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M6 - Sr. Director
The median salary range for Software Engineering (M6) roles disclosed in public job postings is $244k - $330k as of Jul 2026, based on 413 job postings from 99 companies.
Salary Range
Low
$244,000
15%
Mid
$287,000
15%
High
$330,000
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Sr. Director, Applications Engineering
San Francisco
·15+ Years Experience
$284k - $423k
$284,400 - $423,475
Sr. Director, SRE Platform Engineering
San Francisco
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$212k - $343k
$212,100 - $342,650
Senior Director, Engineering - Identity
San Francisco
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$205k - $327k
$205,100 - $327,250
Senior Director, Engineering - Sign
California
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$205k - $327k
$205,100 - $327,250
Senior Director, Engineering - Sign
San Francisco
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$205k - $327k
$205,100 - $327,250
Senior Director, Engineering - Sign
New York City
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$205k - $290k
$205,100 - $289,625
Senior Director, Engineering - Sign
Washington
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$185k - $290k
$185,400 - $289,625
Senior Director, Engineering - Sign
Seattle
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$185k - $290k
$185,400 - $289,625
Senior Director, Engineering - Identity
Seattle
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$185k - $290k
$185,400 - $289,625
Senior Director, Engineering - Sign
Colorado
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$185k - $262k
$185,400 - $261,900
Senior Director, Screening Platform Technology
Redwood City
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$244k - $305k
$244,000 - $305,000
Senior Director, Screening Platform Technology
United States
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$244k - $305k
$244,000 - $305,000
Senior Director of Engineering
Santa Clara
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Aug 2025
$280k - $300k
$280,000 - $300,000
Senior Director of Cloud Operations
Remote
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$250k - $300k
$250,000 - $300,000
Senior Director, SRE & Cloud Infrastructure
Remote
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$250k - $300k
$250,000 - $300,000
Senior Director, Performance Engineering
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$240k - $300k
$240,000 - $300,000
Senior Director, Performance Engineering
Santa Clara
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$240k - $300k
$240,000 - $300,000
Senior Director of Engineering, Developer Productivity
United States
·12+ Years Experience
$210k - $300k
$210,000 - $300,000
Senior Director of Engineering, Developer Productivity
Columbia
·12+ Years Experience
$210k - $300k
$210,000 - $300,000
Senior Director of Engineering, Developer Productivity
Columbia
·12+ Years Experience
$210k - $300k
$210,000 - $300,000
Senior Director of Engineering, Developer Productivity
Columbia
·12+ Years Experience
$210k - $300k
$210,000 - $300,000
Sr. Dir, Customer Platform Engineering
Santa Clara
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$180k - $300k
$180,000 - $300,000
Principal Software Engineering Manager- Windows Commercial
United States
·15+ Years Experience
$166k - $296k
$165,600 - $296,400
Principal Software Engineering Manager- Windows Commercial
Redmond
·15+ Years Experience
$166k - $296k
$165,600 - $296,400
Principal Group Software Engineering Manager
Redmond
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$166k - $296k
$165,600 - $296,400
Principal Group Software Engineering Manager
United States
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$166k - $296k
$165,600 - $296,400
Principal Group Software Engineering Manager
Redmond
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$166k - $296k
$165,600 - $296,400
Principal Group Software Engineering Manager
United States
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$166k - $296k
$165,600 - $296,400
Principal Group Engineering Manager
Redmond
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$166k - $296k
$165,600 - $296,400
Principal Group Engineering Manager
United States
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$166k - $296k
$165,600 - $296,400
Senior Principal Engineering Manager
Redmond
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$163k - $296k
$163,000 - $296,400
Senior Principal Engineering Manager
United States
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$163k - $296k
$163,000 - $296,400
Principal Group Engineering Manager
Redmond
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$163k - $296k
$163,000 - $296,400
Principal Group Engineering Manager
United States
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$163k - $296k
$163,000 - $296,400
Principal Group Engineering Manager
Redmond
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$163k - $296k
$163,000 - $296,400
Principal Group Engineering Manager
Redmond
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$163k - $296k
$163,000 - $296,400
Principal Group Engineering Manager
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$163k - $296k
$163,000 - $296,400
Principal Group Engineering Manager
United States
·8+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Feb 2026
$163k - $296k
$163,000 - $296,400
Principal Group Engineering Manager - FastTrack
Redmond
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$163k - $296k
$163,000 - $296,400
Principal Group Engineering Manager - FastTrack
United States
·15+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: May 2026
$163k - $296k
$163,000 - $296,400
Principal Software Engineering Manager - CTJ - Top Secret
United States
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$143k - $275k
$142,800 - $274,800
Principal Software Engineering Manager - CTJ - Top Secret
Reston
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$143k - $275k
$142,800 - $274,800
Principal Software Engineering Manager - CTJ - Top Secret
Redmond
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jun 2026
