Software Engineering salary in Seattle
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026
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Software Engineering pay in Seattle is measured from 98 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 59 postings put the middle half between $178,950 and $210,400, with a median of $196,500.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $162,000 and senior $196,500. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 21% more.
Against the 75 other measured markets for software engineering at senior, this sits below 17 of them; Foster City leads at $244,000.
182 software engineering roles are open in Seattle right now, 179 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $138,576 – $191,650 | $162,000 | 39 |
| Senior | $178,950 – $210,400 | $196,500 | 59 |
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 Seattle · 179 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $145,000–$260,000scale $80,000–$370,000
Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure AI Airwallex · Seattle New $140,000–$240,000 2d ago Software Engineer, Infrastructure AI Airwallex · Remote · US New $130,000–$200,000 2d ago 
Senior Software Engineer - Client Lifecycle Virta Health · Remote · US $161,500–$232,500 8d ago Software Engineer - Mobile, iOS urbancompass · New York $126,000–$141,000 9d ago Senior Software Engineer - .NET - HYBRID GEICO · Remote · US $105,000–$215,000 10d ago Senior Software Engineer Disney · Seattle $150,900–$202,400 11d ago Senior Software Engineer Disney (Disneycareerdc) · Seattle $150,900–$202,400 11d ago Sr Product Software Engineer Disney · Seattle $150,900–$202,400 2w ago Sr Product Software Engineer Disney (Disneycareerdc) · Seattle $150,900–$202,400 2w ago Lead Product Software Engineer (Kotlin) Disney · Seattle $165,600–$222,000 2w ago Lead Product Software Engineer (Kotlin) Disney (Disneycareerdc) · Seattle $165,600–$222,000 2w ago 
Software Engineer, Cooperative AI OpenAI · San Francisco $266,000–$445,000 2w ago 
Sr. Software Development Engineer PitchBook Data · Seattle $175,000–$215,000 3w ago 
Principal Software Development Engineer, Core Transfer Experience Remitly · Seattle $240,000–$300,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer, Remitly Business Remitly · Seattle $180,000–$225,000 3w ago 
Software Engineer Stripe · Seattle $156,800–$235,200 3w ago Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure (C++) Eeho · Seattle $79,200–$209,500 3w ago Staff Software Development Engineer- Remitly Business Remitly · Seattle $208,000–$260,000 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer - Identity & Access Management Brex · Seattle $192,000–$240,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer - Identity & Access Management Brex · New York $192,000–$240,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer - Identity & Access Management Brex · San Francisco $192,000–$240,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer, AI Agent Platform GEICO · Palo Alto $105,000–$230,000 3w ago 
Principal AI Product Engineer Nscale · Houston $290,000–$520,000 3w ago 
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference Anthropic · San Francisco $320,000–$485,000 3w ago Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference Launch Engineering Anthropic · San Francisco $320,000–$485,000 3w ago Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Scaling Anthropic · New York $320,000–$485,000 3w ago Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Strategic Defense Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $191,000–$254,000 4w ago 
Software Engineer, Energy Management Fluidstack · Austin $250,000–$300,000 4w ago Forward Deployed Engineer JeffreyM Consulting · Seattle $150,000–$225,000 4w ago 
Senior Software Engineer LendingTree · Denver $120,000–$160,000 4w ago Software Engineer LendingTree · Denver $100,000–$130,000 4w ago AI Native Software Engineer Remitly · Seattle $124,000–$155,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer - (C#/Microservices/Azure) GEICO · Seattle $105,000–$215,000 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 Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance) Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $167,000–$222,000 4w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Zero Trust Client Cloudflare · Austin $185,000–$254,000 4w ago Senior Software Development Engineer, Money Platform Remitly · Seattle $180,000–$225,000 4w ago Senior Software Development Engineer- IHUB Remitly · Seattle $180,000–$225,000 4w ago 
Software Engineer, Communities Tin Can · Seattle $145,000–$175,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer, Test Tin Can · Seattle $175,000–$195,000 4w ago Software Engineer, Growth Tin Can · Seattle $145,000–$175,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Simulation (C++) Anduril Industries · Seattle $191,000–$254,000 5w ago Senior Engineer, Software (SWE) – GIA Platform GEICO · Remote · US $105,000–$215,000 5w ago Staff AI Product Engineer Nscale · Houston $220,000–$330,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Tactical Networking Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $191,000–$254,000 5w ago Senior System Software Development Engineer Sonos · Boston $165,000–$206,000 5w ago Software Engineer, High Availability and Disaster Recovery Stripe · Seattle $206,086–$285,600 5w ago Software Engineer, Payins Card Networks Stripe · Seattle $156,800–$235,200 5w ago Senior Software Engineer - Agentic AI Applications Serko Ltd · Remote · US $152,000–$230,000 5w ago Senior Salesforce Developer Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $191,000–$254,000 6w ago Manager - Software Engineering (Storage Platform) *HYBRID* GEICO · Seattle $130,000–$260,000 6w ago Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Seattle OpenAI · Seattle $185,000–$300,000 6w ago Software Engineer, Online Database Infrastructure Stripe · Seattle $206,086–$285,600 6w ago Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform & AI Enablement Airwallex · Seattle $180,000–$240,000 6w ago 
Entry Level Software Engineer, Recommendations Rover.com · Seattle $99,719–$128,513 6w ago Senior Software Engineer, Product Velocity Stripe · Seattle $206,086–$285,600 6w ago Manager, Staff Software Engineering - HYBRID GEICO · Palo Alto $120,000–$300,000 6w ago 
Senior Software Engineer - Mobile Read AI, Inc. · Seattle $190,000–$210,000 6w ago 
Sr Software Engineer, Platform NRG Energy · Seattle $153,000–$185,000 6w ago 60 of 182 open roles. All software engineering jobs