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Backend Engineer salaries in New York.

What Backend Engineer roles in New York pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.

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Median salary

$205,000

per year · annualized USD

Typical range

$180k – $241.3k

25th–75th percentile

Disclosing pay

76.8%

159 of 207 roles

Live roles

207

open right now

Salary trend

median · annualized USD
Median over time ▼ -3.5%
$212,500 $205,000

Salary distribution

annualized USD · disclosed roles
$180k 25th
$205k Median
$241.3k 75th
$161.3k
$303.2k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $10k – $1,500k · outliers off-axis

Highest-paying jobs

Baton Corporation Ltd

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

Baton Corporation Ltd · New York

$500,000 – $1,500,000 Fora

Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI

Fora · New York City

$1,000,000 – $1,000,000 Rain

Backend Engineer, AI

Rain · New York, NY

$50,000 – $999,000 Rain

Backend Engineer

Rain · New York, NY

$50,000 – $999,000 MLabs

Staff Backend Engineer

MLabs · London, England, United Kingdom

$75,000 – $500,000 Baton Corporation Ltd

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

Baton Corporation Ltd · New York

$300,000 – $500,000 Anthropic

Senior Staff Software Engineer, API

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

$405,000 – $485,000 Anthropic

Staff+ Software Engineer, Backend

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

$405,000 – $485,000

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Palantir $167,500 6
Brex $216,000 5
Pinwheel $175,000 4
Harvey $264,000 3
Ro $251,850 3
Ramp $249,000 3
Posh $212,500 3
N1 $190,000 3

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How much do Backend Engineer roles in New York pay?

The median salary for Backend Engineer roles in New York is $205,000 per year. Most pay falls between $180,000 (25th percentile) and $241,275 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $161,300 to $303,150.

These figures are computed live from 207 active Backend Engineer roles in New York on JobsRadar, of which 159 (76.8%) 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 New York include Baton Corporation Ltd, Fora, Rain and MLabs.

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.

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