What does a software engineer remote earn?

Remote builder roles often pay 5–15% below the equivalent SF on-site band but offer wider geographic flexibility. The typical band for a software engineer runs $120k–$200k base, equity at startups.

Are software engineer jobs remote remote-friendly?

Every listing on this page is fully remote. That's the filter.

What companies hire software engineer jobs remote?

Jobs Base aggregates listings across YC-backed startups, growth-stage companies, and selected larger companies hiring with builder-role characteristics.

What's the difference between a software engineer and a regular software engineer?

Jobs Base only lists builder roles. Positions where one person owns the product end-to-end. We filter out ticket-driven, narrowly-scoped roles even when the title matches. About 9% of listings scraped match this definition.

Remote Software Engineer Jobs

Remote software engineer roles framed as builder roles are biased toward companies with strong written-communication cultures. Linear, Supabase, PostHog-style operations. The role assumes you can ship without supervision and write down what you did clearly enough that others can build on it. Compensation runs $130k–$200k for senior US-remote roles, €70k–€110k for European remote. The bar for hire tends to be higher than the equivalent in-office role because the candidate pool is global.

122 active 41% remote median salary $220k

1.	Software Engineer - AI Agents (LiveFlow) San Francisco, California, United States \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| ai agents, llm, workflow automation \| 3w ago
2.	Software Engineer III (Kora/Support) (Cedar) United States \| $170,000 – $215,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| generative ai, large language models, llm prompt engineering \| 3w ago
3.	Software Engineer (Marker) United States+3 \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| deno, react, postgresql \| 4w ago
4.	Software Engineer - Voice Agent (Baseten Labs) United States \| $165,000 – $330,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, docker, kubernetes \| 1mo ago
5.	Software Engineer (SF) (Fractional AI) San Francisco, California, United States \| $160,000 – $220,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| software engineering, ai systems, system design \| 1mo ago
6.	Software Engineer, Agents (Benchling) San Francisco, California, United States \| $173,369 – $234,388/yr \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| python, react, llm \| 1mo ago
7.	Software Engineer, Production Engineering (Ramp) United States+2 \| $168,000 – $324,500/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| aws, observability, slos \| 1mo ago
8.	Software Engineer, Security Infrastructure (Sift) Marina Del Rey, California, United States+2 \| $170,000 – $220,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| aws, kubernetes, ci/cd \| 1mo ago
9.	Software Engineer - Voice AI (Inference Runtime) (Baseten Labs) San Francisco, California, United States \| $165,000 – $330,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, docker, kubernetes \| 1mo ago
10.	Software Engineer - UI (Pasito) United States+4 \| $140,000 – $170,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| prosemirror, tiptap, yjs \| 1mo ago
11.	Software Engineer (Product) (Kaizen) United States \| $130,000 – $200,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| react, next.js, typescript \| 1mo ago
12.	Software Engineer (Dover) California, United States+1 \| $100,000 – $200,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| 1mo ago
13.	Software Engineer, Product (Prelim) United States \| $160,000 – $170,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| react, node.js, postgresql \| 1mo ago
14.	Software Engineer, OfficeJS (GC AI) United States+1 \| $165,000 – $350,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| typescript, react, office add-ins \| 1mo ago
15.	Lead Software Engineer, Full Stack (Evertune AI) New York City, New York, United States \| $150,000 – $240,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| javascript, python, gcp \| 1mo ago
16.	Staff Software Engineer, Product Security (Harvey) United States \| $220,000 – $330,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| authentication, access control, azure \| 4w ago
17.	Staff Software Engineer, AI - Elite Squad Team (Ironclad) United States \| $240,000 – $295,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| backend systems, distributed systems, ai \| 1mo ago
18.	Staff Software Engineer (Abridge) United States \| $228,000 – $290,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| typescript, react, cloud-based distributed systems \| 1mo ago
19.	Staff Software Engineer (Vetcove) United States \| $170,000 – $300,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, django, django rest framework \| 1mo ago
20.	Staff Software Engineer - Backend & AI Infra - Trading (Career Renew) United States+1 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| go, python, typescript \| 1mo ago
21.	Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform (Harvey) United States+1 \| $231,000 – $340,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| backend systems, ai/ml engineering, multi-model ai systems \| 1mo ago
22.	Staff Software Engineer, Attack (Horizon3.ai) United States \| $220,000 – $275,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| go, rust, python \| 1mo ago
23.	Staff Software Engineer (Payer) (Headway) United States \| $224,000 – $280,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, typescript, react \| 1mo ago
24.	Staff Software Engineer (Hinge Health) Montreal, Quebec, Canada \| CA$134,400 – CA$201,600/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| react native, typescript, nestjs \| 1mo ago
