Software engineering (general) salaries in Germany (Staff)

The median yearly salary of software engineering (general) jobs in Germany (Staff) is EUR 120,680, from 5 open positions with a salary. Half of them pay between EUR 94,500 and EUR 122,500.

Median yearly salary: EUR 120,680

Middle half: EUR 94,500 – EUR 122,500

Amounts are yearly, in EUR. Hourly, daily, weekly and monthly pay is converted to a yearly amount. Positions in other currencies do not count.

All levels

Salary by level

Level	Median yearly salary	Middle half	Positions
Mid	EUR 100,000	EUR 51,250 – EUR 109,300	7
Senior	EUR 86,650	EUR 80,500 – EUR 106,738	9
Staff	EUR 120,680	EUR 94,500 – EUR 122,500	5

Trend

From EUR 120,680 on 2026-10-23 to EUR 122,556 on 2026-11-12

Newest positions with a salary

Staff Software Engineer, Firefox Enterprise

MozillaBusiness software (SaaS)Remote Germany

EUR 81K–108K / year
Remote
Staff
Software engineering (general)

JavaScript
Rust
SQL

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Engineering Manager (Usage)

Builders at GigsReal estate, construction and proptechBerlin

EUR 110K–135K / year
Staff
Software engineering (general)

Golang
Ruby
TypeScript

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Senior Engineering Manager (Connect)

Builders at GigsReal estate, construction and proptechBerlin

EUR 130K–165K / year
Staff
Software engineering (general)

TypeScript

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Principal Technical Marketing Engineer | Germany | Remote

Grafana LabsDeveloper tools and infrastructureGermany (Remote)

EUR 109.7K–131.7K / year
Remote
Staff
Software engineering (general)

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Staff Software Engineer, Tools & Systems

MozillaBusiness software (SaaS)Remote Germany

EUR 81K–108K / year
Remote
Staff
Software engineering (general)

C++
JavaScript
Python

22 days agooriginal ↗Save

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