Jobs market report · October 14, 2026

Remote software engineering jobs paying $150k+ right now

As of 14 October 2026, 165 live remote software engineering postings at 71 companies publish pay reaching $150k or more, and the median top of range is $205,000.

Data: Jobfinder AI's live index of 135,000 jobs from employer career sites, updated daily.

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Count: 165
Pay: $205,000

The data

Postings by company

Live remote postings whose published pay range reaches $150k or more, highest first.

Affirm, Bright Vision Technologies and Brex post the most of these roles

On 14 October 2026, Jobfinder AI's live index held 165 remote software engineering postings with a published pay range reaching $150k or more. They come from 71 companies.

A few employers stand out. Affirm has 18 qualifying postings, Bright Vision Technologies has 16 and Brex has 15. Below them the counts are smaller: Mercury has 7, Clera 6 and Babylist 5. Mattermost, Monzo, Mozilla and Vercel each have 4.

The shape matters for your search. A handful of companies hold a large block of these postings, while the remaining listings are spread across many employers with only one or a few openings each. If you only watch the big names, you will miss much of the market.

The mix is broad: fintech (Affirm, Brex, Mercury, Monzo), developer tools and infrastructure (Vercel, Docker, Mattermost), open source (Mozilla) and consumer products (Babylist). Strong remote pay is not limited to one industry.

The typical range in this set tops out at $205,000

The median top of the posted pay range across these 165 postings is $205,000. In plain terms, half of these ranges top out at or above that figure and half below it.

That tells you something useful for negotiation. The top of a range is not what most people are offered, but it shows how high the employer has budgeted for the role. When a posting reaches well past $150k, you have room to ask for a figure that reflects your level rather than settling at the bottom.

The example titles help explain the pay. Many are senior roles: Senior Java Software Engineer at XTB S.A., Staff Software Engineer at Babylist, Senior Staff Software Engineer at Affirm and Principal Software Engineer, Networking at Docker. Pay at this level usually tracks seniority, so expect most of these postings to ask for substantial experience.

There are also less obvious entries, such as a freelance Senior Fullstack Engineer with Go role at Netguru and a Platform Engineer role at mercor. Contract terms can change how a headline range compares with salaried work, so read the details.

Remote often comes with a location condition, so check before you apply

Every posting here is marked remote by the employer, yet many still name a place. Affirm's Senior Staff role says Remote US. Babylist's Staff and Senior roles list Canada. Docker's Principal role names Seattle or the SF Bay Area, and the Thinking Machines Lab role lists San Francisco.

For anyone applying from the UK, Europe or Australia, this is the first filter to apply. A remote label can mean remote within one country, remote within a time zone band, or remote with occasional office visits. Read the location line and any eligibility notes before you invest time in an application.

Tailor to the stack and the domain. Titles in this set name specific areas such as Java, Go, fullstack, networking, developer productivity and AI tools. A CV that leads with matching experience is more likely to pass an initial screen than a general one.

With 71 companies in the set, apply to several at once rather than waiting on a single employer.

What this data can and cannot tell you

This is a single snapshot of live postings taken on 14 October 2026. It does not show hires, accepted offers or what people in these roles actually earn. It also says nothing about whether the market is rising or falling, because it does not compare with any earlier date.

Pay figures are as published by employers. A posting is included when its range reaches $150k or more, so a role with a wide range may start well below that level. Pay outside $20k to $1,000k is excluded as a likely parsing error. Some employers, such as Monzo or XTB S.A., may publish ranges in a currency other than US dollars, so confirm the currency on the original posting.

Remote status is whatever the employer marks, and role group and seniority are classified automatically from each posting, so a small number of listings may be categorised imperfectly.

Company counts reflect open postings, not the size of a team or how many people will be hired. One requisition can cover several hires, and several postings can cover one.

