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Software Engineer compensation

Software Engineer at Anthropic

10 verified reports3 levels trackedUpdated Apr 2026San Francisco, CA
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Level breakdown

LevelnBase P25Base P50Base P75EquitySigningBonusYoETop locationsSource split
Forward Deployed Engineer, Federal Civilian
forward-deployed-engineer-federal-civilian · L35
6$353K$363K$363K1-3 yrs
San Francisco, California, United States (n=4)
Remote-Friendly, United States (n=1)
Washington, District of Columbia, United States (n=1)
Ingested 6
Senior Full Stack Engineer, Education
senior-full-stack-engineer-education · L50
1$353K$353K$353K3-6 yrs
San Francisco, California, United States (n=1)
Ingested 1
Staff+ Software Engineer, Systems
staff-software-engineer-systems · L65
3$363K$445K$445K5-9 yrs
New York, New York, United States (n=2)
San Francisco, California, United States (n=1)
Ingested 3

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