Backend SalariesDecember 2025

Real salary data from 13 active Backend job listings on Hacker News. Updated daily.

MEDIAN
$150,000
RANGE
$87,500 - $200,000
JOBS
13
AVERAGE
$156,269

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Top 5 Highest Paying Backend Jobs

#1
Founding engineer (ML & Backend)
Stealth AI Startup • Onsite
$200,000 - $500,000
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#2
Multiple Roles
DuckDuckGo • Remote
$178,500 - $243,800
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#3
Multiple Roles
DuckDuckGo • Remote
$178,500 - $243,800
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#4
Multiple Roles
DuckDuckGo • Remote
$178,500 - $178,500
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#5
Multiple Roles
DuckDuckGo • Remote
$176,000 - $176,000
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All Backend Jobs

Stealth AI Startup
Founding engineer (ML & Backend)
zen
$200,000 - $500,000
LLMMachine LearningBackendForecastingArtificial Intelligence
Y
Adobe
Senior Software Engineer (Behance – Graph & Recommendations)
zen
$170,500 - $320,000
Neo4jGraph DatabasesBackend
Y
DuckDuckGo
Multiple Roles
zen
$87,500 - $243,800
Windows Desktop AppAndroidBackendReactTypeScript
Y
DuckDuckGo
Multiple Roles
zen
$178,500 - $243,800
Windows Desktop AppAndroidBackendReactTypeScript
Y
DuckDuckGo
Multiple Roles
zen
$178,500 - $243,800
Windows Desktop AppAndroidBackendProduct Design
Y
Apsis Labs
Staff Frontend Engineer
zen
$132,000 - $132,000
FrontendFull-stackBackend
Y
DuckDuckGo
Multiple Roles
zen
$178,500 - $178,500
Windows Desktop AppAndroidBackend
Y
SmarterDx
Multiple roles
zen
$150,000 - $250,000
AIMLData ScienceFull StackBackend
Y
Sleeper
Backend Engineer
stable
$150,000 - $200,000
Backend
Y
SmarterDx
Multiple roles
zen
$150,000 - $230,000
AIHealth TechData ScienceMachine LearningBackend
Y
SmarterDx
Multiple roles
zen
$150,000 - $230,000
AIData AnalyticsMLProductBackend
Y
Offstream
Backend software engineer
stable
$130,000 - $170,000
BackendFrontend
Y
DuckDuckGo
Multiple Roles
stable
$176,000 - $176,000
BackendC++
Y
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