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Salary guide 2026

Software Engineer salary in remote roles

$210,800

typical yearly pay

Most Software Engineer roles in remote jobs publish pay between $185,000 and $238,500, based on 565 live listings from 121 employers.

$131k (low end)$299k (high end)

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Top-paying employers hiring now

Anthropic$445,000

OpenAI$405,500

Dropbox$335,000

Patreon$309,000

Arcadia$300,000

Headway$298,000

Earnin$289,830

Tonal$275,000

Highest-paying open Software Engineer jobs

Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security · OpenAIUS - Remote$401k–$510k Staff+ Software Engineer, People Products · AnthropicRemote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CA$405k–$485k Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector · AnthropicRemote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC$405k–$485k Staff+ Software Engineer, Memory & Search · AnthropicNew York City, NY; New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; Remote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$405k–$485k Staff+ Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure · AnthropicRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY$405k–$485k Staff+ Software Engineer, Deployment · AnthropicRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY$405k–$485k Staff+ Software Engineer, Inference Velocity · AnthropicRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY$405k–$485k Staff+ Software Engineer, Privacy · AnthropicRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY$405k–$485k

Other salaries in remote roles

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Based on salary ranges employers published on active JobPedestal listings (annual USD), updated daily. Not a guarantee of pay.