Senior Staff Software Engineer - Perception & Sensing
Foster City, CA · Boston, MA Full-time $324k – $389k/yr
machine learningcomputer visionDirect from employer May 3
Software Engineer salary in Boston
What employers are offering right now, from 66 live Software Engineer postings in Boston that publish a pay range. Updated October 2026.
Median
$216k
a year, base pay
Middle half
$175k–$267k
25th to 75th percentile
Highest posted
$357k
range midpoint
How the offers are spread
$105k
$134k
$162k
$191k
$219k
$248k
$276k
$305k
Software Engineer pay by level
| Level | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | $202k | 24 |
| Staff & principal | $259k | 24 |
Top-paying companies for Software Engineer roles
| Company | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Suno | $296k | 6 |
| Generalist | $290k | 4 |
| Zoox | $268k | 9 |
| Lightfield | $240k | 4 |
| Formation Bio | $225k | 2 |
| Databricks | $216k | 3 |
| Datadog | $216k | 8 |
| Layer Health | $215k | 2 |
| ezCater | $191k | 4 |
| Cambridge Mobile Telematics | $188k | 7 |
| Maven AGI | $183k | 2 |
| Cyvl | $160k | 3 |
Highest-paying open Software Engineer jobs
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Boston, MA Full-time $277k – $389k/yr
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Staff Software Engineer, Detection & Response
Boston · NYC Full-time $277k – $364k/yr
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Software Engineer: ML Optimization
San Francisco Bay Area (San Mateo) or Boston (Somerville) Full-time $260k – $350k/yr
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Software Engineer: ML Infra
San Francisco Bay Area (San Mateo) or Boston (Somerville) Full-time $260k – $350k/yr
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Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Machine Learning & System Optimization
Foster City, CA · Boston, MA Full-time $254k – $350k/yr
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Software Engineer salary: common questions
- What is the average Software Engineer salary in Boston?
- The median midpoint of 66 live Software Engineer postings in Boston is $216k a year. Half of them fall between $175k and $267k.
- How does Software Engineer pay change with seniority?
- senior postings $202k. Staff, principal and director roles usually pay more and often add equity.
- Which companies pay Software Engineer roles the most?
- Among companies with at least two postings, the highest medians are at Suno ($296k), Generalist ($290k), Zoox ($268k), Lightfield ($240k).
- Where do these numbers come from?
- From the pay ranges employers publish in their own job postings (required in states such as California, Colorado, New York, Washington and Illinois). We take the midpoint of each range, convert hourly pay at 2,080 hours a year, and update the figures daily as postings open and close. They show base pay, not bonus or equity.
Other salaries in Boston
- AI & Machine Learning · $235k
- Legal & Compliance · $219k
- Cybersecurity · $216k
- Product Manager · $213k
- Engineering Manager · $209k
- Data Scientist · $209k
- Data Analyst · $191k
- Operations · $190k
- DevOps Engineer · $188k
- Data Engineer · $188k
- Solutions Engineer · $177k
- Marketing · $172k
- Program Manager · $167k
- Sales · $161k
- Research Scientist · $159k
- Hardware Engineer · $157k
- Finance & Accounting · $148k
- HR & Recruiting · $143k
- Customer Success · $129k
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