Trading Systems Engineer salary: $208K median
The median advertised Trading Systems Engineer salary is $208K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $198K to $237K: counted from 34 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $100 an hour or $17,312 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $250K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll trading systems engineer jobs
$208Kmedian advertised salary
$198K – $237Kmiddle half of roles
$212Kaverage advertised salary
34roles counted
Skills that pay more for Trading Systems Engineer roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI agents | $237K | +$29K | 5 |
| Go | $234K | +$26K | 8 |
| Generative AI | $230K | +$22K | 8 |
| Rust | $230K | +$22K | 7 |
| Kafka | $230K | +$22K | 7 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Qube Research & Technologies | $240K | 3 |
| Coinbase | $231K | 6 |
| FalconX | $202K | 3 |
| Kalshi | $200K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $172K | 4 |
Highest-paying open Trading Systems Engineer roles
All trading systems engineer jobs- Head of U.S. Derivatives Trading TechnologyOKX · 🇺🇸United States (US)$313K - $451KLead and aboveTradingIncident responseReconciliations
- Senior / Staff Software Engineer, Low LatencyClear Street · Remote$200K - $350KRemoteLead and aboveRustC++PostgreSQL
- Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Mobile TradingOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$224K - $322KLead and aboveReactKotlinSwift
- Trading Systems Engineer (Kalshi Trading LLC)Kalshi · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$200K - $300KRustGoC++
- Senior Low-Latency C++ Software EngineerQube Research & Technologies · 🇺🇸New York$180K - $300KSeniorC++LinuxQuantitative analysis
- Trading Systems EngineerQube Research & Technologies · 🇺🇸New York$180K - $300KGoPythonNode.js
- Network Engineer, Systematic Trading InfrastructurePoint72 · 🇺🇸New York, NY$200K - $300KAgileTrading
- Trading Systems Infrastructure Staff EngineerFalconX · 🇺🇸New York City, NY$213K - $269KLead and aboveRustPythonJava
- Senior Backend Engineer, Core Trading SystemsNovig · 🇺🇸New York$200K - $260KSeniorRustGoC++
- Staff Software Engineer - Backend (Consumer - Agentic Trading)Coinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$218K - $256KRemoteLead and aboveGoLLMTrading
- Staff Software Engineer, Frontend (Consumer - Advanced Trading)Coinbase · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$218K - $256KRemoteLead and aboveKotlinSwiftTrading
- Senior Software Engineer, Trading InfrastructureAptos Labs · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, California, New York City, New York$150K - $250KSeniorRustGoPython
- Software Engineer, Trading ProductAptos Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, New York City$150K - $250KTypeScriptTrading
- Head of Market Data Development and EngineeringGalaxy · 🇺🇸New York$220K - $250KLead and aboveJavaDatabricksGenerative AI
- Software Engineer, Backend (Trading)Phantom · Remote$200K - $250KRemoteTradingEnglishCrypto custody
- Quantitative Developer (Kalshi Trading LLC)Kalshi · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$150K - $250KSQLMachine LearningLLM
- Senior Quant Research Engineer, Trading & Portfolio OptimizationArtafinance · 🇺🇸Bay Area$150K - $250KHybridSeniorTradingQuantitative analysisStatistics
- Member of Technical Staff | Production & Trading PlatformPoesis · 🇺🇸Menlo Park$200K - $250KHybridLLMTradingIncident response
- Sr. Software Engineer, Low Latency Computing (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$175K - $240KSeniorC++CHardware testing
- Sr. Software Engineer, Low Latency Computing (Starlink)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Redmond, WA$165K - $230KSeniorC++CHardware testing
Questions about Trading Systems Engineer pay
- What is the average Trading Systems Engineer salary?
- $212K a year on average and $208K at the median, across 34 open Trading Systems Engineer postings at 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 $198K to $237K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Trading Systems Engineer pay?
- Qube Research & Technologies ($240K), Coinbase ($231K), FalconX ($202K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a trading systems engineer a high-paying job?
- The median Trading Systems Engineer posting advertises $208K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 19% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a trading systems engineer?
- A tenth of the postings offer $250K a year or more; the highest open Trading Systems Engineer role advertises up to $451K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Trading Systems Engineer salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $208K a year is about $100 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,312 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $95 to $114 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Trading Systems Engineer roles?
- Postings that ask for AI agents (+$29K, 5 postings), Go (+$26K, 8 postings), Generative AI (+$22K, 8 postings) advertise more than the $208K median of all Trading Systems Engineer postings with pay.
- 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.
Writing about this? A sentence you can quote
The median advertised salary for Trading Systems Engineer roles at companies is $208K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $198K to $237K. Counted from 34 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/trading-systems-engineer/
Free to use with the link.