Salary for Executive-level / Director Software Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Software Engineer during 2025 is USD 244,950

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The average executive-level / director Software Engineer salary lies between USD 176,400 and USD 256,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Software Engineer
Experience
Executive-level / Director
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 328,500
Top 25%
$ 256,000
Median
$ 244,950
Bottom 25%
$ 176,400
Bottom 10%
$ 141,500

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Software Engineer Salary TrendYearly salary in USD - Region: Global - Experience: Executive-level / Director$260,000$260,000$240,000$240,000$220,000$220,000$200,000$200,000$180,000$180,000$160,000$160,0002024202420252025
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Top 20 Job Tags for Executive-level / Director Software Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director Software Engineer job listings are Cloud, AWS and GCP. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Cloud | 5 jobs AWS | 4 jobs GCP | 4 jobs IAM | 4 jobs Strategy | 3 jobs Azure | 3 jobs Automation | 3 jobs Java | 3 jobs Kubernetes | 3 jobs Compliance | 3 jobs Agile | 3 jobs Monitoring | 3 jobs Docker | 2 jobs NIST | 2 jobs JavaScript | 2 jobs Python | 2 jobs DevSecOps | 2 jobs SQL | 2 jobs Terraform | 2 jobs CI/CD | 2 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Executive-level / Director Software Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director Software Engineer job listings are Career development, Equity / stock options and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 6 jobs Equity / stock options | 4 jobs Health care | 4 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Team events | 2 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs Competitive pay | 1 jobs Insurance | 1 jobs

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