Technical Leadership Jobs

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Technical leadership roles are at the forefront of the digital transformation wave, with more than 1,400 openings demanding expertise in cloud-native, AI, and edge computing. Companies are building distributed teams that span continents, and the need for leaders who can architect resilient, high‑velocity systems has never been higher.

Positions range from Engineering Manager and Director of Engineering to VP of Engineering, Head of DevOps, Cloud Architect, and AI Platform Lead. Typical responsibilities include scaling engineering squads, driving CI/CD and GitOps pipelines, enforcing security and cost‑optimization policies, and translating business goals into scalable technical roadmaps.

Salary transparency is crucial for leaders who shape product strategy and technology budgets. Knowing the exact compensation bands for cloud, AI, and data‑platform leadership roles empowers professionals to negotiate pay that reflects the value of their technical decisions and their impact on revenue and operational efficiency.

Deal Desk Analyst

Company: GitLab

Location: Canada

Posted Dec 06, 2025

The role involves supporting sales teams in quoting and deal structuring, ensuring accurate data entry and compliance with revenue policies using Salesforce and Zuora. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is key to maintaining data integrity and smooth revenue processes.

Software Engineer - Deployment Infrastructure

Company: Vercel

Location: USA

Posted Dec 06, 2025

The role is a Senior Infrastructure Engineer position on the CICD team at Vercel. The engineer will own and evolve the infrastructure that powers Vercel's build and deployment lifecycle, design and operate high-performance microservices, lead projects end-to-end, collaborate across teams, shape the long-term vision of CICD, participate in the oncall rotation, contribute to the open-source community, and write clean, efficient, tested, and well-documented code. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of experience designing, building, and operating backend applications and distributed systems at scale, strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, cloud infrastructure (AWS), and infrastructure as code (Terraform), a track record of end-to-end ownership, skilled at cross-team collaboration, comfortable setting direction and defining architectural standards, experienced in mentoring and elevating others, and curious, eager to learn, and motivated to push the boundaries of modern software development.

Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Pay Group Engineering

Company: Gusto, Inc.

Location: USA

Posted Dec 06, 2025

Gusto is hiring experienced engineers to join their teams working on core platform capabilities, improving existing systems for extensibility and scalability, and building the future of Gusto's Payroll system. The role involves guiding projects end-to-end, influencing feature specs, executing on projects, and maintaining code that powers core experiences. The Payroll team is the beating heart of Gusto's business, ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time while maintaining compliance with complex regulations.

Senior Business Data Analyst - Business Analytics

Company: Grow Therapy

Location: USA

Posted Dec 06, 2025

The Senior Business Data Analyst role at Grow Therapy involves partnering with business leaders to enable data-driven decision making. The role includes defining KPIs, uncovering insights, developing dashboards, and translating data into business value. Success is measured by the impact of insights on decisions, clarity of metrics, and improvements in business outcomes.

Sales Strategy and Operations Manager

Company: Kraken

Location: USA

Posted Dec 06, 2025

Kraken is a mission-focused crypto company seeking a Sales Strategy and Operations Manager to elevate their global sales team. The role involves driving CRM and GTM systems infrastructure, optimizing institutional GTM workflows, managing sales reporting and analytics, and supporting sales enablement. Kraken values diversity, inclusion, and crypto conviction, and is committed to industry-leading security, education, and client support.

Engineering Team Lead (Java)

Company: Upwork

Location: Europe

Posted Dec 06, 2025

Upwork promotes a trust-driven platform enabling companies and professionals to collaborate innovatively. The job posting highlights opportunities for engineering leadership, technical excellence, and career growth, while emphasizing diversity and inclusion in their workforce.

D2C Growth Marketing Manager - Scout Acquisition

Company: Dscout

Location: USA

Posted Dec 06, 2025

Dscout is a flexible experience research platform that helps product teams connect with users. They are looking for a growth-focused marketer to help grow their Scout panel, an amazing community that powers research on their platform. The role involves attracting new Scouts, supporting research recruiting needs, optimizing growth and analytics, improving onboarding and engagement, and owning tools and tech.

Associate Support Engineer

Company: GitLab

Location: North America,Latin America

Posted Dec 06, 2025

The role of Support Engineering at GitLab involves working closely with engineering and product teams to support customers, troubleshoot issues, and contribute to the codebase and documentation. The team collaborates with various departments to build new features, fix bugs, and improve the product. The role requires technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and effective communication.

