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Backend Engineer Salary
The median Backend Engineer salary is $160K/yr based on 244 disclosed-pay job postings from 87 employers on RoleSuite, with most roles paying between $100K/yr and $199K/yr.
$160K/yrmedian
$100K/yr – $199K/yrtypical range (25th–75th)
244disclosed-pay postings
Pay distribution
Highest-paying employers
- OpenAI$308K/yr3 disclosed
- Snap$261K/yr8 disclosed
- Sigma Computing$255K/yr8 disclosed
- ClickUp$225K/yr3 disclosed
- Rippling$224K/yr4 disclosed
- Capital One$211K/yr4 disclosed
- Apple$199K/yr3 disclosed
- Affirm$185K/yr3 disclosed
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Figures are computed from the midpoint of each posting's disclosed pay range across currently-open Backend Engineer roles on RoleSuite, as of 2026-06. Sourced directly from employer career pages; implausible outliers are excluded. Estimates, not guarantees.