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Posts dated June 2024 to June 2026

Backend posts with salary details

8 job posts mention Backend and include salary information.

A post can mention several technologies. These figures describe advertised starting amounts, not what employees were paid.

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SALARY AMOUNTS COMPARED
8

Fewer than 30 usable salary amounts are available. Check the individual advertised ranges and currencies below.

Posts with salary details

8

Source-post dates

Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

Coverage

Public HN “Who is Hiring” posts that include salary details

What salary details are stated?

How specific are the advertised salary amounts?

Each post is grouped by the salary details extracted from it: a range, one exact amount, a minimum, or values that could not form a usable range. Extraction can miss details, so check the original post.

Salary details by stated currency
CurrencyRecordsTwo-sidedExactMinimum onlyInvalid
USD86110

Original pay evidence

Advertised offer bands

Each panel has a separate scale in the source currency. A band shows its stated lower and upper amounts; a marker shows a minimum with no upper amount. Pay period is not preserved in the listing record. These are historical advertisements, not confirmed current vacancies.

USD advertised bands. Scale covers known endpoints from 123,041 to 350,000.
RoleCompanyNative offer bandBand position, USDPost dateRemote markSource
Founding AI Infrastructure Engineer OhrUSD 150,000–220,000Jun 2026Marked remoteView source post
Backend/Fullstack Engineer CaplightUSD 225,000–350,000Jun 2026Not marked remoteView source post
Founding Backend Engineer FalconerUSD 150,000–250,000May 2026Not marked remoteView source post
Senior Backend Engineer Neon HealthUSD 175,000–225,000May 2026Marked remoteView source post
Staff Frontend Engineer Apsis LabsUSD 132,000–132,000May 2025Marked remoteView source post
Senior Software Engineer ChipStackUSD 200,000+May 2025Not marked remoteView source post
Engineer Defense Digital ServiceUSD 123,041–191,900Dec 2024Marked remoteView source post
Sr. Software Engineer Icario HealthUSD 140,900–157,600Jun 2024Marked remoteView source post

In these posts

What stands out in Backend posts

Counts are based on posts naming this technology. A post may describe multiple openings; its role-level label applies to the post, not necessarily each opening.

Most represented company

Apsis Labs

1 of 8 posts

8 distinct company names in these posts

Role level recorded on the post

Senior4
Lead2
Mid2

Other technologies named together

How Backend posts overlap with other technologies

Each row counts posts naming that technology; a post can appear in more than one row. Salary figures are approximate annualized USD estimates of advertised minimums, not full offer ranges or employee pay.

Technology names, post counts, approximate advertised-minimum estimates, and overlap with Backend posts
TechnologyPosts naming this technologyComparable estimatesMedian estimateMiddle halfPosts also naming BackendFirst and last post
Backend These posts88Not shownNot shown8Jun 2024 to Jun 2026
Artificial Intelligence182182$150k$120k to $170k2Jun 2024 to Oct 2026
Frontend44Not shownNot shown2Dec 2024 to Jun 2026

Approximate annualized USD estimates of advertised minimums are shown only when there are at least 30 comparable posts. “Not shown” means fewer than 30.

Starting-salary history

Advertised minimums over time

Each dot is one post’s approximate USD estimate of its advertised minimum, linked to the source post. The chart shows up to the 120 newest comparable estimates, from Jun 2024 to Jun 2026; older months remain in the table, so a missing dot does not mean there were no posts. Monthly summaries appear only with at least 30 comparable estimates. Values are approximate annualized USD estimates of advertised minimums, not full offer ranges or employee pay. They use a common comparison basis, not historical exchange rates or inflation. The mix of companies, recorded role levels, and currencies can change month to month.

Approximate annualized USD estimates of advertised minimums by source-post date Individual linked post floors appear as dots. Eligible month summaries show the p25 to p75 interval and a median mark. The vertical axis is approximate USD and begins at zero. Months without a valid point have no dot. 0k61k122k182k243k Source-post dateApproximate annualized USD estimate Jun 24May 26 Jun 2024 · 140,900 approximate USD floor · source post 40584921Dec 2024 · 123,041 approximate USD floor · source post 42310373May 2025 · 200,000 approximate USD floor · source post 43864845May 2025 · 132,000 approximate USD floor · source post 43870828May 2026 · 175,000 approximate USD floor · source post 47976286May 2026 · 150,000 approximate USD floor · source post 47976762Jun 2026 · 225,000 approximate USD floor · source post 48359855Jun 2026 · 150,000 approximate USD floor · source post 48403261 Jun 2024Jun 2026
Individual post, links to sourceMonthly middle-half range and median, shown with at least 30 comparable estimates
Monthly post counts and salary estimates
Monthly source-post counts and valid approximate USD advertised-minimum counts. Statistics are shown only when monthly valid sample size is at least 30.
MonthSource postsComparable estimatesMedian estimateMiddle half
Jun 202411Not shownNot shown
Dec 202411Not shownNot shown
May 202522Not shownNot shown
May 202622Not shownNot shown
Jun 202622Not shownNot shown
Exact values for the 8 plotted source posts
Exact approximate USD floor value and date for each plotted source listing
DateApproximate annualized USD estimateSource
Jun 2024140,900Post 40584921
Dec 2024123,041Post 42310373
May 2025200,000Post 43864845
May 2025132,000Post 43870828
May 2026175,000Post 47976286
May 2026150,000Post 47976762
Jun 2026225,000Post 48359855
Jun 2026150,000Post 48403261

Other technologies named together

Which other technologies appeared in these posts?

