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Why Choose Remote Software Engineering?
Remote software engineering has become the standard at leading tech companies like GitLab, Zapier, and Automattic
Build Without Boundaries
Work on cutting-edge tech stacks with teams distributed across the globe. Remote engineering roles offer access to the most innovative projects without geographic constraints.
Global Opportunities
Access positions at top tech companies worldwide. Remote work opens doors to roles at GitLab, Stripe, Shopify, and hundreds of fast-growing startups regardless of your location.
Higher Productivity
Engineers report 20-30% productivity gains working remotely. Fewer interruptions, flexible schedules, and deep focus time lead to better code quality and faster delivery.
Competitive Compensation
Remote engineering roles often pay at or above market rates. Companies save on office costs and compete globally for talent, resulting in salaries ranging from $120K-$250K+.
The benefits extend beyond flexibility. Remote engineers report higher job satisfaction, better work-life balance, and access to opportunities at companies regardless of location. For employers, remote hiring opens access to global talent pools and often results in higher retention rates.
Whether you're a backend engineer working with distributed systems, a frontend developer crafting user interfaces, or a DevOps engineer building CI/CD pipelines, there's never been a better time to find your next remote role.
Latest Remote Engineering Jobs
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500 positions
Location(s): US (remote), Boston (hybrid), New York (hybrid), San Francisco (hybrid) Bready* to make a change? Toast creates technology to help restau...
Toast creates technology to help restaurants and local businesses succeed in a digital world, helping business owners operate, increase sales, engage ...
Who we are Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physic...
Who we are Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physic...
Who we are Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physic...
Who we are Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physic...
About the Team DoorDash is building the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery. We are continuing to grow rapidly and expandin...
About the Team DoorDash is building the world’s most reliable on-demand logistics platform. As we continue to expand our Engineering organization glob...
About the Team Come help us build the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for last-mile retail delivery! We're looking for an experience...
About the Team The Spark Platform team owns and operates DoorDash's Apache Spark ecosystem — the execution runtime, remote shuffle service, cluster sc...
Software Engineer, iOS
About the Role DoorDash is building the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery. We are continuing to grow rapidly and expandin...
About the Team DoorDash is building the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery! We're looking for experienced engineers to joi...
Software Engineer
147 positions
Location(s): US (remote), Boston (hybrid), New York (hybrid), San Francisco (hybrid) Bready* to make a change? Toast creates technology to help restau...
Toast creates technology to help restaurants and local businesses succeed in a digital world, helping business owners operate, increase sales, engage ...
About the Team The Spark Platform team owns and operates DoorDash's Apache Spark ecosystem — the execution runtime, remote shuffle service, cluster sc...
About the Team The Spark Platform team owns and operates DoorDash's Apache Spark ecosystem — the execution runtime, remote shuffle service, cluster sc...
Who we are At Twilio, we’re shaping the future of communications, all from the comfort of our homes. We deliver innovative solutions to hundreds of th...
Senior Software Engineer, International
Join us in building the future of finance. Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by yo...
The Continuous Profiler](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/continuous-profiling-fourth-pillar/) team at Datadog is building a cutting-edge continuous pro...
Who we are Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physic...
About Gusto At Gusto, we're on a mission to grow the small business economy. We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — s...
Software Engineer
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase , we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, ...
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase , we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, ...
Who we are: Process Street is an AI software and compliance operations platform startup from San Francisco. We help our customers build, document, aut...
Backend
21 positions
About the Team DoorDash is building the world’s most reliable on-demand logistics platform. As we continue to expand our Engineering organization glob...
About the Team DoorDash is building the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery! We're looking for experienced engineers to joi...
About the Team DoorDash is building the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery! We're looking for experienced engineers to joi...
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase , we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, ...
Join us in building the future of finance. Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by yo...
Join us in building the future of finance. Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by yo...
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase , we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, ...
Software Engineer, Web3 Backend
Join us in building the future of finance. Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by yo...
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase , we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, ...
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase , we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, ...
GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational e...
Frontend
10 positions
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on ...
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on ...
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on ...
Why join us Brex is the intelligent finance platform that enables companies to spend smarter and move faster in more than 200 markets. By combining gl...
Why join us Brex is the intelligent finance platform that enables companies to spend smarter and move faster in more than 200 markets. By combining gl...
Why join us Brex is the intelligent finance platform that enables companies to spend smarter and move faster in more than 200 markets. By combining gl...
