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?

2 of the current 35 listings (6%) 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.

35 active 6% remote median salary $250k

1.	Software Engineer (Lantern) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| python, fastapi, next.js \| 4w ago
2.	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
3.	Software Engineer - AI (Brellium) New York, New York, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| python, typescript, sql \| 1mo ago
4.	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
5.	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
6.	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 \| 1mo ago
7.	Staff Software Engineer (Confido) New York, New York, United States \| $280,000 – $330,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| systems design, architecture, production systems \| 1mo ago
8.	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
9.	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
10.	Senior Software Engineer (Confido) New York, New York, United States \| $210,000 – $280,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| backend engineering, systems design, data pipelines \| 1mo ago
11.	Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI (Forward Deployed) (Invisible Technologies) New York, New York, United States \| $180,000 – $264,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, langchain, openai \| 1mo ago
12.	Senior Software Engineer - AI Products (Rippling) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, django, react \| 1mo ago
13.	Autonomy Software Engineer - Physical AI Startup - former Palantir & Anduril Leaders (Strativ Group) New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| c++, python, robotics \| 1mo ago
14.	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 \| 1mo ago
15.	Senior Software / AI Engineer (Pathos) New York, New York, United States \| $180,000 – $200,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, typescript, llm \| 1mo ago
16.	Full Stack Software Engineer (Northslope Technologies) New York, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| typescript, react, restful apis \| 1mo ago
17.	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 \| 1mo ago
18.	Backend Engineer (Channel3) New York, New York, United States \| $120,000 – $200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| python, java, go \| 1mo ago
19.	Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier AI Lab (Skyrocket Ventures) New York, New York, United States \| Up to $250,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| python, ai, backend engineering \| 4w ago
20.	Founding Engineer (Rovi Health) New York, New York, United States \| $170,000 – $250,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, react, typescript \| 1mo ago
21.	Founding Engineer (Cofia) New York, New York, United States \| $180,000 – $250,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| full stack, production software, distributed systems \| 1mo ago
22.	Staff Fullstack Engineer (uiAgent) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| react, node.js, kubernetes \| 1mo ago
23.	Founding Engineer (Stilta) New York, NY, United States+1 \| $100,000 – $200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, ai agents \| 1mo ago
24.	AI Full Stack Engineer (ZENDA, LLC) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| ai, llm, automation \| 1mo ago
25.	Forward Deployed Engineer (Confido) New York, New York, United States \| $150,000 – $200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| python, rails, typescript \| 1mo ago
26.	AI Engineer - Paige (Pave) New York, New York, United States \| $166,600 – $264,500/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| llms, agentic architectures, retrieval systems \| 1mo ago
27.	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 \| 1mo ago
28.	Founding Full Stack Engineer (Berkley Hunt) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| typescript, react, nodejs \| 1mo ago
29.	AI Engineer (Rilla) New York, New York, United States \| $200,000 – $300,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, fastapi \| 1mo ago
30.	AI Engineer & Product Lead (Lettermark) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| llm, agent architecture, context management \| 1mo ago
31.	MLE @ Krnel (NYC, Full-Time) (krnel.ai) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| machine learning, devops, ci/cd \| 3w ago
32.	AI Fullstack Engineer – Build Real-World Systems (Revin Inc.) New York, New York, United States \| $150,000 – $250,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, react, typescript \| 1mo ago
33.	Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Distyl) New York, New York, United States \| $150,000 – $250,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| python, llm, ai systems \| 1mo ago
34.	Senior AI Product Engineer (Metaforms) New York, New York, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, langchain, langgraph \| 1mo ago
35.	Director of Technology (New Development) (Compass) New York, New York, United States \| $178,700 – $200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| executive \| python, data engineering, software development \| 3w 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?: 2 of the current 35 listings (6%) 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.