Software Engineer salary in Austin
Average Base Salary in Austin
$113,203
$13,908
Additional Cash Compensation
$127,111
Total Compensation
Median: $113K
Min: $65K
Max: $188K
How Much Does a Software Engineer Make in Austin?
The average salary for a Software Engineer in Austin is $113,203. The average additional cash compensation for a Software Engineer in Austin is $13,908. The average total compensation for a Software Engineer in Austin is $127,111. Software Engineer salaries are based on responses gathered by Built In Austin from anonymous Software Engineer employees in Austin.
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Software Engineer jobs in Austin
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A Cloud Guru is looking for a Software Engineer to join the new Identity Services team to build out frontend and backend architectures using new tech stacks. The Software Engineer will collaborate with a team of awesome engineers and implement a new ID model, sign-up flow and self service SAML configuration. The ideal person loves learning new technologies, writing and reading challenging code, and genuinely contributing to A Cloud Guru's culture of fun, accessible cloud education.
Developing highly available and highly scalable applications.
Collaborate with product management, peer teams, and quality assurance, and end-users to produce cutting-edge software solutions.
Generate high-coverage unit and integrations tests.
Generate technical documentation.
Senior Software Engineer
+42
AlertMedia is looking for a Senior-Level Engineer with full-stack experience. This role is an opportunity to use a wide variety of design and technical web skills to help us manage day-to-day requests as well as leverage your experience and expertise to mentor junior developers as the team grows. Strong creative and technical abilities are vital for success in this role, with the ideal candidate being an independent problem solver and critical thinker. You must have a passion for innovative software development and willingness to roll up your sleeves to collaborate with all teams.
Staff Software Engineer
+52
Evolve our existing codebase from a monolithic Rails application into a modular system with clear, well enforced domain boundaries and a coherent public interface.
Participate in designing and building a system that is aligned with Procore’s technical vision of a service-oriented architecture.
Work up and down the stack to ship code for our Rails backend and our React frontend, and dive deep into the database layer to handle complex querying needs.
Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and UX to design and build solutions that delight users and solve critical business problems.
Serve as a leader and mentor to more junior engineers within your team .
Help architect, develop, deploy, and test new products and integrations. Here’s an example: https://spycloud.com/products/active-directory-guardian/.
Take on full product roadmap items and be able to deliver high quality results on time.
Participate in a fast-paced environment.
Adopt existing team practices and recommend improvements as needed.
Principal Software Engineer
+52
As a Principal Software Engineer on our Platform Workflows team, you’ll create the workflow engine of our future application platform, empowering internal and external teams to efficiently create and deliver experiences on the Procore Platform. In addition to playing a key role in our technology strategy, your work will directly enable all experiences built on the platform to seamlessly flex, extend, and meet customer’s unique construction needs on a global scale. While driving immediate and long-term strategic direction for major parts of the technology stack, you’ll identify critical areas based on future growth and collaborate with Product, UX, and other groups to develop roadmaps and tackle initiatives.
Principal Software Engineer - Documents
+52
As a Principal Software Engineer on our Documents team, you’ll enable our customers to manage enterprise-level document management and control. You’ll design and implement a system to link millions of documents to both internal and external applications, clients, and services. In collaboration with Product, QA, UX, and other teams, you’ll identify critical areas, develop roadmaps, and drive immediate and long-term strategic direction for major parts of the technology stack. If you’re a strong leader with proven experience evaluating industry best-of-class technical approaches—we have a spot for you on our team.
Design, develop, and deploy features on both the front and back end;
Integrate with essential third-party services and APIs;
Ensure appropriate automated test coverage for optimal uptime and product reliability;
Communicate both blockers and progress with the rest of the engineering team, as well as stakeholders on other teams.
Principal Software Engineer, Platform Flexibility
+52
As a Principal Software Engineer on our Platform Flexibility team, you’ll focus on creating the common flexible core of our future application platform, empowering internal and external teams to more efficiently create and deliver experiences on the Procore Platform. In addition to playing a key role in our technology strategy, your work will also directly enable all experiences built on the platform to seamlessly flex, extend, and meet customer’s unique construction needs on a global scale. While driving immediate and long-term strategic direction for major parts of the technology stack, you’ll identify critical areas based on future growth and collaborate with Product, UX, and other groups to develop roadmaps and tackle initiatives.
Senior Software Engineer, Ruby (Billing Team)
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BigCommerce, named a 2020 "Best Place to Work" in Austin, is looking for a Senior Software Engineer. You’ll be working with team members to extend our products and integrate with a broad array of external services. BigCommerce offers a heavily collaborative environment helping you expand your skill set and take ideas from inception to delivery.
Software Engineer I, Ruby (I&AM Team)
+55
BigCommerce is disrupting the e-commerce industry as the SaaS leader for fast- growing, mid-market businesses. We enable our customers to build intuitive and engaging stores to support every stage of their growth.
