Modeled career paths · Customer engineering

Where does a Support Engineering Lead go next?

What employers are asking a Support 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.

Higher-growth opportunity
Director of AI Safety+84% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via AI Safety Lead. 23% joint modeled share
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Director of Developer Platform+62% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Staff Platform Engineer, API. 23% joint modeled share
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Chief Information Officer+73% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Director of IT. 15% joint modeled share
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Adjacent career
AI Safety Lead+29% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
27% of modeled moves out of Support Engineering Lead go here
lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there
Staff Platform Engineer, API+13% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
27% of modeled moves out of Support Engineering Lead go here
lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there
Director of IT-21% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
23% of modeled moves out of Support 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.