Cloud Software Engineer salary
3 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 19, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for cloud software engineer roles at mid level across the United States: 15 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $162,750 and $189,066, with a median of $183,350.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 2 of the 3 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.
Cloud Software Engineer pay by specialization
Software Engineering 9Backend Engineering 4
Live cloud software engineer roles by software function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.
Every measured range
3 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $162,750 – $189,066 | $183,350 | 15 |
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $172,500 – $235,750 | $195,875 | 8hint |
| Annapolis Junction | Mid | $183,750 – $196,250 | $187,500 | 7hint |
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 market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
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Pay by market
1 pageOpen cloud software engineer roles · 13 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $122,000–$253,000scale $70,000–$360,000
Cloud Software Engineer Red Arch Solutions · Annapolis Junction $175,000–$187,000 6w ago 
Cloud Software Engineer Peterson Technologies · Annapolis Junction $165,000–$200,000 2mo ago 
Cloud Software Engineer GliaCell Technologies · Annapolis Junction $180,000–$230,000 3mo ago SASE Cloud Software Engineer - AI & Backend Hewlett Packard Enterprise · San Jose $136,500–$276,500 3mo ago Senior Cloud Software Engineer - Infra Compute & Network TP-Link Systems Inc. · Irvine $150,000–$200,000 4mo ago 
Cloud Software Engineer II Abbott · Sylmar $81,500–$141,300 7mo ago Senior Cloud Software Engineer - Security TP-Link Systems Inc. · Irvine $150,000–$200,000 7mo ago Cloud Software Engineer, Backend - Enterprise TP-Link Systems Inc. · Irvine $120,000–$180,000 8mo ago Staff Cloud Software Engineer, Backend - Enterprise TP-Link Systems Inc. · Irvine $140,000–$220,000 8mo ago Senior Cloud Software Engineer, Backend - Enterprise TP-Link Systems Inc. · Irvine $150,000–$200,000 8mo ago Senior Cloud Software Engineer GliaCell Technologies · Annapolis Junction $200,000–$280,000