Salary for Senior-level / Expert Software Engineer in Canada during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Software Engineer in Canada during 2025 is USD 148,500
✏️ This salary info is based on 192 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Software Engineer salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 196,200 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
- Software Engineer
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- Canada
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 192
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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 Software Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Software 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 | 6174 jobs Python | 6002 jobs Machine Learning | 5194 jobs Computer Science | 4152 jobs Architecture | 3840 jobs AWS | 3371 jobs Testing | 3034 jobs Security | 2886 jobs Pipelines | 2823 jobs Java | 2682 jobs APIs | 2666 jobs Kubernetes | 2413 jobs Azure | 2136 jobs GCP | 2061 jobs CI/CD | 2059 jobs SQL | 1894 jobs Agile | 1858 jobs LLMs | 1849 jobs Docker | 1842 jobs Research | 1793 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Software Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Software Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care 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 | 5633 jobs Health care | 3264 jobs Equity / stock options | 3036 jobs Competitive pay | 2146 jobs Startup environment | 2116 jobs Flex hours | 1985 jobs Salary bonus | 1978 jobs Insurance | 1593 jobs Flex vacation | 1578 jobs Medical leave | 1544 jobs Parental leave | 1533 jobs Team events | 1148 jobs 401(k) matching | 1057 jobs Wellness | 907 jobs Relocation support | 465 jobs Transparency | 423 jobs Home office stipend | 367 jobs Fertility benefits | 320 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 319 jobs Gear | 215 jobsRelated salaries
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