BigCommerce, named a “Best Place to Work” in Austin, is looking for a full-time Software Engineer I on our Identity & Access Management (IAM) Team in the exciting and rapidly growing e-commerce industry.
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Lead Software Engineer, Ruby (Billing Team)
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BigCommerce is disrupting the e-commerce industry as the SaaS leader for fast- growing, mid-market businesses. We enable our customers to build intuitive and engaging stores to support every stage of their growth.
BigCommerce, named a 2020 "Best Place to Work" in Austin, is looking for a Lead Software Engineer, Ruby. (Generous $$ relocation assistance provided) You’ll be working with team members to extend our products and integrate with a
Software Engineer Salary ranges
The most common Software Engineer salary in Austin is between $110k - $120k.
Average Software Engineer Salary by Company Size
People with the job title Software Engineer make the most at companies with 1,000+ employees, earning $118,067 on average.
Software Engineer Salary by gender
The average Software Engineer salary for women is $107,375 and the average Software Engineer salary for men is $109,992.
Software Engineer Salary by Years of Experience
The average salary for a Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience is $126,574. The average salary for <1 year of experience is $94,112.
Average Dev + Engineer salaries in Austin
| Job Title | Average Salary | Salary Range |
|---|---|---|
| Junior Software Engineer | $72,890 | Min: $60K Max: $105K |
| QA Analyst | $73,078 | Min: $42K Max: $165K |
| QA Engineer | $77,768 | Min: $40K Max: $115K |
| Software Test Engineer | $89,262 | Min: $61K Max: $130K |
| Front End Developer | $100,174 | Min: $65K Max: $153K |
| Salesforce Developer | $102,385 | Min: $70K Max: $125K |
| Automation Engineer | $105,048 | Min: $79K Max: $130K |
| Data Engineer | $105,244 | Min: $55K Max: $150K |
| Game Developer | $105,600 | Min: $65K Max: $141K |
| Sales Engineer | $109,238 | Min: $68K Max: $168K |
| Android Developer | $110,308 | Min: $73K Max: $135K |
| iOS Developer | $111,386 | Min: $85K Max: $150K |
| DevOps Engineer | $112,581 | Min: $84K Max: $141K |
| Software Engineer | $113,203 | Min: $65K Max: $188K |
| Systems Engineer | $120,286 | Min: $90K Max: $152K |
| QA Manager | $126,575 | Min: $95K Max: $150K |
| Security Engineer | $131,857 | Min: $61K Max: $180K |
| Data Architect | $131,944 | Min: $98K Max: $200K |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $134,667 | Min: $105K Max: $150K |
| Senior Software Engineer | $135,673 | Min: $95K Max: $200K |
| Machine Learning Engineer | $142,500 | Min: $110K Max: $210K |
| Lead Software Engineer | $144,654 | Min: $112K Max: $177K |
| Hardware Engineer | $147,000 | Min: $147K Max: $147K |
| Database Administrator | $148,333 | Min: $133K Max: $163K |
| Engineering Manager | $149,697 | Min: $109K Max: $220K |
| Principal Software Engineer | $155,179 | Min: $120K Max: $275K |
| Director of Software Engineering | $173,592 | Min: $140K Max: $240K |
| Data Engineering Manager | $175,000 | Min: $175K Max: $175K |
| Vice President of Engineering | $212,500 | Min: $145K Max: $265K |
| CTO (Chief Technology Officer) | $244,833 | Min: $130K Max: $435K |
Skills that affect Software Engineer salaries in Austin
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Javascript
13% have this skill
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Front-end
9% have this skill
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SQL
9% have this skill
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Java
9% have this skill
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Amazon Web Services
8% have this skill
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Node.js
8% have this skill
Recent Software Engineer salaries in Austin
$82,500
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $82,500
1-3 Years of Experience
Male
11-50 Employees
Austin
$145,000
Yearly Salary
A Software development engineer II reported a yearly salary of $145,000 with +$40,000 in additional cash compensation
1-3 Years of Experience
Male
1,000+ Employees
Austin
$150,000
Yearly Salary
A Sr. Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $150,000
7+ Years of Experience
Male
11-50 Employees
Austin
$82,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $82,000
1-3 Years of Experience
Male
201-500 Employees
Austin
$90,000
Yearly Salary
A Jr. Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $90,000
1-3 Years of Experience
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51-200 Employees
Austin
$100,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer II reported a yearly salary of $100,000
3-5 Years of Experience
Female
51-200 Employees
Austin
$110,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $110,000
3-5 Years of Experience
Female
501-1,000 Employees
Austin
$175,000
Yearly Salary
A Staff Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $175,000 with +$22,750 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
Male
1,000+ Employees
Austin
$110,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Developer reported a yearly salary of $110,000
< 1 Year of Experience
Male
201-500 Employees
Austin
$110,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $110,000 with +$15,000 in additional cash compensation
1-3 Years of Experience
Male
11-50 Employees
Austin
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