Salary for Senior-level / Expert Platform Engineer during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Platform Engineer during 2024 is USD 182,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 48 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Platform Engineer salary lies between USD 137,400 and USD 240,000 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
Platform Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
48
Top 10%
$ 294,000
Top 25%
$ 240,000
Median
$ 182,500
Bottom 25%
$ 137,400
Bottom 10%
$ 117,200

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

Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024

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

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Platform 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 | 164 jobs Engineering | 161 jobs Machine Learning | 146 jobs AWS | 126 jobs Computer Science | 113 jobs Kubernetes | 108 jobs Terraform | 103 jobs Architecture | 94 jobs Azure | 92 jobs Security | 89 jobs Pipelines | 89 jobs DevOps | 77 jobs GCP | 76 jobs CI/CD | 73 jobs Spark | 70 jobs APIs | 69 jobs Docker | 59 jobs MLOps | 55 jobs Java | 55 jobs Research | 53 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Platform Engineer job listings are Career development, Equity / stock options and Flex hours. 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 | 152 jobs Equity / stock options | 89 jobs Flex hours | 85 jobs Health care | 77 jobs Medical leave | 60 jobs Parental leave | 56 jobs Team events | 54 jobs Flex vacation | 51 jobs Salary bonus | 46 jobs Startup environment | 43 jobs Wellness | 41 jobs Insurance | 40 jobs Competitive pay | 39 jobs Transparency | 25 jobs Home office stipend | 24 jobs 401(k) matching | 12 jobs Gear | 12 jobs Flexible spending account | 8 jobs Fertility benefits | 8 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs

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