The median starting salary is $180,000 a year, measured on the 207 postings that publish an annual salary range in US dollars. Measured September 2026. Compare with AI salaries by field.
Java jobs in San Francisco: 269 open roles (Sep 2026)
Live postings that name Java in the job title or description, located in San Francisco, United States. Each one is rated AI Level 1–4 for how much AI is in the daily work.
- open roles
- 269
- AI Level 3+ (AI in the daily work)
- 107
- remote
- 68
- median starting salary
- $180,000
$173k-$260kCalifornia - San Francisco1w
javapublic-cloud
Palo Alto, CA, US; San Francisco, CA, US2w
$54-$60/hrBellevue, Washington; Mountain View, California; San Francisco, California1mo
pythonjavac
$193k-$262kUS, CA, San Francisco6mo
$166k-$225kMountain View, California; San Francisco, California55mo
$206k-$252kSan Francisco, California, United States3mo
$149k-$224kCalifornia - San Francisco1w
javanosqlgit
$270k-$315kSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA3w
databricksdbtsql+1
San Francisco, California2mo
pythonjavakubernetes
US-NYC; US-SF; US-Chicago; US-Atlanta; US-Seattle; US-RemoteRemote18h ago
$149k-$201kUS, CA, San Francisco2mo
$320k-$360kSan Francisco, CA4mo
hugging-facepytorchtensorflow+1
$224k-$308kBellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Washington, DCRemote2d
auth0
$179k-$294kSan Francisco, CaliforniaRemote1w
AI level of Java jobs in San Francisco
- AI Level 462 (23%)
- AI Level 345 (17%)
- AI Level 217 (6%)
- AI Level 1145 (54%)
Companies hiring for Java in San Francisco
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Roles that ask for it
Common questions
How much do Java jobs in San Francisco pay?
How much AI work do Java jobs in San Francisco involve?
Of the 269 live postings: AI Level 4: 62 (23%); AI Level 3: 45 (17%); AI Level 2: 17 (6%); AI Level 1: 145 (54%). See what each level means. Counted September 2026.
Which companies are hiring for Java jobs in San Francisco?
By number of live postings: Salesforce (34), Amazon (31), Databricks (18), Capital One (14), Okta (12). Counted September 2026.
Which other cities have Java jobs?
Cities with their own list, by number of live postings: Seattle (682), New York (376), Bellevue (154), Austin (146), Santa Clara (96). Counted September 2026.
Which skills come up most in Java jobs in San Francisco?
Named in the title or description, with the number of postings that mention each: Python (193), AWS (127), C++ (88), Machine learning (78), Kubernetes (77). Counted September 2026.
Which roles are open in Java jobs in San Francisco?
By number of live postings: AI engineer (11), Applied scientist (10), Solutions architect (9), Machine learning engineer (8), Data engineer (4). Counted September 2026.
A posting counts when it names Java in its title or description. Counted September 2026 on live postings; the list refreshes every few hours. Levels follow our method.