Backend Developer vs Machine Learning Engineer
Pay, skills and open jobs side by side, from current job postings across the US.
Pay
Backend Developer
$172,500 typical, a year
Most Backend Developers earn $140,000 to $205,100 a year.
From 8,661 postings that list pay
13,691 open jobs now
Machine Learning Engineer
$201,300 typical, a year
Most Machine Learning Engineers earn $167,100 to $241,600 a year.
From 869 postings that list pay
1,764 open jobs now
Machine Learning Engineer salaries Machine Learning Engineer jobs
Machine Learning Engineers typically earn about $28,800 more a year than Backend Developers.
What each one does
Backend Developer
- Design, develop, and maintain software applications and systems.
- Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code for software components.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and technical solutions.
- Troubleshoot and debug issues to ensure software reliability and performance.
- Participate in testing and validation to ensure software quality and functionality.
- Contribute to the design and architecture of software systems and solutions.
Summed up from 30 job postings
Machine Learning Engineer
- Design, develop, and deploy machine learning models and algorithms.
- Build and maintain data pipelines for model training and evaluation.
- Create and run experiments to test and improve model performance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve business problems.
- Monitor and maintain models in production to ensure reliability.
- Research and apply new machine learning techniques and tools.
Summed up from 30 job postings
Skills employers ask for
Backend Developer
Asked for in both
- Python 3 in 10 postings
- AWS 2 in 10 postings
More common in Backend Developer postings
- Technical Degree 3 in 10 postings
- Java 3 in 10 postings
- CI/CD 2 in 10 postings
- Distributed Systems 2 in 10 postings
- Software Development 2 in 10 postings
- Code Review 2 in 10 postings
- C++ 2 in 10 postings
- Kubernetes 2 in 10 postings
Machine Learning Engineer
Asked for in both
- Python 6 in 10 postings
- AWS 2 in 10 postings
More common in Machine Learning Engineer postings
- PyTorch 5 in 10 postings
- AI & ML 5 in 10 postings
- TensorFlow 3 in 10 postings
- Large Language Models 3 in 10 postings
- MLOps 2 in 10 postings
- Machine Learning Frameworks 2 in 10 postings
- Data Science 2 in 10 postings
- Generative AI 2 in 10 postings
Out of each role's current postings.
Open jobs
Backend Developer
- $243,290 - $295,250/yrstated San Mateo, CA, United StatesJavaC#ObservabilityGoCircuit Breaker +3
Software Principal Engineer
Dell EMC$172k - $236,500/yrstated Round Rock, TX, United States OnsiteKubernetesAWSCode ReviewSystem IntegrationAPI Design +2Software Senior Engineer
Dell EMC$144k - $198k/yrstated Round Rock, TX, United States OnsiteCI/CDJavaPythonCode ReviewVersion Control +3
Machine Learning Engineer
- $295,250 - $345,040/yrstated San Mateo, CA, United StatesPythonApache SparkFlinkAnomaly DetectionBehavior Analysis +5
Machine Learning Engineer
Bet365$120k - $140k/yrstated Denver, Colorado, United StatesTerraformApache KafkaPythonInfrastructure as CodeUnit Testing +13- Pay not stated Alexandria, VA HybridKubernetesCI/CDRetrieval-Augmented GenerationPythonSQL +13
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