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Software & Data in Fintech Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for software & data roles at fintech companies.

167 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Median base salary

$216k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$180k–$255k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

167

42% of 401 live openings

Companies disclosing

12

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Senior Backend Engineer, Services

Polymarket · New York, NY · Senior

$250k–$500k / year · USD
2
Web Platform Lead Engineer

Polymarket · New York, NY · Senior

$250k–$500k / year · USD
3
Staff Backend Engineer, Services

Polymarket · New York, NY · Staff / Principal

$250k–$500k / year · USD
4
Head of Data Engineering & Platform

Mercury · San Francisco, CA · Director

$290k–$362k / year · USD
5
Applied AI Engineer

Ramp · New York, NY · Mid-Level

$204k–$352k / year · USD
6
Applied AI Engineer, Fullstack

Ramp · New York, NY · Mid-Level

$204k–$352k / year · USD
7
LLM Platform Engineer

Whatnot · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$245k–$345k / year · USD
8
Machine Learning Platform Engineer

Whatnot · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$245k–$345k / year · USD
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Methodology

BuildList pulls salary ranges from company applicant tracking systems hourly. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

Non-USD pay is converted to USD, and hourly, weekly, and monthly pay is annualized. Figures are medians and quartiles of each posting's range midpoint, weighted by currently open roles.

Base salary only. Equity and bonus are excluded. Most groups require at least 30 salaried openings; featured company benchmarks require at least eight.

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