Software Engineer salary in Austin
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 22, 2026
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Software Engineer pay in Austin is measured from 58 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 37 postings put the middle half between $148,100 and $203,800, with a median of $184,000.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $135,800 and senior $184,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 35% more.
Against the 64 other measured markets for software engineer at senior, this sits below 29 of them; Long Beach leads at $227,450.
78 software engineer roles are open in Austin right now, 75 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $118,900 – $169,500 | $135,800 | 21 |
| Senior | $148,100 – $203,800 | $184,000 | 37 |
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 software engineer roles in Austin · 75 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $120,000–$273,000scale $70,000–$390,000
Staff Software Engineer Bigcommerce · Remote · US New $186,000–$280,000 3d ago Lead Software Engineer, Search (Semantic Platform) Bigcommerce · Remote · US New $182,000–$259,000 3d ago Senior Software Engineer - Storefront Services Team Bigcommerce · Remote · US New $116,000–$195,000 3d ago Staff Software Engineer - Virtualization Generalmotors · Remote · US $171,150–$288,500 4d ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Java) Procore · Austin $140,960–$193,820 4d ago Principal Software Engineer - Virtualization Generalmotors · Remote · US $171,150–$288,500 5d ago 
Staff Software Engineer - Digital Platform Western Union · Austin $135,000–$160,000 5d ago Staff Software Engineer - SDET Visa · Austin $133,300–$213,400 10d ago Software Engineer - SDET Visa · Austin $86,500–$134,400 10d ago Software Engineer I Silicon Labs · Austin $78,750–$146,250 11d ago Software Engineer - SDET Visa · Austin $86,500–$134,400 11d 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 - Payments Platform Western Union · Austin $110,000–$135,000 2w ago Senior Software Engineer - SDET Visa · Austin $112,100–$173,400 2w ago Senior Software Engineer - Motion Planning, Secondary Driving System Generalmotors · Remote · US $170,600–$261,300 3w ago 
Salesforce Software Engineer Natera · Austin $105,700–$132,100 3w ago 
Software Engineer, Energy Management Fluidstack · Austin $250,000–$300,000 4w ago Principal Software Engineer - Build System Modernization Generalmotors · Remote · US $201,000–$400,000 4w ago Staff Software Engineer - Build System Modernization Generalmotors · Remote · US $171,150–$288,500 4w ago Senior Software Engineer – Frontend-Focused Full-Stack Hypori · Austin $180,000–$195,000 4w ago 
Senior Software Engineer - Orchestration Fivetran · Denver $163,920–$196,712 4w ago Software Engineer, AI Automation Fluidstack · San Francsisco $224,000–$300,000 4w ago Staff Software Engineer - Networking Generalmotors · Sunnyvale $172,000–$300,000 4w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Zero Trust Client Cloudflare · Austin $185,000–$254,000 4w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Documents GoodLeap · Austin $131,700–$164,500 5w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Embedded Flipturn · Remote · US $190,000–$230,000 5w ago Software Engineer, Data Software Engineering and Cloud Platforms, Early Careers Generalmotors · Austin $84,900–$130,500 5w ago 
Senior Software Engineer – Backend Platforms, Vice President (Wealth Custody & Clearing) Statestreet · Boston $120,000–$202,500 5w ago Senior Software Engineer- PaaS Engineering Visa · Austin $110,700–$171,800 5w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Identity & Access Management (FedRamp) MongoDB · Austin $101,000–$273,000 5w ago Software Engineer - Egress (Go/Rust) Cloudflare · Austin €54,000–€75,000 6w ago Senior Software Engineer - Frontend Procore · Austin $140,960–$193,820 6w ago Staff Software Engineer, AI-Accelerated Digital Commerce Generalmotors · Sunnyvale $160,200–$246,300 7w ago Staff Software Engineer Generalmotors · Remote · US $189,000–$240,000 7w ago Senior Principal Software Engineer, Ruby Procore · Austin $233,360–$320,870 7w ago Software Engineer - Sr. Consultant level Visa · Austin $152,200–$243,700 7w ago Software Engineer, Ontology Fluidstack · San Francsisco $224,000–$279,000 8w ago 
Senior Software Engineer G2 · Austin $155,000–$185,000 8w ago 
Senior Software Engineer AssetMark · Austin $135,000–$150,000 2mo ago Software Engineer - Sensor, MacOS (Hybrid) CrowdStrike · Sunnyvale $120,000–$180,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer, Query Optimization MongoDB · Austin $101,000–$273,000 2mo ago Software Engineer Shi · Austin $125,000–$150,000 2mo ago 
Senior Backend Software Engineer, Solve Voice Zendesk · Austin $145,000–$217,000 2mo ago Staff Software Engineer Ensemblehp · Austin $148,800–$256,700 2mo ago Software Engineer, Cloudflare Network Interconnect Cloudflare · Austin €54,000–€75,000 2mo ago 
Principal Software Engineer - Control Systems Atom Computing · Boulder $165,000–$200,000 3mo ago Staff R&D Software Engineer, Fivetran AI Fivetran · Austin $183,711–$229,638 3mo ago Senior R&D Software Engineer, Fivetran AI Fivetran · Austin $163,920–$196,712 3mo ago Software Engineer, Compute (GPU) Fluidstack · San Francsisco $208,000–$269,000 3mo ago Software Engineer, GPU Infrastructure Fluidstack · San Francsisco $208,000–$269,000 3mo ago Software Engineer, Robotics Fluidstack · Austin $224,000–$279,000 3mo ago Software Engineer, Commissioning Automation Fluidstack · Austin $224,000–$279,000 3mo ago 
Camera System Software Engineer Hp · Austin $137,000–$202,000 3mo ago 
Software Engineer (C++ or Python) – 2027 Grads Hudson River Trading · Austin $300,000 3mo ago Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Fluidstack · San Francsisco $208,000–$269,000 3mo ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Java CLEAR - Corporate · Austin $210,000–$280,000 3mo ago Senior Software Engineer vectranetworks · Austin $150,000–$190,000 4mo ago Staff Software Engineer, AI for Developer Productivity Generalmotors · Warren $160,200–$246,300 4mo ago Principal Software Engineer Atom Computing · Boulder $180,000–$220,000 4mo ago 60 of 78 open roles. All software engineer jobs