What does a software engineer typically earn?

Typical compensation for a software engineer runs $120k–$200k base, equity at startups. Salaries skew higher at well-funded US startups and lower outside the US; equity grants vary sharply by stage.

How many software engineer jobs are remote-friendly?

Across the current 330 active listings on Jobs Base, 14 (4%) are fully remote. The rest split between on-site and hybrid.

How often are new software engineer jobs posted?

Jobs Base ingests new software engineer jobs continuously. New listings appear daily across the major sources we ingest.

Software Engineer Jobs

Software engineer roles on Jobs Base are filtered down to ones with end-to-end ownership. No ticket-driven feature factories, no "your work will be reviewed by three senior engineers and a TPM" listings. The companies posting these roles tend to be early-stage startups, growth-stage companies still building their first version of something, or the rare big-company team where one person actually owns a product surface. If you want a software-engineer job that lets you decide what to build, this is the slice of the market you want.

330 active 4% remote median salary $218k

1.	Software Engineering Intern (Maritime Technology Startup (Stealth)) El Segundo, California, United States \| $40 – $48/hr \| on-site \| internship \| internship \| python, go, javascript \| 3w ago
2.	Software Engineer, Agents (Decagon) London, United Kingdom \| £125,000 – £180,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| python, typescript, asynchronous programming \| 3w ago
3.	Software Engineer (Cognition) San Francisco, California, United States \| From $260,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| python, distributed systems, ai \| 3w ago
4.	Software Engineer - AI Agents (LiveFlow) San Francisco, California, United States \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| ai agents, llm, workflow automation \| 3w ago
5.	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
6.	Software Engineer - Frontend (Maritime Technology Startup (Stealth)) El Segundo, California, United States \| $130,000 – $200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| react, typescript, d3.js \| 3w ago
7.	Software Engineer (Freeform) Hawthorne, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| 3w ago
8.	Software Engineer (Clad) New York City, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| software engineering, ai, construction \| 3w ago
9.	Software Engineer (Traba) New York City, New York, United States \| $140,000 – $200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| react native, react, node.js \| 3w ago
10.	Software Engineer (Column) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| infrastructure, backend, product \| 4w ago
11.	Software Engineer (AveryIQ) Austin, Texas, United States+1 \| hybrid \| full-time \| bun, hono, next.js \| 4w ago
12.	Software Engineer (Marker) United States+3 \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| deno, react, postgresql \| 1mo ago
13.	Software Engineer (Tandem Health) Stockholm, Sweden \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| 1mo ago
14.	Software Engineer (Lantern) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| python, fastapi, next.js \| 1mo ago
15.	Software Engineer, Stablecoin (Slash) San Francisco, California, United States \| $200,000 – $300,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| full-stack development, api design, database migration \| 1mo ago
16.	Software Engineer - Voice Agent (Baseten Labs) United States \| $165,000 – $330,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, docker, kubernetes \| 1mo ago
17.	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
18.	Software Engineer, Agents (Benchling) San Francisco, California, United States \| $173,369 – $234,388/yr \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| python, react, llm \| 1mo ago
19.	Software Engineer (Latent) San Francisco, California, United States \| $200,000 – $285,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| typescript, distributed systems, postgresql \| 1mo ago
20.	Software Engineer - AI (NovusMinds AI) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, typescript, go \| 1mo ago
21.	Software Engineer, Production Engineering (Ramp) United States+2 \| $168,000 – $324,500/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| aws, observability, slos \| 1mo ago
22.	Software Engineer (Open Level) (Formation Bio) New York City, United States+3 \| $204,500 – $267,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, aws \| 1mo ago
23.	Software Engineer - All Levels (Evervault) Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| rust, node.js, aws \| 1mo ago
24.	Software Engineer, AI (Ruli) San Francisco, California, United States \| $110,000 – $200,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| python, typescript, serverless \| 1mo ago
25.	Software Engineer - AI (WealthyMinds AI) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| python, fastapi, langchain \| 1mo ago
26.	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
27.	Software Engineer, Growth (Slash) San Francisco, California, United States \| $350,000 – $550,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| software engineering, fintech, product development \| 1mo ago
