Staff & principal SaaS Software Engineer jobs in San Francisco
Software engineer and developer roles at SaaS companies, across product and platform teams.
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Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform Portability
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Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform Connectivity
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Staff Software Engineer, Gustie Assist
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Identity
Staff Software Engineer, Payments Intelligence
Staff Software Engineer, Tax Accounts
Staff Software Engineer, Code RL
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Staff Software Engineer, Growth
Staff Software Engineer- CXI
Staff Software Engineer, Travel & Expense
Staff+ Software Engineer, Capacity Engineering
Staff Software Engineer, API Platform
Staff+ Software Engineer, Databases
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Staff+ Software Engineer, Experimentation
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About these roles
Software Engineer jobs at SaaS companies
Software engineers design, build and run the product. These are roles without a narrower specialism in the title: most SaaS companies hire generalist engineers into product teams and let them specialise over time.
For what SaaS companies pay Software Engineer roles by level, location and company, see the Software Engineer salary guide.
Pay depends heavily on level and location. Where companies publish a range, the typical role on this page lists $252k–$362k in the US (median published minimum and maximum). About 89% of the roles here include a salary; use Salary listed first to see those at the top.
18 SaaS companies are hiring for these roles right now, led by Anthropic, Gusto, and Databricks.
Questions about Staff & principal SaaS Software Engineer jobs
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Why don’t all jobs show a salary?
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How do I know a job is still open?
We check every company’s job board hourly. When a role is removed from the careers page, we remove it here within the hour and point you to similar open roles.
How much do SaaS Software Engineer roles pay?
Where companies publish a range, the typical open role here lists $252k–$362k in the US (median published minimum and maximum). Pay rises with level and varies by location; the Software Engineer salary guide breaks it down.
Are all of these roles based in San Francisco?
Each role has at least one office or hiring location in San Francisco. Some postings list several locations or also allow remote work; the location chips on each job show the full picture.
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