Backend Engineer vs Data Scientist
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
Backend Engineer
Data Scientist
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Listings with salary
335
250
Remote/hybrid
24%
24%
Top skills: Backend Engineer
backend-developmentbackend-engineeringsenior-backend-engineersoftware-engineeringbackend
Top skills: Data Scientist
data science & analyticsdata-sciencefull-timemachine-learningengineering
Both roles pay about the same at the median.
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