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M5 - Director
The median salary range for Software Engineering (M5) roles disclosed in public job postings is $218k - $291k as of Aug 2026, based on 1,939 job postings from 385 companies.
Salary Range
Low
$218,000
14%
Mid
$254,738
14%
High
$291,475
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Engineering Director, Automation
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$321k - $378k
$321,000 - $378,000
Director of Engineering
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$321k - $378k
$321,000 - $378,000
Director of Engineering II, Governance
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$323k - $387k
$322,500 - $387,000
Director of Engineering II, Governance
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$323k - $387k
$322,500 - $387,000
Director Engineering, Traffic & Networking
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$298k - $357k
$297,500 - $357,000
Director Engineering, Traffic & Networking
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$298k - $357k
$297,500 - $357,000
Director, Engineering - Cloud Observability
New York City
$296k - $370k
$296,000 - $370,000
Director, Engineering - Cloud Observability
United States
$296k - $370k
$296,000 - $370,000
Director, Engineering - Cloud Observability
Boston
$296k - $370k
$296,000 - $370,000
Director, Engineering - Detection Platform
New York City
$280k - $350k
$280,000 - $350,000
Director, Engineering - Detection Platform
United States
$280k - $350k
$280,000 - $350,000
Director, Engineering - Digital Experience Monitoring
Paris
N/A
N/A
Director, Engineering - Digital Experience Monitoring
Republic of France
N/A
N/A
Director of Engineering - Enterprise Password Manager (EPM)
Canada
·Last Posted: May 2026
$246k - $369k
$246,000 - $369,000
Director of Engineering - Enterprise Password Manager (EPM)
United States
·Last Posted: May 2026
$246k - $369k
$246,000 - $369,000
Director of Engineering - Enterprise Password Manager (EPM)
Remote
·Last Posted: May 2026
$246k - $369k
$246,000 - $369,000
Director, Engineering
Remote
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$255k - $345k
$255,000 - $345,000
Associate Director, ERP Development
Warsaw
·6+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$362k
$362,300
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York City
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$320k - $360k
$320,000 - $360,000
Director of Engineering, Core Product
San Francisco
·5+ Years Experience
$320k - $360k
$320,000 - $360,000
Director, Forward Deployed Engineering
New York City
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$320k - $360k
$320,000 - $360,000
Director of Engineering, Core Product
San Francisco
·5+ Years Experience
$320k - $360k
$320,000 - $360,000
Director, Software Engineering (Site Reliability Engineering)
California
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$300k - $360k
$300,000 - $360,000
Director, Software Engineering (Site Reliability Engineering)
New York
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$300k - $360k
$300,000 - $360,000
Director, Software Engineering (Site Reliability Engineering)
New Jersey
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$300k - $360k
$300,000 - $360,000
Director, Software Engineering (Site Reliability Engineering)
Washington
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$300k - $360k
$300,000 - $360,000
Director, Software Engineering (Site Reliability Engineering)
Connecticut
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$300k - $360k
$300,000 - $360,000
Director, Software Engineering (Site Reliability Engineering)
Remote
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$300k - $360k
$300,000 - $360,000
Director, Software Engineering (Loans Lifecycle)
Remote
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$300k - $360k
$300,000 - $360,000
Director, Software Engineering (Site Reliability Engineering)
Canada
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$238k - $298k
$238,000 - $298,000
Director, Software Engineering (Site Reliability Engineering)
Remote
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$238k - $298k
$238,000 - $298,000
Director, Software Engineering (Loans Lifecycle)
Remote
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$238k - $298k
$238,000 - $298,000
Director, Software Engineering (Loans Lifecycle)
Canada
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$238k - $298k
$238,000 - $298,000
Director, Software Engineering (Site Reliability Engineering)
Remote
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$300k - $360k
$300,000 - $360,000
Director, Software Engineering (Site Reliability Engineering)
California
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$300k - $360k
$300,000 - $360,000
Director, Software Engineering (Site Reliability Engineering)
New York
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$300k - $360k
$300,000 - $360,000
Director, Software Engineering (Site Reliability Engineering)
New Jersey
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$300k - $360k
$300,000 - $360,000
Director, Software Engineering (Site Reliability Engineering)
Washington
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$300k - $360k
$300,000 - $360,000
Director, Software Engineering (Site Reliability Engineering)
Connecticut
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$300k - $360k
$300,000 - $360,000
Director, Software Engineering (Loans Lifecycle)
Remote
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$300k - $360k
$300,000 - $360,000
Director, Software Engineering (Loans Lifecycle)
Remote
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$238k - $298k
$238,000 - $298,000
Director, Software Engineering (Loans Lifecycle)
Canada
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$238k - $298k
$238,000 - $298,000
Director, Software Engineering (Site Reliability Engineering)
Canada
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$238k - $298k
$238,000 - $298,000
Director, Software Engineering (Site Reliability Engineering)
Remote
