Salary for Senior-level / Expert Backend Engineer in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Backend Engineer in Canada during 2025 is USD 171,000

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Backend Engineer salary lies between USD 135,000 and USD 212,000 in Canada. 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
Canada
Salary year
2025
Sample size
12
Top 10%
$ 225,000
Top 25%
$ 212,000
Median
$ 171,000
Bottom 25%
$ 135,000
Bottom 10%
$ 130,000

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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 Python, Engineering 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:

Python | 409 jobs Engineering | 401 jobs Machine Learning | 385 jobs AWS | 346 jobs Pipelines | 296 jobs CI/CD | 264 jobs SQL | 241 jobs DevOps | 222 jobs FastAPI | 199 jobs Terraform | 198 jobs Lambda | 185 jobs Django | 185 jobs ML infrastructure | 182 jobs Architecture | 178 jobs ECS | 172 jobs APIs | 172 jobs OKR | 168 jobs Kubernetes | 139 jobs Java | 128 jobs Computer Science | 117 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 | 383 jobs Startup environment | 314 jobs Equity / stock options | 268 jobs Competitive pay | 249 jobs Salary bonus | 215 jobs Health care | 110 jobs Flex hours | 98 jobs Flex vacation | 71 jobs Parental leave | 63 jobs Team events | 62 jobs Insurance | 48 jobs Medical leave | 35 jobs Home office stipend | 23 jobs 401(k) matching | 21 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 19 jobs Gear | 18 jobs Conferences | 17 jobs Wellness | 15 jobs Relocation support | 14 jobs Transparency | 12 jobs

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