No pay postedSep 13
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Backend Engineer jobs.
684 roles open across 231 companies - closed listings pulled, and pay shown exactly as the employer posted it. Apply to any of them with one LandEarly profile, tailored per posting.
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- Base pay shown where stated
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Open backend engineer roles
Live684
47 posted this week · 231 companies hiring
Posted todayOver 60 days old
How old the open roles are, not how many get posted - our board coverage has grown over the last year, so a week-by-week series would measure us rather than the market. Snapshot taken September 2026.
684 open backend engineer roles across 231 companies, with 47 posted this week. Posted base pay runs $193k–$229k across the middle half. Top hiring: Affirm, GitLab, Databricks.
The board
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Level sets the scope and the pay band; work model decides whether you’re eligible at all. Both are on every card, so you can rule roles out before opening a single description.
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Model
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Showing 12 of 120 roles · 684 open in total
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$195–255kbase postedSep 11
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$163–226kbase postedSep 11
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The board carries the 120 most recent of 684 open backend engineer roles - the other 564 are in the full member search. The city chips read the employer’s own location line; a listing that names no city we can resolve stays searchable but sits out of them.
Open to remote only? 310 of the 418 backend engineer listings that publish a work model came back remote-first, and 34 more are hybrid. The other 266 say nothing either way - that field is one only some boards publish.
Posted pay only - no estimates
What 113 of these listings actually printed.
Every figure here comes from a live posting with a stated annual base range. Nothing is modelled, inferred, or averaged in from a survey - which is also why the sample is smaller than the board.
Base salary distribution
Count of listings by posted base midpoint, on the same axis the rungs beside it are drawn against.
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$0k$63k$125k$188k$250k$313k$375k$438k
The $188k–$250k band alone holds 73 of the 113 priced listings.
What each rung pays
The middle 50% of posted base at each level, and how many listings that band is drawn from.
Mid-level22$172k–$214k
Senior62$188k–$225k
Staff27$211k–$260k
$193k
25th pct
$215k
Median
$229k
75th pct
3 of the 6 levels on this board sit out - fewer than 5 of their listings state a range, and a band drawn off two postings reads like the same fact as one drawn off forty.
By city
Where the openings actually are.
Every city with at least five open backend engineer roles, each its own board. Counts are what that page holds right now.
By country
Hiring beyond the US.
Every country with at least five open backend engineer roles, each its own board. Counts are what that page holds right now.
Same role, different question.
What it pays, where it's remote, and how the whole field is trending.
Backend Engineer salary breakdown
Percentiles by level and metro, with the sample size behind every number and a note where it is thin.
Remote backend engineer jobsThe 310 postings that came back remote-first, with the geography each employer will actually hire in kept on the card.
Engineering job marketHiring volume, top employers and pay direction across every role in the field.
Questions
Before you start applying.
About Backend Engineer roles
The Backend Engineer job market currently shows 682 open positions across 231 hiring companies, based on current postings data. This week alone, 47 new roles have been posted, indicating ongoing activity in the space according to available data. The relatively high ratio of open positions to hiring companies suggests that many employers are seeking to fill multiple backend engineering roles simultaneously, though this pattern is not uniform across all organizations. Among the companies actively hiring for backend engineering talent are Affirm, GitLab, Databricks, OpenAI, and Airwallex, representing a mix of fintech, developer tooling, data infrastructure, and AI-focused organizations. Compensation data drawn from posted listings shows a median (P50) base of $214,850, with a 25th percentile of $193,375 and a 75th percentile of $229,737.50. This range indicates that the middle half of posted backend engineering roles cluster within a roughly $36,000 band, suggesting some consistency in how these positions are compensated across the current market, though variation still exists based on factors not captured in this dataset, such as seniority, location, or specific technical requirements. The presence of 231 distinct hiring companies suggests demand is distributed rather than concentrated among a small number of employers, though the five companies listed above represent some of the more visible names currently posting roles. With 47 new postings in the past week relative to 682 total open positions, roughly 7% of currently listed roles were added recently, which may reflect ongoing but measured hiring activity. Overall, the data points to an active but not explosively growing market for backend engineering talent, with compensation figures that are fairly narrowly banded around the median according to current postings.
What skills are in demand for Backend Engineer roles right now?
The provided data does not break down specific technical skills requested in postings, so no definitive skill list can be stated based on current postings. However, given that companies like Databricks, OpenAI, and GitLab are among the top hirers, it is reasonable to infer that backend roles at these organizations may involve large-scale systems, data infrastructure, or developer tooling, though this is not explicitly confirmed by the available data.
What salary can Backend Engineers expect in this market?
Based on current postings, the median base salary is $214,850, with the 25th percentile at $193,375 and the 75th percentile at $229,737.50. This suggests that most disclosed compensation for backend engineering roles falls within this range, though actual offers may vary depending on the specific role and company.
Which companies are currently hiring the most Backend Engineers?
According to available data, the top hiring companies include Affirm, GitLab, Databricks, OpenAI, and Airwallex. These five companies are listed among the 231 total hiring organizations currently posting backend engineering roles.
How competitive is the Backend Engineer job market currently?
With 682 open positions spread across 231 companies and 47 new roles posted this week, the market appears to have a steady volume of opportunities based on current postings. However, the data does not provide applicant volume or acceptance rates, so overall competitiveness for individual roles cannot be precisely determined from the available statistics.
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