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Backend Engineering salary in Seattle

Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 22, 2026

Backend Engineering pay in Seattle is measured from 24 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 24 postings put the middle half between $198,500 and $217,000, with a median of $200,800.

Against the 15 other measured markets for backend engineering at senior, this sits below 8 of them; San Francisco leads at $228,750.

36 backend engineering roles are open in Seattle right now, 36 listing pay.

LevelMarket rangeMedianSample
Senior $198,500 – $217,000 $200,800 24

Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.

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 Seattle · 36 with stated pay

this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $164,000–$285,600scale $90,000–$400,000

Backend Software Engineer, Cooperative AI (Evals) OpenAI · San Francisco $266,000–$445,000 2w ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend Stripe · Seattle $206,086–$285,600 4w ago Backend Software Engineer, Airports Lyft · San Francisco $128,000–$160,000 5w ago Digital - Integration Engineer / Senior Integration Engineer (Backend & API Platforms) Aritzia · Seattle $100,000–$300,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering) Brex · San Francisco $192,000–$240,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering) Brex · New York $192,000–$240,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering) Brex · Seattle $192,000–$240,000 5w ago Software Engineer II, Backend Brex · New York $152,000–$190,000 5w ago Software Engineer II, Backend Brex · San Francisco $152,000–$190,000 5w ago Senior Staff Cloud Backend Engineer Coupang · Seattle $299,000 5w ago Senior Backend Software Engineer, LiveOps BRINC · Seattle $142,000–$265,000 5w ago Sr. Staff Back-end engineer [Promise Platform] Coupang · Seattle $299,000 5w ago Software Engineer, Backend Stripe · Seattle $206,086–$285,600 5w ago Senior Software Engineer- Backend (Platform) Yoodli AI Roleplays · Seattle $160,000–$190,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Systems (Rust) Anduril Industries · Seattle $191,000–$254,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Backend (Media Capture) Read AI, Inc. · Seattle $180,000–$210,000 3mo ago Principal Software Engineer- Backend (Admin Workflows) Yoodli AI Roleplays · Seattle $180,000–$210,000 3mo ago Distributed Systems Engineer Fluidstack · San Francsisco $208,000–$269,000 3mo ago Senior Backend Engineer ATOMS Careers page · Seattle $167,000–$230,000 3mo ago Senior Backend Engineer Otter · Seattle $167,000–$230,000 3mo ago Lead Principal Platform Software Engineer Eeho · Seattle $96,800–$306,400 3mo ago Senior Backend Software Engineer ATOMS Careers page · Seattle $167,000–$230,000 4mo ago Senior Backend Software Engineer Otter · Seattle $167,000–$230,000 4mo ago Sr. Staff Backend Software Engineer Coupang · Seattle $174,000–$299,000 4mo ago Staff, Back-end engineer Coupang · Seattle $164,000–$282,000 4mo ago Senior Staff Backend Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure Coupang · Seattle $174,000–$299,000 5mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems Overland AI · Seattle $180,000–$230,000 7mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Backend (DocV) Socure · Incline Village $180,000–$200,000 8mo ago Senior Backend Engineer Socure · New York $180,000–$210,000 9mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Backend (Data) Read AI, Inc. · Seattle $190,000–$210,000 10mo ago Staff+ Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems) Anthropic · San Francisco $320,000–$485,000 12mo ago Backend Software Engineer, Gov OpenAI · Washington $207,000–$385,000 1y ago Senior Software Engineer - Backend (Core) Read AI, Inc. · Seattle $190,000–$200,000 1y ago Staff Software Engineer - Backend Databricks · Seattle $182,400–$247,000 2y ago Backend Engineer Wealthfront · Palo Alto $150,000–$189,000 3y ago senior java developer Dellfor Technologies · Seattle $60,000 9y ago
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