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Backend Engineering Salaries in San Francisco
Explore Backend Engineering salaries across 53 jobs in San Francisco
Average salary range
$230.1k – $337.2k
Based on 53 jobs · 8% more than the average Backend Engineering salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$175k
Average
$283.7k
75th percentile
$405k
Backend Engineering salary by seniority
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Mid Level | $194.4k – $294.7k | 12 |
| Senior | $229.4k – $338.0k | 37 |
Backend Engineering salaries in other locations
Sunnyvale
Avg. $147.2k – $229.4k · 9 jobs
New York City
Avg. $233.6k – $328.1k · 8 jobs
Palo Alto
Avg. $180k – $440k · 6 jobs
Santa Clara
Avg. $190k – $335.4k · 6 jobs
Livingston
Avg. $138k – $207.3k · 3 jobs
Top paying titles in San Francisco
Software Engineering
Avg. $227.4k – $329.8k · 212 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $244.7k – $355.8k · 82 jobs
DevOps
Avg. $218.5k – $310.7k · 75 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $236.1k – $341.8k · 73 jobs
Infrastructure Engineering
Avg. $243.0k – $353.5k · 69 jobs
Platform Engineering
Avg. $230.3k – $323.7k · 67 jobs
Top paying skills in San Francisco
Python
Avg. $224.2k – $313.2k · 347 jobs
Machine Learning
Avg. $237.6k – $338.1k · 181 jobs
Data Analysis
Avg. $212.3k – $276.6k · 146 jobs
Kubernetes
Avg. $213.4k – $292.9k · 134 jobs
Distributed Systems
Avg. $239.1k – $345.0k · 130 jobs
AWS
Avg. $216.2k – $299.8k · 104 jobs
Backend Engineering salary FAQs for San Francisco
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.