Modeled career paths · Release engineering

Where does a Release Engineering Lead go next?

What employers are asking a Release Engineering Lead for, what they pay, and where people go next. From live postings and Startline’s modeled career map: what the ads say, never estimated.

Typical advancement
Director of Engineering Productivity+43% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical
84% of modeled moves out of Release Engineering Lead go here
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Higher-growth opportunity
Director of ML Platform+53% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Staff ML Infrastructure Engineer. 4% joint modeled share
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Director of Real-Time Data+49% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Staff Streaming Engineer. 4% joint modeled share
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Chief Information Officer+60% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Director of IT. 2% joint modeled share
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Adjacent career
Staff ML Infrastructure Engineer+7% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
4% of modeled moves out of Release Engineering Lead go here
lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there
Staff Streaming Engineer+4% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
4% of modeled moves out of Release Engineering Lead go here
lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there
Director of IT-27% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
4% of modeled moves out of Release Engineering Lead go here
lateral64% of modeled exits move upward from there

What this page cannot know is which of these fit you. That is what the free list is for.