Backend Engineer Salary & Career Guide
What 285 live Backend Engineer postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.
- Open roles
- 285
- Employers
- 172
- Remote
- 25%
- Typical pay
- $158k–265k
- Verified live (7d)
- 278
Pay by experience
Median advertised base, from postings that disclosed a range in USD · pick a band to read the rest of this page for it
| Experience | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | $170k | 70 |
| 6–9 years | $192k | 54 |
| 10+ years | $174k | 11 |
Skills in demand
Across 266 backend engineer postings that named at least one skill
- 58%
- 50%
- 35%
- 23%
- 23%
- 20%
- 20%
- 19%
- 19%
- 18%
Experience asked for
Minimum years named in the posting · 203 postings stated one
- 7.4%
- 52%
- 34%
- 6.4%
Work arrangement
Where the work is done · 223 postings stated one
- 31%
- 36%
- 33%
Employers hiring for this
Currently open
- Senior Backend Engineer (Go)Posted 8 days agovia ashby
- Senior Backend EngineerPosted 8 days agovia greenhouse
- Staff Backend Engineer - Licensing & Revenue PlatformPosted 8 days agovia greenhouse
- Senior Back End Engineer, Data and CloudPosted 9 days agovia greenhouse
- Backend Engineer Posted 12 days agovia greenhouse