Software Engineer vs Backend Engineer
Side-by-side salary and market comparison from real job listings.
Software Engineer
Backend Engineer
Median salary
$74,375,100,625
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25th percentile
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75th percentile
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$67,578
Top 10% earn above
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Listings with salary
254
329
Remote/hybrid
25%
25%
Top skills: Software Engineer
software engineeringpythondistributed systemstypescriptreact
Top skills: Backend Engineer
backend-developmentbackend-engineeringsoftware-engineeringsenior-backend-engineerapi-development
Both roles pay about the same at the median.
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