Software Engineering salary in Austin
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 22, 2026
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Software Engineering pay in Austin is measured from 67 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 35 postings put the middle half between $145,483 and $197,150, with a median of $175,000.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $137,250 and senior $175,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 28% more.
Against the 75 other measured markets for software engineering at senior, this sits below 36 of them; Foster City leads at $244,000.
65 software engineering roles are open in Austin right now, 63 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $121,600 – $172,581 | $137,250 | 32 |
| Senior | $145,483 – $197,150 | $175,000 | 35 |
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 engineering roles in Austin · 63 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $119,140–$269,000scale $70,000–$380,000
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 
Technology Manager (Software Development) Aep · Gahanna $136,539–$177,503 5d ago Software Engineer I Silicon Labs · Austin $78,750–$146,250 11d ago Software Developer 4 Eeho · Austin $167,149–$223,999 2w ago 
Senior Software Engineer - Payments Platform Western Union · Austin $110,000–$135,000 2w ago Senior Software Engineer - Motion Planning, Secondary Driving System Generalmotors · Remote · US $170,600–$261,300 3w ago 
Staff Product Engineer Mythic · Austin $175,000–$205,000 3w ago ServiceNow Technical Consultant Shi · Austin $100,000–$170,000 3w ago Senior Workday Integration Engineer University of Texas at Austin Staff · Austin $99,035–$148,552 3w ago 
Salesforce Software Engineer Natera · Austin $105,700–$132,100 3w ago 
Senior Manager of Software Engineering Procore · Austin $198,240–$272,580 3w ago Sr. Manager, Software Engineering Visa · Austin $163,300–$261,600 3w ago Software Developer 3 Eeho · Austin $79,200–$209,500 3w ago 
Software Engineer, Energy Management Fluidstack · Austin $250,000–$300,000 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 Product Engineer, AI Fluidstack · San Francsisco $224,000–$300,000 4w ago Forward Deployed Engineer Applied Materials · Austin $124,000–$170,500 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 
Product Engineer II, Conformal Cadence · San Jose $105,000–$195,000 5w ago Software Engineer, Data Software Engineering and Cloud Platforms, Early Careers Generalmotors · Austin $84,900–$130,500 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 Manager, Software Engineering Ping Identity · Austin $157,000–$224,000 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 ServiceNow Developer Riot Platforms · Austin $125,000–$140,000 8w ago 
Senior Software Engineer G2 · Austin $155,000–$185,000 8w ago 
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer Databricks · Austin $182,000–$250,208 2mo 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 Software Engineer, Cloudflare Network Interconnect Cloudflare · Austin €54,000–€75,000 2mo 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 
Senior Software Engineer zoominfo · Austin $140,000–$220,000 4mo ago Senior Salesforce Engineer MongoDB · Austin $118,000–$231,000 4mo ago 
Senior Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure ATOMS Careers page · Austin $158,000–$210,000 4mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure Atoms · Austin $158,000–$210,000 5mo ago 
Founding Engineer - Elo Pear VC · Remote · US $140,000–$200,000 5mo ago 
Principal Software Developer - FinOps Zynga · Austin $119,140–$169,140 6mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Network Connectivity (Go/Rust) Cloudflare · Austin €66,000–€91,000 6mo ago Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games Databricks · Austin $182,000–$250,208 7mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Network Platforms Cloudflare · Austin €68,000–€91,000 9mo ago Senior Product Engineer Pear VC · Austin $130,000–$220,000 9mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Egress (Go/Rust) Cloudflare · Austin €66,000–€91,000 10mo ago Software Engineer / Member of Technical Staff Fuku · Austin $200,000–$400,000 10mo ago 60 of 65 open roles. All software engineering jobs