Software Engineer salary in Austin
Average Base Salary in Austin
$113,320
$13,661
Additional Cash Compensation
$126,981
Total Compensation
Median: $113K
Min: $71K
Max: $188K
How Much Does a Software Engineer Make in Austin?
The average salary for a Software Engineer in Austin is $113,320. The average additional cash compensation for a Software Engineer in Austin is $13,661. The average total compensation for a Software Engineer in Austin is $126,981. 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
Hands-on experience building industrial-strength software.
Solid computer science fundamentals, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design/architecture.
Experience with large code bases.
Interest in the theory and practice of database query engines. Hands-on experience in the domain is a plus
B.Sc. in Computer Science.
Candidates with an M.Sc. or Ph.D in a domain related to query execution or optimization who are strong coders may be considered without experience building industrial-strength software.
Senior Manager, Software Engineering
+32
As a Senior Manager, Software Engineering on our Foundational Services team, you’ll lead a group focused on platform features for enterprise security. You’ll partner cross-functionally with our Platform, Applications, Infrastructure, IT Security, Compliance, and Product teams to translate the voice of our customers into user needs and platform enhancements.
In order for the Server engineers developing the MongoDB database to have confidence in the quality of the products they’re building, the Server Tooling and Methods (STM) team is a Developer Productivity team focused on developing tools and automated systems to make it easy to verify both the correctness and performance of the database. The team combines skills in software development, systems engineering, and logical reasoning to build tools we’re proud of and to spread a culture of rigor across the Server team.
This team currently consists of approximately 18 engineers; 14 in New York City and 4 in Dublin, and we are looking to expand the team in our US HQ in New York. We have tons of interesting problems to solve with direct impact on users working on everything from cancer research to efficiency in agriculture - so we need your help!
Sr. Software Engineer
+20
We are looking for a talented technologist to join our team as a Senior Software Engineer to evolve our product suite and user experience. ePayPolicy is the nation’s leading provider of payment processing exclusively for the insurance industry. Our company was founded in 2014 by industry veterans with one goal in mind: Use tech to improve how insurance professionals send and accept payments.
The engineering process at ePay is highly
Principal Software Engineer - Extensibility
+32
As a Principal Backend Engineer on our Extensibility and Experience team, you’ll enable our customers to dynamically customize and extend the Procore Platform to fit each of their projects’ unique needs. You’ll drive immediate and long-term strategic direction for major parts of the technology stack by identifying critical areas based on future growth and collaborating with Product, QA, UX, and other groups to develop roadmaps and tackle initiatives. 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.
Software Engineer II, Scala
+47
BigCommerce, named a 2020 "Best Place to Work" in Austin, is looking for a Software Engineer II, Scala. 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 II, Ruby
+47
BigCommerce Austin Engineering team is on a mission and looking for a Software Engineer II, Ruby to help build the leading SaaS ecommerce platform. Our global team of engineers works from our Austin, San Francisco and Sydney offices and are focused on building the right product for our customers in the right way.
On the team, we build and extend the tools, marketplaces, and frameworks that enable our merchants and partners to manage their experience. Our primary languages are Ruby and React + TypeScript. Architecturally we use REST APIs, gRPC, and we leverage a host of internal deployment and cloud infrastructure tools.
Be a member that powers our account management systems. 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.
Senior Software Engineer, Ruby
+47
BigCommerce Austin Engineering team is on a mission and looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Ruby to help build the leading SaaS ecommerce platform. Our global team of engineers works from our Austin, San Francisco and Sydney offices and are focused on building the right product for our customers in the right way.
On the team, we build and extend the tools, marketplaces, and frameworks that enable our merchants and partners to manage their experience. Our primary languages are Ruby and React + TypeScript. Architecturally we use REST APIs, gRPC, and we leverage a host of internal deployment and cloud infrastructure tools.
Be a member that powers our account management systems. 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.
Senior Software Engineer, Scala
+47
BigCommerce, named a 2020 "Best Place to Work" in Austin, is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Scala. In this role, you’ll help empower our merchants to quickly and easily manage their business and optimize ways for them to sell their products better. You’ll work closely with other engineers, UI designers, and product managers to help define stories, assess scope and technical concerns as well as advocate for best practices that improve software quality.
The Realm Core team is responsible for the Realm backend, frontend, and CLI. This includes API development, as well as the admin front-end and CLI tool used to edit Realm apps. Members of the team are passionate about API design and making developers lives easier and more efficient. The technologies the team works with are Go and Modern JavaScript (ES6+, React).
