Remote Backend Engineer Salary
Based on 147 remote listings with disclosed pay in 2026. All figures in USD.
Typical range
$170k – $240k/yr
Floor (lowest disclosed)
$18k
Ceiling (highest disclosed)
$431k
Jobs with pay data
147
Pay by experience level
Level
Avg Min
Avg Max
Jobs
Senior
$179k
$254k
116
All levels
$138k
$192k
30
Recent Backend Engineer jobs with disclosed pay
Senior Software Engineer (Institutional, USDC)
Coinbase
$207,955 – $218,900/yr
Staff Software Engineer
Freenome
$188,275 – $270,375/yr
Billing Engineer
Tailscale
$143,000 – $179,000/yr
Senior Software Developer, AI Networking
NVIDIA
$152,000 – $287,500/yr
Senior Software Engineer, Containers
Chainguard
$157,000 – $184,000/yr
Staff Backend Engineer, Moderation Enforcement
Reddit
$217,000 – $303,900/yr
Data sourced from remote job listings with disclosed pay on RemoWork. Figures represent what employers posted, not verified compensation. All amounts in USD.