Engineering

Software Engineer salary

Typical Software Engineer across 139 published seats is $280,000. IC engineering. We publish base and typical total comp, not a sales OTE.

Seats
139
Median TC
$280k
cashtypicalupsidemarket$76k–$708k
Cursor7 of 14 work-email confirmedCursor · $500M+ ARR · still the default AI IDE$850k TC$260k base

OpenAI$13B ARR · +80% · still the default AI seat$653k TC$270k base

4d StudiosPlacedRecHiring a Shorts Media GTM person.4d Studios
Anthropic10 of 18 work-email confirmedClaude · $5B ARR · +120% · Series F$591k TC$250k base

Jane StreetNY cash · QR is the top of the field$525k TC$250k base

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Decagon3 of 5 work-email confirmedSupport agents · under Sierra$510k TC$300k base

Physical Intelligence4 of 8 work-email confirmedRobot foundation models · lab cash · 2026 raise$480k TC$220k base

Hudson River Trading7 of 11 work-email confirmedNY HFT · C++ cash$480k TC$220k base

DeweyPlacedRecReads the internet for you.4d Studios
Jump Trading7 of 12 work-email confirmedChicago HFT · cash then bonus$460k TC$215k base

Figure6 of 9 work-email confirmedHumanoid · BMW line · 2026 raise · hottest metal seat$450k TC$200k base

Renaissance4 of 6 work-email confirmedMedallion · tiny QR book$450k TC$210k base

CitadelChicago multi-strat · bonus is the band$425k TC$200k base

xAI7 of 11 work-email confirmedGrok · Colossus · frontier cash + equity$420k TC$200k base

Thinking Machines3 of 6 work-email confirmedMira's lab · 2026-hot · tiny book$420k TC$230k base

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Sierra3 of 6 work-email confirmedBret Taylor · $15.8B · enterprise agents$413k TC$250k base

NetflixNFLX +32% 1y · cash-max IC$400k TC$326k base

Pinterest11 of 22 work-email confirmed$390k TC$185k base

Coinbase33 of 48 work-email confirmedCOIN +28% 1y · cycle-tied cash$388k TC$205k base

Snap16 of 28 work-email confirmedSNAP +18% 1y · paper-heavy L4+$388k TC$190k base

Discord6 of 12 work-email confirmed$385k TC$190k base

NVIDIANVDA +48% 1y · data-center run-rate still compounding$380k TC$195k base

Two Sigma8 of 15 work-email confirmedNY systematic · under Jane Street cash$380k TC$195k base

Cognition5 of 8 work-email confirmedDevin · 2026-hot agent lab$380k TC$210k base

Reddit14 of 22 work-email confirmedRDDT +32% 1y · ads + AI licensing$380k TC$209k base

Perplexity6 of 9 work-email confirmedAnswer engine · +90% · cash-heavy IC$360k TC$185k base

Block15 of 22 work-email confirmed$360k TC$200k base

D. E. Shaw7 of 11 work-email confirmedNY research · cash-first QR$360k TC$190k base

Isomorphic Labs5 of 7 work-email confirmedDeepMind spin · folding into drugs$360k TC$200k base

Oklo3 of 5 work-email confirmedOKLO · microreactors · thin SWE book$359k TC$180k base

Cerebras8 of 12 work-email confirmedCBRS · wafer-scale · IPO May 2026$350k TC$176k base

ElevenLabs4 of 6 work-email confirmedVoice AI · $11B · $330M ARR$345k TC$245k base

Databricks19 of 36 work-email confirmed$3.6B ARR · +50% · AI platform land-and-expand$340k TC$180k base

Scale AI8 of 12 work-email confirmedData + gov AI · +35% · FDE-heavy$340k TC$180k base

DoorDashDASH +26% 1y · marketplace + ads$340k TC$185k base

Millennium7 of 12 work-email confirmedNY pods · wide top$340k TC$185k base

DRW6 of 11 work-email confirmedChicago prop · under Jump$340k TC$185k base

Xaira3 of 6 work-email confirmedBaker + Altos DNA · hottest bio seat$340k TC$195k base

Meta40 of 72 work-email confirmedMETA +38% 1y · ads + Reality Labs spend$338k TC$190k base

RobloxRBLX +36% 1y · UGC take-rate$337k TC$185k base

Stripe23 of 41 work-email confirmed$6.5B ARR · +24% · payments gravity$328k TC$188k base

