Salary for Senior-level / Expert Backend Engineer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Backend Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 190,300
✏️ This salary info is based on 68 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Backend Engineer salary lies between USD 170,000 and USD 232,500 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
- 2025
- Sample size
- 68
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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.
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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 | 371 jobs Engineering | 365 jobs Machine Learning | 355 jobs AWS | 314 jobs Pipelines | 276 jobs CI/CD | 248 jobs SQL | 225 jobs DevOps | 211 jobs Terraform | 196 jobs FastAPI | 192 jobs Lambda | 182 jobs Django | 182 jobs ML infrastructure | 180 jobs ECS | 172 jobs OKR | 165 jobs APIs | 148 jobs Architecture | 147 jobs Kubernetes | 120 jobs Java | 105 jobs Security | 95 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, 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 | 351 jobs Startup environment | 292 jobs Equity / stock options | 251 jobs Competitive pay | 233 jobs Salary bonus | 203 jobs Health care | 86 jobs Flex hours | 82 jobs Flex vacation | 57 jobs Team events | 54 jobs Parental leave | 51 jobs Insurance | 43 jobs Medical leave | 33 jobs Home office stipend | 19 jobs Conferences | 16 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 16 jobs Gear | 15 jobs 401(k) matching | 13 jobs Relocation support | 13 jobs Wellness | 12 jobs Yoga | 11 jobsRelated salaries
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