# Software Engineer Salary Lead: $228k median (2026)

> lead software engineer salary - based on 3,197 live postings across 30+ ATS sources.

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## Salary

- **Median:** $228k
- **25th-75th percentile:** $196k - $269k
- **Based on:** 1510 disclosed salaries from live postings

## Hiring across industries (ISIC Rev.4)

- Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (division 62, 1091 open)
- Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding (division 64, 664 open)
- Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (division 26, 173 open)
- Employment activities (division 78, 122 open)
- Manufacture of other transport equipment (division 30, 120 open)
- Scientific research and development (division 72, 120 open)

## Top companies hiring

- JPMorganChase (214 open)
- Capital One (82 open)
- Anthropic (73 open)
- Databricks (68 open)
- Google (67 open)
- Okta (51 open)
- Mastercard (46 open)
- NVIDIA (44 open)

## Sample live roles

- [Software Engineering Lead / Engineering Manager](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Overview/820438fc-d2c7-4738-91a9-96c1e199b38f) - Overview
- [Lead Software Engineer, Starship Manufacturing (Application Software) ](https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/8651026002?gh_jid=8651026002) - SpaceX
- [Staff Software Engineer, Storage](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/staff-software-engineer-storage-at-coreweave-4442804174) - CoreWeave - Sunnyvale, CA - $188,000 to $275,000
- [Senior Software Engineer (Python) - Agent Evaluation - Freelance/Remote 100+ openings](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-software-engineer-python-agent-evaluation-freelance-remote-100%2B-openings-at-braintrust-4445976733) - Braintrust - United States
- [Staff Software Engineer — Backend](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/staff-software-engineer-%E2%80%94-backend-at-cari-network-4445938315) - Cari Network - United States
- [Lead Backend Software Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/lead-backend-software-engineer-at-beacon-ai-4446143974) - Beacon AI - San Carlos, CA
- [Lead Software Engineer - Cloud Platform Engineering- AWS, Python](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/lead-software-engineer-cloud-platform-engineering-aws-python-at-jpmorganchase-4409169368) - JPMorganChase - Columbus, OH
- [Staff Software Engineer, AI Tools](https://www.pinterestcareers.com/jobs/?gh_jid=7305880) - Pinterest - $177,185—$364,795
- [Staff Software Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/staff-software-engineer-at-altana-4314913459) - Altana - Brooklyn, NY - $175,000 - $230,000
- [Principal Software Engineer - DGX Cloud](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/principal-software-engineer-dgx-cloud-at-nvidia-4407087470) - NVIDIA - Santa Clara, CA
- [Software Engineer, Developer Experience (Go Lead)](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-developer-experience-go-lead-at-banking-top-4444831355) - banking.TOP - San Francisco, CA - $299,000–$352,000
- [Staff Software Engineer, Databases](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/staff-software-engineer-databases-at-psiquantum-4397604994) - PsiQuantum - Palo Alto, CA - $180,000—$205,000

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