San Francisco · United States
Senior Backend Engineer salary in San Francisco
The median salary in Senior Backend Engineer job ads in San Francisco, United States is $215,500 a year (about $17,958 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $195,000 to $225,000, based on 9 salaries from 9 employers, updated 11 Nov 2026.
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- Median in job ads
- $215,500
- a year
- Salaries
- 9
- from 9 employers
- Last updated
- 11 Nov 2026
- 12-month window to 11 Nov 2026
Salary range
Where pay sits in San Francisco
- 10th percentile
- $188,500
- 25th percentile
- $195,000
- Median
- $215,500
- 75th percentile
- $225,000
- 90th percentile
- $232,000
9 salaries · 16 live local jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Compared with the United States median of 52 salaries: up +5.3%
Based on 9 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 11 Nov 2026
Pay listed by employers
Latest Senior Backend Engineer jobs that show their pay in San Francisco
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Senior Backend Engineer - ClickPipes PlatformClickHouse · Senior level · posted 9 Nov 2026$147,000 – $238,000
- Senior Backend EngineerYendo · Senior level · posted 8 Nov 2026$170,000 – $220,000
- Senior Backend Engineer - Mission ExperiencesLoft Orbital Solutions · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$150,000 – $195,000
- Senior Backend EngineerDoss · Senior level · posted 7 Nov 2026$210,000 – $230,000
- Senior Backend EngineerMintlify · Mid level · posted 4 Nov 2026$190,000 – $265,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
9 salaries from 9 employers, posted between 11 Nov 2025 and 11 Nov 2026. Last updated 11 Nov 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
- Employer hiring-system feeds 89%
- Other sources 11%
Frequently asked questions
Senior Backend Engineer salary in San Francisco: common questions
What is the average Senior Backend Engineer salary in San Francisco in 2026?
Job ads for Senior Backend Engineer in San Francisco on Jobiba list a median salary of $215,500 a year, based on 9 salary-listed job postings. The middle half of those job ads pay between $195,000 and $225,000 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
How does Senior Backend Engineer pay in San Francisco compare with the United States median?
The Senior Backend Engineer median in San Francisco is +5.3% versus the United States median for the same role on Jobiba.
How does Jobiba calculate Senior Backend Engineer salary in San Francisco?
From 9 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.