Tom Kenaley
How to Hire a Chief Data Officer: 2026 Guide Last updated: June 7, 2026 | By Tom Kenaley To hire a chief data officer in 2026, define the mandate before you open the search: pick offense or defense, fix the reporting line, set a budget near $300K to $450K total comp, and plan ten to … Read more
Last updated: June 6, 2026 | By Tom Kenaley Hiring a Java developer in 2026 means first deciding which Java developer you need, then budgeting roughly $115K to $185K for most mid-to-senior US hires and running a four-to-six-week search that tests JVM and Spring judgment over keyword matching. Java turned thirty this year. Sit with … Read more
How to Hire a Big Data Engineer: 2026 Guide Last updated: June 5, 2026 | By Tom Kenaley A big data engineer builds the large-scale distributed systems, Spark and Kafka and the lakehouse underneath them, that move and process data at a volume normal pipelines choke on. Plan for a 2026 base of $115K to … Read more
How to Hire an Analytics Engineer: 2026 Guide Last updated: June 4, 2026 | By Tom Kenaley An analytics engineer owns the dbt and Snowflake modeling layer, the tested SQL that turns raw warehouse tables into datasets your team can trust. Plan for a base of $115K to $175K in 2026, dbt and a cloud … Read more
Last updated: June 3, 2026 | By Tom Kenaley Hiring a product manager in 2026 means picking the right archetype for your stage (Associate, PM, Senior PM, Group PM, or Director), setting a U.S. base band of $135K to $175K for mid-level and $190K to $260K for senior, and running a four-round loop that grades … Read more
Last updated: June 2, 2026 | By Tom Kenaley Hiring a prompt engineer in 2026 means accepting the title has split into four working jobs (LLM application engineer with prompt depth, eval and red-team engineer, agent and tool-use designer, or prompt-ops generalist for non-engineering teams), budgeting $130K to $185K mid-level and $200K to $290K senior, … Read more
Last updated: June 1, 2026 | By Tom Kenaley Hiring a CTO in 2026 means picking the right archetype for your stage (founder-coder, architect, scaling platform, or strategist), setting a band of $260K to $400K base for a Series B through C full-time CTO, and running a six-step search that grades technical strategy, leadership, and … Read more
If you are opening a Senior PM req, our full 2026 hiring playbook walks the five-level ladder, the JD filter, and the four-round interview loop: how to hire a product manager in 2026. Senior Product Manager Salary Guide 2026 Last updated: May 30, 2026 | By Tom Kenaley Senior product managers in the United States … Read more
Last updated: May 29, 2026 | By Tom Kenaley To hire a technical product manager (TPM) in 2026, scope the role by who pays when the call is wrong (internal engineers vs external users), set a comp band of $145K to $215K for mid-level and $210K to $310K for senior, and run a four-round loop … Read more
Last updated: May 28, 2026 | By Tom Kenaley The all-in cost to hire a React developer in 2026 lands $145,000 to $260,000 for a mid-to-senior US hire once base salary, payroll tax, benefits load, equipment, recruiting fees, and onboarding ramp are stacked. Direct-hire agency fees run 20 to 25 percent of first-year base. KORE1’s … Read more