We work in an agile environment and practice continuous delivery. Teams at Blackbaud have ownership of their solutions from inception to design to delivery and support. Our services are built in C#, our frontend is built in Angular, and we deploy to Azure, but we're not worried about experience with a specific stack – instead, we value curiosity, creativity, and experience shipping a real product using contemporary technologies. Our ideal engineer is detail oriented but not to the point of pedantry; self-directed in their work but collaborative in nature; opinionated about contemporary software development practices but works to understand and incorporate contrasting viewpoints.
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 201-500 employees, earning $114,952 on average.
Software Engineer Salary by gender
The average Software Engineer salary for women is $107,786 and the average Software Engineer salary for men is $109,567.
Software Engineer Salary by Years of Experience
The average salary for a Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience is $121,178. The average salary for <1 year of experience is $97,800.
Average Dev + Engineer salaries in Austin
| Job Title | Average Salary | Salary Range |
|---|---|---|
| QA Analyst | $67,674 | Min: $42K Max: $103K |
| Junior Software Engineer | $71,754 | Min: $60K Max: $85K |
| QA Engineer | $78,526 | Min: $40K Max: $115K |
| Software Test Engineer | $87,225 | Min: $61K Max: $120K |
| Front End Developer | $97,516 | Min: $70K Max: $153K |
| Salesforce Developer | $102,385 | Min: $70K Max: $125K |
| Data Engineer | $102,927 | Min: $55K Max: $150K |
| Automation Engineer | $104,700 | Min: $79K Max: $130K |
| Game Developer | $105,600 | Min: $65K Max: $141K |
| Android Developer | $107,182 | Min: $73K Max: $125K |
| Sales Engineer | $108,365 | Min: $68K Max: $168K |
| iOS Developer | $108,525 | Min: $85K Max: $150K |
| DevOps Engineer | $111,671 | Min: $84K Max: $141K |
| Software Engineer | $113,320 | Min: $71K Max: $188K |
| Systems Engineer | $113,333 | Min: $90K Max: $135K |
| Machine Learning Engineer | $120,000 | Min: $110K Max: $135K |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $125,000 | Min: $105K Max: $140K |
| QA Manager | $128,680 | Min: $110K Max: $150K |
| Data Architect | $131,944 | Min: $98K Max: $200K |
| Senior Software Engineer | $134,892 | Min: $95K Max: $200K |
| Security Engineer | $139,200 | Min: $112K Max: $180K |
| Engineering Manager | $145,151 | Min: $109K Max: $175K |
| Hardware Engineer | $147,000 | Min: $147K Max: $147K |
| Database Administrator | $148,333 | Min: $133K Max: $163K |
| Principal Software Engineer | $153,057 | Min: $120K Max: $275K |
| Lead Software Engineer | $158,750 | Min: $125K Max: $177K |
| Director of Software Engineering | $171,143 | Min: $140K Max: $228K |
| Data Engineering Manager | $175,000 | Min: $175K Max: $175K |
| Vice President of Engineering | $213,458 | Min: $162K Max: $265K |
| CTO (Chief Technology Officer) | $242,190 | 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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Java
9% have this skill
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Front-end
8% have this skill
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SQL
8% have this skill
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Amazon Web Services
8% have this skill
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Python
7% have this skill
Recent Software Engineer salaries in Austin
$95,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $95,000 with +$5,000 in additional cash compensation
1-3 Years of Experience
Male
51-200 Employees
Austin
$88,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $88,000 with +$15,000 in additional cash compensation
3-5 Years of Experience
Male
1,000+ Employees
Austin
$115,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $115,000
3-5 Years of Experience
Male
51-200 Employees
Austin
$112,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Development Engineer reported a yearly salary of $112,000 with +$26,000 in additional cash compensation
< 1 Year of Experience
Male
1,000+ Employees
Austin
$85,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Developer reported a yearly salary of $85,000
1-3 Years of Experience
Female
51-200 Employees
Austin
1-5 Reports
$115,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $115,000 with +$10,000 in additional cash compensation
1-3 Years of Experience
Male
51-200 Employees
Austin
1-5 Reports
$85,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Development Engineer reported a yearly salary of $85,000 with +$8,000 in additional cash compensation
3-5 Years of Experience
Female
501-1,000 Employees
Austin
$97,500
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $97,500
7+ Years of Experience
Male
11-50 Employees
Austin
$91,950
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer 2 reported a yearly salary of $91,950 with +$4,000 in additional cash compensation
3-5 Years of Experience
Male
501-1,000 Employees
Austin
$110,000
Yearly Salary
A Software Engineer reported a yearly salary of $110,000
3-5 Years of Experience
Male
51-200 Employees
Austin
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