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Backend Engineer · New York State

$213,000

median · per year, annualized USD

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$213,000 $213,000

$195k 25th

$213k Median

$262.5k 75th

$163.5k

$316.2k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $130k – $1,500k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 41.5%
Live roles: 236

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

Baton Corporation Ltd · New York

500,000 – 1,500,000 USD

Backend Engineer

Rain · New York, NY

50,000 – 999,000 USD

Backend Engineer, AI

Rain · New York, NY

50,000 – 999,000 USD

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

Baton Corporation Ltd · New York

300,000 – 500,000 USD

Senior Staff Software Engineer, API

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

405,000 – 485,000 USD

Staff+ Software Engineer, Backend

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

405,000 – 485,000 USD

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform

Patreon · San Francisco

296,000 – 444,000 USD

Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, API Platform)

Perplexity · San Francisco

220,000 – 405,000 USD

Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Backend Platform)

Perplexity · San Francisco

220,000 – 405,000 USD

Infra Engineer - API

General Intuition & Medal · New York City

250,000 – 400,000 USD

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
Giga	$300,000	3
Harvey	$264,000	3
Posh	$212,500	3
Tennr	$210,000	3
Commure	$205,000	3
Baton Corporation Ltd	$700,000	2
Rain	$524,500	2
Anthropic	$445,000	2

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