Modeled career paths · Customer engineering

Where does a Technical Support Engineer go next?

What employers are asking a Technical Support Engineer 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

Senior Product Support Engineer+33% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical

75% of modeled moves out of Technical Support Engineer go here

progression88% of modeled exits move upward from there

Management path

Customer Engineer+69% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical

25% of modeled moves out of Technical Support Engineer go here

leadership branch100% of modeled exits move upward from there

Director of Technical Support+127% typical comp change · ~6.0y typical

reachable via Senior Product Support Engineer. 13% joint modeled share

leadership branchno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Support Engineering Lead+127% typical comp change · ~6.0y typical

reachable via Senior Product Support Engineer. 13% joint modeled share

leadership branch0% of modeled exits move upward from there

Career pivot

API Engineer+49% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Senior Product Support Engineer. 4% joint modeled share

pivot88% of modeled exits move upward from there

Growth Engineer+49% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Senior Product Support Engineer. 4% joint modeled share

pivot88% 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.