Staff Software Engineer - Frontend - New York City Datadog’s Staff Engineers are our technical leaders operating at the forefront of technology, build...
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on ...
Frontend Engineer, Ads
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on ...
Full Stack
7 positions
About the Team The Experimentation Platform Team develops a state-of-the-art platform in industry that enables Product Engineers, Data Scientists, ML ...
What’s in it for you? Ready to make a serious impact? Millions of people already rely on Calendly, and we’re still in the midst of exciting product gr...
What’s in it for you? Ready to make a serious impact? Millions of people already rely on Calendly, and we’re still in the midst of exciting product gr...
Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack
Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring Staff Software Engineers to join our Engineering team. Oscar is the first health insurance company built around a full s...
Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack
Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring Staff Software Engineers to join our Engineering team. Oscar is the first health insurance company built around a full s...
Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack
Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring Staff Software Engineers to join our Engineering team. Oscar is the first health insurance company built around a full s...
Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack
Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Fullstack to join our Engineering team. Oscar is the first health insurance company built ar...
DevOps & SRE
8 positions
We're transforming the grocery industry At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to...
Engineering Manager, Edge SRE
About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers mi...
Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure / SRE to join our Engineering team. Oscar is the first health insurance...
Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure / SRE to join our Engineering team. Oscar is the first health insurance...
Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure / SRE to join our Engineering team. Oscar is the first health insurance...
Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure / SRE to join our Engineering team. Oscar is the first health insurance...
Hi, we're Oscar. We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure / SRE to join our Engineering team. Oscar is the first health insurance...
AI & Machine Learning
31 positions
About the Team DoorDash is building the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery. We are continuing to grow rapidly and expandin...
About the Team Come help us build the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for last-mile retail delivery! We're looking for an experience...
About the Role As a Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning, you’ll be conceptualizing, designing, implementing, and validating algorithmic improve...
About the Team Agentic Foundations, part of New Verticals ML, builds the core AI/ML intelligence that powers high-quality, scalable agents at DoorDash...
Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase , we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, ...
About the Team Come help us build the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery! We're bringing on talented engineers to help us ...
About Vercel: Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company, freeing people and agents to ship what's next. For more than a decade we've helped builder...
About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories ...
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on ...
About the Role Chime’s Data Science and Machine Learning team is building models, services, and platforms that transform how millions of users manage ...
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on ...
About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories ...
Security
50 positions
About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers mi...
Software Engineer, AI Security
Join us in building the future of finance. Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by yo...
Who we are Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physic...
Systems Engineer - Data Security
About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers mi...
About Vercel: Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company, freeing people and agents to ship what's next. For more than a decade we've helped builder...
About Flexport: At Flexport, we believe global trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make global commerce so easy ther...
Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world's largest enterprises to th...
Staff Software Engineer, AI Security
Join us in building the future of finance. Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by yo...
Join us in building the future of finance. Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by yo...
Join us in building the future of finance. Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by yo...
About Faire Faire is a technology wholesale platform built on the belief that the future is local. Independent retailers around the globe collectively...
Mobile
18 positions
Software Engineer, iOS
About the Role DoorDash is building the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery. We are continuing to grow rapidly and expandin...
About the Team DoorDash is building the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery! We're looking for experienced engineers to joi...
Senior Software Engineer, iOS
About the Role DoorDash is building the world's most reliable on-demand, logistics engine for delivery. We are continuing to grow rapidly and expandin...
Reddit is a community of communities. It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on ...
Who we are At Twilio, we’re shaping the future of communications, all from the comfort of our homes. We deliver innovative solutions to hundreds of th...
Who we are About Stripe Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to th...
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcome...
Software Engineer, Mobile SDK
About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers mi...
We're transforming the grocery industry At Instacart, we invite the world to share love through food because we believe everyone should have access to...
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase , we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, ...
QA & Testing
1 positions
Data Engineering
3 positions
About the Team Data is at the foundation of DoorDash success. The Data Engineering team builds database solutions for various use cases including repo...
IT Support
3 positions
About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers mi...
Who we are At Twilio, we’re shaping the future of communications, all from the comfort of our homes. We deliver innovative solutions to hundreds of th...
Top Companies Hiring Remote Engineers
These employers are actively hiring for remote engineering positions at top tech companies.
