Software Engineer salary in Boston
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 22, 2026
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Software Engineer pay in Boston is measured from 90 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 65 postings put the middle half between $161,500 and $214,700, with a median of $182,444.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $145,000 and senior $182,444. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 26% more.
Against the 64 other measured markets for software engineer at senior, this sits below 32 of them; Long Beach leads at $227,450.
149 software engineer roles are open in Boston right now, 149 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $122,550 – $191,500 | $145,000 | 25 |
| Senior | $161,500 – $214,700 | $182,444 | 65 |
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 Boston · 149 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $119,000–$250,400scale $70,000–$360,000
Senior Software Engineer – Java/Spring boot Engineer (Monolith Systems Development and Modernization) Tsys · Remote · US New $119,000–$159,500 2d ago 
Senior eFX Software Engineer (Java/Rust), Vice President Statestreet · Boston $120,000–$202,500 4d ago 
Sr. Lead Software Engineer Klaviyo · Boston $216,000–$324,000 8d ago Software Engineer - Mobile, iOS urbancompass · New York $126,000–$141,000 9d ago Staff Software Engineer, PostgreSQL Beacon Biosignals · Remote · US $170,000–$190,000 10d ago Senior Lead Software Engineer – Custody & Securities Processing Statestreet · Quincy $120,000–$217,500 10d ago 
Sr Software Engineer Ameriprise · Boston $131,700–$181,000 11d ago Software Engineer - Cloud Solutions & Applied AI Nasdaq · Boston $86,000–$146,000 12d ago Senior Flight Software Engineer Anduril Industries · Quincy $191,000–$253,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Management Systems Anduril Industries · Quincy $191,000–$253,000 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer - Incident Insights & Readiness Datadog · Boston $192,000–$240,000 3w ago Corporate Functions Lead Software Engineer – VP III Statestreet · Boston $120,000–$217,500 3w ago Principal Software Engineer Hcyc · Boston $197,000–$232,400 3w ago 
Distinguished Software Engineer simplisafe · Boston $193,900–$258,500 3w ago 
Principal Software Engineer - Onshape PTC · Boston $131,000–$180,000 3w ago Senior Frontend Software Engineer, Discovery Anduril Industries · Boston $191,000–$254,000 4w ago Staff Software Engineer, Discovery Anduril Industries · Boston $220,000–$292,000 4w ago 
Senior Software Engineer - Planner GPU Compute Zoox · Boston $237,000–$298,000 4w ago Software Engineer, iOS DraftKings · Boston $104,000–$130,000 4w ago 
Software Engineer, iOS DraftKings (Employee Referral Portal) · Boston $104,000–$130,000 4w ago Sr. Software Engineer simplisafe · Boston $117,000–$156,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend Bitsight · Boston $119,000–$150,000 4w ago Software Engineer, Discovery Anduril Industries · Boston $167,000–$222,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer, Discovery Anduril Industries · Boston $191,000–$254,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer Credence · Tysons $170,000–$200,000 5w ago 
Software Engineer, Full-Stack Videa · Boston $100,000–$200,000 5w ago 
Staff Software Engineer Xometry · Denver $176,000–$195,000 5w ago Staff Software Engineer Xometry · Lexington $176,250–$182,500 5w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Backend Bevi · Boston $151,895–$187,635 5w ago Senior Software Engineer – Backend Platforms, Vice President (Wealth Custody & Clearing) Statestreet · Boston $120,000–$202,500 5w ago Software Engineer - Underseas Recon & Strike Anduril Industries · Boston $166,000–$220,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer - Identity and Access Management Klaviyo · Boston $148,000–$222,000 5w ago 
Software Engineer (Front End) Wonder · Spyce $139,500–$145,500 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Engineering Arrowstreet Capital · Boston $130,000–$325,000 5w ago Lead Software Engineer, CICD Klaviyo · Boston $176,000–$264,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer Wellington · Boston $90,000–$180,000 6w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Backend pathai · Boston $127,500–$195,500 6w ago Lead Software Engineer – Investment Analytics, VP - State Street Investment Management Statestreet · Boston $110,000–$188,750 6w ago Software Engineer, Robotics Wonder · Spyce $139,500–$145,500 6w ago Software Engineer - Collision Avoidance System Metrics Zoox · Foster City $185,000–$251,000 7w ago Staff Software Engineer simplisafe · Boston $146,000–$195,000 7w ago 
Sr Software Engineer - Full Stack OpenGov · Boston $178,000–$197,000 7w ago Software Engineer II - Front End urbancompass · New York $126,990–$141,100 7w ago Sr. Mission Software Engineer - Undersea Reconnaissance & Strike Anduril Industries · Quincy $191,000–$253,000 7w ago 
Principal Software Engineer, Algorithmic Traffic Acquisition CarGurus · Boston $170,000–$212,000 7w ago Senior Software Engineer Wellington · Boston $90,000–$180,000 7w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5339) Shield AI · Boston $160,000–$240,000 8w ago Senior Software Engineer Xometry · Waltham $119,000–$155,000 8w ago Senior Software Engineer Xometry · North Bethesda $170,000–$195,000 8w ago Mission Software Engineer - Undersea Reconnaissance & Strike Anduril Industries · Quincy $166,000–$220,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer Wellington · Boston $80,000–$150,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Undersea Recon & Strike Anduril Industries · Quincy $191,000–$254,000 2mo ago Software Engineer II, Test Frameworks & Tooling Klaviyo · Boston $116,000–$174,000 2mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Vehicle Software, C++ Anduril Industries · Boston $220,000–$292,000 2mo ago 
