Remote software engineer salary
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026
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Software Engineer pay on remote roles is measured from 650 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 407 postings put the middle half between $160,000 and $211,000, with a median of $185,000.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $157,000 and senior $185,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 18% more.
1 of these ranges rests on fewer than 10 postings, so read it as a strong hint rather than a benchmark; the sample column shows exactly what backs each number.
177 software engineer roles are open remote right now, 177 listing pay.
| Country | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Mid | CA$115,554 – CA$152,250 | CA$139,800 | 19 |
| Canada | Senior | CA$150,000 – CA$193,000 | CA$171,800 | 49 |
| United Kingdom | Senior | £85,750 – £128,000 | £114,354 | 7hint |
| United States | Mid | $129,710 – $198,125 | $157,000 | 168 |
| United States | Senior | $160,000 – $211,000 | $185,000 | 407 |
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 software engineer roles · remote · 177 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $140,000–$254,667scale $80,000–$360,000
Sr. Principal Software Engineer Cerence · Remote · US New $185,000–$280,000 1d ago Sr. Software Engineer - Mac Sensor (Remote) CrowdStrike · Remote · US New $140,000–$215,000 2d ago Software Engineer IV Modivcare · Remote · US New $116,700–$160,400 2d ago 
Senior Software Engineer - Client Lifecycle Virta Health · Remote · US $161,500–$232,500 8d ago Senior Software Engineer II - Agent Observability Honeycomb.io · Remote · US $183,340–$206,000 9d ago Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Motion Planning & Control Zendar · Remote · Germany €82,000–€115,000 9d ago Senior Software Engineer - .NET - HYBRID GEICO · Remote · US $105,000–$215,000 10d ago Software Engineer Virta Health · Remote · US $114,500–$148,000 12d ago 
Senior Software Engineer, GPU Cluster Infrastructure FAR.AI · Remote · US $150,000–$275,000 2w ago Staff Software Engineer Disney · Remote · US $158,100–$211,900 2w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Linux Kernel Arista Networks · Remote · Canada CA$120,000–CA$195,000 2w ago 
Senior Software Engineer AlphaSense · Remote · Canada CA$132,000–CA$181,700 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer HHAeXchange · Remote · US $150,000–$160,000 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer - NBA Humana · Remote · US $106,900–$147,000 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer - Provider Growth & Activation (Remote) Rula · Remote · US $192,000–$240,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer (Big Data) Bitsight · Remote · US $135,000–$150,000 3w ago Principal Software Engineer Empower · Remote · US $125,400–$181,875 3w ago Senior Software Engineer II - Storage Honeycomb.io · Remote · Canada CA$250,000–CA$280,000 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Grader) Owner.com · Remote · US $220,000–$240,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer (Capture) pindropsecurity · Remote · US $130,000–$170,000 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer II, DevEx Samsara · Remote · US $154,700–$260,000 3w ago 
Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, Expansion Vanta · Remote · US $195,000–$229,000 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Provider Engagement Zocdoc · Remote · US $211,000–$285,000 3w ago Software Engineer (All Levels) Allstate · Remote · US $85,000–$145,075 3w ago 
Senior+ Software Engineer, Legal Tech Anthropic · Remote · US $320,000–$485,000 3w ago Principal Software Engineer HHAeXchange · Remote · US $165,000–$180,000 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer – Agent Systems Kraken · Remote · US $127,200–$254,400 3w ago 
Software Engineer, AI & Automation - Canada NerdWallet · Remote · Canada CA$123,000–CA$188,000 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer (Web Scraping, Data acquisition, Data collection) NielsenIQ · Remote · Spain €46,000–€70,000 3w ago 
