The career path for a Based on 10 Jobtrees users who were a Software Design Engineer in their career, on average, they have 1.14 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They spend 2.4 years on average in this job building experience and earn $119K per year before moving on.
0% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Software Design Engineer are Software Development Manager, Senior Engineering Manager and Principal Software Engineer. Software Development Manager, the most common next career step, is a less experienced role which is common to see in career paths as titles aren't synonymous across companies (higher title doesn't always mean higher pay or larger scope) and not all job seekers are looking to increase their responsibility in their next career step. While Software Development Manager isn't from the Engineering - Software job family, there are common paths within the same discipline as Software Design Engineer shown by Principal Software Engineer also being a next career step Jobtrees users are taking.
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