Backend Engineering salary in Austin
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 21, 2026
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Backend Engineering pay in Austin is measured from 8 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 8 postings put the middle half between $167,390 and $185,750, with a median of $175,425.
Against the 15 other measured markets for backend engineering at senior, this sits below 12 of them; San Francisco leads at $228,750.
The one range here 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.
11 backend engineering roles are open in Austin right now, 11 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $167,390 – $185,750 | $175,425 | 8hint |
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 backend engineering roles in Austin · 11 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $120,000–$250,000scale $70,000–$350,000
Senior Backend Engineer (AI Agent) Bigcommerce · Remote · US New $116,000–$195,000 3d ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Java) Procore · Austin $140,960–$193,820 4d ago Sr. Backend Engineer II, AutoScaling & Balancing, NG-SIEM (Hybrid) CrowdStrike · Austin $160,000–$250,000 5d ago Senior Backend Software Engineer - Commercial Software Generalmotors · Sunnyvale $153,200–$269,200 2w ago Software Engineer 3, Search Backend TCGplayer (Apply) · Austin $98,000–$173,600 2w ago 
Senior Software Engineer – Backend Platforms, Vice President (Wealth Custody & Clearing) Statestreet · Boston $120,000–$202,500 5w ago Sr Backend Engineer, Falcon NG-SIEM, Global Serverless Platform (Hybrid) CrowdStrike · Austin $140,000–$215,000 5w ago 
Systems Engineer, Network Protocols & Distributed Systems Cloudflare · Austin €54,000–€75,000 6w ago 
Senior Backend Software Engineer, Solve Voice Zendesk · Austin $145,000–$217,000 2mo ago 
Distributed Systems Engineer Fluidstack · San Francsisco $208,000–$269,000 3mo ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Backend AssetMark · Austin $180,000–$220,000 4mo ago