MercuryRemote
Staff Software Engineer - Services Platform
San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States $239k – $299k/yr
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Software Engineer salary in Portland
What employers are offering right now, from 16 live Software Engineer postings in Portland that publish a pay range. Updated October 2026.
Median
$187k
a year, base pay
Middle half
$142k–$226k
25th to 75th percentile
Highest posted
$269k
range midpoint
How the offers are spread
$107k
$127k
$147k
$168k
$188k
$208k
$228k
$249k
Software Engineer pay by level
| Level | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | $207k | 8 |
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Highest-paying open Software Engineer jobs
All 16 open jobs →MercuryRemote
Staff Software Engineer - Fraud
San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States $201k – $299k/yr
machine learningdata sciencesaasDirect from employer Apr 2
MercuryRemote
Senior Software Engineer - SRE
San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States $201k – $251k/yr
typescriptpostgresqlsaasdevopsDirect from employer Sep 8
MercuryRemote
Senior Software Engineer - Investments
San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States $201k – $251k/yr
awssaasDirect from employer Sep 4
MercuryRemote
Senior Software Engineer - Frontend Developer Experience
San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States $201k – $251k/yr
typescriptreactci/cdllmDirect from employer Jul 15
MercuryRemote
Senior Software Engineer - Mercury Command
San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States $201k – $251k/yr
typescriptllmsaasDirect from employer Feb 13
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Software Engineer salary: common questions
- What is the average Software Engineer salary in Portland?
- The median midpoint of 16 live Software Engineer postings in Portland is $187k a year. Half of them fall between $142k and $226k.
- How does Software Engineer pay change with seniority?
- senior postings $207k. 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 Mercury ($226k), New Relic ($135k).
- 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.
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