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Worldwide

Backend Engineer · Seattle

$201,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -6.5%

$215,000 $201,000

$186.6k 25th

$201k Median

$224.3k 75th

$164.6k

$307.5k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $145k – $485k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 59.4%
Live roles: 64

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Highest-paying jobs

Staff+ Software Engineer, Backend

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

$405,000 – $485,000

Staff Backend Software Engineer

Hopper · US - Remote

$300,000 – $400,000

Software Engineer, API SDK

OpenAI · Seattle

$293,000 – $385,000

Software Engineer, Backend (Cooperative AI)

OpenAI · San Francisco

$230,000 – $385,000

Backend Software Engineer (Evals)

OpenAI · San Francisco

$230,000 – $385,000

Staff Backend Engineer

Aurelian · Seattle

$200,000 – $300,000

Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Product)

Otter.ai · Seattle, Washington, United States

$210,000 – $275,000

Backend Software Engineer, LiveOps

BRINC · Seattle, WA

$142,000 – $265,000

Principal Software Engineer, Backend

Headspace · Remote - New York City, NY; Remote - Seattle, WA; Remote - United States; San Francisco - Hybrid

$207,000 – $258,750

Software Engineer II, Backend

Pinterest · San Francisco, CA, US; Seattle, WA, US

$123,696 – $254,667

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
Brex	$216,000	5
OpenAI	$307,500	3
Anduril Industries	$222,000	3
Databricks	$214,700	3
Otter.ai	$225,000	2
Aurelian	$220,000	2
OT Otter	$198,500	2
Socure	$192,500	2