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Software Engineer in New York Salary at AI Startups
Base pay from 488 open roles at 82 AI companies that list a salary range. Annual USD.
25th percentile
$188K
Median
$227K
75th percentile
$277K
Percentiles use the midpoint of each posted range. Lowest posted $100K, highest $850K.
Pay by role
| Role | Company | Salary range |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer, ML NetworkingSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $280K–$850K |
| Software Engineer, Research InfrastructureSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $405K–$625K |
| Staff Software Engineer, Claude CodeSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$625K |
| Staff Software Engineer, Code RLSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $405K–$625K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Developer ProductivitySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $405K–$625K |
| Staff Software Engineer, Environments InfrastructureSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $405K–$605K |
| Software Engineer, Frontier Data ProductsNew York City | Mercor | $160K–$500K |
| Software Engineer, PlatformNew York City | Mercor | $160K–$500K |
| Software Engineer, AgentsNew York City | Mercor | $160K–$500K |
| Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier Engineering (NYC)New York City | Mercor | $160K–$500K |
| Model Performance Software Engineer, Claude CodeSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Senior+ Software Engineer, Legal TechRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Senior Staff Software Engineer, APISan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Software Engineering Manager, Network SecuritySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Software Engineer, LabsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Software Engineer, SandboxingSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Software Engineer, Staff: Applied AI, Science & EngineeringNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff + Senior Software Engineer, Inference DeploymentSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff + Senior Software Engineer, Inference InfrastructureSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Access ProgramsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Account AbuseSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Account Abuse (Machine Learning)San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Account CreationSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff Software Engineer, AI ReliabilitySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $325K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Auth & IdentitySan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Billing PlatformSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, CachingSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Capacity EngineeringSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Claude App InfrastructureSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff Software Engineer, Claude DesignSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Claude Managed AgentsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, DatabasesSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Data InfrastructureRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Developer ExperienceSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Distributed Systems New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, EnterpriseSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Enterprise AI ProductsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Enterprise Knowledge WorkSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Full-stackSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Inference VelocityRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems)San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Kubernetes PlatformSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Node InfraSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Payment Fraud San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, PlatformSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform DistributionSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform EcosystemSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform Portability San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, PrivacyRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Product SandboxingSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Public SectorRemote-Friendly, United States; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Washington, DC | Anthropic | $405K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Research Systems EngineeringRemote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, SafeguardsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Safeguards Data New York City, NY | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, Safeguards Human Review ToolingNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, ScalingNew York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$485K |
| Software Engineer, API FrontiersNew York City | OpenAI | $266K–$445K |
| Principal Software Engineer, Machine LearningNew York, NY | Attentive | $350K–$430K |
| Senior Software Engineer, Ad ServingNew York, New York | Roku | $195K–$408K |
| Staff Software Engineer, Demand Bidder, Ad Serving PlatformNew York, New York | Roku | $195K–$408K |
| Full Stack Engineer, Education LabsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $300K–$405K |
| Full-Stack Software Engineer, Reinforcement LearningSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $300K–$405K |
| Security Software Engineer, Detection & Response PlatformNew York City, NY | Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; Washington, DC | Anthropic | $320K–$405K |
| Software Engineer, Beneficial Deployments San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $320K–$405K |
| Software Engineer, Business TechnologyNew York City, NY | Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $320K–$405K |
| Software Engineer, EducationSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $320K–$405K |
| Software Engineer, Research ToolsSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $300K–$405K |
| Software Engineer, Tokens and Prompt StructuresSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $320K–$405K |
| Staff / Senior Software Engineer, Security Fusion PlatformSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$405K |
| Staff Software Engineer, AndroidSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$405K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, GRC PlatformSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$405K |
| Staff Software Engineer, Growth San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$405K |
| Staff Software Engineer, iOSSan Francisco, CA, New York City, NY, Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$405K |
| Staff Software Engineer, Product San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA | Anthropic | $320K–$405K |
| Staff+ Software Engineer, RL Data PlatformSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $320K–$405K |
| Staff Software Engineer, SearchSan Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Anthropic | $320K–$405K |
| Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise ProductNew York City | Decagon | $200K–$400K |
| Senior Software Engineer, Enterprise ProductNew York City | Decagon | $200K–$400K |
| Senior Software Engineer, Agent ProductNew York City | Decagon | $200K–$400K |
| Staff Software Engineer, Agent ProductNew York City | Decagon | $200K–$400K |
| Staff Software EngineerNew York City | EliseAI | $300K–$400K |
| Staff Software Engineer, Cash App BankingNew York, NY, United States of America | Block | $264K–$395K |
| Staff Software Engineer, Go-to-Market Systems & AINew York, NY, United States of America | Block | $264K–$395K |
| Principal Software Engineer, AdsNew York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Sunnyvale, CA | DoorDash | $269K–$395K |
| Software Engineer, Agent - HealthcareNew York, NY | Sierra | $180K–$390K |
| Principal Software Engineer New York City | Astronomer | $277K–$390K |
| Full Stack Software Engineer, API Experience New York City | OpenAI | $266K–$385K |
| Principal Software Engineer, Asana PlatformNew York City | Asana | $366K–$380K |
| Staff Software Engineer, Platform InfrastructureNew York City | Astronomer | $275K–$377K |
| Staff Software Engineer, ObservabilityNew York City | Astronomer | $275K–$377K |
| Manager, Software Engineering - AI ObservabilitySan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States | Figma | $258K–$376K |
| Manager, Software Engineering - BillingSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States | Figma | $258K–$376K |
| Manager, Software Engineering - Data PlatformSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States | Figma | $258K–$376K |
| Manager, Software Engineering - DevEx AI ToolsSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States | Figma | $258K–$376K |
| Manager, Software Engineering - Growth Platform San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States | Figma | $258K–$376K |
| Manager, Software Engineering - Interaction DesignSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States | Figma | $258K–$376K |
| Software Engineer - AI PlatformsSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States | Figma | $153K–$376K |
| Software Engineer - AI ProductSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States | Figma | $153K–$376K |
| Software Engineer - Application PlatformSan Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States | Figma | $153K–$376K |
| Software Engineer - C++San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States | Figma | $153K–$376K |
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