What is the average Backend Engineering salary?

Based on 19 Jobs on Get AI Careers with salary data, Backend Engineering roles pay $171.4–241.3K per year on average.

How does Backend Engineering pay vary by seniority?

Mid-level Backend Engineering roles average $153–219.4K. Senior roles reach $182.2–256.6K. There are 2 seniority levels with salary data.

What is the highest paying Backend Engineering seniority level?

Senior Backend Engineering roles pay the most at $182.2–256.6K per year.

How much do Mid-level Backend Engineering roles pay?

Mid-level Backend Engineering positions average $153–219.4K per year based on 5 Jobs.

How are Backend Engineering salary figures calculated?

These figures come from job postings with published compensation, converted to annual USD. Outliers are filtered using interquartile range (IQR). The numbers reflect base salary ranges only and don't include bonuses, equity, or benefits.

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22 jobs

Backend Engineer, Part-Time AI Backend Task Evaluation - Remote (United States)

OpenTrain AI·United States (Remote)

OpenTrain AI

United States (Remote)

$30.00 – $100.00 Hourly2 wk. ago

Software Engineer - Backend/Distributed Systems

Emerald AI·Oakland, California, United States (Hybrid)

Emerald AI

Oakland, California, United States (Hybrid)

12 mo. ago

Backend Engineer, Part-Time AI Coding Task Creation - Remote (United States)

OpenTrain AI·Worldwide (Remote)

OpenTrain AI

Worldwide (Remote)

$30.00 – $100.00 Hourly2 wk. ago

Backend / Platform Engineer, AI Analytic Engines

ThirdLaw·United States (Remote)

ThirdLaw

United States (Remote)

1 yr. ago

Backend Engineering

Platform Engineering

Python

Software Engineer, Part-Time AI Review - Remote (United States)

OpenTrain AI·United States (Remote)

OpenTrain AI

United States (Remote)

Up to $150.00 Hourly4 days ago

Senior Data and Platform Engineer

Avantos AI·New York, US or Remote (United States)

Avantos AI

New York, US or Remote (United States)

6 mo. ago

Data Platform Engineer

Data Engineer

Golang

SQL

Senior Software Engineer - Product Platform Team

Orum·San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)

Orum

San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)

$165–185K Yearly6 mo. ago

Senior Software Engineer

Full Stack Developer

Node.js

TypeScript

Staff Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure

Plaid·San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)

Plaid

San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)

$207.6–273.6K Yearly4 mo. ago

Staff Software Engineer

Data Infrastructure Engineer

Data Warehouse

Data Lakehouse

Software Engineer - Hosted Model Infrastructure

Palantir Technologies·New York, United States (Hybrid)

Palantir Technologies

New York, United States (Hybrid)

$145–200K Yearly5 mo. ago

Software Engineering

ML Infrastructure Engineering

Java

Rust

Software Engineer - Hosted Model Infrastructure

Palantir Technologies·Palo Alto, California, United States (Hybrid)

Palantir Technologies

Palo Alto, California, United States (Hybrid)

$145–200K Yearly2 mo. ago

Software Engineering

ML Infrastructure Engineering

Java

Rust

Open Source Software Engineer, Part-Time AI Coding Tasks - Remote (United States)

OpenTrain AI·United States (Remote)

OpenTrain AI

United States (Remote)

$50.00 – $100.00 Hourly2 wk. ago

Software Engineer, Full Stack - Cybersecurity Products

OpenAI·San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)

OpenAI

San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)

$266–445K Yearly5 mo. ago

Applied AI

Codex - Engineering

Vulnerability Discovery

Security Scanning

Senior Software Engineer (Cloud)

Shaped·United States (Remote)

Shaped

United States (Remote)

$100–150K Yearly3 yr. ago

Cloud Engineering

Senior Software Engineering

AWS

Cloud Infrastructure

Full Stack Engineer (Analytics)

Shaped·Worldwide (Remote)

Shaped

Worldwide (Remote)

$100–150K Yearly2 mo. ago

Full Stack Development

Analytics Engineering

Full Stack Development

Analytics

Software Engineer, Growth Platform

Ramp·New York, New York, United States (Hybrid)

Ramp

New York, New York, United States (Hybrid)

$168–275.1K Yearly1 yr. ago

Software Engineering

Growth Engineering

LLMs

Workflow Orchestration

Software Engineer, Distributed Data Systems (US)

Onehouse.ai·Sunnyvale, California, United States (Hybrid)

Onehouse.ai

Sunnyvale, California, United States (Hybrid)

$215–250K Yearly1 yr. ago

Software Engineering

Distributed Systems Engineering

Java

C/C++

Founding Platform Engineer

kos.ai·San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)

kos.ai

San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)

$170–250K Yearly4 mo. ago

Platform Engineering

Backend Engineering

Enterprise Infrastructure

RBAC

Software Engineer, Cloud Agents

OpenAI·San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)

OpenAI

San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)

$347–445K Yearly5 mo. ago

Core Product & Platform

Core Product & Platform | API

Orchestration

Sandboxing

Senior Full-Stack Engineer - LLM-Powered Code Review PoC

Fuku·San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)

Fuku

San Francisco, California, United States (Hybrid)

6 mo. ago

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Shaped·United States (Remote)

Shaped

United States (Remote)

$130–200K Yearly3 yr. ago

Machine Learning Engineering

AI Engineering

Python

SQL

Backend Engineering salary FAQs

These figures come from 19 Backend Engineering Jobs on Get AI Careers that include salary data. The middle 50% of advertised salaries fall between $145K and $274.4K, with the overall range spanning $171.4–241.3K. Pay spans about $103.6K across 2 seniority levels, from mid-level to senior. All figures are converted to annual USD with outliers removed. These are base salary ranges only and don't include bonuses, equity, or benefits.