Staff Software Engineer salaries
22,564 H-1B & PERM records for "Staff Software Engineer", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.
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$164094
Average Salary
$50336
Minimum
$450000
Maximum
| Employer | Role | Location | Salary | Program | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X Corp. | Staff Software Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $320000 | H-1B | Dec 12, 2024 |
| Google LLC | Senior Staff Software Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $320000 | H-1B | May 27, 2025 |
| Reddit, Inc. | Staff Software Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $320000 | H-1B | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Google LLC | Staff Software Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $320000 | H-1B | Jun 13, 2024 |
| Salesforce, Inc. | Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure | San Francisco, CA | $320000 | H-1B | Dec 6, 2023 |
| BYTEDANCE INC. | Staff Software Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $320000 | H-1B | Dec 4, 2021 |
| Google LLC | Senior Staff Software Engineer | Kirkland, WA | $318000 | H-1B | Apr 1, 2026 |
| Google LLC | Staff Software Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $318000 | E-3 | Jul 14, 2025 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | Vice President, Senior Staff Software Engineer | PALO ALTO, CA | $317000 | H-1B | Jun 16, 2022 |
| Confluent, Inc. | Staff Software Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $315920 | H-1B | May 13, 2026 |
| Moloco, Inc. | Sr. Staff Software Engineer | Seattle, WA | $315000 | H-1B | Jun 11, 2024 |
| MONGODB, INC. | Staff Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $315000 | H-1B | Oct 17, 2022 |
| Rivian Automotive, LLC | Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Embedded, Autonomy | Palo Alto, CA | $314842 | H-1B | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Google LLC | Senior Staff Software Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $314000 | H-1B | Mar 4, 2025 |
| TUBI Inc. | Staff Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $313123 | H-1B | Nov 4, 2025 |
| TUBI Inc. | Staff Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $313123 | H-1B | Nov 21, 2025 |
| MARIN SOFTWARE INC. | STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER, DATA ENGINEERING | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $312000 | H-1B | Aug 25, 2017 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Senior Staff Software Engineer | Burlingame, CA | $311029 | H-1B | Sep 26, 2025 |
| Crusoe Energy Systems LLC | Senior Staff Software Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $310000 | H-1B | Mar 9, 2026 |
| Robinhood Markets, Inc. | Senior Staff Software Engineer | Menlo Park, CA | $310000 - $356500 | H-1B | Mar 16, 2026 |
| People Center, Inc. d/b/a Rippling | Staff Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $310000 | H-1B | Feb 21, 2025 |
| TWITTER, INC. | Senior Staff Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $310000 | Green Card | Aug 2, 2021 |
| Twitter, Inc. | Sr. Staff Software Engineer | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $310000 | H-1B | Oct 10, 2019 |
| Confluent, Inc. | Staff Software Engineer I | Redmond, WA | $307213 | E-3 | Jan 29, 2026 |
| LinkedIn Corporation | Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructu… | Sunnyvale, CA | $306306 - $338000 | Green Card | Nov 7, 2022 |
| Reddit, Inc. | Staff Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $306020 | H-1B | Aug 19, 2025 |
| Google LLC | Staff Software Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $306000 | H-1B | Aug 12, 2022 |
| Crusoe Technologies LLC | Senior Staff Software Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $305000 | H-1B | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Radical AI, INC | Staff Software Engineer | New York, NY | $305000 | H-1B | Feb 10, 2026 |
| JetStream Security, Inc. | Senior Staff Software Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $305000 | H-1B | Nov 13, 2025 |
| Google LLC | Staff Software Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $305000 | H-1B | Mar 31, 2023 |
| LINKEDIN CORPORATION | Senior Staff Software Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $305000 - $370000 | Green Card | Oct 11, 2019 |
| Google LLC | Staff Software Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $304000 | H-1B | Apr 24, 2023 |
| Google LLC | Staff Software Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $304000 | H-1B | Apr 21, 2023 |
| Reddit, Inc. | Staff Software Engineer | Kirkland, WA | $303900 | H-1B | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Google LLC | Senior Staff Software Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $303000 | H-1B | Jan 28, 2025 |
| Google LLC | Senior Staff Software Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $303000 | H-1B | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Google LLC | Staff Software Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $303000 | H-1B | Oct 25, 2024 |
| BAIN & COMPANY, INC. | Senior Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning | PALO ALTO, CA | $303000 | H-1B | Sep 11, 2023 |
| Reddit, Inc. | Staff Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $302923 | H-1B | Apr 14, 2026 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Senior Staff Software Engineer | Burlingame, CA | $302134 | H-1B | Nov 4, 2024 |
| Cruise LLC | Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Machine Learning Inf… | San Francisco, CA | $302000 - $322000 | H-1B | May 17, 2022 |
| Discord, Inc. | Staff Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $300000 | H-1B | Apr 27, 2026 |
| CoreWeave, Inc. | Staff Software Engineer | Bellevue, WA | $300000 | H-1B | Jun 12, 2026 |
| PATREON, INC. | Staff Software Engineer | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $300000 - $320000 | H-1B | Nov 10, 2025 |
| Salesforce, Inc. | Staff Software Engineer, Backend | Lake Forest, CA | $300000 | H-1B | Nov 7, 2025 |
| XMotors.USA, Inc. | Staff Software Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $300000 | H-1B | May 29, 2026 |
| Google LLC | Staff Software Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $300000 | H-1B | May 29, 2026 |
| Ironclad, Inc. | Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI | San Francisco, CA | $300000 | H-1B | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Campfire Software, Inc. | Staff Software Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $300000 - $350000 | H-1B | Mar 27, 2026 |
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