Modeled career paths · Engineering management

Where does a Team Lead, Engineering go next?

What employers are asking a Team Lead, Engineering 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
Engineering Manager, Line+34% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical
35% of modeled moves out of Team Lead, Engineering go here
progression92% of modeled exits move upward from there
Senior Engineering Manager+34% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical
35% of modeled moves out of Team Lead, Engineering go here
progression100% of modeled exits move upward from there
Specialist path
Director of Engineering, Group+92% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical
12% of modeled moves out of Team Lead, Engineering go here
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
VP Engineering, Division+92% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical
12% of modeled moves out of Team Lead, Engineering go here
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
FinOps Practice Lead+16% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Senior FinOps Analyst. 1% joint modeled share
progression84% of modeled exits move upward from there
Adjacent career
Senior FinOps Analyst-32% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
4% of modeled moves out of Team Lead, Engineering go here
return to IC93% of modeled exits move upward from there
Open Source Engineer-32% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
4% of modeled moves out of Team Lead, Engineering go here
return to IC93% 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.