Remote software engineer salary
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026
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Software Engineer pay on remote roles is measured from 650 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 407 postings put the middle half between $160,000 and $211,000, with a median of $185,000.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $157,000 and senior $185,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 18% more.
1 of these ranges 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.
578 software engineer roles are open remote right now, 576 listing pay.
| Country | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Mid | CA$115,554 – CA$152,250 | CA$139,800 | 19 |
| Canada | Senior | CA$150,000 – CA$193,000 | CA$171,800 | 49 |
| United Kingdom | Senior | £85,750 – £128,000 | £114,354 | 7hint |
| United States | Mid | $129,710 – $198,125 | $157,000 | 168 |
| United States | Senior | $160,000 – $211,000 | $185,000 | 407 |
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 software engineer roles · remote · 576 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $130,000–$250,000scale $70,000–$350,000
Sr. Principal Software Engineer Cerence · Remote · US New $185,000–$280,000 1d ago 
Software Engineer III Chrobinson · Remote · US New $102,700–$231,100 1d ago 
Lead Software Engineer - NBA Humana · Remote · US New $129,300–$177,800 1d ago 
Sr Software Engineer Iaings · Remote · Spain New €60,000–€80,000 1d ago 
Software Engineer, Infrastructure AI Airwallex · Remote · US New $130,000–$200,000 2d ago Sr. Software Engineer - Mac Sensor (Remote) CrowdStrike · Remote · US New $140,000–$215,000 2d ago Software Engineer Insperity · Remote · US New $78,100–$88,950 2d ago Software Engineer IV Modivcare · Remote · US New $116,700–$160,400 2d ago Senior Software Engineer – Java/Spring boot Engineer (Monolith Systems Development and Modernization) Tsys · Remote · US New $119,000–$159,500 2d ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Performance Turquoise · Remote · US New $172,000–$195,000 2d ago Software Engineer - Vehicle Motion Planning & Control Zendar · Remote · France New €75,000–€90,000 2d ago 
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 Senior Software Engineer - Full-Stack - Front End Leaning (Power Packs) Collectors · Remote · US New $140,971–$228,870 3d ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Video Streaming (WebRTC / LiveKit) Skydio · Remote · US New $190,000–$250,000 3d ago Staff Software Engineer - Virtualization Generalmotors · Remote · US $171,150–$288,500 4d ago Sr Software Engineer Generalmotors · Remote · US $170,600–$261,300 4d ago Principal Software Engineer - Virtualization Generalmotors · Remote · US $171,150–$288,500 5d ago 
Senior Software Engineer - Image and Data Processing Libraries NVIDIA · Remote · Poland PLN 375,000–PLN 650,000 5d ago 
Senior Software Engineer - Client Lifecycle Virta Health · Remote · US $161,500–$232,500 8d ago Senior Software Engineer II - Agent Observability Honeycomb.io · Remote · Canada CA$250,000–CA$280,000 9d ago Senior Software Engineer II - Agent Observability Honeycomb.io · Remote · US $183,340–$206,000 9d ago Senior Software Engineer I - Agent Observability Honeycomb.io · Remote · Canada CA$218,891–CA$245,946 9d ago Senior Software Engineer I - Agent Observability Honeycomb.io · Remote · US $160,000–$180,000 9d ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Guest Acquisition Owner.com · Remote · US $200,000–$220,000 9d ago Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Motion Planning & Control Zendar · Remote · US $160,000–$200,000 9d ago Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Motion Planning & Control Zendar · Remote · Germany €82,000–€115,000 9d ago Staff Software Engineer, PostgreSQL Beacon Biosignals · Remote · US $170,000–$190,000 10d ago 
Senior Software Engineer - CLO Circle · Remote · US $152,500–$205,000 10d ago Senior Software Engineer - .NET - HYBRID GEICO · Remote · US $105,000–$215,000 10d ago 