Staff Software Engineer, Workflows - Distributed Systems

Company: Webflow

Location: USA

Posted Dec 06, 2025

Webflow is building an AI-native Digital Experience Platform as a remote-first company. They value trust, transparency, creativity, and diversity. The Workflows team is looking for a backend-leaning Staff Fullstack Engineer to lead and collaborate on implementing multiplayer branching experience, site workflows, and next-generation publishing pipelines. The role offers competitive compensation and benefits, and Webflow is committed to building an inclusive environment.

Director - Ecosystems Sales

Company: GitLab

Location: Europe

Posted Dec 06, 2025

The role of Director Ecosystem Sales EMEA involves leading a team to grow GitLab's business with partners across EMEA. The responsibilities include building relationships with partners, developing regional strategies, collaborating with teams, driving partner-influenced pipeline, and monitoring market trends. The ideal candidate should have experience in strategic partnerships, driving partner-influenced revenue, and leading distributed teams.

Head of Presales Engineering

Company: Lumos

Location: USA

Posted Dec 06, 2025

The role of Head of Pre Sales Engineering at Lumos involves leading and scaling the presales team, hiring and mentoring SEs, building the SE operating system, owning demo and POV strategy, partnering with sales leaders, building field assets, creating feedback loops, collaborating with RevOps, and modeling an inclusive culture. The ideal candidate should have 10+ years of B2B SaaS pre sales experience, domain fluency, proven lift in technical win rate, mastery of MEDDPICC, operational rigor, excellent communication skills, and the ability to travel as needed.

Senior Data Scientist - Consumer

Company: Reddit

Location: USA

Posted Dec 06, 2025

Reddit is hiring experienced Senior Data Scientists to join their growing Data Science team. The role involves partnering with cross-functional partners to drive product strategy, experimentation, and causal analysis. The ideal candidate will have an advanced degree in a quantitative field, expertise in SQL and programming languages, and strong technical communication skills.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the typical salary ranges for Technical Leadership roles by seniority level?
Engineering Manager: $140k–$190k base, often topped with 10–20% bonus and 0.5–1% equity. Director of Engineering: $190k–$240k base, 15–25% bonus, 1–3% equity. VP/Head of Engineering: $240k–$320k base, 20–30% bonus, 3–7% equity. Adjustments for cost‑of‑living and company size apply; leaders in AI/ML or multi‑cloud sectors may see a 5–10% premium.
What core skills and certifications are essential for Technical Leadership positions?
Core skills: Kubernetes & container orchestration, Terraform or Pulumi for IaC, GitOps with Flux or ArgoCD, CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI), cloud expertise (AWS, Azure, GCP), AI Ops (MLflow, Kubeflow), data platform architecture, security (CISSP, ISO 27001), cost‑optimization, and people management. Certifications that add credibility: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Google Professional Cloud Architect, Certified DevOps Professional, and Scrum Master for cross‑functional leadership.
How common is remote work for Technical Leadership roles?
Approximately 65% of Technical Leadership openings allow full‑time remote work, 20% are hybrid (3–5 days on‑site), and 15% require on‑site presence. Remote roles often demand 24/7 coverage across time zones, so leaders use asynchronous OKR reviews, distributed retrospectives, and tooling like Slack, Zoom, Azure DevOps, and Jira to coordinate squads worldwide.
What are the typical career progression paths for Technical Leaders?
Typical trajectory: Engineering Manager → Director of Engineering → VP/Head of Engineering → Chief Technology Officer or Chief Architect. Lateral moves include Enterprise Solutions Lead, AI/ML Platform Lead, Technical Advisor, or Consulting roles. Advancement hinges on mastering cross‑functional strategy, earning advanced certifications, publishing technical roadmaps, and demonstrating measurable impact on product velocity and revenue.
What industry trends should Technical Leaders be aware of?
Key trends: AI/ML Ops integration for automated model deployment, serverless and Function‑as‑a‑Service for cost‑efficient scaling, multi‑cloud governance tools like Anthos or Terraform Enterprise, AI‑driven observability and predictive monitoring, edge computing for low‑latency services, data mesh and governance frameworks, automated security (SecOps), sustainability metrics for cloud usage, and remote‑first culture with distributed leadership practices. Leaders should adopt Kubernetes‑native ops, implement cost‑monitoring dashboards, and champion DevSecOps to stay competitive.

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