Developer Career Paths

Explore 50 developer career paths with step-by-step roadmaps, salary data at every level, required skills, and role-vs-role comparisons.

50 Career Paths 583 Comparisons

Engineering

Mobile Developer $135,742
Embedded Systems Engineer $135,742
Full Stack Developer $133,080
Backend Developer $130,418
API Developer $130,418
Game Developer $119,772
Frontend Developer $95,477
UI Developer $93,658
Web Developer $90,930

DevOps & Infrastructure

Cloud Engineer $149,050
Platform Engineer $146,388
DevOps Engineer $143,726
Release Engineer $126,426
Build Engineer $125,095
Site Reliability Engineer $116,160
Kubernetes Engineer $114,224
Infrastructure Engineer $101,640

Data & AI

Data Engineer $141,065
AI Engineer $137,360
NLP Engineer $135,108
Computer Vision Engineer $132,856
Machine Learning Engineer $129,478
ETL Developer $126,426
Data Scientist $112,590
Statistician $103,300
BI Developer $99,079
Data Analyst $92,324

Security

Security Architect $152,390
DevSecOps Engineer $139,899
Cybersecurity Engineer $134,903
Penetration Tester $131,156
Information Security Analyst $124,910

Architecture & Leadership

Principal Engineer $173,004
Engineering Manager $171,200
Staff Engineer $166,350
Technical Lead $157,034
Technical Project Manager $154,080
Enterprise Architect $136,213
Solutions Architect $130,764

Quality

Performance Engineer $141,065
Software Development Engineer in Test $108,767
Test Automation Engineer $104,662
QA Engineer $102,610

Specialized

Blockchain Developer $153,042
IoT Developer $133,080
Salesforce Developer $125,095

Design & Content

Product Manager $167,776
UX Designer $98,090
Web Designer $90,243
Technical Writer $84,997

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