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Frontend engineer interview questions in 2026 should be calibrated to seniority first, and to how much of the live user experience the hire will own second, not to framework trivia a candidate can look up in seconds. Score five things across the loop: platform fundamentals, component and state architecture, debugging without a clean error, judgment … Read more
How to Hire a VP of Product: 2026 Guide By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President, KORE1 To hire a VP of Product in 2026, scope the seat against your stage, budget $215,000 to $285,000 in base salary plus equity, run a judgment-based interview loop, and check references hard. Most product-leadership searches take eight to … Read more
Last updated: June 27, 2026 | By Mike Carter Principal software engineers in the United States earn $200,000 to $300,000 base in 2026, with total compensation ranging from about $235,000 at mid-market employers to roughly $630,000 at Amazon and past $1 million at Meta and Google. No other title on the engineering ladder spreads that … Read more
Pricing the rest of the product ladder? The rung below this seat is in our group product manager salary guide, and the seat above it is the VP product salary guide for 2026. This page is about the director number, and why the hiring manager and finance keep walking in with two of them. Director … Read more
Last updated: June 27, 2026 | By Gregg Flecke Data Team Org Chart 2026: How to Structure Your Data Org 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 … Read more
Agentic AI Engineering Hiring Survey 2026: What the Market Is Actually Doing Last updated: June 26, 2026 Agentic AI engineering hiring in 2026 is a seller’s market, where demand for engineers who can ship reliable AI agents has outrun a thin talent pool and pushed typical base pay to roughly $185K to $320K. Those bands … Read more
How to Hire an Android Developer: 2026 Guide Last updated: June 26, 2026 | By Gregg Flecke 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 … Read more
Last updated: June 25, 2026 | By Mike Carter How to Hire a Security Engineer in 2026 To hire a security engineer in 2026, define the specialization first, budget roughly $120,000 to $190,000 in base pay for mid-to-senior talent, and plan a three-to-six-week search in a market where skilled defenders almost never sit unemployed. Three … Read more
Price most engineers by what they cost you. Price a security engineer by what the empty chair costs you. Different math. How Much Does It Cost to Hire a Cybersecurity Engineer? (2026) Last updated: June 25, 2026 | By Tom Kenaley Hiring a cybersecurity engineer in the U.S. runs roughly $165,000 to $320,000 in the … Read more
Last updated: June 25, 2026 | By Robert Ardell Backend engineer interview questions in 2026 should be calibrated to seniority first and to how much of a live system the person will own second, not to language trivia. Score five things across the loop: fundamentals, system design, debugging under ambiguity, operational judgment, and how the … Read more