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$238k - $298k
$238,000 - $298,000
Director of Engineering, Infrastructure & Platform
New York City
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$300k - $350k
$300,000 - $350,000
Director of Engineering, Infrastructure & Platform
San Francisco
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$300k - $350k
$300,000 - $350,000
Director of Engineering, Infrastructure & Platform
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$300k - $350k
$300,000 - $350,000
Director of Engineering, Infrastructure & Platform
San Francisco
·10+ Years Experience
$300k - $350k
$300,000 - $350,000
Director of Engineering, Infrastructure & Platform
New York City
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$300k - $350k
$300,000 - $350,000
Director of Engineering, Solutions
San Francisco
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$290k - $350k
$290,000 - $350,000
Director of Engineering, Platform and DX
San Francisco
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$290k - $350k
$290,000 - $350,000
Director, Real-Time Video
Remote
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$280k - $350k
$280,000 - $350,000
Director, Software Development, Alexa Connections
Seattle
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$298k - $350k
$297,500 - $350,000
Director, Software Development Discovery, Fire TV Experience
Sunnyvale
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$298k - $350k
$297,500 - $350,000
Director, Software Engineering, Container Orchestration & Scheduling Services
Seattle
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$264k - $350k
$264,100 - $350,000
Director, Software Engineering, Managed Open-Source Streaming
Seattle
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$264k - $350k
$264,100 - $350,000
Director, Software Development - Real-Time Communications, Amazon Connect, Amazon Connect
Seattle
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$264k - $350k
$264,100 - $350,000
Director, Embedded Software Engineering, Amazon Leo
Redmond
·10+ Years Experience
$264k - $350k
$264,100 - $350,000
Director AWS, OpenSearch
Austin
·15+ Years Experience
$264k - $350k
$264,100 - $350,000
Director of Software Development
Seattle
·10+ Years Experience
$264k - $350k
$264,100 - $350,000
Director of Engineering for Open Data Analytics Engines, Data Processing & Experience
Redmond
·5+ Years Experience
$264k - $350k
$264,100 - $350,000
Director, Eng, Amazon DocumentDB
Seattle
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$264k - $350k
$264,100 - $350,000
Director Engineering, WorkSpaces Apps, Secure Work Enablement
Seattle
$264k - $350k
$264,100 - $350,000
Director of Engineering, Ads
San Francisco
$253k - $342k
$253,100 - $342,300
Software Development Manager, Prime Video Personalization and Discovery
New York City
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$203k - $275k
$203,400 - $275,200
Director of Software Development, Fraud Defense Engineering
Newark
·Last Posted: May 2026
$203k - $275k
$203,400 - $275,200
Director of Software Development, Fraud Defense Engineering
Newark
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$203k - $275k
$203,400 - $275,200
Software Development Manager, Amazon Selection and Catalog Systems (ASCS)
Seattle
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$185k - $250k
$184,900 - $250,200
DCEO Night Chief Engineer, ADC InfraOps DCEO
Albany
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$96k - $166k
$96,000 - $166,300
DCEO Night Chief Engineer, ADC InfraOps DCEO
Albany
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$96k - $166k
$96,000 - $166,300
DCEO Night Chief Engineer, ADC InfraOps DCEO
Albany
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$96k - $166k
$96,000 - $166,300
Director, Software Apps Engineering
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$161k - $350k
$160,965 - $349,885
Director of Engineering - Facebook Groups Ranking
Seattle
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$271k - $347k
$271,000 - $347,000
Director, Software Engineering - Agent Data & Optimization
London
N/A
N/A
Director, Software Engineering - Agent Data & Optimization
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
N/A
N/A
Level Comparison
| Level | Sample Size | Low | Mid | High | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IC1 Entry 0-1 YOE Contributes to smaller projects under detailed guidance. | Very Large 454 Data Points | $100,000 | $117,500 | $135,000 | |
IC2 Developing 2-4 YOE Contributes to projects under general guidance. Skills are relatively developed with room for growth. | Very Large 1,874 Data Points | $125,000 | $143,381 | $161,763 | |
IC3 Proficient 5-7 YOE Owns specific projects and requires minimal guidance. Skills are fully developed. | Very Large 1,802 Data Points | $140,000 | $162,500 | $185,000 | |
IC4 Advanced 8-11 YOE Owns complex projects and drives their direction. Displays in-depth and broad skills and expertise. | Very Large 3,798 Data Points | $150,000 | $172,735 | $195,470 | |
IC5 Expert 12+ YOE A very experienced team member who leads large, high-priority projects that impact company-level goals. | Very Large 1,399 Data Points | $180,000 | $205,000 | $230,000 | |
IC6 Advisory An authority in their field who defines and drives initiatives with long-term strategic impact. | Very Large 1,149 Data Points | $185,000 | $214,250 | $243,500 | |
M3 Manager Directly supervises a team of individual contributors and is accountable for their results. | Very Large 888 Data Points | $181,500 | $207,500 | $233,500 | |
M4 Sr. Manager Experienced people manager responsible for setting objectives, observing budgets, and tracking results. | Very Large 518 Data Points | $195,200 | $227,600 | $260,000 | |
M5 Director Oversees managers or leads their own department. Responsible for vision, strategy, hiring, and results. | Very Large 344 Data Points | $218,000 | $254,738 | $291,475 | |
M6 Sr. Director Manages senior leaders in various groups. Responsible for a business function. | Very Large 104 Data Points | $242,000 | $286,000 | $330,000 |