Best High-Paying Tech Jobs for 2026
Updated August 2026 · Top 10 · Ranked automatically from live listings
This list ranks the highest-paying tech jobs live on CozyJobs — software engineering, data, product, infrastructure, and security roles where the employer discloses real pay. Roles are ordered by annualized salary and refresh automatically as new listings arrive and filled roles drop off.
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Research Engineer
About the Role As a Research Engineer at Metis, you’ll work on building the next generation of autonomous post-training systems that leverage our Mantis platform. You’ll operate at the intersection…
onsiteFull-TimeSan Francisco, California$200,000 - $1,000,000 - 2
Head of Creative at AIOS — Remote, $150,000–$250,000/yr + 0.10%–0.30% equity
About the company the company is building the world’s first full-stack AI doctor. We’re at $350M ARR, growing from $10M/yr 12 months ago. We’re the world’s fastest growing AI doctor. We’re faithfully serving…
remoteFull-Time$1,000,000 - 3
Senior Manager, Content Promotion & Distribution Data Engineering
At the company, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a…
onsiteFull-TimeLos Angeles, California$525K – $950K/yr - 4
Senior Backend Engineer - Databases Pyroscope | Sweden | Remote
the company, the company behind the open observability cloud, is founded on the principles of open source, open standards, open ecosystems, and open culture. Grafana Cloud, our fully managed…
remoteFull-Time$775,444 - $930,533 - 5
Engineering Manager - Page Construction Models / Ranking Models
the company is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead teams building critical recommendation algorithms—either the homepage construction system that decides which sections appear on members' pages or the title ranking…
remoteFull-Time$523K – $920K/yr - 6
Machine Learning Manager - Localization Algorithms
At the company, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a…
remoteFull-Time$523K – $920K/yr - 7
Engineering Manager, Platform Systems — AIMS Engineering
At the company, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a…
onsiteFull-TimeLos Gatos, California$523K – $920K/yr - 8
Machine Learning Manager, Creative & Policy - Ads
At the company, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a…
onsiteFull-TimeLos Gatos, California$523K – $920K/yr - 9
Security Software Engineer (L6), Security Protocols & Foundations
At the company, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a…
remoteFull-Time$499K – $900K/yr - 10
Software Engineer (L6), Platform Security
At the company, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a…
remoteFull-Time$499K – $900K/yr
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How this list works
This ranking is recomputed automatically from CozyJobs' live listing data — no editorial picks, no pay-to-play. Roles with disclosed pay rank first (highest annualized pay at the top), followed by trending and most recently posted roles. Expired or filled listings drop off the moment our link-checking detects them.
Frequently asked questions
Which tech jobs pay the most?+
Staff-plus engineering, machine learning, and security architecture lead at $200,000–$400,000+ base at larger companies; engineering management and senior product management sit in similar bands. Salaries on this list are base pay as disclosed — equity and bonus usually come on top.
Can I get a high-paying tech job without a computer science degree?+
Yes — a large share of listings here don't require a specific degree, and employers increasingly hire on demonstrated skill. Data, DevOps, QA automation, and technical writing are common degree-optional entry tracks that climb into six figures.
How is this list ranked and how often does it update?+
Rankings are recomputed automatically from live listing data — disclosed pay first, then trending status and freshness. The list refreshes throughout the day as new listings are ingested and expired ones drop off, so every entry links to a role that is actually open.
Where do CozyJobs listings come from?+
Listings are aggregated daily from employer career sites, major ATS platforms (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday, iCIMS, SmartRecruiters, and more), and direct submissions. Automated quality filters remove volunteer/unpaid roles and known aggregator spam, so what surfaces is paid, real work.
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