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.
9 active median salary $265k
| 1. | New York, New York, United States | Up to $240,000/yr | on-site | full-time | mid | python, go, typescript | 4mo 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 | 4mo ago |
| 3. | 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 | 4mo ago |
| 4. | New York, New York, United States | $224,000 – $280,000/yr | on-site | full-time | lead | typescript, python, react | 4mo ago |
| 5. | Staff Fullstack Engineer (uiAgent) New York, New York, United States | on-site | full-time | lead | react, node.js, kubernetes | 4mo ago |
| 6. | AI Full Stack Engineer (ZENDA, LLC) New York, New York, United States | on-site | full-time | entry | ai, llm, automation | 4mo ago |
| 7. | 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 | 4mo ago |
| 8. | AI Engineer & Product Lead (Lettermark) New York, New York, United States | on-site | full-time | lead | llm, agent architecture, context management | 4mo ago |
| 9. | Senior AI Product Engineer (Metaforms) New York, New York, United States | hybrid | full-time | senior | python, langchain, langgraph | 4mo 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?
- 0 of the current 9 listings (0%) 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.