For each month, this lists the three most-mentioned other technologies and how many posts named each one. A post can mention several technologies, so these counts overlap and do not add up to the number of posts.

Monthly counts for the most common other technology tags, with each month’s source-post denominator
MonthPosts that monthOther technologies named
Jun 20241
No other technology summary
Dec 20241
Frontend1 / 1
May 20252
Artificial Intelligence1 / 2
Frontend1 / 2
Full Stack1 / 2
May 20262
Artificial Intelligence1 / 2
Jun 20262
Full Stack1 / 2

Role level and remote wording

Which role levels appear under each remote label?

Role levels are the labels recorded for each post, including Unknown. “Not marked remote” does not confirm an onsite workplace. A post may describe several openings.

Senior

4 posts

Marked remote 3

Not marked remote 1

Lead

2 posts

Marked remote 1

Not marked remote 1

Mid

2 posts

Marked remote 1

Not marked remote 1

Technology names per post

How many technologies are listed together?

Each post is counted once, according to how many distinct technology names it contains. This describes the post text, not required skills or role complexity.

2 tags3
3 tags1
5 tags3
8 tags1

Places mentioned in post text

Which places do these posts mention?

These bars compare city and nearby-area matches in this group with matches across all posts that state pay. Matches come from post text, not verified work locations. A post can match more than one place.

San Francisco

3 of 8 in this group
This group37.5%All posts with salary details325 of 1616 (20.1%)

New York

0 of 8 in this group
This group0.0%All posts with salary details330 of 1616 (20.4%)

London

0 of 8 in this group
This group0.0%All posts with salary details112 of 1616 (6.9%)

Berlin

0 of 8 in this group
This group0.0%All posts with salary details30 of 1616 (1.9%)

Location labels in these posts

Broad categories recorded for the posts

These broad labels do not confirm a specific city or where an employee lives.

  • Remote3
  • San Francisco Bay Area3
  • Other1
  • United States1

Role level recorded on the posts

Posts grouped by recorded role level

Each group uses the role-level label recorded for the post. One post may describe several openings, so the label may not apply to every position in the advertisement.

Role titles in these posts

  • Backend/Fullstack Engineer1
  • Engineer1
  • Founding AI Infrastructure Engineer1
  • Founding Backend Engineer1
  • Senior Backend Engineer1
  • Senior Software Engineer1
  • Sr. Software Engineer1
  • Staff Frontend Engineer1

Companies named in these posts

Other technologies named

Posts can name several technologies, so they may appear in more than one group.

Monthly source-post counts

Posting history

When the posts appeared

Monthly counts of matching source posts. This shows how many posts appeared, not salary growth or current vacancies.

Monthly counts of posts with salary details on this page
MonthPostsRelative volume
Jun 202411 posts
Dec 202411 posts
May 202522 posts
May 202622 posts
Jun 202622 posts

Full source listing

Posts mentioning Backend

COMPANY ROLE SALARY VIBE STACK Actions
Caplight Backend/Fullstack Engineer
$225,000 - $350,000
[F] grind
Backend Full Stack
HN Apply
ChipStack Senior Software Engineer
$200,000 +
[F] grind
Backend Platform Artificial Intelligence +2
HN Apply
Neon Health Senior Backend Engineer
$175,000 - $225,000
[F] CRUNCH
Artificial Intelligence Backend
HN Apply
Ohr Founding AI Infrastructure Engineer
$150,000 - $220,000
[F] zen
Llms OCR Apis +5
HN Apply
Falconer Founding Backend Engineer
$150,000 - $250,000
[E] grind
Backend Infrastructure
HN Apply
Icario Health Sr. Software Engineer
$140,900 - $157,600
[E] stable
Cloud Java Java +3
HN Apply
Apsis Labs Staff Frontend Engineer
$132,000 - $132,000
[E] zen
Frontend Full Stack Backend
HN Apply
Defense Digital Service Engineer
$123,041 - $191,900
[E] grind
Frontend Backend Hardware +2
HN Apply
Data and method

Listings tagged with the normalized technology Backend. These figures describe advertisements, not verified employee earnings or currently open jobs.

Dates of included posts
2024-06-05 to 2026-06-04
Posts used
8 listings; 8 valid salary-minimum observations
What we compare
Median annualized estimate of advertised salary minimums
Currency conversion
Approximate USD using ECB daily reference rates as of 2026-10-09.

Fewer than 30 usable salary amounts are available, so we do not show a group median. Check the individual offers instead.

2026 includes 4 listings and 4 usable amounts. Its median is withheld below 30 usable amounts. This year overlaps the full history; it is not an independent sample or evidence of a pay trend.

Source: Hacker News “Who is Hiring?”, aggregated by StartupJobList. Read the methodology and correction policy.

Data version for citation: 15d7223fdf4cb05b49eb0b9d9a4dd51eb2db0e338fd810063b2137f3e74d011b