Engineering Leadership salary in Denver
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 21, 2026
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Engineering Leadership pay in Denver is measured from 25 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 18 postings put the middle half between $170,375 and $240,000, with a median of $210,075.
Against the 46 other measured markets for engineering leadership at senior, this sits below 20 of them; Foster City leads at $298,500.
1 of these ranges rests on fewer than 10 postings, so read it as a strong hint rather than a benchmark; the sample column shows exactly what backs each number.
22 engineering leadership roles are open in Denver right now, 22 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $145,000 – $225,250 | $145,000 | 7hint |
| Senior | $170,375 – $240,000 | $210,075 | 18 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.
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 Denver · 22 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $150,000–$270,000scale $90,000–$380,000
Enterprise Software Architect bet365 · Denver $150,000–$185,000 2w ago Staff Software Engineer, AI Solutions Visa · Denver $127,000–$202,700 2w ago AgentOps Technical Lead bet365 · Denver $150,000–$160,000 3w ago Engineering Manager, Propulsion Vehicle Subsystem True Anomaly · Denver $165,000–$290,000 3w ago 
Engineering Manager, Deployment Crusoe · San Francisco $200,000–$240,000 4w ago 
Staff Software Engineer Xometry · Denver $176,000–$195,000 5w ago Staff Software Engineer Xometry · Lexington $176,250–$182,500 5w ago 
VP of Engineering Lux Aeterna · Denver $200,000–$350,000 5w ago Engineering Manager, Autonomy True Anomaly · Denver $205,000–$315,000 8w ago Director, Software Engineering Transamerica · Cedar Rapids $190,000–$225,000 2mo ago Engineering Manager, Propulsion Development and Test True Anomaly · Denver $140,000–$250,000 2mo ago 
Staff Software Engineer - Customer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) Fastly · Denver $211,370–$253,644 2mo ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Metadata Fivetran · Denver $183,711–$229,638 2mo ago Engineering Manager, Metadata Fivetran · Denver $186,701–$233,376 2mo ago Senior Engineering Manager - Containers at Edge Fastly · Denver $228,280–$273,936 2mo ago Software Engineering Manager I bet365 · Denver $120,000–$160,000 4mo ago Engineering Manager, Ground Software True Anomaly · Denver $160,000–$270,000 5mo ago Principal Software Engineer Xometry · Waltham $200,000–$225,000 5mo ago Engineering Manager, Mechanisms True Anomaly · Denver $155,000–$230,000 7mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Elixir True Anomaly · Denver $205,000–$315,000 7mo ago