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Backend Engineer · Washington State

$175,000

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$184,125 $175,000
$158.8k 25th
$175k Median
$212.4k 75th
$149k
$217.2k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $129.2k – $300k · outliers off-axis
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Invisible Technologies

Principal Backend Engineer (Forward Deployed)

Invisible Technologies · Austin, Texas - Hybrid; New York - Hybrid; San Francisco Bay Area - Hybrid

$250,000 – $300,000 Anduril Industries

Lead Software Engineer, API/SDK

Anduril Industries · Seattle, Washington, United States

$191,000 – $253,000 Lightning AI

Backend Engineer

Lightning AI · London, England, United Kingdom; New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States

$180,000 – $250,000 Databricks

Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Databricks · Bellevue, Washington

$182,400 – $247,000 Databricks

Staff Software Engineer - Backend

Databricks · Seattle, Washington

$182,400 – $247,000 Brex

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering)

Brex · Seattle, Washington, United States

$192,000 – $240,000 northwoodspace

Staff Software Engineer - Backend

northwoodspace · Torrance, CA

$161,000 – $224,000 Real

Sr. Backend Engineer - Tech Lead (Java)

Real · USA (Remote)

$200,000 – $220,000 Databricks

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Databricks · Bellevue, Washington

$157,700 – $213,800 Promise

Product Engineer - Backend

Promise · Washington, D.C.

$155,000 – $210,000

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Databricks $214,700 3
Pragmatike $175,000 2
Nitra $160,000 2
Swoop Technologies $157,500 2
Invisible Technologies $275,000 1
Anduril Industries $222,000 1
Brex $216,000 1
Lightning AI $215,000 1

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