Backend Engineer salary 2026
Remote Backend Engineer roles advertise a median of $245K a year, based on 37 open postings that publish pay.
$245KMedian
$226K–$313KMiddle 50%
$13K–$396KFull range
37Postings
By candidate region
Median of published ranges, grouped by where the posting accepts applicants from.
Worldwide
$251K
32 roles
North America
$185K
5 roles
Highest-paying open roles
Live postings, ranked by the midpoint of their published range.
1
Backend Software Engineer, GTM Innovation · OpenAI
$347K - $445K
2
Member of Technical Staff, Backend · Mercor
$250K - $500K
3
Backend Software Engineer - Codex for Finance · OpenAI
$347K - $385K
4
Software Engineer, Backend — Dots · OpenAI
$347K - $385K
5
Backend Software Engineer, Applied Foundations · OpenAI
$266K - $445K
6
Backend Software Engineer, Cooperative AI (Evals) · OpenAI
$266K - $445K
7
Software Engineer, Backend · Mercor
$200K - $500K
8
Senior Engineering Manager, Backend Platform · Harvey
$272K - $355K
9
Senior Engineering Manager, Backend Platform · Harvey
$272K - $355K
10
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Backend Platform) · Perplexity
$220K - $405K
How this is calculated: we take every currently open Backend Engineer posting on the board whose title matches the role and that publishes a salary range in US dollars, use the midpoint of each range, and report the median and percentiles. Postings without pay, or with pay in another currency, are excluded — nothing is estimated. Refreshed with every daily job update.
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