Distinguished Engineer Salary in San Francisco, CA

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How much does a Distinguished Engineer make in San Francisco, CA? The average Distinguished Engineer salary in San Francisco, CA is $134,683 as of March 26, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $123,383 and $149,495. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.

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Distinguished Engineer, AI

LinkedIn - Sunnyvale , CA

As a Distinguished Engineer at LinkedIn, you will architect and lead the next generation of AI solutions that power everything LinkedIn does. From consumer to enterprise, from search to ...

LinkedIn - 1 day ago

Distinguished Engineer (Strata Cloud Manager Platform)

Palo Alto Networks - Santa Clara , CA

We are looking for a Distinguished Engineer to join the team that is building our latest cloud security product leveraging the data we have in our Cortex Data Lake product as well as other threat ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 40 days ago

Distinguished Engineer

Intellibus - Reston , VA

Imagine working at Intellibus to engineer platforms that impact billions of lives around the world. With your passion and focus we will accomplish great things together! We are looking forward to you ...

LinkedIn - 7 days ago

Senior Network Engineer - NetDevOps

Kunai - Plano , TX

Distinguished Engineer - NetDevOps Location : Hybrid/remote in Plano, TX, Mclean, VA, or Richmond, VA About Kunai: Kunai is a fast-growing digital consultancy focused on banking, payments, and ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 14 days ago

Distinguished Scientist

ServiceNow - Santa Clara , CA

Work with engineering and product on incorporating the AI technologies into the ServiceNow roadmap ... Join us as a Science Distinguished Architect at ServiceNow and let your pioneering spirit in AI ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 29 days ago

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Amtec Inc. - Murrieta , CA

My client, a distinguished developer with over three decades of experience, has been at the forefront of numerous successful projects throughout Southern California. With a portfolio boasting over 18 ...

LinkedIn - 11 days ago

What does a Distinguished Engineer do?

Common responsibilities of a Distinguished Engineer

Lead research initiatives for cloud native designs and implementation within public and private clouds, working in a cloud infrastructure ecosystem consisting of VMs, Kubernetes, and containers.

November 16, 2022

Track record of attracting and influencing next generation technical leaders.

November 30, 2022

Collaborate with enterprise architects, product managers, data scientist, engineers and business managers to bring R&D projects into production.

February 09, 2023

Drive the integration of intelligence into our customer-facing mobile application and create the capabilities for all customers to have unique experiences within the application.

February 21, 2023

Create and maintain best practices for product design and development, support high quality software delivery and conduct architectural reviews.

March 03, 2023

Promote a culture of engineering excellence and being well-managed, using opportunities to reuse and innersource solutions where possible.

March 09, 2023

Demonstrated ability to understand emerging technology, along with the military capability it will provide, and develop plans for potential technology transition into existing programs of record that have national significance.

March 15, 2023

Active Duty Service Members are required to submit a statement of service printed on command letterhead and signed by the command.

March 16, 2023

Provide continuous improvement in systems delivery through the paradigms of VMs, containers, container orchestration, service meshes and serverless delivery of cloud native systems.

April 09, 2023

Participate in all technical aspects of team deliverables, including quality, performance, maintainability, and scalability.

April 28, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Distinguished Engineer in San Francisco, CA

Average Base Salary

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123383

149495

134683

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

127656

158002

140195

What is the average salary for Distinguished Engineer in 2024?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Distinguished Engineer in San Francisco, CA. The base salary for Distinguished Engineer ranges from $123,383 to $149,495 with the average base salary of $134,683. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $127,656 to $158,002 with the average total cash compensation of $140,195.

View Average Salary for Distinguished Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$134,683	$123,383 - $149,495
Bonus	$5,512	$4,273 - $8,507
Total Pay	$140,195	$127,656 - $158,002

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Distinguished Engineer Salary Near San Francisco, CA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA
CITY, STATE Daly City, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $123,383 - $149,495	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA 0%
CITY, STATE Berkeley, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $120,422 - $145,907	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA
CITY, STATE Oakland, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $120,422 - $145,907	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA
CITY, STATE Vallejo, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $111,045 - $134,545	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA
CITY, STATE Hayward, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $120,225 - $145,668	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA
CITY, STATE Concord, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $112,019 - $135,726	COMPARE TO San Francisco, CA

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About San Francisco, California

San Francisco is located on the West Coast of the United States at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula and includes significant stretches of the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay within its boundaries. Several picturesque islands—Alcatraz, Treasure Island and the adjacent Yerba Buena Island, and small portions of Alameda Island, Red Rock Island, and Angel Island—are part of the city. Also included are the uninhabited Farallon Islands, 27 miles (43 km) offshore in the Pacific Ocean. The mainland within the city limits roughly forms a "seven-by-seven-mile square", a common local collo...

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