Software Engineer III Hccz · Remote · US $150,000–$170,000 10d ago Software Engineer Virta Health · Remote · US $114,500–$148,000 12d ago 
Senior Software Engineer, GPU Cluster Infrastructure FAR.AI · Remote · US $150,000–$275,000 2w ago 
Staff Software Engineer (MANTL) Alkami · Remote · US $144,000–$175,000 2w ago 
Senior Software Engineer Bastion · Remote · US $240,000–$270,000 2w ago Staff Software Engineer Disney · Remote · US $158,100–$211,900 2w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Linux Kernel Arista Networks · Remote · Canada CA$120,000–CA$195,000 2w ago Software Engineer Senior Principal - Reliability Engineering (Remote) Homedepot · Remote · US $170,000–$280,000 2w ago Sr. Software Engineer (MANTL) Alkami · Remote · US $140,000–$165,000 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer AlphaSense · Remote · Canada CA$132,000–CA$181,700 3w ago Senior Software Engineer First Help Financial · Remote · US $162,198 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Ads GameChanger · Remote · US $165,000–$185,000 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer HHAeXchange · Remote · US $150,000–$160,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer - NBA Humana · Remote · US $106,900–$147,000 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer - Provider Growth & Activation (Remote) Rula · Remote · US $192,000–$240,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer Stblaw · Remote · US $180,000–$210,000 3w ago 
Software Engineer, Networking (Features) Tailscale · Remote · US $181,000–$226,000 3w ago Software Engineer, Networking (Features) Tailscale · Remote · Canada CA$242,540–CA$302,840 3w ago Senior Software Engineer AlphaSense · Remote · Canada CA$132,000–CA$181,700 3w ago Senior Software Engineer (Big Data) Bitsight · Remote · US $135,000–$150,000 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Billing Docker · Remote · US $170,350–$275,550 3w ago Senior Software Engineer Elite Technology · Remote · US $155,700–$173,000 3w ago Principal Software Engineer Empower · Remote · US $125,400–$181,875 3w ago Senior Software Engineer - Motion Planning, Secondary Driving System Generalmotors · Remote · US $170,600–$261,300 3w ago Senior Software Engineer II - Storage Honeycomb.io · Remote · Canada CA$250,000–CA$280,000 3w ago 
Junior Software Engineer (Remote) PolicyMe · Remote · Canada CA$80,000–CA$110,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer (Remote) PolicyMe · Remote · Canada CA$160,000–CA$195,000 3w ago Software Engineer (Remote) PolicyMe · Remote · Canada CA$110,000–CA$150,000 3w ago 
Software Engineer, Developer Tools Resend · Remote · Ireland $130,000–$160,000 3w ago
Software Engineer III Chrobinson · Remote · US New $102,700–$231,100 1d ago Lead Software Engineer - NBA Humana · Remote · US New $129,300–$177,800 1d ago Sr Software Engineer Iaings · Remote · Spain New €60,000–€80,000 1d ago Software Engineer, Infrastructure AI Airwallex · Remote · US New $130,000–$200,000 2d ago Sr. Software Engineer - Mac Sensor (Remote) CrowdStrike · Remote · US New $140,000–$215,000 2d ago Software Engineer Insperity · Remote · US New $78,100–$88,950 2d ago Software Engineer IV Modivcare · Remote · US New $116,700–$160,400 2d ago Senior Software Engineer – Java/Spring boot Engineer (Monolith Systems Development and Modernization) Tsys · Remote · US New $119,000–$159,500 2d ago Senior Software Engineer, Performance Turquoise · Remote · US New $172,000–$195,000 2d ago Software Engineer - Vehicle Motion Planning & Control Zendar · Remote · France New €75,000–€90,000 2d ago 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 Senior Software Engineer - Full-Stack - Front End Leaning (Power Packs) Collectors · Remote · US New $140,971–$228,870 3d ago Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Video Streaming (WebRTC / LiveKit) Skydio · Remote · US New $190,000–$250,000 3d ago Staff Software Engineer - Virtualization Generalmotors · Remote · US $171,150–$288,500 4d ago Sr Software Engineer Generalmotors · Remote · US $170,600–$261,300 4d