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Infrastructure, IT, & Security in SF Bay Area Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for infrastructure, it, & security roles in SF Bay Area.

734 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$233k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$193k–$280k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

734

87% of 843 live openings

Companies disclosing

124

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Software Engineer, ML Networking

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Mid-Level

$280k–$850k
2
Engineering Manager, Hardware Platform Security

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$485k–$625k
3
Engineering Manager, Inference Infrastructure

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$405k–$625k
4
Member of Technical Staff, Defensive Security Engineer

Magic · San Francisco, CA · Staff / Principal

$225k–$550k
5
Member of Technical Staff, Supercomputing Platform & Infrastructure

Magic · San Francisco, CA · Staff / Principal

$200k–$550k
6
Staff Backline Engineer - Data & AI

Databricks · Dallas, TX · Staff / Principal

$354k–$532k
7
Data Center Standards Architect

Lambda · San Francisco, CA · Staff / Principal

$443k–$517k
8
Member of Technical Staff, Mercor Enterprise Platform

Mercor · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$130k–$500k
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Methodology

BuildList pulls salary ranges from company applicant tracking systems hourly. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

Non-USD pay is converted to USD, and hourly, weekly, and monthly pay is annualized. Figures are medians and quartiles of each posting's range midpoint, weighted by currently open roles.

Base salary only. Equity and bonus are excluded. Groups with fewer than 30 salaried openings are withheld.

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