Vice President of Engineering salary in Chicago
Average Base Salary in Chicago
$208,202
$38,000
Additional Cash Compensation
$246,202
Total Compensation
Median: $208K
Min: $125K
Max: $500K
How Much Does a Vice President of Engineering Make in Chicago?
The average salary for a Vice President of Engineering in Chicago is $208,202. The average additional cash compensation for a Vice President of Engineering in Chicago is $38,000. The average total compensation for a Vice President of Engineering in Chicago is $246,202. Vice President of Engineering salaries are based on responses gathered by Built In Chicago from anonymous Vice President of Engineering employees in Chicago.
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Position Summary:
The Director of Engineering and Development is responsible for leading the software development team and ensuring that the product vision is realized through excellence in execution. They report to the Chief Product Officer and have responsibility for the development of the technical strategy, maintenance of the technical roadmap and ensuring the engineering team hits goals and delivers on commitments to the product roadmap.
Director of Engineering
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About Us:
DataCubes is a growing startup in the InsureTech space. Our d3 Underwriting Platform helps underwriters make better decisions more efficiently. As we continue to grow we are looking for leaders to help us scale not only our platform but our organization. This is an exciting role that will allow you to take ownership in one of our most important verticals, Data.
The Role:
***THIS POSITION WILL BE IN OUR SCHAUMBURG/CHICAGO,
Director of Engineering
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Develop Technology Leadership & Strategy (what technology should we use and why).
Understand and contribute to the development of Product Strategy.
Recruit, manage and mentor/coach our technology team.
Develop our Technology Culture: ie, standards and processes, and ensure their adherence.
Develop goals for the team and work to ensure they achieve them.
Manage workload for the dev team & ensure they hit their quality and deadline goals.
Be the LEAD (rockstar) developer. 70% of your time will be spent coding, 30% on the above tasks.
As the Director of Software Engineering, you will oversee the engineering talent and technical strategy for multiple domains and technical areas focused on our business services and APIs. This role will be directly responsible for systems supporting Supernova’s cloud-based Security-Based Lending (SBL) SaaS platform.
We are looking for a leader who is passionate about people and technology and who has a proven record of scaling engineering teams and systems. This is a new role for Supernova as we continue to expand as a business and grow our engineering teams. This role will report directly to the Head of Technology and have a direct impact on our business performance and the continued growth of our engineering teams and technologies.
Technical Director of Engineering Operations
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We’re looking for an experienced and technical Director of Engineering Operations to lead our Engineering Operations department. This department includes our Systems Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering teams. This role will be responsible for everything from team process and organization, to performance and career growth of their team members, to high-level technical guidance of their teams' projects.
You will lead a distributed engineering team and serve as the head of engineering in Chicago.
Hire, nurture and mentor top engineering talent. Create a team to be proud of!
Understand the business working closely with product management, customer service and support to help inform engineering roadmaps, priorities and be responsive to customer needs.
Enable your team to innovate and deliver roadmap features with agility and high quality.
Execute consistently, rapidly, and effectively to take ideas from concept to production and drive delivery excellence.
Be a caretaker of the platform. Champion availability, scalability, resiliency, performance, observability and maintainability as part of ongoing development.
Represent your team and product line in cross-functional discussions.
Support product operations and SRE teams in backstopping production issues and incidents.
The Director, Engineering is passionate about building complex, secure and high-quality software. This role will work effectively across multiple disciplines, possess an open and collaborative work style and can translate business objectives into functional and nonfunctional requirements
Vice President of Engineering Salary ranges
The most common Vice President of Engineering salary in Chicago is between $170k - $180k.
Average Vice President of Engineering Salary by Company Size
People with the job title Vice President of Engineering make the most at companies with 201-500 employees, earning $227,636 on average.
Vice President of Engineering Salary by gender
The average Vice President of Engineering salary for women is $308,333 and the average Vice President of Engineering salary for men is $189,964.
Vice President of Engineering Salary by Years of Experience
The average salary for a Vice President of Engineering with 7+ years of experience is $213,281.
