Backend Engineer salaries in San Francisco.
What Backend Engineer roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$220,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$193k – $250k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
71.7%
170 of 237 roles
Live roles
237
open right now
Salary trend
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Software Engineer, Backend
Senior Staff Software Engineer, API
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, API Platform)
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Backend Platform)
Staff Backend Engineer
Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Databricks
|
$210,750 | 10 |
OpenAI
|
$308,250 | 8 |
Brex
|
$216,000 | 5 |
Conversion
|
$250,000 | 4 |
Pinterest
|
$189,182 | 4 |
Harvey
|
$264,000 | 3 |
Faire
|
$226,250 | 3 |
DOSS
|
$220,000 | 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 $220,000 per year. Most pay falls between $193,000 (25th percentile) and $250,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $166,036 to $307,500.
These figures are computed live from 237 active Backend Engineer roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 170 (71.7%) 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, Patreon and Perplexity.
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.