Sr Software Engineer II - Ads Manager (Front End) instacart · Remote · Canada $196,000–$207,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer (Authentication) pindropsecurity · Remote · US $150,000–$200,000 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Web Application Services Mozilla · Remote · Canada CA$155,000–CA$190,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer – Frontend-Focused Full-Stack (Remote) Hypori · Remote · US $180,000–$195,000 4w ago 
Senior Software Engineer Stillfront · Remote · US $100,000–$200,000 4w ago 
Senior Software Engineer (West Coast USA) Fictiv · Remote · US $160,000–$200,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer - ML Tooling and Evaluation Generalmotors · Remote · US $144,700–$261,300 4w ago Senior Software Engineer II Samsara · Remote · US $154,700–$260,000 4w ago Staff Software Engineer (AI-Native Platform) - Remote First Am · Remote · US $148,600–$198,200 4w ago Senior II Software Engineer Fa Extu Saasfaprod1 · Remote · US $146,400–$263,600 4w ago 
Backend Software Engineer - Staff/Principal Seeq · Remote · US $187,500–$220,000 4w ago 
Software Engineer, Measurement & Reporting CreatorIQ · Remote · Poland PLN 231,000–PLN 289,000 5w ago 
Software Engineer II, Data Analytics & Engineering Pinterest · Remote · US $123,696–$254,667 5w ago 
Software Engineer II, Frontend-leaning Turquoise · Remote · US $153,000–$170,000 5w ago 
Senior Software Engineer iT1 · Remote · US $160,000–$180,000 5w ago 
Front End Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering Reddit · Remote · US $164,200–$229,900 5w ago 
Senior Principal Software Engineer (AI Native) - Remote Revvity · Remote · Canada CA$137,000–CA$205,000 5w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Flipturn · Remote · US $190,000–$230,000 5w ago Staff Software Engineer, Simulation Generalmotors · Remote · US $160,200–$246,300 5w ago 
Senior Software Engineer Audiohook · Remote · US $140,000–$170,000 5w ago Staff Software Engineer - Patient Onboarding (Remote) Rula · Remote · US $192,000–$240,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer Float Health · Remote · US $175,000–$230,000 5w ago 
Principal Software Engineer, Autonomous Defense Horizon3 AI · Remote · US $255,000–$300,000 5w ago 
Senior System Software Engineer, Software-Defined Networking NVIDIA · Remote · US $224,000–$356,500 5w ago 
Sr Software Engineer, Stream Integrations Cribl · Remote · US $160,000–$220,000 6w ago Principal Software Engineer, Collaborative Web Platform pantheon · Remote · Canada CA$175,950–CA$219,938 6w ago 
Software Engineer Eevd · Remote · US $116,000–$125,000 6w ago Staff Software Engineer Pax8Inc · Remote · US $225,000–$325,000 6w ago Staff Full Stack Software Engineer Seeq · Remote · US $170,000 6w ago 
Staff Software Engineer SimSpace Corporation · Remote · US $185,000–$260,000 6w ago 
Software Engineer, Networking (Dataplane) Tailscale · Remote · Canada CA$218,420–CA$302,840 6w ago
Senior Software Engineer - Client Lifecycle Virta Health · Remote · US $161,500–$232,500 8d ago Senior Software Engineer II - Agent Observability Honeycomb.io · Remote · US $183,340–$206,000 9d ago Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Motion Planning & Control Zendar · Remote · Germany €82,000–€115,000 9d ago Senior Software Engineer - .NET - HYBRID GEICO · Remote · US $105,000–$215,000 10d ago Software Engineer Virta Health · Remote · US $114,500–$148,000 12d ago Senior Software Engineer, GPU Cluster Infrastructure FAR.AI · Remote · US $150,000–$275,000 2w ago Staff Software Engineer Disney · Remote · US $158,100–$211,900 2w ago Senior Software Engineer, Linux Kernel Arista Networks · Remote · Canada CA$120,000–CA$195,000 2w ago Senior Software Engineer AlphaSense · Remote · Canada CA$132,000–CA$181,700 3w ago Staff Software Engineer HHAeXchange · Remote · US $150,000–$160,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer - NBA Humana · Remote · US $106,900–$147,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer - Provider Growth & Activation (Remote) Rula · Remote · US $192,000–$240,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer (Big Data) Bitsight · Remote · US $135,000–$150,000 3w ago Principal Software Engineer Empower · Remote · US $125,400–$181,875 3w ago