Backend Engineering Salaries
The average Backend Engineering salary is $205.8k – $318.1k per year across 96 jobs. Pay ranges from $172.6k – $289.5k for Mid Level roles to $209.3k – $320.5k at the Senior level.
Average salary range
$205.8k – $318.1k
Based on 96 jobs · 16% more than the average salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$165k
Average
$262.0k
75th percentile
$401.3k
Backend Engineering salary by seniority
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs | vs Avg. on Inference Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid Level | $172.6k – $289.5k | 21 | +18% |
| Senior | $209.3k – $320.5k | 70 | +11% |
Top companies for Backend Engineering salaries
8 companies hiring for Backend Engineering roles, ranked by average salary.
OpenAI
Avg. $251k – $374.3k · 15 jobs
CoreWeave
Avg. $155.5k – $229.6k · 10 jobs
NVIDIA
Avg. $190k – $335.4k · 6 jobs
xAI
Avg. $180k – $440k · 6 jobs
LangChain
Avg. $174.2k – $221.7k · 6 jobs
Anthropic
Avg. $316.7k – $435k · 6 jobs
Perplexity
Avg. $226k – $385k · 5 jobs
Applied Intuition
Avg. $140.6k – $238.2k · 5 jobs
Backend Engineering salaries by location
Average Backend Engineering salaries across 6 locations.
Related skills
Top paying skills across 6 skills.
Related titles
Software Engineering
Avg. $196.3k – $313.3k · 510 jobs
DevOps
Avg. $182.7k – $283.5k · 201 jobs
Hardware Engineering
Avg. $152.5k – $308.9k · 201 jobs
Infrastructure Engineering
Avg. $202.2k – $316.4k · 187 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $209.1k – $344.9k · 162 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $190.5k – $311.4k · 161 jobs
Backend Engineering salary FAQs
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.