Remote Software Engineer Salaries in France

How much do remote developers in France expect to make? $74,299 per year on average (based on self-reported data).

This estimated average salary is based on the expected salaries of Arc Developers in that location. Remote software engineer salaries in France are around average for Western Europe.
Below are some things to consider when hiring developers based in this location or building your next engineering hub.

$74,299USD
Avg. Developer Salary
$92,441USD
Avg. Senior Developer Salary

Salary breakdown by expertise

Use the dropdown to compare software engineer salaries in France with another location.

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United Kingdom
Front-end Developer
$73,517
$70,002
Back-end Developer
$76,125
$73,293
Data Scientist
$76,186
$74,479
App Developer
$73,050
$71,237
DevOps Engineer
$78,318
$74,636

English Proficiency in France

moderate
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About software engineer salary in France

Work with great developers — who just happen to be outside your zip code.We built this tool to help you understand how much remote developers expect to be paid annually across different countries around the world. Software engineer salary in France are calculated using self-reported data from remote developers based in France, and may not be representative of local salaries.Learn More

The salary data is based on the expected salary of over 300,000 remote developers in Arc's network. Developers provide us with their expected salary after passing our comprehensive vetting process (click here to learn more about Arc’s vetting process).

In addition to software development experience, our research indicates two other major factors that affect salary expectations:

・Local rent and cost of living.
・English ability (in countries where English is not the primary language, developers with a good command of English can often charge a premium compared to local rates).

In addition to providing a base salary, organizations may offer remote developers a more comprehensive package when hired long-term. This package may include benefits such as health insurance, equipment stipends, cash bonuses for high performance, company equity, etc. (For more information on benefits frequently offered to remote developers, click here.)

Hire remote developers in France with Arc

Babaly L. - developer in France
Babaly L.
Software Engineer

Principal software engineer with more than 15 years of experience utilizing " SOLID principles of object-oriented design", security focus, efficiency and data analyzing to design, develop and implement sustainable solutions.

William T. - developer in France
William T.
Top 3% Nationally EPITECH tutor with 500h+ experience

I have been teaching computer science for over 4 years. I have already trained several dozen students. I hold a Master's degree from EPITECH, a university focused on software development with a project-based learning approach. I achieved grades that placed me in the top 3% of my class. I am also a mentor at OpenClassrooms for the Web Developer track. I am currently working as a software engineer at a major start-up based in Paris/Silicon Valley. I am attentive, take notes, and adapt according to the person. My students have successfully completed their projects and exams and, most importantly, have gained autonomy, the most important skill to develop in computer science.

Loïc F. - developer in France
Loïc F.
API Engineer | Solving Problems, Sharing knowledge

Senior **API Engineer** & Software Engineer, I offer my expertise as a Freelance to meet your various business needs. My focus: **technical** and **relational excellence**, for **quality** work that complies with software development standards and **best practice**. The methodologies and technologies I master: * **API** (_API Gateway, API Management, Kong, Gravitee, Swagger, JWT, Postman..._) * **Java/Spring** (_Maven, Hibernate..._) * **JavaScript/Node.js** (_npm, express.js, React.js..._) * **DevOps** (_CI/CD, Docker, Gitlab CI, Azure, Microservices, pipelines, packaging..._) * **Tooling** (_git, scripting, scraping, CLI..._)

Salary reports by technologies

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