Architect (software And Systems) salary: $214K median
From 358 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
$214Kmedian advertised salary
$176K – $248Kmiddle half of roles
$215Kaverage advertised salary
358roles counted
Architect (software And Systems) salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $238K, 30% more than senior roles ($182K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $182K | $154K–$240K | 71 |
| Lead and above | $238K | $194K–$280K | 63 |
| No level in title | $214K | $179K–$235K | 224 |
Architect (software And Systems) salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸Seattle | $260K | 17 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $246K | 118 |
| 🇺🇸California | $238K | 135 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $229K | 20 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $214K | 338 |
| 🇺🇸New York | $214K | 67 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $214K | 24 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago | $194K | 21 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Lambda | $352K | 5 |
| Anthropic | $295K | 19 |
| SambaNova | $285K | 6 |
| Coinbase | $276K | 3 |
| Harvey | $265K | 4 |
| Okta | $256K | 3 |
| Samsung Research America | $255K | 3 |
| OpenAI | $249K | 16 |
| Agility Robotics | $249K | 3 |
| Baseten | $248K | 3 |
| Rubrik | $247K | 4 |
| Scale AI | $238K | 3 |
| Lightmatter | $225K | 4 |
| LangChain | $220K | 5 |
| Oura | $220K | 5 |
| Pure Storage | $215K | 17 |
| Databricks | $214K | 66 |
| Muon Space | $212K | 3 |
| Fivetran | $208K | 8 |
| JFrog | $205K | 4 |
| True Anomaly | $202K | 3 |
| CoreWeave | $202K | 10 |
| Datadog | $202K | 4 |
| Temporal | $192K | 4 |
| PsiQuantum | $182K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Architect (software And Systems) roles
All architect (software and systems) jobs- Distinguished Software ArchitectWayve · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California USA$500K - $600KComputer Vision
- Field Executive ArchitectAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$400K - $500K
- Hardware Systems ArchitectAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320K - $485K
- Staff HPC Systems ArchitectLambda · 🇺🇸San Jose Office (First St)$314K - $465KLeadMachine LearningKubernetes
- Staff Security ArchitectLambda · Bellevue Office$314K - $465KLeadGoPythonTerraform
- Principal System ArchitectWayve · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California USA$348K - $458KLeadLinux
- IT Software Architect, SaaS Enablement and GovernanceOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$266K - $445K
- Distinguished Architect, AIDatadog · 🇺🇸New York, New York, USA; San Francisco, California, USA$330K - $440KLLMAI
- Chief ArchitectLegion · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$300K - $385KRemoteLeadGoPythonJava
- Principal Engineer, SoC NPU ArchitectSamsung Research America · 🇺🇸665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA$242K - $377KLeadPythonC++Machine Learning
- Software Architect, AI Systems and PlatformOkta · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$274K - $376KPythonTypeScriptReact
- Principal Solutions Architect, Technology AlliancesPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$306K - $374KLeadKubernetes
- Principal AI ArchitectRubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$254K - $356KLeadPythonJavaGCP
- Principal ArchitectScale AI · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$285K - $356KLeadPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Sr Architect - Emerging TechnologiesTwilio · 🇺🇸Remote - US$284K - $355KRemoteSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- ASIC Network ArchitectSambaNova · 🇺🇸Austin, Texas, United States; Remote - US; San Jose, Cali…$250K - $350KRemoteRustPythonC++
- Applied AI Architect, CyberOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$295K - $345KPythonJavaScriptCI/CD
- Principal Systems Software ArchitectCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$260K - $340KLeadGCPAzureLLM
- Solutions ArchitectVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City, Austin$190K - $340KTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Cloud Native Architect, Portworx - North CentralPure Storage · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Detr…$126K - $338KDockerTerraformGCP
Questions about Architect (software And Systems) pay
- What is the average Architect (software And Systems) salary?
- $215K a year on average and $214K at the median, across 358 open Architect (software And Systems) postings at tech companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $176K to $248K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Architect (software And Systems) pay?
- Lambda ($352K), Anthropic ($295K), SambaNova ($285K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Architect (software And Systems) roles at tech companies is $214K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $176K to $248K. Counted from 358 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Hiring Right Now, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/software-architect/
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