What does a software engineer in new york earn?

NYC base salaries track close to SF for senior builder roles, and the city has a heavier mix of fintech, healthtech, and enterprise-AI startups than the Bay. The typical band for a software engineer runs $120k–$200k base, equity at startups.

Are software engineer jobs in new york remote-friendly?

1 of the current 13 listings (8%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in New York.

What companies hire software engineer jobs in new york?

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.

Software Engineer Jobs in New York

NYC software engineer roles in the builder-role slice come heavily from fintech, vertical SaaS, and the small but growing AI-startup scene. Office cultures tend to be 3-day hybrid, more so than SF where 5-day is more common at early-stage companies. Compensation is competitive with SF at the top, behind for mid-level. The talent pool skews more toward engineers with prior big-company or finance experience.

13 active 8% remote median salary $258k

1.	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 \| 2mo ago
2.	AI Software Engineer, Founding Team (Gabriel Talent Consulting) New York, New York, United States+1 \| $230,000 – $265,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, postgresql, redis \| 3mo ago
3.	Senior Software Engineer, AI (Bubble) New York, New York, United States \| $183,000 – $237,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| typescript, python, llm apis \| 2mo ago
4.	Founding Software Engineer (Recruiting from Scratch) New York, New York, United States \| $250,000 – $300,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| typescript, react, next.js \| 3mo ago
5.	Full Stack Software Engineer (Northslope Technologies) New York, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| typescript, react, restful apis \| 3mo ago
6.	Staff Fullstack Software Engineer (Provider) (Headway) New York, New York, United States \| $224,000 – $280,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| typescript, python, react \| 2mo ago
7.	Staff Fullstack Engineer (uiAgent) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| react, node.js, kubernetes \| 3mo ago
8.	AI Full Stack Engineer (ZENDA, LLC) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| ai, llm, automation \| 2mo ago
9.	AI Product Engineer (Doing Things) New York, New York, United States \| $110,000 – $130,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| rAG, agents, minimum viable product \| 3mo ago
10.	AI Engineer (Rilla) New York, New York, United States \| $200,000 – $300,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, fastapi \| 3mo ago
11.	AI Engineer & Product Lead (Lettermark) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| llm, agent architecture, context management \| 3mo ago
12.	Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Distyl) New York, New York, United States \| $150,000 – $250,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| python, llm, ai systems \| 2mo ago
13.	Senior AI Product Engineer (Metaforms) New York, New York, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, langchain, langgraph \| 3mo ago

Frequently asked questions

What does a software engineer in new york earn?: NYC base salaries track close to SF for senior builder roles, and the city has a heavier mix of fintech, healthtech, and enterprise-AI startups than the Bay. The typical band for a software engineer runs $120k–$200k base, equity at startups.
Are software engineer jobs in new york remote-friendly?: 1 of the current 13 listings (8%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in New York.
What companies hire software engineer jobs in new york?: 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.