This role pays less than
70%
of similar roles. Most pay
$193,000–$251,937
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$198k
versus about
$222k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
Qualcomm currently has
623 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$148,300–$222,500
across 603 roles with salary data.
Staff Software Engineer — CI, Build & Release joins the AISW engineering team to own the CI, build, and release infrastructure for the Delegates portfolio, including ONNX Runtime, ExecuTorch, and TFLite/LiteRT. The role involves designing multi-platform CI pipelines for Linux, Windows, and Android, while managing hermetic build recipes, toolchains, and hardware-in-the-loop validation for Snapdragon SoCs. Key responsibilities include managing release pipelines, artifact packaging, and automated quality gates like performance thresholds and op-coverage checks. The candidate will utilize Python, Bash, C++, CMake, Bazel, and tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions. Additionally, the role involves integrating AI-assisted tooling like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot into workflows to improve velocity. This position solves complex delivery challenges for machine learning frameworks by ensuring high-quality software distribution across diverse hardware targets and upstream framework cadences.
What does a Software Engineer earn in California?
Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.