Engineering Leadership salary in Boston
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026
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Engineering Leadership pay in Boston is measured from 69 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 40 postings put the middle half between $169,750 and $236,811, with a median of $208,000.
By level here, the medians run mid-level $204,000, senior $208,000 and lead $207,500.
Against the 46 other measured markets for engineering leadership at senior, this sits below 22 of them; Foster City leads at $298,500.
68 engineering leadership roles are open in Boston right now, 67 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $176,800 – $211,450 | $204,000 | 16 |
| Senior | $169,750 – $236,811 | $208,000 | 40 |
| Lead | $177,493 – $226,250 | $207,500 | 13 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open engineering leadership roles in Boston · 67 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $152,000–$292,800scale $90,000–$410,000
Principal IT Technical Architect - SAP S/4 HANA Implementation Team Medtronic (Redeploymentmedtroniccareers) · Mounds View New $132,800–$199,200 3d ago 
Chief Technology Officer, MD Statestreet · Boston $170,000–$282,500 9d ago Staff Software Engineer, PostgreSQL Beacon Biosignals · Remote · US $170,000–$190,000 10d ago 
Associate Director of Engineering & Innovation Career Advising Northeastern · Boston $76,335–$107,823 10d ago 
Senior / Staff Software Engineer, AI Leverage Suno · Boston $228,960–$363,510 12d ago 
Engineering Manager, Marketing Engineering & AI Agents - Amplify Klaviyo · Boston $176,000–$264,000 3w ago Principal Software Engineer Hcyc · Boston $197,000–$232,400 3w ago 
Principal Software Engineer - Onshape PTC · Boston $131,000–$180,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, Discovery Anduril Industries · Boston $220,000–$292,000 4w ago Director of Engineering, Investment Data & Analytics HarbourVest · Boston $220,000–$230,000 4w ago Privacy Engineering Lead Suno · New York $276,960–$363,510 4w ago 
Partner Technical Architect ServiceNow · Remote · US $134,250–$221,550 4w ago 
Staff Software Engineer Xometry · Denver $176,000–$195,000 5w ago Staff Software Engineer Xometry · Lexington $176,250–$182,500 5w ago 
Technical Lead (Defense) Air Space Intelligence · Boston $135,000–$265,000 6w ago Director, Package Engineering Vertex Pharmaceuticals · Boston $189,700–$284,500 6w ago Software Engineering Manager Barrywehmiller · Boston $140,000–$180,000 7w ago 
Staff Software Engineer simplisafe · Boston $146,000–$195,000 7w ago 
Principal Software Engineer, Algorithmic Traffic Acquisition CarGurus · Boston $170,000–$212,000 7w ago Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Artists & Creators Suno · Boston $228,000–$363,000 7w ago 
Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5363) Shield AI · Washington $220,800–$331,200 8w ago Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Maritime (R5325) Shield AI · Washington $220,800–$331,200 8w ago 
Director of Engineering The Falcon Group · Boston $150,000–$200,000 8w ago Staff Software Engineer, Vehicle Software, C++ Anduril Industries · Boston $220,000–$292,000 2mo ago 
Principal Software Engineer, Semantic Data Services WEX · Portland $200,600–$250,400 2mo ago 
Staff Engineer - Cloud Networks Datadog · Boston $244,000–$305,000 2mo ago 
Staff Software Engineer, HPC Zoox · Foster City $201,000–$315,000 2mo ago Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5360) Shield AI · Washington $220,800–$331,200 2mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Capabilities – Space (R5368) Shield AI · Boston $187,531–$281,297 2mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Detection & Response Suno · Boston $276,960–$363,510 2mo ago 
Software Engineering Manager, Growth Whoop · Boston $150,000–$215,000 2mo ago Software Engineering Manager (Health Records) Whoop · Boston $150,000–$215,000 2mo ago Software Engineering Manager (AI Quality) Whoop · Boston $150,000–$215,000 3mo ago Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5398) Shield AI · Washington $233,760–$350,640 3mo ago Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Weapons (R5398) Shield AI · Washington $233,760–$350,640 3mo ago Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5193) Shield AI · Washington $233,760–$350,640 3mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Emerging Domains (R5401) Shield AI · Washington $195,200–$292,800 3mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration – Expeditionary (R5208) Shield AI · Washington $195,200–$292,800 3mo ago Software Architect DraftKings · Boston $185,400–$231,800 3mo ago 
Software Architect DraftKings (Employee Referral Portal) · Boston $185,400–$231,800 3mo ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Demand Bidder, Ad Serving Platform roku · Boston $195,500–$352,100 3mo ago Staff Engineer, Data Analysis (R5290) Shield AI · Dallas $150,000–$220,000 3mo ago Engineering Manager urbancompass · Boston $194,000–$215,000 3mo ago 
Applications Engineering Manager (Boston) Standard Bots · Remote · US $140,000–$180,000 4mo ago Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5193) Shield AI · Washington $233,760–$350,640 4mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Pilot Integration (R5208) Shield AI · Washington $195,200–$292,800 4mo ago 
Chief Architect, HealthShare intersystems · Boston $172,000–$230,000 4mo ago Principal Software Engineer Xometry · Waltham $200,000–$225,000 5mo ago Principal Software Engineer Xometry · North Bethesda $200,000–$225,000 5mo ago Staff Software Engineer Xometry · Waltham $170,000–$195,000 5mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Quality Integration Anduril Industries · Seattle $220,000–$292,000 5mo ago Principal Software Engineer - Python Veeva Systems · Remote · US $150,000–$300,000 5mo ago 
Senior Software Architect Seven AI · Boston $240,000–$260,000 5mo ago Principal Software Engineer (Cloud) Seven AI · Boston $220,000–$240,000 5mo ago 
Principal Software Engineer Recorded Future · Boston $152,000–$228,500 5mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Autonomy Behaviors (R4588) Shield AI · Boston $195,200–$292,800 5mo ago Staff Software Engineer - Front End urbancompass · Bellevue $228,000–$240,000 6mo ago Staff Software Engineer Xometry · North Bethesda $140,000–$230,000 6mo ago Staff Software Engineer Xometry · Waltham $160,000–$180,000 6mo ago Principal Software Engineer - Test Platform simplisafe · Boston $168,600–$224,800 6mo ago 60 of 68 open roles. All engineering leadership jobs