobs in California, taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $234,000 a year.
Open lead software engineer jobs in California
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- Lead Software Engineer, Account Management-ThousandEyes(Hybrid)
Cisco Systems · San Francisco, California, United States of America
Oct 29, 2026
- Lead Software Engineer – Mesh Generation
Cadence Design Systems · SAN JOSE
Oct 27, 2026
- Lead Software Engineer, AI
Paramount · Burbank, CA, US, 91505
Oct 27, 2026
- Lead Software Engineer - Android
Paramount · San Francisco, CA, US, 94107
Oct 25, 2026
- Lead Software Engineer
Nubank · Palo Alto, California, United States; Palo Alto
$230k–$276k · Oct 22, 2026
- Lead Software Engineer, RTOS-based Automotive Platforms
Alten Technology USA · Irvine, California, United States
Oct 20, 2026
- Lead Software Engineer, Infotainment/Connectivity Platform
Alten Technology USA · Palo Alto, California, United States
Oct 20, 2026
- Lead Software Engineer (Multiple Positions)
ByteDance · San Jose, CA, USA
$254k–$480k · Oct 20, 2026
- Lead Software Engineer, Components Test (Starshield)
SpaceX · Hawthorne, CA
Oct 15, 2026
- Lead Software Engineer - Roku
Paramount · Burbank, CA, US, 91505
Oct 13, 2026
- Lead Software Engineer - Web
Paramount · Burbank, CA, US, 91505
Oct 13, 2026
- Lead Software Engineer - CTV
Paramount · Burbank, CA, US, 91505
Oct 13, 2026
- Lead Software Engineer
Paramount · San Francisco, CA, US, 94107
Oct 12, 2026
- Lead Software Engineer
Optivolt Labs · San Francisco, CA, USA
$160k–$220k · Oct 9, 2026
- Lead Software Engineer
Paramount · Burbank, CA, US, 91505
Oct 5, 2026
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Lead Software Engineer pay in California
8 of the 41 open listings state pay, and their median is $234,000 a year. See the national lead software engineer salary breakdown.
Employers hiring lead software engineers in California
- Paramount 9
- JPMorgan Chase 5
- SpaceX 4
- Alten Technology USA 2
- Nubank 2
- Optivolt Labs 2
- RFS Group 2
- Zeta Global Holdings 2
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