How much do Software jobs in San Diego, CA pay?

Based on 392 listings with disclosed salaries, most software jobs in San Diego, CA pay between $98k–$223k per year. Individual offers vary with seniority, company size, and specialization.

How many Software jobs are open in San Diego, CA right now?

There are currently 451 open software positions in San Diego, CA listed on Clera. New openings are added daily as companies post roles.

Which companies are hiring for Software roles in San Diego, CA?

Companies currently hiring include Qualcomm, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc., Apple, Amazon, TRACTIAN, among others. Browse the listings above to see every active employer.

Are there remote or hybrid Software jobs in San Diego, CA?

Yes — 133 of the 451 open software positions offer remote or hybrid work (50 remote, 83 hybrid).

How do I apply for Software jobs in San Diego, CA?

Each listing links directly to the employer's application page. Apply early — fresh listings get the most recruiter attention in the first two weeks.

Software Jobs in San Diego, CA (Now Hiring) — 451 open — Page 3

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.

Sr Principal Software Engineer - Thread Lead

El Segundo, California, United States · On-site

$116k–$213k/yr

Senior+

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescription At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opport…

Skills: Technical Leadership, Data Architecture, Data Science, Product Ownership, Big Data

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc.

Staff Software Engineer - Thread Lead

El Segundo, California, United States · On-site

$145k–$266k/yr

Senior+

Skills: Technical Leadership, Data Architecture, Data Science, Product Ownership, Big Data

Accenture

Infrastructure & Capital Projects – SharePoint Developer/Data Analyst III, ANS

San Diego, California, United States · Hybrid

$105k–$115k/yr

Mid level$6M raised

You’ve Never Been Satisfied with "Good Enough." You want to make an impact, not just manage projects, but change how the world gets built. At Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects, you’ll do exactly that. You’ll he…

Skills: SharePoint Online, SharePoint Framework (SPFx), React.js, TypeScript, JavaScript

EWOR GmbH

HealthTech Co-Founder / CTO (100 % remote) (m/f/d)

San Diego, California, United States · Remote Solely

Senior+

We are looking to hire ambitious entrepreneurs to start and scale their own startups. We are serial entrepreneurs, for example Paul Müller (founder Adjust, €1.2B exit) and Petter Made (founder SumUp, €8B) who are eager t…

Skills: Entrepreneurship, Scaling Startups, Product-Market Fit, Team Building, Fundraising

Mantis Innovation

Building Controls Application Engineer

Quinte West, Ontario, Canada · Hybrid

$120k–$130k/yr

Senior+

Position: Controls Application Engineer Start Date: Immediate As a Controls Application Engineer, you will be responsible for developing BMS/SCADA applications at both a supervisory and controller level. You will help re…

Skills: BMS Application Development, SCADA, DDC Programming, PLC Programming, BACnet

PracticeTek

Sr. Product Manager - Payments

San Diego, California, United States · Hybrid

$150k–$180k/yr

Senior

About PracticeTek At PracticeTek, we build technology that helps retail healthcare practices run more effortlessly. Our teams create solutions that support providers and patients across practice management, digital intak…

Skills: Product Strategy, Roadmap Management, Payment Processing, SaaS Product Management, Cross-functional Leadership

PracticeTek

Sr. Product Manager - Payments

San Diego, California, United States · Hybrid

$150k–$180k/yr

Senior

Skills: Product Strategy, Roadmap Management, Payment Processing, SaaS Product Management, Cross-functional Leadership

SAIC

Product Owner - Joint Range Extension (JRE)

San Diego, California, United States · Remote OK

Senior

SAIC is seeking a mission‑focused and highly organized Product Owner to support the Joint Range Extension (JRE) product line within the C5ISR portfolio. The Product Owner will be the voice of the customer while managing …

Skills: Product Ownership, Tactical Data Links, Agile Methodologies, Backlog Management, Requirement Translation

Apple

Senior Software Engineer - AI Transparency Platform

San Diego, California, United States · On-site

Mid level$400K raised

Apple Intelligence is redefining what people expect from AI on their devices: capable, personal, and built on a foundation of privacy and verifiable transparency. The most demanding workloads run on Private Cloud Compute…

Skills: Java, Go, C#, Backend Software Engineering, Distributed Systems

Helix Electric

Junior Application Developer

San Diego, California, United States · On-site

$70k–$80k/yr

Entry level

Helix Electric was founded in 1985 and is now one of the nation’s largest and most successful electrical contracting companies. Our commitment to empowering people and powering projects is realized by our exception…

Skills: C#, .NET, API, REST Services, Azure

TRACTIAN

Regional Sales Director - Mid-Market

Los Angeles, California, United States · On-site

Senior+

Sales at TRACTIAN The Sales team is the driving force behind revenue at Tractian, generating new opportunities, acquiring top-tier customers like Hyundai, Bosch, and Kraft Heinz, and strengthening relationships with our …

Skills: Sales Strategy, Team Leadership, Pipeline Management, Forecasting, Account Segmentation

TRACTIAN

Regional Sales Director - Enterprise

Los Angeles, California, United States · On-site

Senior+

Skills: Sales Strategy, Team Leadership, Pipeline Management, Forecasting, Account Segmentation

TRACTIAN

Mid-Market Account Executive

Los Angeles, California, United States · On-site

Mid level

Skills: Net-New Logo Acquisition, Cold Outreach, Contract Negotiation, Technical Discovery, ROI Quantification

TRACTIAN

Account Development Representative

Los Angeles, California, United States · On-site

Entry level

Skills: Outbound Prospecting, HubSpot CRM, Cold Calling, Lead Generation, Client Relationship Management

