Backend Engineer salaries in San Francisco.
What Backend Engineer roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$215,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$191.7k – $258k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
68.7%
160 of 233 roles
Live roles
233
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Software Engineer, Backend
Staff+ Software Engineer, Backend
Senior Staff Software Engineer, API
Software Engineer, Backend (Cooperative AI)
Software Engineer, API Agents
Backend Software Engineer (Evals)
Software Engineer, API Multicloud
Software Engineer, API SDK
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
OpenAI
|
$355,500 | 13 |
Databricks
|
$195,500 | 6 |
Brex
|
$216,000 | 5 |
| SA Salesforce | $227,700 | 4 |
Harvey
|
$264,000 | 3 |
DOSS
|
$220,000 | 3 |
Sift Stack, Inc.
|
$205,000 | 3 |
Scribe
|
$200,000 | 3 |
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How much do Backend Engineer roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Backend Engineer roles in San Francisco is $215,000 per year. Most pay falls between $191,675 (25th percentile) and $258,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $166,800 to $328,950.
These figures are computed live from 233 active Backend Engineer roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 160 (68.7%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Backend Engineer roles in San Francisco include Mercor, Anthropic and OpenAI.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average Backend Engineer salary in San Francisco?
- The median is $215,000 per year, with most pay between $191,675 and $258,000 (25th–75th percentile), based on 160 live listings that disclose pay on JobsRadar.
- What is the Backend Engineer salary range in San Francisco?
- Pay ranges from about $166,800 to $328,950 per year (10th–90th percentile) around a median of $215,000. Figures are annualized USD from live listings, refreshed every few hours.