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Director of Engineering Career Market Report 2026

2,941 active jobs. 1,267 companies. Median salary $177K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

2,941
Active Job Openings
1,267
Companies Hiring
$177K
Median Salary (US)
77%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Director of Engineering market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 77% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $177K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $142K to $250K.

AI/LLM is the most-demanded skill at 41%

CI/CD demand rose +7.6pp — fastest-growing skill

Andurilindustries leads hiring with 39 open positions

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 41% of postings

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Director837$140K$175K$250K

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States493$180KUSD
Remote108$175KUSD
Canada14$170KUSD
United Kingdom6$223KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site2.9%
Remote14.9%
Hybrid3.4%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

AI/LLM
41%
Project Management
14%
R
12%
AWS
9%
CI/CD
8%
GCP
7%
Data Analysis
7%
Quality Assurance
7%
DevOps
5%
Salesforce
5%

Skills on the Rise

CI/CD ↑+7.6ppGCP ↑+7.2ppQuality Assurance ↑+6.6ppAI/LLM ↑+5.8ppDevOps ↑+5.4pp

Declining in Demand

Journalism ↓-21.1ppPharmacy ↓-11.2ppProcurement ↓-9.7ppAgile ↓-9.2ppSustainability ↓-7.9pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Andurilindustries391.3%
Lilly321.1%
Mastercard291.0%
Transperfect260.9%
Abbvie250.9%
Jobgether220.7%
Capitalone210.7%
Astrazeneca190.6%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States1,370
Remote287
Canada79
India77
United Kingdom74
Singapore37
Germany22
Japan20

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree59.9%1,355
Master's Degree13.4%302
Bachelor's Degree7.1%160
PhD / Doctorate3.4%76
MBA1.5%35

Certifications

MBA (5%)PMP (1%)

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