Remote Software Engineer Salary in the Philippines
How much do remote developers in the Philippines expect to make? $41,201 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 the Philippines are amongst the lowest for Asia. Below are some things to consider when hiring developers based in this location or building your next engineering hub.
Established Companies in Philippines
Here are some notable companies with engineering hubs or engineering teams in this location.
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About software engineer salary in the Philippines
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 the Philippines are calculated using self-reported data from remote developers based in the Philippines, 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.)
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With a strong background in IT, technical training, and quality assurance, I excel in troubleshooting various platforms like hardware, software, YouTube Channels, and Google Ads Reserve. My expertise also extends to customer support, networking, IT operations, and front-end web development.
Senior software engineer with 10+ years of production experience across healthcare, enterprise insurance, cloud security, consumer products, and applied AI, with consistent depth in compliance: HIPAA-regulated systems, SOX-adjacent audit infrastructure, GDPR-aligned data handling, and enterprise AI governance. U.S.-educated (Becker College, Massachusetts) with direct U.S. employment at eClinicalWorks, Hanover Insurance, and Rapid7; fully remote since 2020 with flexible US and EU time-zone overlap. Specializes in making AI reliable in production: LLM gateways, RAG pipelines, permission-aware retrieval, rate limiting, API cost monitoring, prompt-injection defenses, PII redaction, and enterprise audit logging. Builds and operates cloud platforms on AWS and GCP using Kubernetes, Terraform, Kafka, and PostgreSQL at scale.
I'm a software developer with over ten years of experience developing web applications back-ends using Django, aiohttp, or Flask. I have also developed back-end processing task queues using Celery and data analytics using ElasticSearch, Aerospike, and Postgres. I want to broaden my career horizons by working on Arduino-based IoT hobby projects programmed using CircuitPython.
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