25.	Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform (Juniper Square) United States+8 \| $165,000 – $200,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| backend services, data pipelines, api design \| 3w ago
26.	Senior Software Engineer (PlayOn Sports) United States \| remote \| part-time \| senior \| python, ai, computer vision \| 3w ago
27.	Senior Software Engineer, Product (Kaizen) New York, New York, United States \| $180,000 – $250,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| react, next.js, node.js \| 3w ago
28.	Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform (Amplify Renewables) United States+2 \| $150,000 – $250,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, rust, pyo3 \| 4w ago
29.	Senior Software Engineer (Lineation) United States \| remote \| part-time \| senior \| rust, typescript, react \| 4w ago
30.	Senior Software Engineer (Canopi) United States \| remote \| contract \| senior \| 4w ago
31.	Senior Software Engineer, Streaming (AssemblyAI) United States \| $200,000 – $225,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| backend engineering, api design, production support \| 4w ago
32.	Senior Software Engineer (Wave Mobile Money) Kenya, Kenya \| Up to $133,100/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, graphql, kotlin \| 1mo ago
33.	Senior Software Engineer (Remote) (GiveDirectly) United States+2 \| $157,500 – $181,125/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| backend architecture, databases, cloud services \| 1mo ago
34.	Senior Software Engineer, AI (Bubble) New York, New York, United States \| $183,000 – $237,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| typescript, python, llm apis \| 1mo ago
35.	Senior Software Engineer (Node), JavaScript SDK (Sentry) Toronto, Ontario, Canada \| CA$200,000 – CA$295,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| node.js, javascript, typescript \| 1mo ago
36.	Senior Software Engineer, Data (Hive) Canada \| CA$123,600 – CA$187,900/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, django, aws \| 1mo ago
37.	Senior Software Engineer, Full-Stack (Agents) (Owner.com) United States+1 \| $210,000 – $230,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| react, typescript, node.js \| 1mo ago
38.	Senior Software Engineer (Pine Park Health) United States+5 \| $190,000 – $215,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| react, remix, node.js \| 1mo ago
39.	Senior Software Engineer, Data (Probably Genetic) San Francisco, California, United States \| $150,000 – $210,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, sql, aws \| 1mo ago
40.	Senior Software Engineer - JVM Language Clients (ClickHouse) United States+19 \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| java, jvm, jdbc \| 1mo ago
41.	Senior Software Engineer II AI-Native, Messaging (Life360) United States+1 \| $148,000 – $216,500/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| java, spring boot, apache kafka \| 1mo ago
42.	Senior Software Engineer (AI-Native), Circle Expansion (Life360) United States+1 \| $129,000 – $192,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| ios, android, java \| 1mo ago
43.	Senior Software Engineer, Back End (Evertune AI) Seattle, Washington, United States \| $150,000 – $200,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| python, api design, system design \| 1mo ago
44.	Senior Software Engineer, LearnWith.AI (Remote) - $100,000/year USD (Crossover) United States \| $100,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| full-stack development, backend development, frontend development \| 1mo ago
45.	Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Evertune AI) New York City, New York, United States \| $150,000 – $200,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| javascript, python, gcp \| 1mo ago
46.	Senior Software Engineer, LearnWith.AI (Remote) - $100,000/year USD (Crossover) Australia+9 \| $50/hr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| frontend, backend, full-stack \| 1mo ago
47.	Senior Software Engineer – AI Systems & Architecture (Item Alignment Inc) New Jersey, United States \| $125,000 – $210,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| java, python, llm \| 1mo ago
48.	Senior Software Engineer - Special Projects (Jobgether) United States \| $200,000 – $250,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| distributed systems, backend development, rust \| 1mo ago
49.	Senior Software Engineer (AI) (Limelight) United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| llms, prompt engineering, rag \| 1mo ago
50.	Product Software Engineering (Quantitative Modeling) (PlantingSpace) European Union \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| quantitative modeling, program synthesis, bayesian methods \| 4w ago

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Frequently asked questions

What does a software engineer remote earn?: Remote builder roles often pay 5–15% below the equivalent SF on-site band but offer wider geographic flexibility. The typical band for a software engineer runs $120k–$200k base, equity at startups.
Are software engineer jobs remote remote-friendly?: Every listing on this page is fully remote. That's the filter.
What companies hire software engineer jobs remote?: Jobs Base aggregates listings across YC-backed startups, growth-stage companies, and selected larger companies hiring with builder-role characteristics.
What's the difference between a software engineer and a regular software engineer?: Jobs Base only lists builder roles. Positions where one person owns the product end-to-end. We filter out ticket-driven, narrowly-scoped roles even when the title matches. About 9% of listings scraped match this definition.