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Worldwide

Backend Engineer · California

$192,200

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -6.2%

$205,000 $192,200

$175k 25th

$192.2k Median

$214.6k 75th

$144.2k

$227.5k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $96k – $450k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 80.6%
Live roles: 62

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Highest-paying jobs

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Roku · San Jose, California

$380,000 – $450,000

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Exa · San Francisco, California

$180,000 – $350,000

Staff, Backend Engineer - Catalog

DataHub · Palo Alto, California, United States

$225,000 – $300,000

Backend Engineer

Samaya AI · Mountain View, California, United States

$180,000 – $275,000

Staff Backend Engineer, Identity Threat Protection

Okta · San Francisco, California

$194,000 – $267,000

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Vast · Long Beach, California, United States

$159,000 – $267,000

Staff Software Engineer, Foundation Model API

Databricks · San Francisco, California

$190,000 – $265,000

Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Databricks · Mountain View, California

$192,000 – $260,000

Staff Backend Software Engineer- (AI Platform)

Databricks · San Francisco, California

$192,000 – $260,000

Staff Backend Software Engineer- (AI Platform)

Databricks · San Francisco, California

$192,000 – $260,000

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
Databricks	$210,750	10
Archer	$191,400	5
Scout Motors	$191,250	4
TP-Link Systems Inc.	$175,000	3
Brex	$193,500	2
GFiber	$185,650	2
CHAOS Industries	$175,000	2
Pragmatike	$175,000	2