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Backend Engineer · London

$132,657

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -8.8%

$145,499 $132,657

$75.8k 25th

$132.7k Median

$159.6k 75th

$51.4k

$248.3k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $11.9k – $500k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 30%
Live roles: 140

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Highest-paying jobs

Staff Backend Engineer

MLabs · London, England, United Kingdom

$75,000 – $500,000

Principal Backend Engineer

Heron Data · London, UK

£190,000 – £270,000

Backend Engineer - API

xAI · London, UK

£107,000 – £262,000

Backend Engineer

xAI · London, UK

£107,000 – £262,000

Senior Staff Software Engineer | API

DeepL · London

$260,000 – $350,000

Senior Backend Engineer - Platform Scalability - UK

Teleport · United Kingdom (Remote)

£144,000 – £204,600

Principal Backend Engineer

Synthesia · London

200,000 – 200,000 CHF

Backend Engineer

Lightning AI · London, England, United Kingdom; New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States

$180,000 – $250,000

Senior Backend Engineer (Data Infrastructure)

Langfuse · Europe

€90,000 – €160,000

Senior Backend Engineer (IAM and Billing)

Langfuse · Europe

€90,000 – €160,000

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