Average Dev + Engineer salaries in Chicago
| Job Title | Average Salary | Salary Range |
|---|---|---|
| QA Analyst | $69,016 | Min: $42K Max: $93K |
| QA Engineer | $81,336 | Min: $0K Max: $120K |
| Junior Software Engineer | $84,598 | Min: $63K Max: $112K |
| Software Test Engineer | $90,423 | Min: $55K Max: $120K |
| Front End Developer | $99,066 | Min: $55K Max: $240K |
| Android Developer | $100,111 | Min: $65K Max: $152K |
| iOS Developer | $101,465 | Min: $52K Max: $160K |
| Automation Engineer | $105,892 | Min: $65K Max: $240K |
| Software Engineer | $108,108 | Min: $72K Max: $165K |
| Salesforce Developer | $108,143 | Min: $66K Max: $135K |
| Security Engineer | $109,214 | Min: $80K Max: $135K |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $111,000 | Min: $93K Max: $132K |
| Sales Engineer | $112,123 | Min: $55K Max: $220K |
| DevOps Engineer | $116,608 | Min: $75K Max: $170K |
| Game Developer | $118,250 | Min: $85K Max: $136K |
| Data Engineer | $118,281 | Min: $65K Max: $165K |
| QA Manager | $121,381 | Min: $78K Max: $170K |
| Machine Learning Engineer | $130,000 | Min: $125K Max: $135K |
| Senior Software Engineer | $133,744 | Min: $90K Max: $185K |
| Lead Software Engineer | $133,889 | Min: $102K Max: $161K |
| Data Architect | $141,364 | Min: $68K Max: $190K |
| Database Administrator | $142,800 | Min: $130K Max: $166K |
| Hardware Engineer | $144,000 | Min: $85K Max: $224K |
| Engineering Manager | $145,036 | Min: $77K Max: $206K |
| Systems Engineer | $147,000 | Min: $143K Max: $151K |
| Principal Software Engineer | $153,473 | Min: $120K Max: $225K |
| Director of Software Engineering | $180,049 | Min: $133K Max: $275K |
| CTO (Chief Technology Officer) | $198,561 | Min: $110K Max: $310K |
| Data Engineering Manager | $200,667 | Min: $182K Max: $210K |
| Vice President of Engineering | $208,202 | Min: $125K Max: $500K |
Skills that affect Vice President of Engineering salaries in Chicago
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Linux
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Recent Vice President of Engineering salaries in Chicago
$190,000
Yearly Salary
A Vice President of Engineering reported a yearly salary of $190,000 with +$40,000 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
Male
201-500 Employees
Chicago
>10 Reports
$250,000
Yearly Salary
A vp reported a yearly salary of $250,000
7+ Years of Experience
Male
1-10 Employees
Chicago
5-10 Reports
$172,000
Yearly Salary
A Vice President of Engineering reported a yearly salary of $172,000 with +$35,000 in additional cash compensation
3-5 Years of Experience
Male
11-50 Employees
Chicago
$225,000
Yearly Salary
A Vice President of Technology reported a yearly salary of $225,000 with +$35,000 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
Female
500+ Employees
Chicago
>10 Reports
$150,000
Yearly Salary
A Vice President of Engineering reported a yearly salary of $150,000 with +$25,000 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
Male
201-500 Employees
Chicago
$149,000
Yearly Salary
A Vice President Creative, Engineering reported a yearly salary of $149,000 with +$30,000 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
Male
500+ Employees
Chicago
>10 Reports
$250,000
Yearly Salary
A Vice President of Engineering reported a yearly salary of $250,000 with +$56,000 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
Male
11-50 Employees
Chicago
$183,000
Yearly Salary
A Vice President of Engineering reported a yearly salary of $183,000 with +$17,000 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
Male
201-500 Employees
Chicago
5-10 Reports
$190,000
Yearly Salary
A VP of Engineering reported a yearly salary of $190,000 with +$50,000 in additional cash compensation
7+ Years of Experience
Male
500+ Employees
Chicago
>10 Reports
$192,500
Yearly Salary
A Vice President of Engineering reported a yearly salary of $192,500
7+ Years of Experience
Male
11-50 Employees
Chicago
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