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Worldwide

Backend Engineer · Boston

$178,750

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -10.8%

$200,500 $178,750

$150k 25th

$178.8k Median

$205.6k 75th

$149.9k

$251.8k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $145k – $400k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 66.7%
Live roles: 30

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Highest-paying jobs

Staff Backend Software Engineer

Hopper · US - Remote

$300,000 – $400,000

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Toast · Remote, US

$193,000 – $309,000

Staff Engineer, Backend Systems

Lightfield · HQ: San Francisco

$150,000 – $300,000

Staff Backend Software Engineer

Semgrep · San Francisco Office

$230,000 – $288,000

Senior Backend Software Engineer

Semgrep · San Francisco Office

$163,000 – $246,500

Senior Backend Software Engineer, AI Observability & Evals Platform (LangSmith)

LangChain · San Francisco, CA

$175,000 – $240,000

Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Counsel Health · New York Office (Flatiron)

$185,000 – $225,000

Backend Engineer - DevEx Team

Next Insurance · Boston, MA

$163,000 – $220,000

Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Core & Ecosystem)

Whoop · Boston, MA

$150,000 – $215,000

Software Engineer II (Backend, Enterprise)

Whoop · Boston, MA

$125,000 – $215,000

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
Whoop	$150,000	9
Semgrep	$231,875	2
Pragmatike	$175,000	2
NI Next Insurance	$170,250	2
Hopper	$350,000	1
Toast	$251,000	1
Lightfield	$225,000	1
LangChain	$207,500	1