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Dragos Salary

Dragos Salary

Dragos pays a median of $170K ($165K–$208K) across 45 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $165K–$208K salary range

Median: $170K  ·  Based on 45 public Dragos job postings  ·  Updated September 8, 2026


This Dragos salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Dragos · pay benchmark · updated September 8, 2026
$170K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$165K–$208K
Typical range
$260K view JD
Highest base · Director, Engineering
45
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+14
41 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 100% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Senior
$165K (17)
Staff
$182K (16)
Salary by department · median & top base
backend development
$195K · $225K top (5)
data engineering
$192K · $225K top (5)
product managment
$183K · $245K top (5)
Highest-paying skills
Rust $192KKubernetes $192KPostgreSQL $192KPrometheus $192KGrafana $192KNode.js $192KGo $191KTerraform $179K

Highest-paying open roles at Dragos

Dragos salary by department

  • backend development: $195K median · $225K top base — Senior Software Engineer - Backend (view JD) (5 roles)
  • data engineering: $192K median · $225K top base — Principal Data Engineer (view JD) (5 roles)
  • product managment: $183K median · $245K top base — Director, Product Management (view JD) (5 roles)

Dragos salary by seniority

  • Senior: $165K median · $225K top base — Senior Software Engineer - Backend (view JD) (17)
  • Staff: $182K median · $225K top base — Principal Software Engineer - Backend (view JD) (16)

Dragos salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $220K median · $220K top base — Data Engineering Manager (view JD) (5)

Dragos salary by location

  • Remote: $170K median · $260K top base — Director, Engineering (view JD) (45 roles)

Remote work at Dragos

100% of Dragos's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Dragos looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (19) · Docker (13) · Kubernetes (10) · Rust (9) · Go (8) · Elasticsearch (7) · PostgreSQL (6) · Node.js (6) · Terraform (3) · Product Roadmap (3).

About Dragos

Dragos is Series D stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2016 · HQ Hanover, Maryland. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Dragos

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior).

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 100% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Dragos total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 33% include commission. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Dragos hiring activity

Dragos has 45 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 45 public job postings with disclosed pay. 14 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (41 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 2 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Dragos pay?
The median pay is $170K, with a typical range of $165K–$208K, based on 45 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Dragos?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Senior Technical Account Manager, at $470K base.

Which team pays the most at Dragos?
The backend development team, at a $195K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 45 public Dragos job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed September 8, 2026.

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