# Software Engineer jobs in the USA

3,806 open Software Engineer jobs in the USA right now, 885 of them posted in the last 30 days, at 909 companies. Numbers updated November 2026.

Updated 6 Nov 2026. From the job boards and company careers pages GoJob.now reads. Page: https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/usa

## Key numbers

- Open jobs: 3,806
- Median posted pay: 209,000 USD a year
- Ads that show pay: 52%
- Remote: 29%

## Pay

Half of the 1,993 ads that posted pay offer between **185,000 USD** and **238,000 USD** a year (the middle of each posted range, as the ad states it: gross pay for employment, before VAT for B2B). The median is 209,000 USD.

52% of the open ads show pay at all. Ads without pay are counted in the totals, not in the range.

## How the jobs are set up

- Remote: 1,121, hybrid: 118, on site: 30, not stated: 2,537.
- Contracts the ads offer: employment contract in 25, B2B in 20, employer of record in 17.
- 99% come straight from company careers pages, the rest from job boards.

## Companies hiring most

1. Anduril Industries: 158 open
2. Anduril: 158 open
3. SpaceX: 110 open
4. OpenAI: 102 open
5. Roblox: 79 open
6. Palantir: 56 open
7. cursor: 36 open
8. Cisco: 36 open
9. Nuro: 35 open
10. DoorDash USA: 32 open

## Skills the ads ask for

AWS, Python, CI/CD, Observability, TypeScript, Kubernetes, System design, AI coding assistants, Docker, Terraform, React, PostgreSQL

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## Software Engineer jobs elsewhere

- [New York](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/new-york): 452 open
- [the UK](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/uk): 383 open
- [Poland](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/poland): 319 open
- [London](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/london): 258 open
- [Warsaw](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/warsaw): 94 open
- [Austin](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/austin): 88 open
- [Los Angeles](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/los-angeles): 67 open
- [San Jose](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/san-jose): 59 open
- [Chicago](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/chicago): 50 open
- [Ukraine](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/ukraine): 42 open
- [Kyiv](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/kyiv): 19 open
- [San Diego](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/san-diego): 11 open
- [Dallas](https://gojob.now/roles/software-engineer/dallas): 10 open

## Other roles in the USA

- [Manager](https://gojob.now/roles/manager/usa): 3,391 open
- [Director](https://gojob.now/roles/director/usa): 2,918 open
- [Delivery Driver](https://gojob.now/roles/delivery-driver/usa): 2,724 open
- [Assistant Manager](https://gojob.now/roles/assistant-manager/usa): 2,579 open
- [Customer Service Rep](https://gojob.now/roles/customer-service-rep/usa): 2,483 open
- [Account Executive](https://gojob.now/roles/account-executive/usa): 1,591 open
- [General Manager](https://gojob.now/roles/general-manager/usa): 1,590 open
- [Product Manager](https://gojob.now/roles/product-manager/usa): 1,239 open
- [Staff Software Engineer](https://gojob.now/roles/staff-software-engineer/usa): 1,141 open
- [Project Manager](https://gojob.now/roles/project-manager/usa): 886 open
- [Enterprise Account Executive](https://gojob.now/roles/enterprise-account-executive/usa): 689 open
- [Registered Behavior Technician](https://gojob.now/roles/registered-behavior-technician/usa): 659 open