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Backend Engineer Salary

How much does a backend engineer make? Real compensation data updated December 2025.

$166,920
Average Min
$227,117
Average Max
$220,000
Median Salary
$400,000
Top Salary
Entry level: $200,000
Senior level: $251,544
Top earners: $288,110

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Related Backend Engineer Job Titles

Similar roles and their compensation ranges.

1

Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Backend

2 open positions

$192,000 - $323,000
salary range
2

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

8 open positions

$217,763 - $276,100
salary range
3

Engineering Manager, Backend

2 open positions

$192,500 - $247,500
salary range
4

Staff Backend Software Engineer

3 open positions

$191,667 - $246,667
salary range
5

Staff Backend Engineer

9 open positions

$181,694 - $254,778
salary range
6

Senior Software Engineer - Backend, Cloud

2 open positions

$187,000 - $238,000
salary range
7

Staff Software Engineer - Backend

6 open positions

$177,800 - $244,500
salary range
8

Senior Backend Software Engineer

8 open positions

$176,988 - $231,750
salary range
9

Senior Backend Software Engineer II, Orchestration

2 open positions

$181,000 - $218,950
salary range
10

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Merchant Interfaces)

2 open positions

$170,000 - $220,000
salary range

Backend Engineer Salary by Experience Level

How backend engineer salaries vary based on seniority and experience.

Senior

$232,583
average max salary
Range: $177,073 - $232,583
Based on 164 jobs

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Top Paying Companies for Backend Engineers

Companies offering the highest backend engineer salaries based on their job listings.

1

Roku

2 backend engineer jobs

$192,000 - $323,000
salary range
2

Airtable

2 backend engineer jobs

$191,500 - $308,750
salary range
3

Collate

2 backend engineer jobs

$150,000 - $350,000
salary range
4

Harvey

5 backend engineer jobs

$219,200 - $276,000
salary range
5

Cortex

2 backend engineer jobs

$230,000 - $255,000
salary range
6

Aurora Innovation

3 backend engineer jobs

$178,667 - $286,667
salary range
7

Hebbia

3 backend engineer jobs

$160,000 - $300,000
salary range
8

City Storage Systems

2 backend engineer jobs

$195,500 - $257,500
salary range
9

ClickUp

4 backend engineer jobs

$202,500 - $245,000
salary range
10

Affirm

12 backend engineer jobs

$190,667 - $240,667
salary range

Backend Engineer Salary by Region

Compare backend engineer compensation across different geographic regions.

Worldwide

143 jobs

$166,375 - $229,475
salary range

North America

99 jobs

$167,707 - $223,712
salary range

Recent Backend Engineer Jobs with Salary

Latest backend engineer job postings with published compensation.

Backend Engineer

Madecard • Remote

$120,000 - $160,000

Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

Rallyuxr • Remote

$190,000 - $225,000

Senior Backend Software Engineer, Observability & Evals Platform (LangSmith)

Langchain • Remote

$170,000 - $195,000

Staff Backend Engineer

Opensea • Remote

$190,000 - $345,000

Backend Engineer

Meter • Remote

$163,000 - $220,000

Backend Engineer, Models

Meter • Remote

$160,000 - $230,000
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Real Job Data

Salaries from actual backend engineer job postings.

Updated Regularly

Data refreshed as new jobs are posted.

USD Based

All figures in US Dollars, annual.