Backend Engineer salary
20 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for backend engineer roles at senior level across the United States: 112 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $179,375 and $237,625, with a median of $202,750.
Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $183,750 and senior $202,750. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 10% more.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 10 of the 20 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.
Every measured range
20 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $161,250 – $208,750 | $183,750 | 54 |
| United Kingdom · country-wide | Mid | £75,000 – £98,375 | £77,750 | 7hint |
| Canada · country-wide | Mid | CA$106,250 – CA$190,000 | CA$135,000 | 6hint |
| Germany · country-wide | Mid | €65,000 – €100,000 | €90,000 | 5hint |
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $179,375 – $237,625 | $202,750 | 112 |
| Canada · country-wide | Senior | CA$135,000 – CA$180,940 | CA$150,000 | 21 |
| United Kingdom · country-wide | Senior | £95,000 – £107,138 | £99,625 | 12 |
| Germany · country-wide | Senior | €83,125 – €109,000 | €104,500 | 6hint |
| Spain · country-wide | Senior | €72,500 – €90,013 | €80,000 | 6hint |
| Remote · United States | Mid | $152,500 – $194,875 | $177,967 | 10 |
| Remote · United States | Senior | $177,500 – $229,475 | $200,000 | 39 |
| Remote · United Kingdom | Senior | £102,588 – £160,725 | £111,425 | 6hint |
| Remote · Canada | Senior | CA$150,000 – CA$180,940 | CA$165,470 | 6hint |
| London | Senior | £91,250 – £98,188 | £95,000 | 6hint |
| Mountain View | Senior | $223,000 – $242,500 | $238,000 | 5hint |
| New York | Mid | $167,967 – $225,000 | $200,000 | 11 |
| New York | Senior | $183,152 – $229,625 | $203,000 | 20 |
| San Francisco | Mid | $190,500 – $215,000 | $197,500 | 18 |
| San Francisco | Senior | $225,000 – $254,000 | $245,250 | 21 |
| Toronto | Senior | CA$143,875 – CA$188,750 | CA$160,000 | 7hint |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
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3 pagesOpen backend engineer roles · 30 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $150,000–$253,000scale $90,000–$360,000
Backend Engineer - senior hire Kovo · Remote · US $150,000–$250,000 2w ago 
Staff Backend Engineer (Digital Foot Print) Laurel · Remote · US $251,000–$275,000 3w ago 
Senior Backend Engineer Monte Carlo · Remote · US $180,000–$230,000 3w ago 
Senior Backend Engineer, Growth & MSSP Horizon3 AI · Remote · US $170,000–$235,000 3w ago 
Staff Backend Engineer Afresh · Remote · US $168,000–$253,000 4w ago 
Senior Backend Engineer, Platform Enablement GitLab · Remote · US $156,800–$235,200 5w ago Senior Backend Engineer, Autonomous Defense Horizon3 AI · Remote · US $170,000–$235,000 5w ago 
Senior Backend Engineer RevenueCat · Remote · US $230,000 7w ago Senior Backend Engineer, Precision Defense Horizon3 AI · Remote · US $235,000 8w ago Senior Java Backend Engineer Praia Health · Remote · US $120,000–$160,000 2mo ago 
Staff Backend Engineer - Mimir Query, Databases | USA | Remote Grafana Labs · Remote · US $174,986–$209,983 2mo ago 
Senior Backend Engineer, Compliance Engineering Reddit · Remote · US $190,800–$267,100 2mo ago 
Senior Backend Engineer Popl Co · Remote · US $140,000–$180,000 2mo ago 
Staff Backend Engineer - Ads Platform Airbnb · Remote · US $212,000–$265,000 3mo ago Senior Backend Engineer - Analytics | US | Remote Grafana Labs · Remote · US $154,445–$185,334 3mo ago 
Senior Backend Engineer - Application Access Teleport · Remote · US $189,040–$342,000 3mo ago Senior Backend Engineer - Analytics | Canada | Remote Grafana Labs · Remote · Canada CA$164,490–CA$197,389 3mo ago Staff Backend Engineer - Grafana Alerting | UK | Remote Grafana Labs · Remote · UK £103,958–£124,750 3mo ago 
Senior Backend Engineer Astra · Remote · US $190,000–$230,000 4mo ago Senior Backend Engineer ((Python / Go) RapidFort, Inc. · Remote · US $140,000–$200,000 4mo ago 
Staff Backend Engineer - Core Product (Europe) Kalepa · Remote · Europe $100,000–$185,000 5mo ago 
Backend Engineer, Berlin Air Apps · Remote · Netherlands €52,000–€65,000 6mo ago Backend Engineer, Madrid Air Apps · Remote · Spain €52,000–€65,000 6mo ago Backend Engineer, London Air Apps · Remote · UK €52,000–€65,000 6mo ago Senior Backend Engineer Jonas (JonasSoftwareCanada) · Remote · Canada CA$130,000–CA$170,000 6mo ago Senior Backend Engineer - Client integrations (USA) Kalepa · Remote · US $192,000–$246,000 10mo ago 
Staff Backend Engineer, Hub (East Coast) Docker · Remote · US $170,350–$275,550 10mo ago 
Senior Backend Engineer Monzo · Remote · UK £105,000–£135,000 1y ago Backend Engineer (Europe) Kalepa · Remote · Europe $80,000–$105,000 4y ago 
Senior Backend Engineer (Remote UK) Pitchup.com · Remote · Worldwide £75,000–£90,000