$143k - $275k
$142,800 - $274,800
Principal Group Engineering Manager
Hyderabad
·9+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Group Engineering Manager
Republic of India
·9+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Group Engineering Manager
Hyderabad
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Group Engineering Manager
Republic of India
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Group Engineering Manager
Hyderabad
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Principal Group Engineering Manager
Republic of India
·8+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Senior Director, Engineering Operations & Platform
Remote
·Last Posted: May 2026
$260k - $290k
$260,000 - $290,000
Sr. Director of Engineering, Managed PostgreSQL and AI-Native Database Platform
Seattle
·15+ Years Experience
$262k - $327k
$261,600 - $327,000
Sr. Director Engineering, Head of Internal Technology
Austin
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$221k - $277k
$221,000 - $277,000
Sr. Director Engineering, Head of Internal Technology
Boston
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$221k - $277k
$221,000 - $277,000
Sr. Director Engineering, Head of Internal Technology
Seattle
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$221k - $277k
$221,000 - $277,000
Sr. Director Engineering, Head of Internal Technology
Denver
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$221k - $277k
$221,000 - $277,000
Sr. Director Engineering, Head of Internal Technology
San Francisco
·12+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$221k - $277k
$221,000 - $277,000
Senior Director of Engineering – Storage Products
Bengaluru
·15+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Sr. Director & Head of Architecture
Remote
·15+ Years Experience
$221k - $276k
$220,800 - $276,000
Sr. Director & Head of Architecture
United States
·15+ Years Experience
$221k - $276k
$220,800 - $276,000
Sr. Director & Head of Architecture
Remote
·15+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Sr. Director & Head of Architecture
Ireland
·15+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Sr. Director & Head of Architecture
Remote
·15+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Sr. Director & Head of Architecture
Ireland
·15+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Sr. Director & Head of Architecture
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
·15+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Sr. Director & Head of Architecture
Remote
·15+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Sr. Director & Head of Architecture
Republic of India
·15+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Senior Director of Software Engineering
Remote
·8+ Years Experience
$240k - $275k
$240,000 - $275,000
Senior Director of Software Engineering
Washington
·8+ Years Experience
$240k - $275k
$240,000 - $275,000
Associate Director of Embedded Software Engineering
Los Angeles
·8+ Years Experience
$200k - $250k
$200,000 - $250,000
Global Head of Platforms & Core Engineering
New York City
·15+ Years Experience
$221k - $325k
$220,656 - $325,000
Head of Software, Enterprise Solutions
New York City
$207k - $323k
$207,000 - $323,000
Sr. Director, Software Engineering – Data Platform & MDM Integration
New York City
·9+ Years Experience
$185k - $265k
$185,000 - $265,000
Associate Director, Software Engineering
New York City
·10+ Years Experience
$110k - $200k
$110,000 - $200,000
Associate Director, Software Engineering
Toronto
·10+ Years Experience
$150k - $151k
$150,000 - $151,038
Associate Director, Software Engineering
Hyderabad
·10-14 Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Associate Director, Software Engineering - Data Management
Bengaluru
·10+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Associate Director, Engineering- Java Full Stack
Hyderabad
·11+ Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Associate Director, Application Development
Hyderabad
·9-12 Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Associate Director, Application Development
Islamabad
·11-14 Years Experience
N/A
N/A
Senior Director of Engineering, SRE
United States
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$186k - $255k
$186,000 - $255,000
Senior Director of Engineering, SRE
Remote
·Last Posted: Apr 2026
$186k - $255k
$186,000 - $255,000
Executive Director, AI Software Engineering (Principal)
United States
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$250k
$250,000
Executive Director, AI Software Engineering (Principal)
Remote
·10+ Years Experience
·Last Posted: Mar 2026
$250k
$250,000
Senior Director, Technology
Boston
·8-10 Years Experience
·Last Posted: Jul 2026
$212k - $250k
$212,000 - $250,000
Level Comparison
| Level | Sample Size | Low | Mid | High | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IC1 Entry 0-1 YOE Contributes to smaller projects under detailed guidance. | Very Large 445 Data Points | $100,000 | $116,500 | $133,000 | |
IC2 Developing 2-4 YOE Contributes to projects under general guidance. Skills are relatively developed with room for growth. | Very Large 1,838 Data Points | $125,000 | $143,250 | $161,500 | |
IC3 Proficient 5-7 YOE Owns specific projects and requires minimal guidance. Skills are fully developed. | Very Large 1,778 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 3,721 Data Points | $150,000 | $173,775 | $197,550 | |
IC5 Expert 12+ YOE A very experienced team member who leads large, high-priority projects that impact company-level goals. | Very Large 1,379 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 1,133 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 881 Data Points | $182,000 | $208,250 | $234,500 | |
M4 Sr. Manager Experienced people manager responsible for setting objectives, observing budgets, and tracking results. | Very Large 505 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 340 Data Points | $218,000 | $255,750 | $293,500 | |
M6 Sr. Director Manages senior leaders in various groups. Responsible for a business function. | Very Large 104 Data Points | $244,000 | $287,000 | $330,000 |