Together AIOpen models · $8.3B · $325k mid$325k TC$220k base

Skild AI3 of 6 work-email confirmedGeneral robot brain · 2026 raise$320k TC$185k base

Waymo13 of 24 work-email confirmedRobotaxi · Alphabet · rides compounding$320k TC$180k base

CoreWeave6 of 10 work-email confirmedGPU cloud · public · floor pay above colo$320k TC$185k base

Point726 of 10 work-email confirmedCubist · NY metro cash$320k TC$180k base

Glean6 of 12 work-email confirmedWork search · default workplace AI$320k TC$185k base

Abridge4 of 6 work-email confirmedClinical scribing · $5B+ tape$320k TC$230k base

OpenEvidence3 of 4 work-email confirmedMedical answers · 2026-hot health AI$320k TC$230k base

Figma12 of 19 work-email confirmed$900M ARR · +32% · enterprise motion compounding$315k TC$178k base

Google47 of 86 work-email confirmedGOOGL +24% 1y · search + YouTube$312k TC$185k base

Optiver5 of 9 work-email confirmedChicago MM · trader bonus$310k TC$175k base

Snowflake22 of 33 work-email confirmed$308k TC$172k base

Robinhood8 of 16 work-email confirmedHOOD +42% 1y · cycle + net interest$307k TC$175k base

Airbnb14 of 28 work-email confirmed$305k TC$172k base

Rippling9 of 14 work-email confirmed$550M ARR · +40% · HR/IT/spend bundle$300k TC$175k base

Brex$300k TC$175k base

Tesla21 of 40 work-email confirmedTSLA +36% 1y · FSD + Optimus$300k TC$170k base

IMC5 of 8 work-email confirmedChicago MM · SWE plus QT$300k TC$175k base

ByteDance33 of 48 work-email confirmed$294k TC$214k base

DatadogDDOG +22% 1y · consumption + enterprise overlay$290k TC$170k base

LinkedInLinkedIn · Microsoft band, talent + ads$290k TC$168k base

Linear4 of 8 work-email confirmedIssue tracking · +50% · tiny, high-bar IC$290k TC$175k base

Anduril9 of 15 work-email confirmedDefense · +70% · hardware-software IC$290k TC$170k base

Nuro$290k TC$175k base

Ripple9 of 14 work-email confirmed$287k TC$192k base

GitHub14 of 20 work-email confirmedCopilot attach · Microsoft IC bands$285k TC$170k base

Benchling7 of 14 work-email confirmed$285k TC$175k base

Okta10 of 18 work-email confirmed$282k TC$170k base

Apple32 of 54 work-email confirmed$280k TC$175k base

VercelFrontend cloud · +40% · Next.js gravity$280k TC$170k base

UberUBER +22% 1y · mobility + ads$280k TC$165k base

Shield AIHivemind · defense autonomy · 2025 raise$280k TC$170k base

Lambda4 of 8 work-email confirmed$280k TC$175k base

Akuna Capital5 of 8 work-email confirmedChicago options · new-grad book$280k TC$170k base

Rivian10 of 16 work-email confirmed$273k TC$186k base

Circle10 of 16 work-email confirmedUSDC · public RSUs after listing$270k TC$182k base

Cloudflare15 of 24 work-email confirmedNET +34% 1y · edge + workers$268k TC$168k base

Applied Intuition8 of 14 work-email confirmed$265k TC$170k base

Lyft12 of 20 work-email confirmed$265k TC$165k base

Genentech9 of 15 work-email confirmedRoche · the Bay biotech SWE seat$265k TC$170k base

1X4 of 6 work-email confirmed$260k TC$175k base

Intuit$260k TC$165k base

Vertex6 of 12 work-email confirmed$255k TC$168k base

Palantir19 of 28 work-email confirmedPLTR +92% 1y · AIP deals converting$251k TC$179k base

Zscaler10 of 14 work-email confirmed$251k TC$160k base

Atlassian16 of 30 work-email confirmed$250k TC$160k base

Apptronik4 of 7 work-email confirmed$250k TC$170k base

Zipline6 of 12 work-email confirmedAutonomous delivery · healthcare + retail$250k TC$165k base

IonQ4 of 6 work-email confirmedIONQ · trapped-ion · listed quantum$250k TC$150k base

