Remote backend software engineer salary
Employer-stated pay · updated Nov 10, 2026
Backend Software Engineer pay on remote roles is measured from 11 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 6 postings put the middle half between $177,214 and $200,750, with a median of $187,804.
Every range here rests on fewer than 10 postings, so read them as a strong hint rather than a benchmark; the sample column shows exactly what backs each number.
12 backend software engineer roles are open remote right now, 10 listing pay.
| Country | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Mid | $125,000 – $185,000 | $163,038 | 5hint |
| United States | Senior | $177,214 – $200,750 | $187,804 | 6hint |
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 level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open backend software engineer roles · remote · 10 with stated pay
Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $140,000–$220,000scale $80,000–$310,000
Backend Software Engineer - Staff/Principal Seeq · Remote · US $187,500–$220,000 4d ago Sr Backend Software Engineer I Tandem Diabetes Care · Remote · US $140,000–$160,000 10d ago 
Senior Backend Software Engineer Flexcompute Inc. · Remote · Poland $85,000–$100,000 2w ago 
Senior Backend Software Engineer - Loki | NASA | Remote Grafana Labs · Remote · Canada CA$170,247–CA$204,297 3w ago 
Backend Software Engineer (Python / Go) CreatorIQ · Remote · Poland PLN 231,000–PLN 289,000 3w ago 
Backend Software Engineer II- Data Platform Vida Health · Remote · US $120,000–$130,000 5w ago 
Senior Backend Software Engineer Archy · Remote · US $160,000–$190,000 3mo ago 
Backend Senior Software Engineer, Identity Vanta · Remote · US $195,000–$263,000 6mo ago 
Backend Software Engineer - Engine Team (Voice Agent) Deepgram · Remote · US $150,000–$220,000 8mo ago 
Backend Software Engineer Northflank · Remote · Europe £75,000–£104,000 2y ago Senior Backend Software Engineer – Agentic AI Workflows (Go/AWS) Ontrac Solutions · Remote · US Pay not stated 2mo ago 
Senior Backend Software Engineer, Robot Fleet Orchestration Mytra · Remote · US $165,000–$225,000e 2mo ago