What does a software engineer in the united states earn?

US base salaries skew highest globally for builder roles, with most listings concentrated in SF, NYC, Austin, Seattle, and remote-US. The typical band for a software engineer runs $120k–$200k base, equity at startups.

Are software engineer jobs in the united states remote-friendly?

13 of the current 99 listings (13%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in United States.

What companies hire software engineer jobs in the united states?

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 the United States

US software engineer roles filtered as builder roles share a few characteristics: small team, end-to-end ownership of a product surface, and the autonomy to decide what to build (not just how). Most of these come from companies under 100 people; some come from larger companies with internal teams operating with startup-like autonomy. Compensation ranges widely (from $130k base at pre-seed startups up to $250k+ at well-funded companies), but the constant across builder-role versions is meaningful equity that's actually worth something.

99 active 13% remote median salary $237k

1.	Software Engineer - AI (NovusMinds AI) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, typescript, go \| 2mo ago
2.	Software Engineer, AI (Ruli) San Francisco, California, United States \| $110,000 – $200,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| python, typescript, serverless \| 2mo ago
3.	Software Engineer - AI (WealthyMinds AI) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| python, fastapi, langchain \| 2mo ago
4.	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 \| 2mo ago
5.	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
6.	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 \| 2mo ago
7.	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 \| 2mo ago
8.	Software Engineer \| AI-First Team (Halosight) Salt Lake City, Utah, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| python, java, langchain \| 3mo ago
9.	Software Engineer (Founding) (Moe) San Francisco, California, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| react native, typescript, aws lambda \| 3mo ago
10.	Software Engineer, Gen AI Platform (Abridge) San Francisco, California, United States \| $221,000 – $300,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| python, java, go \| 3mo ago
11.	Software Engineer (ShiftOS) San Francisco, California, United States \| $120,000 – $165,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| react, next.js, typescript \| 3mo ago
12.	Software Engineer (Underdog.io -Apply to top tech jobs in 60 seconds. A place where companies apply to you) Brooklyn, New York, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, node.js, rust \| 3mo ago
13.	Software Engineer / Platform Architect (Bluprint Films) New York City, New York, United States \| hybrid \| part-time \| senior \| software architecture, front-end development, back-end development \| 3mo ago
14.	Software Engineer – Frontend & UX Design (CompFly AI) San Francisco, California, United States \| $100,000 – $200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| react, typescript, ux design \| 3mo ago
15.	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
16.	AI Software Engineer (VerifAIX, Inc.) Cupertino, California, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| mid \| python, large language models, llm \| 3mo ago
17.	AI Software Engineer (Projectz AI) Austin, Texas, United States \| $200,000 – $300,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, typescript, llms \| 3mo ago
18.	Staff Software Engineer, Mapping (ALSO.) Palo Alto, California, United States \| $220,000 – $250,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| golang, aws, google maps apis \| 3mo ago
19.	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
20.	Senior Software Engineer, AI Engineer (Midi Health) San Francisco, California, United States+1 \| $170,000 – $210,000/yr \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, llm, machine learning \| 2mo ago
21.	Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Perimeter) Boston, Massachusetts, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| python, javascript, typescript \| 3mo ago
22.	Senior Software Engineer (AI Agents) (Arcadia) San Francisco, California, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| senior \| react, typescript, go \| 3mo ago
23.	Senior Software Engineer ($250K - $300K + Equity) at YC-backed AI Data Infrastructure Startup (CoffeeSpace) San Francisco, California, United States \| $250,000 – $300,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| next.js, react, node.js \| 3mo ago
24.	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 \| 3mo ago
25.	Senior Software Engineer - Special Projects (Jobgether) United States \| $200,000 – $250,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| distributed systems, backend development, rust \| 3mo ago
26.	Senior Software Engineer (AI) (Limelight) United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| llms, prompt engineering, rag \| 3mo ago
27.	Founding Software Engineer - Equity Only Role (SideKix HQ Inc.) United States \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| react, node.js, firebase \| 3mo ago
28.	Founding Software Engineer (MIRA) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| llm, fine-tuning, retrieval-augmented generation (rag) \| 3mo ago
29.	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
30.	Founding Software Engineer (Ensense AI) United States \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, go, postgres \| 3mo ago
31.	Founding Software Engineer (Monarch Recruiters) Palo Alto, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| software engineering, product design, customer support \| 3mo ago
32.	Founding Software Engineer (Distro) California, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, react \| 3mo ago
33.	Founding Software Engineer, Perception (Kovari Industries) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| c++, camera pipelines, computer vision \| 3mo ago
34.	Founding Software Engineer, Robot Learning (Kovari Industries) San Francisco, California, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| robotics, perception stack, sensor data \| 3mo ago
35.	Frontier Software Engineer (GiveCampus) District of Columbia, United States \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| react, javascript, ruby on rails \| 3mo ago
36.	Founding Software Engineer (Equity Partner) (Streamwalkers) San Antonio, Texas, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| lead \| backend web development, api architecture, object-oriented programming \| 3mo ago
37.	AI/ML/NLP Software Engineer (Troupe) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States+1 \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, typescript, react \| 2mo ago
38.	Fullstack Software Engineer (Hadrian) Torrance, California, United States \| $120,000 – $250,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| mid \| react, next.js, typescript \| 3mo ago
39.	Full Stack Software Engineer (Terralytiq) United States \| $90,000 – $120,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| typescript, next.js, react \| 3mo ago
40.	Full Stack Software Engineer (Northslope Technologies) New York, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| entry \| typescript, react, restful apis \| 3mo ago
41.	Full-Stack Software/AI Engineer (Aiola CPA, PLLC) United States \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| python, node.js, react \| 3mo ago
42.	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
43.	Vice President of Software Engineering (Anton Intelligence) Tempe, Arizona, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| executive \| agentic AI coding tools, AI-native development, CI/CD \| 2mo ago
44.	Senior Tactical C2 Software Engineer, Web Backend Systems (Anduril Industries) Costa Mesa, California, United States \| $191,000 – $253,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| senior \| python, golang, javascript \| 3mo ago
45.	AI Agent Engineer (LaunchPad Lab) United States \| $125,000 – $175,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| mid \| langchain, langgraph, crewai \| 2mo ago
46.	Founding Engineer (Vye Health) United States \| remote \| full-time \| lead \| react, postgresql, aws \| 3mo ago
47.	Full Stack Engineer (Underdog.io -Apply to top tech jobs in 60 seconds. A place where companies apply to you) New York City, United States \| hybrid \| full-time \| lead \| react, typescript, python \| 3mo ago
48.	Engineers "Engineer" (Pirros) Los Angeles, California, United States \| $140,000 – $200,000/yr \| on-site \| full-time \| entry \| react, javascript, typescript \| 3mo ago
49.	Staff Fullstack Engineer (uiAgent) New York, New York, United States \| on-site \| full-time \| lead \| react, node.js, kubernetes \| 3mo ago
50.	AI Automation Engineer (QuSecure) United States \| $80,000 – $130,000/yr \| remote \| full-time \| senior \| software engineering, api integration, prompt engineering \| 2mo ago

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Frequently asked questions

What does a software engineer in the united states earn?: US base salaries skew highest globally for builder roles, with most listings concentrated in SF, NYC, Austin, Seattle, and remote-US. The typical band for a software engineer runs $120k–$200k base, equity at startups.
Are software engineer jobs in the united states remote-friendly?: 13 of the current 99 listings (13%) allow remote work; the rest are on-site or hybrid in United States.
What companies hire software engineer jobs in the united states?: 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.