BroadcomAVGO +38% 1y · VMware + silicon$250k TC$155k base

Workday13 of 24 work-email confirmed$249k TC$155k base

Grafana Labs10 of 17 work-email confirmed$420M ARR · +42% · LGTM landing in platform orgs$248k TC$165k base

Helion4 of 6 work-email confirmedFusion · $15.5B · Microsoft PPA · Series G$248k TC$200k base

Spotify12 of 24 work-email confirmedSPOT +48% 1y · audio ads + premium$247k TC$165k base

Midjourney3 of 4 work-email confirmedImage gen · tiny headcount · profit rumor$246k TC$180k base

Adobe23 of 40 work-email confirmed$245k TC$158k base

Skydio6 of 10 work-email confirmed$245k TC$160k base

Moderna7 of 14 work-email confirmedMRNA −22% 1y · Cambridge cash$245k TC$165k base

Qualcomm18 of 32 work-email confirmed$241k TC$152k base

Shopify12 of 22 work-email confirmedSHOP +31% 1y · commerce OS$240k TC$155k base

Agility Robotics4 of 8 work-email confirmedDigit · Amazon warehouses · 2025 raise$240k TC$165k base

Intuitive15 of 22 work-email confirmedISRG +18% 1y · da Vinci install base$240k TC$160k base

OracleORCL +32% 1y · OCI buildout$240k TC$155k base

Regeneron$240k TC$162k base

Groq7 of 10 work-email confirmedLPU inference · hot chip seat$240k TC$180k base

Fireworks AI3 of 6 work-email confirmedFast inference · $1B ARR · $17.5B tape$238k TC$200k base

Canva$235k TC$155k base

Gilead7 of 13 work-email confirmed$235k TC$160k base

Recursion4 of 8 work-email confirmed$235k TC$158k base

GitLab10 of 14 work-email confirmed$230k TC$150k base

Symbotic7 of 11 work-email confirmedSYM +22% 1y · warehouse automation$230k TC$155k base

Hadrian6 of 8 work-email confirmed$230k TC$165k base

Standard Bots4 of 8 work-email confirmed$230k TC$165k base

Tempus6 of 12 work-email confirmedTEM · Chicago clinical data$230k TC$155k base

Suno3 of 5 work-email confirmedMusic gen · small n$230k TC$180k base

Joby Aviation4 of 8 work-email confirmed$230k TC$160k base

SpaceX20 of 36 work-email confirmedStarlink + launch · private tenders · still the hottest metal seat$229k TC$147k base

Microsoft47 of 91 work-email confirmedMSFT +18% 1y · Azure + M365$226k TC$158k base

Palo Alto Networks23 of 34 work-email confirmed$225k TC$166k base

Boston Dynamics10 of 18 work-email confirmed$220k TC$170k base

Chainalysis7 of 12 work-email confirmed$220k TC$165k base

Consensys6 of 11 work-email confirmed$220k TC$185k base

Runway3 of 6 work-email confirmedGen video · 2026 breakthrough tape$220k TC$175k base

PsiQuantum3 of 5 work-email confirmedPhotonic quantum · private$220k TC$180k base

Amazon58 of 88 work-email confirmedAMZN +21% 1y · AWS + retail$218k TC$155k base

Kraken$213k TC$186k base

Commonwealth FusionTokamak · $1B more Jul 2026 · SPARC$210k TC$200k base

AMD16 of 28 work-email confirmedAMD +22% 1y · MI300 vs NVDA$209k TC$155k base

Blue Origin13 of 20 work-email confirmed$197k TC$145k base

Watershed4 of 8 work-email confirmedCarbon software · enterprise AE$197k TC$170k base

Redwood Materials3 of 5 work-email confirmedStraubel · battery recycling at scale$195k TC$165k base

Fervo Energy3 of 4 work-email confirmedGeothermal · AI offtake · field plus software$190k TC$150k base

SambaNova4 of 8 work-email confirmed$190k TC$152k base

Form Energy3 of 6 work-email confirmedIron-air · multi-day storage$180k TC$180k base

Path Robotics6 of 12 work-email confirmed$175k TC$155k base

Locus Robotics4 of 8 work-email confirmed$175k TC$145k base

Relativity Space7 of 12 work-email confirmed$170k TC$145k base

iRobot11 of 18 work-email confirmed$155k TC$130k base

FANUC America6 of 9 work-email confirmed$140k TC$120k base

Rocket Lab7 of 10 work-email confirmedRKLB +54% 1y · small-lift$125k TC$105k base

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