Backend Engineering salary in San Jose
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 5, 2026
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Backend Engineering pay in San Jose is measured from 8 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 8 postings put the middle half between $191,878 and $232,575, with a median of $208,850.
Against the 15 other measured markets for backend engineering at senior, this sits below 5 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.
7 backend engineering roles are open in San Jose right now, 7 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $191,878 – $232,575 | $208,850 | 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 San Jose · 7 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $136,500–$253,500scale $80,000–$360,000
Principal Product Engineer – Virtuoso Backend Flows Cadence · San Jose $136,500–$253,500 4d ago Lead Backend Software Engineer (API & Microservices development) NetApp · San Jose $215,000–$245,000 4w ago Backend Software Engineer (Cloud API & Microservices development) NetApp · San Jose $180,000–$210,000 4w ago Senior Backend Design Automation Engineer — New Process Node Enablement Altera · San Jose $149,100–$215,925 8w ago SASE Cloud Software Engineer - AI & Backend Hewlett Packard Enterprise · San Jose $136,500–$276,500 3mo ago 
Software Engineer - Backend / Infrastructure WeRide.ai · San Jose $130,000–$182,000 6y ago 
Senior JAVA Developer Dellfor Technologies · San Jose $60,000 9y ago