# Software Engineer Salary Austin: $171k median (2026)

> software engineer salary Austin - based on 305 live postings across 30+ ATS sources.

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## Salary

- **Median:** $171k
- **25th-75th percentile:** $153k - $220k
- **Based on:** 77 disclosed salaries from live postings

## Hiring across industries (ISIC Rev.4)

- Computer programming, consultancy and related activities (division 62, 103 open)
- Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding (division 64, 26 open)
- Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products (division 26, 23 open)
- Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (division 29, 21 open)
- Employment activities (division 78, 13 open)
- Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. (division 28, 11 open)

## Top companies hiring

- General Motors (19 open)
- NVIDIA (10 open)
- Realtor.com (10 open)
- Cloudflare (8 open)
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) (8 open)
- Procore Technologies (7 open)
- Fluidstack (5 open)
- Venmo (5 open)

## Sample live roles

- [Software Engineer, Compute (GPU)](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-compute-gpu-at-fluidstack-4436034919) - Fluidstack - Austin, TX - $208K - $269K
- [Junior Software Engineer - AI-Forward](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/junior-software-engineer-ai-forward-at-speedyapply-4445108088) - SpeedyApply - Austin, TX
- [Software Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-at-teero-4418158932) - Teero - Austin, TX
- [Full Stack Software Engineer - Control Plane](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/full-stack-software-engineer-control-plane-at-clickhouse-4445646414) - ClickHouse - Austin, TX - $141,000—$208,000
- [Software Engineer - Special Programs](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-special-programs-at-saronic-technologies-4407212558) - Saronic Technologies - Austin, TX
- [Software Engineer - Platform (Frameworks, AI, Automation) Sr. Associate](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-platform-frameworks-ai-automation-sr-associate-at-sixth-street-4377071217) - Sixth Street - Austin, TX
- [Senior System Software Engineer - Tegra Tools](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-system-software-engineer-tegra-tools-at-nvidia-4407666114) - NVIDIA - Austin, TX
- [Software Engineer - Robotics (Motion)](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-robotics-motion-at-allen-control-systems-4427225100) - Allen Control Systems - Austin, TX
- [Software Engineer - Trading Systems](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-trading-systems-at-worldquant-4387653862) - WorldQuant - Austin, CO - $150,000 – $250,000
- [Sr. Software Engineer - AI Engineering and Productivity](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/sr-software-engineer-ai-engineering-and-productivity-at-general-motors-4409565067) - General Motors - Austin, TX
- [Senior Software Engineer - Python](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-software-engineer-python-at-venmo-4408568397) - Venmo - Austin, TX - $143,500.00 - $212,850.00
- [Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer](https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/senior-full-stack-software-engineer-at-wise-steps-4445645481) - Wise Steps - Austin, TX

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