- Based on 12 Jobtrees users who were a Senior Technical Lead in their career, on average, they have 2.27 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They spend 3.9 years on average in this job building experience and earn $154K per year before moving on.
- 8% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Senior Technical Lead are Software Engineer, Software Test Engineer and Marketing Consultant. Software Engineer, the most common next career step, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths as people will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they build experience and explore other jobs. While Software Engineer isn't from the Technical job family, there are common paths within the same discipline as Senior Technical Lead shown by Marketing Consultant also being a next career step Jobtrees users are taking.
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- The most common career steps to get to Senior Technical Lead are Strategy Consultant, Senior Research And Development Engineer and Development Specialist based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Strategy Consultant, the most common step before Senior Technical Lead, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths. People will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they explore new types and gain experience for more senior roles.
- While Strategy Consultant is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Senior Technical Lead that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Senior Technical Lead career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Senior Technical Lead so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Strategy Consultant isn't from the same job family as Senior Technical Lead, Technical, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Senior Research And Development Engineer also being a common career path to Senior Technical Lead.
What should I know about the career path
- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Senior Technical Lead are Master Degree In Computer Science, Master Of Science (m.sc.) In Electrical Engineering - Computer Networks, and Bachelor Degree In Interior Design. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Senior Technical Lead is part of the Technical job family which has a limited number of unique role types (30) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Senior Technical Lead.