2,547 active jobs. 1,046 companies. Median salary $160K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.
The Backend Engineer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.
Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 81% of positions include salary data.
Middle 50% of salaries range from $127K to $212K.
Remote positions in this field tend to be at companies with lower average pay scales, or reflect geographic salary adjustments.
Salary increase: +$41K · Sample: Senior → Staff
Score: 30/100 · AI/LLM demand: 83% of postings
Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.
| Level | Jobs | P25 | Median | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 110 | $91K | $142K | $213K |
| Staff | 66 | $153K | $182K | $249K |
| Mid-Level | 11 | $80K | $150K | $180K |
| Junior | 4 | $120K | $130K | $180K |
| Lead | 3 | $110K | $119K | $200K |
Senior → Staff: +$41K (29%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.
| Country | Jobs | Median | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 114 | $165K | USD |
| Remote | 69 | $155K | USD |
| United Kingdom | 7 | $90K | GBP |
| Germany | 3 | $10K | USD |
| Mode | Share |
|---|---|
| On-Site | 5.1% |
| Remote | 31.1% |
| Hybrid | 4.4% |
~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.
| Company | Openings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jobgether | 64 | 2.5% |
| Coupang | 40 | 1.6% |
| Remotecom | 32 | 1.3% |
| Grafanalabs | 31 | 1.2% |
| Coupanginternal | 21 | 0.8% |
| Aboutyougmbh | 20 | 0.8% |
| Sumup | 20 | 0.8% |
| Nordsec | 19 | 0.7% |
| Country | Jobs |
|---|---|
| United States | 474 |
| Remote | 313 |
| India | 164 |
| United Kingdom | 110 |
| Germany | 107 |
| Poland | 61 |
| Spain | 51 |
| Israel | 46 |
| Level | Share | Positions |
|---|---|---|
| Associate Degree | 55.4% | 1,141 |
| Master's Degree | 17.0% | 349 |
| Bachelor's Degree | 5.4% | 111 |
| PhD / Doctorate | 0.3% | 6 |
| MBA | 0.0% | 1 |
All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.
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