Engine Salary

💰 $161K–$213K salary range

Median: $197K  ·  Based on 82 public Engine job postings  ·  Updated October 17, 2026

This Engine 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

Highest-paying open roles at Engine

• VP, AI Platform — $336K–$400K · Engineering
• VP, Security — $298K–$400K · Security
• VP, Finance — $300K–$375K · Finance
• Director, Strategic Partnerships – Fintech & Payments — $265K–$345K · Business Development
• Director, Strategic Partnerships - Government — $265K–$345K · Business Development
• Principal Architect — $250K–$285K · Engineering
• Director, Total Rewards — $225K–$275K · Core People
• Senior Director, Workforce Transformation — $225K–$270K · Core People
• Senior Director, Client Operations — $192K–$266K · Client Operations
• Senior Manager, Software Engineering — $225K–$265K · Engineering

Engine salary by department

• core people: $249K median · $275K top base — Director, Total Rewards (view JD) (5 roles)
• engineering: $234K median · $400K top base — VP, AI Platform (view JD) (6 roles)
• business development: $208K median (13 roles)
• data: $164K median · $200K top base — Senior Data Scientist - Content (view JD) (5 roles)
• growth: $161K median · $213K top base — Senior Product Manager, Growth (view JD) (11 roles)
• outbound: $122K median (12 roles)

Engine engineering & product salary by seniority

• Senior: $185K median · $213K top base — Senior Technical Product Manager (view JD) (10)
• Staff: $211K median · $245K top base — Staff Software Engineer (view JD) (6)

Engine salary by location

• Remote: $197K median · $400K top base — VP, AI Platform (view JD) (82 roles)

Remote work at Engine

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

What Engine looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: SQL (8) · AWS (6) · Snowflake (5) · Node.js (4) · Team Leadership (4) · JavaScript (3) · Looker (3) · Ruby (2) · React (2) · Terraform (2).

About Engine

Engine is Series C stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2018 · HQ Denver, Colorado. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Engine

Roles typically ask for around 7 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 3 that do, Bachelor's and PhD are most common.

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 (rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Engine total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 72% of roles list a bonus; 100% include commission; common structures: salaried, hourly. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Engine hiring activity

Engine has 82 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 82 public job postings with disclosed pay. 30 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (62 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 13 contract roles in the mix.

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Common questions

What does Engine pay?
The median pay is $197K, with a typical range of $161K–$213K, based on 82 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Engine?
One of the highest-paying open roles is VP, AI Platform, at $336K–$400K base.

Which team pays the most at Engine?
The core people team, at a $249K 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 82 public Engine 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 October 17, 2026.

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