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning Platform

San Diego, California, United States · Hybrid

$187k–$266k/yr

Senior

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment? Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. A…

Skills: ML Inference Infrastructure, Scala, Golang, Java, Pulumi

Apple

Java Server Engineer-ASE

San Diego, California, United States · On-site

Senior$400K raised

There are jobs and then there are opportunities! This is your opportunity to do the best work of your life. The Apple Services iCloud Mail team is looking for a passionate Java Server Engineer to help us improve and scal…

Skills: Java, Microservices, mTLS, Asynchronous Programming, Non-blocking I/O

Apple

Wireless Systems Engineer

San Diego, California, United States · On-site

$172k–$258k/yr

Mid level$400K raised

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn’t have imagined, and now, can’t imagine living …

Skills: Cellular Modem Solution, PHY/Layer1 Modules, 4G/5G Cellular Standards, 3GPP, Signal Processing

Apple

Software Engineering Systems

San Diego, California, United States · On-site

$140k–$210k/yr

Mid level$400K raised

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn't have imagined, and now, can't imagine living …

Skills: C++, C, Low-level Systems Programming, Real-time Operating Systems, Digital Signal Processing

Apple

Software Integrity Engineer

San Diego, California, United States · On-site

$139k–$232k/yr

Senior$400K raised

Skills: Regression Testing, Test Case Preparation, Functional Testing, Defect Tracking, SQL

Apple

Module Design Engineer

San Diego, California, United States · On-site

$140k–$210k/yr

Entry level$400K raised

Skills: Optical Design, Display Technology, Python, LabVIEW, Zemax

Description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Sr Principal Software Engineer - Thread Lead to join our team on site in San Diego, CA, El Segundo, CA or Oklahoma City, OK. This role requires a self-motivated professional with proven experience collaborating in cross functional Integrated Product Teams (IPTs).

The ideal candidate will be a technology visionary and strategist who can lead the end to end lifecycle of data centric initiatives spanning data science, architecture, storage, analytics, and dissemination. This position demands strong interpersonal skills, the ability to influence stakeholders, and a proven track record of delivering results in highly regulated, high clearance environments.

Roles and Responsibilities will include:

Provide collaborative technical leadership that drives the maturation and evolution of data solutions across a portfolio of programs, contracts, and operating units, even when requirements conflict.

Act as the Subject Matter Expert for all aspects of data acquisition, harmonization, processing, storage, analysis, and dissemination across diverse data formats, technologies, and network/distribution protocols.

Translate raw sensor and telemetry feeds into actionable information that supports mission critical decision making.

Provide technical leadership and serve as the lead architect for all phases of the product lifecycle, with immediate focus on developing off site storage and extensible data dissemination solutions.

Define enterprise level strategy and support expansion of the mission set, emphasizing the conversion of raw data into actionable information.

Advise senior leadership on analytics value opportunities and roadmap alignment.

Collaborate with end user and customer teams to ensure solutions meet real world needs and incorporate direct feedback.

Lead technical execution of capabilities and products, owning requirements, design, and serving as the primary point of contact for reach back support.

Support risk mitigation and proactively generate opportunity driven enhancements.

Decompose the solution backlog, prioritize epics and user stories, act as the approval authority for feature completion, and define the Definition of Done.

Facilitate knowledge share and management activities across data acquisition, analysis, and dissemination disciplines.

Develop and govern data standards to ensure consistency, quality, and interoperability across programs.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience.

Demonstrated experience being a technical project lead and Product Owner accountable to the outcome of the solutions developed

Demonstrated understanding of communications technology, data acquisition, storage, processing and analysis technologies, including big data challenges and solutions

General understanding of network protocols and data dissemination strategies

Demonstrated ability to stay abreast of developments at the intersection of data science and technology

Experience engaging cross-functional teams to build a strong data infrastructure

Self-directed leader

• Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).

Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access via a Program Access Request (PAR). This SAP/PAR must be obtained prior to commencement of employment and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

Note: SAP/PAR will be upgraded once selected candidate is in role. Therefore, candidate must also be able to obtain and maintain upgraded SAP/PAR.)

Preferred Qualifications:

Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

Master’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics)

Skilled at defining, motivating and driving change across multiple contracts/business areas with a dual focus on supporting the end-user mission and ensuring business value

Advanced technical knowledge of data science and data architecture

Proven understanding of statistics, structured and unstructured data analysis, predictive modeling techniques and data visualization as well as a good command of emerging methodologies like Artificial Intelligence

Recognized experience as a thought leader and innovator in the development of new tools, methodologies and problem-solving approaches

Software Jobs in San Diego, CA (Now Hiring) — 451 open — Page 3

Sr Principal Software Engineer - Thread Lead

Staff Software Engineer - Thread Lead

Infrastructure & Capital Projects – SharePoint Developer/Data Analyst III, ANS

HealthTech Co-Founder / CTO (100 % remote) (m/f/d)

Building Controls Application Engineer

Sr. Product Manager - Payments

Sr. Product Manager - Payments

Product Owner - Joint Range Extension (JRE)

Senior Software Engineer - AI Transparency Platform

Junior Application Developer

Regional Sales Director - Mid-Market

Regional Sales Director - Enterprise

Mid-Market Account Executive

Account Development Representative

Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning Platform

Java Server Engineer-ASE

Wireless Systems Engineer

Software Engineering Systems

Software Integrity Engineer

Module Design Engineer

Sr Principal Software Engineer - Thread Lead

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