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Space Jobs for Software Engineers in the San Francisco Area

52 open roles for software engineers at 10 space companies name a site in the San Francisco area, most of them in San Francisco and San Carlos; typical pay runs $152k–$250k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring software engineers in the San Francisco area

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
Astranis21$153k/yr
Cowboy Space8$158k/yr
Xona Space Systems7$170k/yr
Array Labs6$213k/yr
Loft Orbital4$174k/yr
Astra2too few figures
Capella Space1too few figures
Hubble Network1too few figures
LeoLabs1too few figures
Planet1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • San Francisco28
  • San Carlos8
  • Burlingame7
  • Redwood City6
  • Alameda2
  • Menlo Park1

Kinds of work

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What people ask about software engineers' work in the San Francisco area

Which space companies hire software engineers in the San Francisco area?

Today, Astranis (21 roles), Cowboy Space (8 roles), Xona Space Systems (7 roles), Array Labs (6 roles), Loft Orbital (4 roles), Astra (2 roles), and 4 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in the San Francisco area.

Where in the San Francisco area are the roles for software engineers?

Most are in San Francisco (28), San Carlos (8), Burlingame (7), Redwood City (6), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for software engineers in the San Francisco area pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $172k/yr, with typical pay from $152k–$250k/yr; 88.2% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. California's law has required employers with 15 or more employees to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2023 (each state's law beside its postings). For reference, the 69,030 software developers working in the San Francisco area, in any industry, earn a median $187k/yr (BLS, May 2025). The space roles for software engineers here post a median $172k/yr, 7.8% below that (research on levels and pay).

Do roles for software engineers in the San Francisco area require US citizenship?

Of the 3,014 space postings in California whose text we read, 79.6% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 23.5% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply, which compares every state. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in the San Francisco area (the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as the Census Bureau draws it: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties), by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title names the profession by the same rule as the page for software engineers; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.