Roles in this report

Open roles behind these numbers

Full table

Every number in this report

Role	Company	Posted pay
Senior Java Software Engineer	XTB S.A.	$510k to $675k
Software Engineer, Developer Productivity, AI Tools	Thinking Machines Lab	$350k to $475k
Staff Software Engineer	Babylist	$299k to $373k
Platform Engineer - Document Specialist	mercor	$166k to $333k
Senior Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack (Marketplace and Consumer Experiences)	Affirm	$265k to $325k
(Senior) Fullstack Engineer with Go - Freelance	Netguru	$288k to $324k
Principal Software Engineer, Networking (Seattle or SF Bay Area)	Docker	$198k to $319k
Senior Software Engineer	Babylist	$256k to $319k
Software Engineer, Platform	Vercel	$208k to $312k
Senior Manager, Engineering	Webflow	$217k to $310k
Staff Networking Software Engineer	General Motors	$260k to $302k
DevOps Engineer – Classified Environments	Cyrad Solutions	$250k to $300k
Staff Software Engineer - Fraud	Mercury	$239k to $299k
Software Engineer, Backend	Vercel	$196k to $294k
Software Engineer, Backend	Vercel	$196k to $294k
Software Engineer, Trust & Safety	Vercel	$196k to $294k
Staff Software Engineer	Babylist	$234k to $291k
Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Search)	Affirm	$230k to $290k
Senior Staff Software Engineer	Webflow	$205k to $290k
Staff Software Engineer, Backend (Ledger Engineering)	Affirm	$230k to $290k
Software Engineer, Online Database Infrastructure	Stripe	$206k to $286k
Senior Software Engineer, Product Velocity	Stripe	$206k to $286k
Staff Software Engineer, Travel & Expense	Brex	$240k to $285k
Staff Software Engineer, Travel & Expense	Brex	$240k to $285k
Staff Software Engineer, Travel & Expense	Brex	$240k to $285k

How we counted. Data: Jobfinder AI's live index of 135,000 jobs from employer career sites, updated daily. This report is based on 165 job postings marked remote with a published pay range reaching $150k or more (pay outside $20k to $1000k is excluded as a likely parsing error), from employer career sites and job boards that Jobfinder AI tracks, as of 2026-10-14. Market is taken from the posting's location; role group and seniority are classified automatically from each posting. A posting counts as remote when the employer marks it remote. This is a snapshot of postings, not of hires.

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Questions about this data.

Which companies are hiring remote software engineers paying $150k or more?

As of 14 October 2026, 71 companies had remote software engineering postings with pay reaching $150k or more. Affirm had the most with 18, followed by Bright Vision Technologies with 16 and Brex with 15. Mercury had 7, Clera 6 and Babylist 5, while Mattermost, Monzo, Mozilla and Vercel each had 4. Other examples include Docker, XTB S.A., Netguru and Thinking Machines Lab.

How much do remote software engineering jobs pay?

Among the 165 remote software engineering postings in Jobfinder AI's index with a published range reaching $150k or more, the median top of the posted range is $205,000. That is the top of what employers advertise, not what people are actually paid, and many ranges start lower. Titles in this set are often senior, staff or principal level, which helps explain the pay.

Are remote software engineer jobs really open to anyone anywhere?

Often not. Many postings marked remote still carry a location condition. In this data, Affirm lists Remote US, Babylist lists Canada and Docker names Seattle or the SF Bay Area. Before applying from the UK, Europe, Australia or elsewhere, read the location line and any eligibility notes on the posting to confirm you can be hired from where you live.

How do I find remote software engineering jobs paying $150k+?

Filter for postings that publish a pay range and are marked remote, then check the location condition and the currency of the pay. Look beyond the largest posters: in this snapshot the 165 roles come from 71 companies, many with only a few openings each. Tailor your CV to the stack named in the title, such as Java, Go or fullstack.

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Jobfinder AI is an AI job search agent that watches its live index of jobs from employer career sites every day and matches new roles to your CV and preferences, including remote and seniority. You review and approve matches before anything is sent. On Greenhouse, Ashby and Lever it can submit the employer's own application form for approved roles, and it drafts a short email to a verified hiring contact, sent from your inbox.