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Systems engineer: a person in this job makes sure the parts of a complex product, hardware or software, work together as one. Rocket Lab, SpaceX, Cloudflare, Pure Storage and Crusoe have the most open roles with “Systems engineer” or a close variant in the title right now.

418 open roles · 28 posted in the last 7 days · 14% remote · 122 companies hiring · $185K median advertised salary · checked Nov 14 against employer career pages

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Skills asked for in systems engineer roles

Python212 · 51%Linux96 · 23%Kubernetes78 · 19%AWS64 · 15%SQL63 · 15%C++62 · 15%Go57 · 14%

Bars show the share of these 418 roles; one role can count in several rows.

Newest systems engineer jobs

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Where systems engineer roles are

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What systems engineer roles pay, by level

Level in the titleMedian advertised salaryRoles counted
No level in the title$160K88
Senior$176K110
Lead$238K57

Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.

Questions about systems engineer jobs

What is a systems engineer job?
In a systems engineer job, a person makes sure the parts of a complex product, hardware or software, work together as one. 418 such roles are open on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026.
How many systems engineer jobs are open right now?
There are 418 open systems engineer jobs at 122 companies on Hiring Right Now as of Nov 14, 2026. 28 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
Which companies have the most systems engineer jobs?
Right now the most openings are at SpaceX (44), Rocket Lab (44), Cloudflare (32), Pure Storage (31) and Crusoe (9). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote systems engineer jobs?
58 of the 418 open systems engineer jobs (14%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
What do systems engineer jobs pay?
The median advertised salary is $185K, based on 256 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $152K and $225K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay.
How do I apply for systems engineer jobs?
Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Hiring Right Now needs no account and charges nothing for applying.

Kinds of work close to this one

Roles where employers ask for the same skills. The bar shows how much the skill lists overlap; the text names the shared skills and, where 30 postings state pay, the median advertised pay there.

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