OpenAIRemote
Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security
US - Remote · New York City Full-time $401k – $510k/yr
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Software Engineer salary for remote roles in the US
What employers are offering right now, from 527 live Software Engineer postings for remote roles in the US that publish a pay range. Updated October 2026.
Median
$216k
a year, base pay
Middle half
$190k–$251k
25th to 75th percentile
Highest posted
$456k
range midpoint
How the offers are spread
$122k
$153k
$184k
$215k
$246k
$277k
$309k
$340k
Software Engineer pay by level
| Level | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Mid level | $189k | 25 |
| Senior | $202k | 185 |
| Staff & principal | $252k | 212 |
Top-paying companies for Software Engineer roles
Highest-paying open Software Engineer jobs
All 670 open jobs →AnthropicRemote
Staff+ Software Engineer, Privacy
Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY $405k – $485k/yr
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AnthropicRemote
Staff+ Software Engineer, Inference Velocity
Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY $405k – $485k/yr
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AnthropicRemote
Staff+ Software Engineer, Public Sector
Remote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC $405k – $485k/yr
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AnthropicRemote
Staff+ Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure
Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY $405k – $485k/yr
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AnthropicRemote
Staff+ Software Engineer, People Products
Remote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CA $405k – $485k/yr
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Software Engineer salary: common questions
- What is the average Software Engineer salary for remote roles in the US?
- The median midpoint of 527 live Software Engineer postings for remote roles in the US is $216k a year. Half of them fall between $190k and $251k.
- 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 Anthropic ($445k), Perplexity ($313k), OpenAI ($307k), Arcadia ($300k).
- 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 for remote roles in the US
- Mobile Developer · $251k
- Engineering Manager · $247k
- Hardware Engineer · $226k
- Product Manager · $226k
- Research Scientist · $225k
- AI & Machine Learning · $223k
- Data Scientist · $220k
- Cybersecurity · $216k
- DevOps Engineer · $211k
- Backend Developer · $208k
- Product & UX Designer · $207k
- Frontend Developer · $202k
- Full Stack Developer · $200k
- Data Engineer · $200k
- Legal & Compliance · $195k
- Solutions Engineer · $193k
- Sales · $190k
- Program Manager · $183k
- Data Analyst · $179k
- Marketing · $175k
- IT · $163k
- Operations · $162k
- HR & Recruiting · $151k
- QA Engineer · $145k
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