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Backend Engineer · District of Columbia

$185,025

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +15.6%

$160,000 $185,025

$153.3k 25th

$185k Median

$215k 75th

$142.4k

$241.8k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $138k – $385k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 85.3%
Live roles: 34

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Highest-paying jobs

Backend Software Engineer, Gov

OpenAI · Washington, DC

$207,000 – $385,000

Software Engineer, Backend, Level 5 – Ads Delivery

Snap Inc. · Bellevue, Washington

$209,000 – $313,000

Software Engineer, Backend, Level 5

Snap Inc. · Los Angeles, California

$209,000 – $313,000

Software Engineer - Backend (Cleared)

Swoop Technologies · Minneapolis-St. Paul

$125,000 – $260,000

Lead Software Engineer, API/SDK

Anduril Industries · Seattle, Washington, United States

$191,000 – $254,000

Senior Software Engineer, API/SDK

Anduril Industries · Seattle, Washington, United States

$191,000 – $254,000

Software Engineer - Backend

Swoop Technologies · Minneapolis-St. Paul

$125,000 – $250,000

Backend Engineer

Lightning AI · London, England, United Kingdom +3

$180,000 – $250,000

Senior Backend Engineer, Managed Services

Lightning AI · New York, New York, United States +2

$180,000 – $250,000

Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Databricks · Seattle, Washington

$182,400 – $247,000

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
Anduril Industries	$222,500	3
Databricks	$214,700	3
Esri	$129,740	3
Snap Inc.	$261,000	2
Lightning AI	$215,000	2
Swoop Technologies	$190,000	2
CenterWell	$168,325	2
OpenAI	$296,000	1