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Senior engineering salaries in Canada
Median CA$174k a year across 167 live postings that publish pay; the middle half runs from CA$160k to CA$194k. 65% of the 255 live postings in this segment publish a band at all.
The middle half: CA$160k to CA$194k. The ends are folded into the outer bars.
Bars are the middle half of published bands; the tick is the median.
Highest-paying employers
Sentrymedian of 2 published bandsCA$279k
Snowflakemedian of 3 published bandsCA$270k
Coheremedian of 2 published bandsCA$263k
Epic Gamesmedian of 5 published bandsCA$244k
Brazemedian of 9 published bandsCA$231k
Brexmedian of 4 published bandsCA$216k
Justworksmedian of 2 published bandsCA$215k
Thumbtackmedian of 3 published bandsCA$207k
Hiring the most right now
By job title
| Title | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | CA$162k | 5 |
| Senior Security Engineer, Device/Hardware | CA$165k | 3 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Frontend | CA$195k | 3 |
The best-paid openings in this segment
- Senior Software Engineer, Foundational StorageSentry · RemoteCA$200k to CA$420k
- Senior Software Programmer, Audio EngineEpic Games · Vancouver,British Columbia,CanadaCA$227k to CA$332k
- Senior Support Engineer - TorontoOpenAI · RemoteCA$261k to CA$290k
- Senior Full Stack Engineer, App RuntimeSnowflake · CA-Ontario-TorontoCA$245k to CA$295k
- Software Engineer, AI Native AuthoringSnowflake · CA-Ontario-TorontoCA$245k to CA$295k
- Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Cohere DashboardCohere · RemoteCA$230k to CA$295k
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Questions this data answers
What is the median salary for senior engineering roles in Canada?
CA$174k a year in base pay, across 167 live postings that publish a salary band. The middle half of those bands runs from CA$160k to CA$194k.
What do the best-paid senior engineering roles in Canada offer?
One in ten published bands has a midpoint above CA$223k, and one in ten sits below CA$142k.
How many senior engineering job posts publish a salary?
65% of the 255 live postings in this segment state a pay range. The figures here are drawn only from those.
Do remote engineering roles in Canada pay less?
Remote postings publish a median of CA$181k against CA$168k for on-site and hybrid ones, from 65 and 102 postings respectively.
Which companies pay the most for senior engineering roles in Canada?
Among employers with at least two published bands, the highest medians right now are at Sentry (CA$279k), Snowflake (CA$270k), Cohere (CA$263k).
Where does this data come from?
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Updated daily.
Base pay only, as employers publish it in their own job posts: the midpoint of each annual range, in the currency most postings use. Equity, bonus and commission are not in it. Read off the live postings on Refolk's job board, where an employer is only counted while the posting is open. Updated daily.