Principal Software Engineer, Semantic Data Services WEX · Portland $200,600–$250,400 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer Wellington · Boston $90,000–$180,000 2mo ago Software Engineer II - Recommendations Klaviyo · Boston $116,000–$174,000 2mo ago 
Software Engineer (Defense) Air Space Intelligence · Denver $135,000–$265,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack pathai · Boston $127,500–$195,500 2mo ago Software Engineer I, Fullstack pathai · Boston $96,750–$148,350 2mo ago
Senior eFX Software Engineer (Java/Rust), Vice President Statestreet · Boston $120,000–$202,500 4d ago Sr. Lead Software Engineer Klaviyo · Boston $216,000–$324,000 8d ago Software Engineer - Mobile, iOS urbancompass · New York $126,000–$141,000 9d ago Staff Software Engineer, PostgreSQL Beacon Biosignals · Remote · US $170,000–$190,000 10d ago Senior Lead Software Engineer – Custody & Securities Processing Statestreet · Quincy $120,000–$217,500 10d ago Sr Software Engineer Ameriprise · Boston $131,700–$181,000 11d ago Software Engineer - Cloud Solutions & Applied AI Nasdaq · Boston $86,000–$146,000 12d ago Senior Flight Software Engineer Anduril Industries · Quincy $191,000–$253,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Management Systems Anduril Industries · Quincy $191,000–$253,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer - Incident Insights & Readiness Datadog · Boston $192,000–$240,000 3w ago Corporate Functions Lead Software Engineer – VP III Statestreet · Boston $120,000–$217,500 3w ago Principal Software Engineer Hcyc · Boston $197,000–$232,400 3w ago Distinguished Software Engineer simplisafe · Boston $193,900–$258,500 3w ago Principal Software Engineer - Onshape PTC · Boston $131,000–$180,000 3w ago Senior Frontend Software Engineer, Discovery Anduril Industries · Boston $191,000–$254,000 4w ago Staff Software Engineer, Discovery Anduril Industries · Boston $220,000–$292,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer - Planner GPU Compute Zoox · Boston $237,000–$298,000 4w ago Software Engineer, iOS DraftKings · Boston $104,000–$130,000 4w ago Software Engineer, iOS DraftKings (Employee Referral Portal) · Boston $104,000–$130,000 4w ago Sr. Software Engineer simplisafe · Boston $117,000–$156,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend Bitsight · Boston $119,000–$150,000 4w ago Software Engineer, Discovery Anduril Industries · Boston $167,000–$222,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer, Discovery Anduril Industries · Boston $191,000–$254,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer Credence · Tysons $170,000–$200,000 5w ago Software Engineer, Full-Stack Videa · Boston $100,000–$200,000 5w ago Staff Software Engineer Xometry · Denver $176,000–$195,000 5w ago Staff Software Engineer Xometry · Lexington $176,250–$182,500 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend Bevi · Boston $151,895–$187,635 5w ago Senior Software Engineer – Backend Platforms, Vice President (Wealth Custody & Clearing) Statestreet · Boston $120,000–$202,500 5w ago Software Engineer - Underseas Recon & Strike Anduril Industries · Boston $166,000–$220,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer - Identity and Access Management Klaviyo · Boston $148,000–$222,000 5w ago Software Engineer (Front End) Wonder · Spyce $139,500–$145,500 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Engineering Arrowstreet Capital · Boston $130,000–$325,000 5w ago Lead Software Engineer, CICD Klaviyo · Boston $176,000–$264,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer Wellington · Boston $90,000–$180,000 6w ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend pathai · Boston $127,500–$195,500 6w ago Lead Software Engineer – Investment Analytics, VP - State Street Investment Management Statestreet · Boston $110,000–$188,750 6w ago Software Engineer, Robotics Wonder · Spyce $139,500–$145,500 6w ago Software Engineer - Collision Avoidance System Metrics Zoox · Foster City $185,000–$251,000 7w ago Staff Software Engineer simplisafe · Boston $146,000–$195,000 7w ago Sr Software Engineer - Full Stack OpenGov · Boston $178,000–$197,000 7w ago Software Engineer II - Front End urbancompass · New York $126,990–$141,100 7w ago Sr. Mission Software Engineer - Undersea Reconnaissance & Strike Anduril Industries · Quincy $191,000–$253,000 7w ago Principal Software Engineer, Algorithmic Traffic Acquisition CarGurus · Boston $170,000–$212,000 7w ago Senior Software Engineer Wellington · Boston $90,000–$180,000 7w ago Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5339) Shield AI · Boston $160,000–$240,000 8w ago Senior Software Engineer Xometry · Waltham $119,000–$155,000 8w ago Senior Software Engineer Xometry · North Bethesda $170,000–$195,000 8w ago Mission Software Engineer - Undersea Reconnaissance & Strike Anduril Industries · Quincy $166,000–$220,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer Wellington · Boston $80,000–$150,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Undersea Recon & Strike Anduril Industries · Quincy $191,000–$254,000 2mo ago Software Engineer II, Test Frameworks & Tooling Klaviyo · Boston $116,000–$174,000 2mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Vehicle Software, C++ Anduril Industries · Boston $220,000–$292,000 2mo ago Principal Software Engineer, Semantic Data Services WEX · Portland $200,600–$250,400 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer Wellington · Boston $90,000–$180,000 2mo ago Software Engineer II - Recommendations Klaviyo · Boston $116,000–$174,000 2mo ago Software Engineer (Defense) Air Space Intelligence · Denver $135,000–$265,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack pathai · Boston $127,500–$195,500 2mo ago Software Engineer I, Fullstack pathai · Boston $96,750–$148,350 2mo ago 60 of 149 open roles. 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