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Worldwide

Backend Engineer · New York State

$207,500

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -2.6%

$213,000 $207,500

$180k 25th

$207.5k Median

$242.1k 75th

$161.3k

$306.2k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $10k – $1,500k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 77.3%
Live roles: 211

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Senior Staff Backend Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)

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$500,000 – $1,500,000

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Fora · New York City

$1,000,000 – $1,000,000

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Rain · New York, NY

$50,000 – $999,000

Backend Engineer

Rain · New York, NY

$50,000 – $999,000

Staff Backend Engineer

MLabs · London, England, United Kingdom

$75,000 – $500,000

Staff Backend Engineer ($300k - $500k salary)

Baton Corporation Ltd · New York

$300,000 – $500,000

Staff+ Software Engineer, Backend

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA

$405,000 – $485,000

Senior Staff Software Engineer, API

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

$405,000 – $485,000

Staff / Principal Backend Software Engineer

Twenty · Arlington, VA

$192,000 – $455,000

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform

Patreon · San Francisco

$296,000 – $444,000

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
Palantir	$167,500	6
Brex	$216,000	5
Pinwheel	$175,000	4
Harvey	$264,000	3
Ro	$251,850	3
Ramp	$249,000	3
Posh	$212,500	3
Tennr	$210,000	3