28.	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
29.	Software Engineer - Product (Mid to Senior) (Julius) San Francisco, California, United States \| $150,000 – $200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| react, next.js, tailwind css \| 1mo ago
30.	Software Engineer - Product (New Grad) (Julius) San Francisco, California, United States \| $130,000 – $150,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| react, next.js, tailwind css \| 1mo ago
31.	Software Engineer, AI x Healthcare (Asha Health (YC F24)) Manhattan, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| backend engineering, ai agents, product management \| 1mo ago
32.	Software Engineer - UI (Pasito) United States+4 \| $140,000 – $170,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| prosemirror, tiptap, yjs \| 1mo ago
33.	Software Engineer, Identity & Access Management (Hadrian) Mesa, Arizona, United States+1 \| $192,500 – $273,500/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| oauth 2.0, openid connect (oidc), saml \| 1mo ago
34.	Software Engineer (Conduit) San Francisco, California, United States \| $150,000 – $200,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, django, svelte \| 1mo ago
35.	Software Engineer (Product) (Kaizen) United States \| $130,000 – $200,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| react, next.js, typescript \| 1mo ago
36.	Software Engineer (Dover) California, United States+1 \| $100,000 – $200,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| entry \| 1mo ago
37.	Software Engineer - Product (Mid to Senior) (Julius) San Francisco, California, United States \| $150,000 – $200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| react, next.js, tailwind css \| 1mo ago
38.	Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Systems) (Sweep360) New York, New York, United States \| Up to $240,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| python, go, typescript \| 1mo ago
39.	Software Engineer ($180K - $220K + Equity) at YC-backed AI Data Infrastructure Startup (CoffeeSpace) San Francisco, California, United States \| $180,000 – $220,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| next.js, react, python \| 1mo ago
40.	Software Engineer, Product (Prelim) United States \| $160,000 – $170,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| react, node.js, postgresql \| 1mo ago
41.	Software Engineer, AI/ML Platforms (Early Career) (Cornerstone First Mortgage, LLC) San Diego, California, United States \| $30 – $35/hr \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| typescript, javascript, python \| 1mo ago
42.	Software Engineer, Maritime (Anduril Industries) United States \| $132,000 – $198,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| java, python, rust \| 1mo ago
43.	Software Engineer \| AI-First Team (Halosight) Salt Lake City, Utah, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| python, java, langchain \| 1mo ago
44.	Software Engineer (Founding) (Moe) San Francisco, California, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| react native, typescript, aws lambda \| 1mo ago
45.	Software Engineer - AI (Brellium) New York, New York, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| python, typescript, sql \| 1mo ago
46.	Software Engineer -> Physical AI - former Anduril & Palantir Leaders (Strativ Group) New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| distributed systems, backend engineering, api \| 1mo ago
47.	Software Engineer, OfficeJS (GC AI) United States+1 \| $165,000 – $350,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| typescript, react, office add-ins \| 1mo ago
48.	Software Engineer, Gen AI Platform (Abridge) San Francisco, California, United States \| $221,000 – $300,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| python, java, go \| 1mo ago
49.	Software Engineer (ABC People) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| react, python, node.js \| 1mo ago
50.	Software Engineer (Jack) New York, New York, United States \| $80,000 – $140,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| lead \| frontend development, react, full-stack \| 1mo ago

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Frequently asked questions

What is a software engineer?: Software engineer roles on Jobs Base are filtered down to ones with end-to-end ownership. No ticket-driven feature factories, no "your work will be reviewed by three senior engineers and a TPM" listings. The companies posting these roles tend to be early-stage startups, growth-stage companies still building their first version of something, or the rare big-company team where one person actually owns a product surface. If you want a software-engineer job that lets you decide what to build, this is the slice of the market you want.
What does a software engineer typically earn?: Typical compensation for a software engineer runs $120k–$200k base, equity at startups. Salaries skew higher at well-funded US startups and lower outside the US; equity grants vary sharply by stage.
How many software engineer jobs are remote-friendly?: Across the current 330 active listings on Jobs Base, 14 (4%) are fully remote. The rest split between on-site and hybrid.
How often are new software engineer jobs posted?: Jobs Base ingests new software engineer jobs continuously. New listings appear daily across the major sources we ingest.