Salary for Senior-level / Expert Platform Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Platform Engineer during 2025 is USD 147,750

✏️ This salary info is based on 38 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average senior-level / expert Platform Engineer salary lies between USD 116,375 and USD 180,000 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
2025
Sample size
38
Top 10%
$ 195,378
Top 25%
$ 180,000
Median
$ 147,750
Bottom 25%
$ 116,375
Bottom 10%
$ 110,000

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 Platform Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Platform Engineer job listings are Cloud, AWS and Kubernetes. 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:

Cloud | 62 jobs AWS | 55 jobs Kubernetes | 47 jobs Computer Science | 43 jobs Python | 41 jobs CI/CD | 41 jobs Azure | 37 jobs Automation | 36 jobs Terraform | 34 jobs Monitoring | 33 jobs Linux | 26 jobs Scripting | 26 jobs DevOps | 25 jobs DevSecOps | 25 jobs Agile | 25 jobs Clearance | 24 jobs GCP | 24 jobs Ansible | 22 jobs APIs | 22 jobs Docker | 21 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, Health care and Competitive pay. 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 | 43 jobs Health care | 32 jobs Competitive pay | 29 jobs Flex hours | 23 jobs Flex vacation | 21 jobs Salary bonus | 20 jobs Equity / stock options | 15 jobs 401(k) matching | 14 jobs Startup environment | 13 jobs Relocation support | 12 jobs Insurance | 12 jobs Team events | 9 jobs Medical leave | 9 jobs Transparency | 8 jobs Parental leave | 7 jobs Travel | 7 jobs Wellness | 6 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs Pet friendly | 5 jobs Home office stipend | 5 jobs

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