Backend Developer Salary in Oakland
Backend Developer jobs in Oakland hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $199,284/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.
Salary range
| Seniority | Jobs | 25% | Median | 75% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 8 | $200K | $210K | $210K |
| All levels | 19 | $180K | $210K | $245K |
Based only on the listings that state pay. Gross annual amounts, converted to USD so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Fivetran
Staff Software Engineer, Backend
Senior Software Engineer - Orchestration
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Inabia
Architecture Intermediate Designer - Inabia Software & Consulting Inc.
Everlaw
Software Engineer I
Senior Software Engineer, Automation & Developer Tools
Paradromics
Software Engineer - Paradromics, Inc.
PromisePay
Software Engineer
Careforce
Senior Fullstack Engineer
ARXLIGHT
Senior Backend Engineer
Software Engineer - Ground Systems Command and Control
Dutch
Software Engineer (Web Developer)
Instrumentl
Senior Backend Engineer
How pay is distributed
19 of these Backend Developer Salary in Oakland state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $180K and $245K a year, with a median of $210K. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
The market right now
Alion currently lists 21 open Backend Developer Salary in Oakland from 9 companies. 15 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 8 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
Where the work is
24% of the listings are fully remote and a further 57% are hybrid, so a large part of this market is open to you regardless of where you live.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Backend Developer Salary in Oakland right now are Fivetran (11), Everlaw (2), ARXLIGHT (2), Inabia (1), Careforce (1), and Paradromics (1). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Python (13), Java (13), Docker (13), GCP (13), AWS (13), C++ (11), Fivetran (11), and dbt (10). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Backend Developer Salary in Oakland, 12 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
