Software Engineering salary in Boston
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 23, 2026
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Software Engineering pay in Boston is measured from 89 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 56 postings put the middle half between $153,413 and $200,000, with a median of $174,000.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $126,825 and senior $174,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 37% more.
Against the 75 other measured markets for software engineering at senior, this sits below 38 of them; Foster City leads at $244,000.
105 software engineering roles are open in Boston right now, 105 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $117,000 – $193,000 | $126,825 | 33 |
| Senior | $153,413 – $200,000 | $174,000 | 56 |
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 Boston · 105 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $116,000–$253,000scale $60,000–$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 
Vice President - Forward Deployed Engineer Ameriprise · Boston $242,100–$332,900 5d 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 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 Vice President, DeFi Product Engineer Fidelity · Boston $140,000–$285,000 12d 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 
Sr. Product Engineer OpenGov · Boston $165,000–$183,000 3w ago Corporate Functions Lead Software Engineer – VP III Statestreet · Boston $120,000–$217,500 3w ago 
Distinguished Software Engineer simplisafe · Boston $193,900–$258,500 3w ago Software Engineering & Development Statestreet · Boston $186,160–$204,776 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 Software Development Engineer, Cloud Sonos · Boston $111,000–$138,300 4w ago Sr. Software Engineer simplisafe · Boston $117,000–$156,000 4w ago Software Engineer, Discovery Anduril Industries · Boston $167,000–$222,000 4w ago Senior Software Development Engineer (Server Side), AVP Statestreet · Boston $90,000–$157,500 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 - 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 System Software Development Engineer Sonos · Boston $165,000–$206,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer Wellington · Boston $90,000–$180,000 6w ago Lead Software Engineer – Investment Analytics, VP - State Street Investment Management Statestreet · Boston $110,000–$188,750 6w ago Software Engineering Intern (Summer) Datadog · Boston $100,000–$110,000 6w ago Product Engineer OpenGov · Boston $110,000–$125,000 6w ago Software Engineer, Robotics Wonder · Spyce $139,500–$145,500 6w ago Lead Gameplay Producer CD PROJEKT RED · Boston $143,000–$218,500 7w ago Software Engineer - Collision Avoidance System Metrics Zoox · Foster City $185,000–$251,000 7w ago 
Associate Enterprise Integration Engineer PTC · Boston $70,000–$90,000 7w ago 
Senior Statistical Programmer Rhythm Pharmaceuticals · Boston $90,000–$135,000 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 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 
IT Systems Engineer, Mobile Client Platform Engineer Anthropic · Remote · US $285,000–$325,000 2mo ago Software Engineer II, Test Frameworks & Tooling Klaviyo · Boston $116,000–$174,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer Wellington · Boston $90,000–$180,000 2mo ago 
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security Databricks · United States $182,000–$250,208 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, CLV Monitoring simplisafe · Boston $117,300–$156,400 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5338) Shield AI · Boston $160,000–$240,000 2mo ago Software Engineer II Silicon Labs · Boston $101,500–$188,500 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Investment Platform Engineering Arrowstreet Capital · Boston $135,000–$325,000 3mo ago Senior Lead Software Engineer - Data Platform Klaviyo · Boston $216,000–$324,000 3mo ago
Senior eFX Software Engineer (Java/Rust), Vice President Statestreet · Boston $120,000–$202,500 4d ago Vice President - Forward Deployed Engineer Ameriprise · Boston $242,100–$332,900 5d 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 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 Vice President, DeFi Product Engineer Fidelity · Boston $140,000–$285,000 12d 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 Sr. Product Engineer OpenGov · Boston $165,000–$183,000 3w ago Corporate Functions Lead Software Engineer – VP III Statestreet · Boston $120,000–$217,500 3w ago Distinguished Software Engineer simplisafe · Boston $193,900–$258,500 3w ago Software Engineering & Development Statestreet · Boston $186,160–$204,776 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 Software Development Engineer, Cloud Sonos · Boston $111,000–$138,300 4w ago Sr. Software Engineer simplisafe · Boston $117,000–$156,000 4w ago Software Engineer, Discovery Anduril Industries · Boston $167,000–$222,000 4w ago Senior Software Development Engineer (Server Side), AVP Statestreet · Boston $90,000–$157,500 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 - 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 System Software Development Engineer Sonos · Boston $165,000–$206,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer Wellington · Boston $90,000–$180,000 6w ago Lead Software Engineer – Investment Analytics, VP - State Street Investment Management Statestreet · Boston $110,000–$188,750 6w ago Software Engineering Intern (Summer) Datadog · Boston $100,000–$110,000 6w ago Product Engineer OpenGov · Boston $110,000–$125,000 6w ago Software Engineer, Robotics Wonder · Spyce $139,500–$145,500 6w ago Lead Gameplay Producer CD PROJEKT RED · Boston $143,000–$218,500 7w ago Software Engineer - Collision Avoidance System Metrics Zoox · Foster City $185,000–$251,000 7w ago Associate Enterprise Integration Engineer PTC · Boston $70,000–$90,000 7w ago Senior Statistical Programmer Rhythm Pharmaceuticals · Boston $90,000–$135,000 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 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 IT Systems Engineer, Mobile Client Platform Engineer Anthropic · Remote · US $285,000–$325,000 2mo ago Software Engineer II, Test Frameworks & Tooling Klaviyo · Boston $116,000–$174,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer Wellington · Boston $90,000–$180,000 2mo ago Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - National Security Databricks · United States $182,000–$250,208 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, CLV Monitoring simplisafe · Boston $117,300–$156,400 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5338) Shield AI · Boston $160,000–$240,000 2mo ago Software Engineer II Silicon Labs · Boston $101,500–$188,500 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Investment Platform Engineering Arrowstreet Capital · Boston $135,000–$325,000 3mo ago Senior Lead Software Engineer - Data Platform Klaviyo · Boston $216,000–$324,000 3mo ago 60 of 105 open roles. 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