Software Engineer Jobs in San Diego

As of 16 September 2026, Haystack lists 247 live Software Engineer jobs in San Diego, with 40 added in the past week and typical advertised salaries of $122k to $178k. Employers hiring right now include Northrop Grumman, Shield AI Inc and Booz Allen Hamilton. 6% of these roles are remote friendly.

Top companies hiring

NG

Northrop Grumman

73 open roles

SA

Shield AI Inc

25 open roles

BA

Booz Allen Hamilton

13 open roles

LE

Leidos

12 open roles

SA

SAIC

12 open roles

SE

ServiceNow

7 open roles

plus 59 more companies hiring in this category

• NG

  Software Engineer with Security Clearance

  New

  NasTech Global, Inc.

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·On-site·Yesterday

  Docker

  SOAP

  Scrum

  +7

  Technology
• MC

  Senior Software Engineer / AI - Multiple Locations with Security Clearance

  New

  Mindbank Consulting Group

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$155k - $175k/yr·On-site·Yesterday

  Docker

  Rust

  AWS

  +14

  Technology
• NG

  Software Engineer

  New

  NasTech Global, Inc.

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·On-site·Yesterday

  Docker

  SOAP

  GraphQL

  +4

  Technology
• PM

  Senior Software Engineer Expeditionary Systems (OpAI) - Secret C with Security Clearance

  New

  PMAT Inc.

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·On-site·2 days ago

  Docker

  Rust

  AWS

  +14

  Technology
• LE

  Application Software Engineer with Security Clearance

  New

  Leidos

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$87.1k - $157.4k/yr·Hybrid·Yesterday

  SAFe

  MySQL

  Node.js

  +23

  Technology
• TR

  Staff Engineer or Architect (AI Agentic Team)

  New

  Trulioo

  San Diego🇺🇸·Yesterday

  MLOps

  Compliance

  Continuous Improvement

  Technology
• NE

  Senior Software Engineer with Security Clearance

  New

  NKI Engineering

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$130k - $160k/yr·On-site·2 days ago

  Rust

  Embedded Systems

  C#

  +8

  Technology
• PM

  Senior Software Engineer (Programmer Engineer III) with Security Clearance

  New

  PMAT

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$150k - $205k/yr·On-site·2 days ago

  SAFe

  Microservices

  Scrum

  +8

  Technology
• HA

  Associate, Software Engineer

  New

  Harris Corporation

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$75.5k - $140.5k/yr·Hybrid·2 days ago

  Ruby

  SQL

  C#

  +4

  Technology
• LT

  Associate, Software Engineer with Security Clearance

  L3Harris Technologies

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$75.5k - $140.5k/yr·Hybrid·3 days ago

  Ruby

  SQL

  C#

  +4

  Technology

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• LT

  Lead, Software Engineering with Security Clearance

  New

  L3Harris Technologies

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$135.5k - $250.5k/yr·Hybrid·Yesterday

  Rust

  C++

  Java

  +1

  Technology
• HA

  Lead, Software Engineering

  Harris Corporation

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$135.5k - $250.5k/yr·Hybrid·3 days ago

  Rust

  C++

  Java

  +1

  Technology
• SP

  Senior Software Engineer, Windows/Desktop Applications - San Diego, CA, USA

  Speechify

  San Diego🇺🇸·$140k - $200k/yr·4 days ago

  C#

  .NET

  C++

  +3

  Technology
• HA

  Software Engineering Intern

  Harris Corporation

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$35/hr·Hybrid·4 days ago

  Ruby

  SQL

  Embedded Systems

  +9

  Technology
• SA

  Software Engineer Principal with Security Clearance

  SAIC

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$160.0k - $200k/yr·Hybrid·5 days ago

  Node.js

  SQL

  Shell

  +11

  Technology
• BK

  Senior Integration Engineer - M&A

  BKF

  San Diego, California🇺🇸·$115k - $175k/yr·Hybrid·4 days ago

  Azure

  DNS

  PowerShell

  Technology
• LE

  Software Engineer with Security Clearance

  New

  Leidos

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$87.1k - $157.4k/yr·Hybrid·Yesterday

  FPGA

  Ansible

  LDAP

  +1

  Technology
• NG

  Engineer Systems with Security Clearance

  Northrop Grumman

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$91.8k - $137.6k/yr·Hybrid·5 days ago

  Agile

  Engineering
• DI

  Lead Software Engineer with Security Clearance

  New

  Data Intelligence LLC.

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·Hybrid·Yesterday

  Node.js

  SQL

  SQL Server

  +8

  Technology
• PE

  Software Engineer II with Security Clearance

  Prescient Edge

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·Hybrid·5 days ago

  Scrum

  Agile

  Technology
• SR

  Software Developer III with Security Clearance

  Scientific Research Corporation

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$111.1k - $185.1k/yr·Hybrid·6 days ago

  SAFe

  Microservices

  Scrum

  +8

  Technology
• SE

  Staff Software Engineer

  ServiceNow

  San Diego, California🇺🇸·$149.8k - $262.2k/yr·Hybrid·5 days ago

  Angular

  C#

  C++

  +8

  Technology
• MI

  Systems Network Engineer with Security Clearance

  Mount Indie, LLC

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·On-site·6 days ago

  Agile

  Technology
• AT

  Software Engineer with Security Clearance

  AUSGAR Technologies Inc.

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$150k - $165k/yr·Hybrid·6 days ago

  MATLAB

  Shell

  OpenCV

  +7

  Technology
• ST

  Principal Software Reverse Engineer with Security Clearance

  New

  STR

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$204k - $284k/yr·On-site·Yesterday

  Embedded Systems

  Assembly

  C++

  +1

  Technology
• ST

  Embedded Systems Emulation Engineer with Security Clearance

  New

  STR

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$110k - $151k/yr·Hybrid·Yesterday

  Embedded Systems

  C++

  Git

  +1

  Technology
• NG

  Software Engineer - DevSecOps with Security Clearance

  Northrop Grumman

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$91.8k - $137.6k/yr·On-site·6 days ago

  Docker

  Agile

  C++

  +3

  Technology
• NG

  Principal Software Engineer - DevSecOps with Security Clearance

  Northrop Grumman

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·On-site·6 days ago

  Docker

  AWS

  Agile

  +14

  Technology
• SA

  Software Engineer Principal

  SAIC

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$160.0k - $200k/yr·Remote·4 days ago

  Node.js

  SQL

  Shell

  +11

  Technology
• HI

  Systems Engineer - Expeditionary Unmanned Systems (ExUS) (Hybrid) - 29763

  New

  HII

  San Diego, CA🇺🇸·$100.0k - $145k/yr·Remote·Yesterday

  Machine Learning

  Angular

  C#

  Technology