Salary for Senior-level / Expert Backend Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Backend Engineer during 2025 is USD 180,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 176 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Backend Engineer salary lies between USD 137,000 and USD 215,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Backend Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
176
Top 10%
$ 283,500
Top 25%
$ 215,000
Median
$ 180,000
Bottom 25%
$ 137,000
Bottom 10%
$ 94,736

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Backend Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Backend Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and Machine Learning. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Engineering | 536 jobs Python | 533 jobs Machine Learning | 500 jobs AWS | 457 jobs Pipelines | 373 jobs CI/CD | 300 jobs Architecture | 297 jobs SQL | 284 jobs APIs | 272 jobs DevOps | 244 jobs Terraform | 222 jobs Java | 212 jobs FastAPI | 212 jobs Kubernetes | 207 jobs Lambda | 193 jobs Django | 191 jobs ML infrastructure | 191 jobs Security | 189 jobs ECS | 181 jobs Computer Science | 175 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Backend Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Backend Engineer job listings are Career development, Startup environment and Equity / stock options. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 503 jobs Startup environment | 396 jobs Equity / stock options | 315 jobs Competitive pay | 294 jobs Salary bonus | 244 jobs Flex hours | 153 jobs Health care | 150 jobs Flex vacation | 110 jobs Team events | 100 jobs Parental leave | 95 jobs Insurance | 81 jobs Medical leave | 54 jobs Home office stipend | 36 jobs Gear | 29 jobs 401(k) matching | 28 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 28 jobs Wellness | 27 jobs Conferences | 19 jobs Relocation support | 16 jobs Transparency | 15 jobs

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