Senior Software Engineer II - Storage Honeycomb.io · Remote · Canada CA$250,000–CA$280,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Grader) Owner.com · Remote · US $220,000–$240,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer (Capture) pindropsecurity · Remote · US $130,000–$170,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer II, DevEx Samsara · Remote · US $154,700–$260,000 3w ago Senior Fullstack Software Engineer, Expansion Vanta · Remote · US $195,000–$229,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, Provider Engagement Zocdoc · Remote · US $211,000–$285,000 3w ago Software Engineer (All Levels) Allstate · Remote · US $85,000–$145,075 3w ago Senior+ Software Engineer, Legal Tech Anthropic · Remote · US $320,000–$485,000 3w ago Principal Software Engineer HHAeXchange · Remote · US $165,000–$180,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer – Agent Systems Kraken · Remote · US $127,200–$254,400 3w ago Software Engineer, AI & Automation - Canada NerdWallet · Remote · Canada CA$123,000–CA$188,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer (Web Scraping, Data acquisition, Data collection) NielsenIQ · Remote · Spain €46,000–€70,000 3w ago Sr Software Engineer II - Ads Manager (Front End) instacart · Remote · Canada $196,000–$207,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer (Authentication) pindropsecurity · Remote · US $150,000–$200,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, Web Application Services Mozilla · Remote · Canada CA$155,000–CA$190,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer – Frontend-Focused Full-Stack (Remote) Hypori · Remote · US $180,000–$195,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer Stillfront · Remote · US $100,000–$200,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer (West Coast USA) Fictiv · Remote · US $160,000–$200,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer - ML Tooling and Evaluation Generalmotors · Remote · US $144,700–$261,300 4w ago Senior Software Engineer II Samsara · Remote · US $154,700–$260,000 4w ago Staff Software Engineer (AI-Native Platform) - Remote First Am · Remote · US $148,600–$198,200 4w ago Senior II Software Engineer Fa Extu Saasfaprod1 · Remote · US $146,400–$263,600 4w ago Backend Software Engineer - Staff/Principal Seeq · Remote · US $187,500–$220,000 4w ago Software Engineer, Measurement & Reporting CreatorIQ · Remote · Poland PLN 231,000–PLN 289,000 5w ago Software Engineer II, Data Analytics & Engineering Pinterest · Remote · US $123,696–$254,667 5w ago Software Engineer II, Frontend-leaning Turquoise · Remote · US $153,000–$170,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer iT1 · Remote · US $160,000–$180,000 5w ago Front End Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering Reddit · Remote · US $164,200–$229,900 5w ago Senior Principal Software Engineer (AI Native) - Remote Revvity · Remote · Canada CA$137,000–CA$205,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Flipturn · Remote · US $190,000–$230,000 5w ago Staff Software Engineer, Simulation Generalmotors · Remote · US $160,200–$246,300 5w ago Senior Software Engineer Audiohook · Remote · US $140,000–$170,000 5w ago Staff Software Engineer - Patient Onboarding (Remote) Rula · Remote · US $192,000–$240,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer Float Health · Remote · US $175,000–$230,000 5w ago Principal Software Engineer, Autonomous Defense Horizon3 AI · Remote · US $255,000–$300,000 5w ago Senior System Software Engineer, Software-Defined Networking NVIDIA · Remote · US $224,000–$356,500 5w ago Sr Software Engineer, Stream Integrations Cribl · Remote · US $160,000–$220,000 6w ago Principal Software Engineer, Collaborative Web Platform pantheon · Remote · Canada CA$175,950–CA$219,938 6w ago Software Engineer Eevd · Remote · US $116,000–$125,000 6w ago Staff Software Engineer Pax8Inc · Remote · US $225,000–$325,000 6w ago Staff Full Stack Software Engineer Seeq · Remote · US $170,000 6w ago Staff Software Engineer SimSpace Corporation · Remote · US $185,000–$260,000 6w ago Software Engineer, Networking (Dataplane) Tailscale · Remote · Canada CA$218,420–CA$302,840 6w ago 60 of 177 open roles