Backend Engineer Salary in San Francisco
Based on 7 job listings with published salary ranges. Updated daily.Estimated
Median
$202,500
25th percentile
$115,315
75th percentile
$250,000
Top 10%
$350,000
Salary distribution
$60,754$202,500 (median)$350,000
By experience level
lead
1 listingsLimited data
$350,000
$350,000 - $350,000
senior
2 listingsLimited data
$215,712
$100,000 - $215,712
unspecified
5 listingsEstimated
$195,000
$60,754 - $209,475
Top paying companies for Backend Engineer in San Francisco
Recent listings
| Role | Company | Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer / Ruby on Rails/ Back-end (San Francisco) | Levelpath | $165,000 - $240,000 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Back-End (San Francisco) | Short Story | $0 - $200,000 |
| Software Engineer, Backend | Anara | $209,475 - $209,475 |
| SWE Technical Lead - VC Backed Multimodal Voice AI Start Up - up to $350k base + equity - Backend Engineering | Saragos | $350,000 - $350,000 |
| Backend Developer | Humanity Protocol | $60,754 - $60,754 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Backend | Plaid | $188,748 - $242,676 |
| Backend Engineer, API Platform at Series A Mortgage Infrastructure Startup | CoffeeSpace | $140,000 - $250,000 |
| Backend Full-Stack Engineer | Software Guidance & Assistance | $115,315 - $115,315 |
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