Salary for Senior-level / Expert Backend Engineer in United States during 2024
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Backend Engineer in United States during 2024 is USD 190,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 50 individual salaries reported during 2024
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Backend Engineer salary lies between USD 145,000 and USD 250,000 in the United States. 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
- United States
- Salary year
- 2024
- Sample size
- 50
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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.
Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024Top 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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Python | 153 jobs Engineering | 152 jobs Machine Learning | 133 jobs APIs | 114 jobs AWS | 113 jobs Architecture | 108 jobs Kubernetes | 103 jobs Computer Science | 93 jobs Docker | 90 jobs Pipelines | 78 jobs Security | 71 jobs Java | 71 jobs PostgreSQL | 67 jobs GCP | 67 jobs ML models | 55 jobs Microservices | 54 jobs CI/CD | 53 jobs Research | 52 jobs Azure | 52 jobs SQL | 51 jobsTop 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, Equity / stock options and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 136 jobs Equity / stock options | 83 jobs Health care | 78 jobs Startup environment | 77 jobs Flex hours | 65 jobs Competitive pay | 58 jobs Flex vacation | 47 jobs Team events | 43 jobs Parental leave | 41 jobs Insurance | 39 jobs Salary bonus | 34 jobs Medical leave | 33 jobs Home office stipend | 26 jobs Wellness | 18 jobs 401(k) matching | 13 jobs Gear | 12 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 12 jobs Transparency | 11 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 4 jobs Fertility benefits | 4 jobsRelated salaries
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