ago Principal Software Engineer - Virtualization Generalmotors · Remote · US $171,150–$288,500 5d ago Senior Software Engineer - Image and Data Processing Libraries NVIDIA · Remote · Poland PLN 375,000–PLN 650,000 5d ago Senior Software Engineer - Client Lifecycle Virta Health · Remote · US $161,500–$232,500 8d ago Senior Software Engineer II - Agent Observability Honeycomb.io · Remote · Canada CA$250,000–CA$280,000 9d ago Senior Software Engineer II - Agent Observability Honeycomb.io · Remote · US $183,340–$206,000 9d ago Senior Software Engineer I - Agent Observability Honeycomb.io · Remote · Canada CA$218,891–CA$245,946 9d ago Senior Software Engineer I - Agent Observability Honeycomb.io · Remote · US $160,000–$180,000 9d ago Senior Software Engineer, Guest Acquisition Owner.com · Remote · US $200,000–$220,000 9d ago Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Motion Planning & Control Zendar · Remote · US $160,000–$200,000 9d ago Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Motion Planning & Control Zendar · Remote · Germany €82,000–€115,000 9d ago Staff Software Engineer, PostgreSQL Beacon Biosignals · Remote · US $170,000–$190,000 10d ago Senior Software Engineer - CLO Circle · Remote · US $152,500–$205,000 10d ago Senior Software Engineer - .NET - HYBRID GEICO · Remote · US $105,000–$215,000 10d ago Software Engineer III Hccz · Remote · US $150,000–$170,000 10d ago Software Engineer Virta Health · Remote · US $114,500–$148,000 12d ago Senior Software Engineer, GPU Cluster Infrastructure FAR.AI · Remote · US $150,000–$275,000 2w ago Staff Software Engineer (MANTL) Alkami · Remote · US $144,000–$175,000 2w ago Senior Software Engineer Bastion · Remote · US $240,000–$270,000 2w ago Staff Software Engineer Disney · Remote · US $158,100–$211,900 2w ago Senior Software Engineer, Linux Kernel Arista Networks · Remote · Canada CA$120,000–CA$195,000 2w ago Software Engineer Senior Principal - Reliability Engineering (Remote) Homedepot · Remote · US $170,000–$280,000 2w ago Sr. Software Engineer (MANTL) Alkami · Remote · US $140,000–$165,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer AlphaSense · Remote · Canada CA$132,000–CA$181,700 3w ago Senior Software Engineer First Help Financial · Remote · US $162,198 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, Ads GameChanger · Remote · US $165,000–$185,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer HHAeXchange · Remote · US $150,000–$160,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer - NBA Humana · Remote · US $106,900–$147,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer - Provider Growth & Activation (Remote) Rula · Remote · US $192,000–$240,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer Stblaw · Remote · US $180,000–$210,000 3w ago Software Engineer, Networking (Features) Tailscale · Remote · US $181,000–$226,000 3w ago Software Engineer, Networking (Features) Tailscale · Remote · Canada CA$242,540–CA$302,840 3w ago Senior Software Engineer AlphaSense · Remote · Canada CA$132,000–CA$181,700 3w ago Senior Software Engineer (Big Data) Bitsight · Remote · US $135,000–$150,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, Billing Docker · Remote · US $170,350–$275,550 3w ago Senior Software Engineer Elite Technology · Remote · US $155,700–$173,000 3w ago Principal Software Engineer Empower · Remote · US $125,400–$181,875 3w ago Senior Software Engineer - Motion Planning, Secondary Driving System Generalmotors · Remote · US $170,600–$261,300 3w ago Senior Software Engineer II - Storage Honeycomb.io · Remote · Canada CA$250,000–CA$280,000 3w ago Junior Software Engineer (Remote) PolicyMe · Remote · Canada CA$80,000–CA$110,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer (Remote) PolicyMe · Remote · Canada CA$160,000–CA$195,000 3w ago Software Engineer (Remote) PolicyMe · Remote · Canada CA$110,000–CA$150,000 3w ago Software Engineer, Developer Tools Resend · Remote · Ireland $130,000–$160,000 3w ago 60 of 578 open roles. 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