Gregg Flecke
By Gregg Flecke, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at KORE1 Staff software engineers in the United States earn $195,000 to $265,000 base in 2026 at most employers, and up to $320,000 at Big Tech and the AI labs, with total compensation reaching $700,000 or more. That spread is not noise. It is one title doing very … Read more
A data team is structured around four jobs done in order: move the data, model it, analyze it, and govern it, with a single leader owning all four. Most orgs start with one data engineer and add specialists only as the work earns them. That sentence took me fifteen years on a recruiting desk to … Read more
Hiring an Android developer in 2026 runs about $120K to $210K base for mid-to-senior talent, with most roles filling in three to six weeks. Screen for apps that have survived real devices in the wild, not Kotlin sitting on a résumé. That one shift in what you look for separates a search that closes from … Read more
Reading this to set a budget, not to negotiate your own package? Our CISO staffing desk runs these executive searches end to end, with the broader cybersecurity staffing team behind it. CISO Salary Guide 2026 By Gregg Flecke A CISO in the United States earns $250,000 to $700,000 in total compensation in 2026, built from … Read more
Hiring instead of getting hired? Pair this with our guide on how to hire an iOS developer, and if you would rather hand the search off, our iOS developer staffing desk runs these every week. iOS Developer Salary Guide 2026 By Gregg Flecke iOS developers in the United States earn $95,000 to $175,000 in base … Read more
Hiring an iOS developer in 2026 runs $120K to $230K base for mid-to-senior talent, with most roles filling in three to six weeks. Screen for apps actually shipped to the App Store, not Swift listed on a resume. That one habit separates the searches that close from the ones that drag. I have run iOS … Read more
Hire a contractor when the work is a defined project, the scope is still fuzzy, or you need someone shipping in days. Hire full-time when you need ongoing model ownership and institutional knowledge. When you genuinely can’t tell, contract-to-hire settles it. That’s the version that fits on a sticky note. The one that actually saves … Read more
A group product manager is two jobs wearing one title. The offer letter almost always pays for one of them. Group product managers in the United States earn $190,000 to $285,000 base in 2026, with total compensation reaching $310,000 to $560,000 once bonus and equity stack on top at public technology employers. At Google and … Read more
To hire a Workday consultant in 2026, name the track first, functional, integrations, or reporting, then pin the module and decide whether you are building a tenant or running one already. Most well-scoped Workday searches close in four to eight weeks. The expensive mistakes almost all happen before the req goes live, in the part … Read more
Your first data scientist should be a senior generalist who can build a data pipeline, run the analysis, and ship a working model without a team behind them. Hire for range over depth, confirm you have usable data first, and budget roughly $150,000 to $210,000 in base salary for a strong generalist. I’m Gregg Flecke. … Read more
