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industrial power solutions for essential infrastructure nationwide. Headquartered in Sacramento, CA, our teams collaborate closely across engineering, manufacturing, and operations to build reliable, high‑quality systems…
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Software Engineer jobs in Sacramento, CA
Software engineers design, build, and maintain the applications and systems behind modern products. The work spans writing code, reviewing designs, and keeping software reliable as it grows.
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will also be responsible for implementing advanced analytics driven features, customizing search features based on the SOLR search engine, and developing and supporting AI based search and digital assistant features. Ski…
$110k - $130k
solving and communication skills.Curiosity and a willingness to learn and experiment with new technologies.Experience in architecture, engineering, construction, or a professional services based organization is a plus.Wo…
$105k - $135k
with server-side web technologies (.NET, Node.js, or similar) Understanding of TDD and automated testing practices in a regulated software environment Education:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems,…
$115k - $150k
About Us:BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed... ...and/or manufacturing environments.Virtualization hardware and software exper…
Organization. We rebuild how large enterprises define, design and govern software, and we design and implement the agentic software and processes that run it. That work changes the operating model an engineering organiza…
$68.1k - $95.4k
Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate…
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lead, and do the most consequential work of their careers.Your OpportunityStantec is seeking an accomplished US Transmission Line Engineering Manager to lead and advance our transmission line engineering and design pract…
communication (both written and verbal) skillsHands-on CAD experience *LI-MO1QualificationsRequired QualificationsBachelor's degree in Engineering 7 years related experienceA minimum 2 years project management experience…
Title: Senior Cloud Security Engineer Location: Sacramento, CA Duration: Long Term Contract Job Requirement: ForgeRock/Ping Identity(Access Management) AWS cloud security. Google Chronicle. security role metrics tied to…
Software Engineer We are currently seeking talented individuals to join our engineering team in Rancho Cordova, CA to perform front-end and middleware development of our products. Minimum 5 years of professional Windows…
Location While our core team and headquarters are in Sacramento, California, we welcome remote workers from all over the country. We've built a strong culture to foster valuable team relationships with both remote and Ca…
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What software engineers earn in Sacramento
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $39–$54 | $81k–$113k |
| Mid level | $54–$78 | $113k–$162k |
| Senior | $75–$104 | $157k–$216k |
Adjusted for the Sacramento market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
Data structures and algorithmsSystem designGit and code reviewTesting and debuggingSQL and databasesAPIs and integrationCloud fundamentals (AWS/GCP/Azure)Clear written communicationCross-team collaboration
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
Walk me through a project you built and the technical decisions behind it.
Pick one project and go deep. Explain the tradeoffs you weighed, not just the stack you used, and name one thing you would do differently now.
How would you design a URL shortener (or similar small system)?
Start with requirements and rough scale before drawing boxes. Interviewers care more about how you reason through storage, uniqueness, and reads versus writes than a perfect answer.
Tell me about the hardest bug you have debugged.
Describe your process: how you reproduced it, narrowed the cause, and confirmed the fix. A methodical story beats a dramatic one.
How do you decide when code is good enough to ship?
Talk about tests, review, and risk relative to the change. Showing judgment about tradeoffs matters more than claiming perfection.
Describe a time you disagreed with a teammate about a technical approach.
Show that you argued from evidence, listened, and committed to the outcome. Avoid stories where the point is simply that you were right.
How do you approach learning an unfamiliar codebase?
Mention concrete tactics: reading tests, tracing a request end to end, making a small safe change first. This signals you can become productive quickly.
What would you do if a production incident happened right before a deadline?
Prioritize stabilizing production and communicating early. Interviewers want calm triage, not heroics.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For software engineers specifically — generic advice costs you here
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Name the languages and frameworks per role or project, not just in a skills block, so screeners can match you to the stack.
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Quantify outcomes in engineering terms: latency reduced, error rate cut, deploy time shortened, users served.
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Link to a GitHub profile or portfolio only if the pinned work is recent and readable.
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Describe your role on team projects precisely — 'built the payments service' reads very differently from 'worked on payments'.
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Keep the tech list honest; anything on the resume is fair game in the interview.
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For senior roles, show scope: systems owned, engineers mentored, decisions driven.
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Where this role goes
Typical progression
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