Software Engineering Jobs in United States
There are 33,682 open Software Engineering jobs in United States on freehire right now. 7,584 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are ai, cloud and python.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | year | $155,000 | $182,940 | $220,000 | 7,362 |
| USD | hour | $42 | $60 | $70 | 138 |
| USD | month | $8,200 | $9,250 | $10,000 | 20 |
| CAD | year | CA$131,850 | CA$162,700 | CA$177,500 | 19 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- ai 42%
- cloud 40%
- python 37%
- api 33%
- java 26%
- ci-cd 24%
- automation 24%
- aws 24%
How the work is done
- Onsite 4,281 · 13%
- Hybrid 4,111 · 12%
- Remote 3,846 · 11%
Visa sponsorship offered in 43% of the 7,430 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 10,228
- Staff 2,373
- Lead 1,963
- Principal 1,778
- Junior 619
- Intern 571
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 6,971
- 501-1000 employees 3,031
- 51-200 employees 967
- 11-50 employees 879
- 201-500 employees 272
- 1-10 employees 66
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Acceleration)
Build AI-powered tools to accelerate Perplexity’s engineering and operations, making systems and workflows legible to AI agents while driving order-of-magnitude productivity gains.
Systems Engineer I/II Pipeline
ABOUT ROCKET LAB Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move…
Software Engineer, Infrastructure & Platform
Build secure, reproducible environments for running AI evaluations and agentic workflows using cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and backend services.
Senior Systems Engineer II
ABOUT ROCKET LAB Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move…
Senior Systems Engineer I
ABOUT ROCKET LAB Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move…
Senior RF Systems Engineer I Pipeline
ABOUT ROCKET LAB Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move…
Senior RF Systems Engineer II Pipeline
ABOUT ROCKET LAB Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move…
Software Engineer Simulation Infrastructure
Builds and maintains a large-scale simulation platform for AI/ML testing, integrating virtual/physical devices, cloud infrastructure, and full-stack tooling (Python, React, Kubernetes, Postgres).
Software Engineer III - Edge Computing
Develops high-performance, real-time GPU-accelerated edge computing systems for defense and national security applications using C++, CUDA, and Linux.
Software Engineer IV – Edge Computing
Design and lead the architecture of edge-computing software for defense and national-security systems, balancing workloads across CPUs, GPUs, and FPGAs while adhering to open standards like SOSA/MOSA.
Systems Engineer III - ISR
Designs and integrates signals intelligence (SIGINT) systems for defense and space missions, focusing on signal processing, software-defined radios, and systems engineering.
Systems Engineer V - Test
Senior test engineer leading complex test campaigns for rocket propulsion systems, defining strategies, mentoring teams, and ensuring mission-critical reliability in aerospace and defense contexts.
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer at Voyager Technologies designing and building scalable geospatial data systems, especially for Synthetic Aperture Radar imagery, to support national security and space missions using Python, C++, and cloud tools.
Software Engineer
Builds and maintains geospatial software systems, focusing on processing and visualizing large-scale SAR imagery datasets for national security and defense applications using Python and Linux.
Systems Engineer IV - Test
Leads integration and testing of rocket motor systems, plans and executes high-risk test campaigns, mentors junior engineers, and interfaces with customers and stakeholders using systems engineering principles and advanced programming tools.
Systems Engineer III - Project Engineer
Engineers and coordinates defense/aerospace projects, integrating cross-functional teams and ensuring technical deliverables meet DoD requirements.