Remote Software Engineer Salaries by Role
| Role | Entry Level | Mid Level | Senior Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $80K - $110K | $120K - $160K | $170K - $250K |
| Frontend Developer | $70K - $100K | $110K - $150K | $160K - $220K |
| Backend Developer | $80K - $110K | $120K - $160K | $170K - $240K |
| DevOps Engineer | $90K - $120K | $130K - $170K | $180K - $260K |
| ML Engineer | $100K - $130K | $140K - $190K | $200K - $300K+ |
| Security Engineer | $90K - $120K | $130K - $170K | $180K - $250K |
* Salaries based on US remote positions. Some companies adjust based on location.
How to Land a Remote Software Engineering Job
Build Your Technical Foundation
Master at least one programming language deeply. Understand data structures, algorithms, and system design. Complete projects that demonstrate your skills—open source contributions, personal apps, or side projects.
Create a Strong Online Presence
Polish your GitHub profile with well-documented projects. Update your LinkedIn with keywords like "remote software engineer." Consider writing technical blog posts or contributing to developer communities.
Prepare for Remote-Specific Interviews
Practice coding interviews on LeetCode or HackerRank. Prepare examples of async communication and remote collaboration. Be ready to discuss your home office setup and timezone flexibility.
Apply Strategically
Use our job alerts to get notified of new remote engineering positions. Apply to 10-15 roles per week. Tailor your resume for each application. Follow up after one week if you haven't heard back.
Remote vs On-Site Engineering Jobs
Remote Engineering
- ✓Work from anywhere in the US (or globally)
- ✓No commute—save 5-10 hours per week
- ✓Flexible schedule, async collaboration
- ✓Access to companies nationwide
- ✓Often higher base salaries (no location adjustment)
On-Site Engineering
- •In-person collaboration and mentorship
- •Clearer work-life boundaries
- •Company-provided equipment and workspace
- •Easier networking and career visibility
- •Some roles require security clearance on-site
Frequently Asked Questions
A remote software engineer designs, develops, tests, and maintains software applications while working from home or any location. They collaborate with distributed teams using tools like Slack, GitHub, and Zoom. Daily tasks include writing code, reviewing pull requests, debugging issues, attending virtual standups, and deploying applications. Remote engineers need strong self-discipline, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work independently across time zones.
Remote software engineers in the US typically earn between $120,000 and $250,000 per year, depending on experience level, specialization, and company size. Entry-level positions start around $80,000-$100,000, mid-level engineers earn $120,000-$160,000, and senior engineers command $160,000-$250,000+. Companies like Cloudflare, Coinbase, and Datadog often pay at the top of the range. Note that some fully-remote companies adjust salaries based on location.
Essential technical skills include proficiency in programming languages (Python, JavaScript, Java, Go, or Rust), version control (Git), and familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure). You should understand data structures, algorithms, and system design. For remote work specifically, you need excellent written communication, self-motivation, time management, and experience with async collaboration tools. Many roles also require experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and agile methodologies.
Yes, remote software engineering jobs are among the most legitimate and well-established remote positions. Major companies including Cloudflare, GitLab, Coinbase, Dropbox, and hundreds of well-funded startups hire remote engineers full-time with competitive salaries and benefits. Look for positions posted directly on company career pages or through established job boards. Be cautious of roles asking for upfront payments, promising unrealistic salaries, or requesting personal financial information early in the process.
Start by building a strong portfolio with personal projects on GitHub. Contribute to open source to demonstrate collaboration skills. Complete coding bootcamps or online courses from platforms like Coursera or freeCodeCamp. Apply for junior developer, associate engineer, or apprenticeship positions at remote-friendly companies. Consider roles in QA or technical support as stepping stones. Many companies like Cloudflare and Coinbase have structured new grad programs that are fully remote.
Remote engineering spans many specializations: Frontend engineers build user interfaces with React, Vue, or Angular. Backend engineers create server-side systems using Python, Java, or Go. Full-stack developers handle both. DevOps and SRE roles focus on infrastructure and reliability. Security engineers protect systems from threats. Mobile developers build iOS and Android apps. Data engineers build data pipelines. ML engineers develop AI systems. QA engineers ensure software quality through testing.
Top companies hiring remote software engineers include Cloudflare, Coinbase, GitLab (100% remote), Datadog, Dropbox, Zapier, Notion, Stripe, and OpenAI. Startups often embrace remote work more readily than large enterprises. Look for companies with "remote-first" or "distributed" cultures. Our job board aggregates positions from 80+ top tech companies, all verified remote positions with transparent salary information.
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