What's the income ceiling for sales engineering?

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The real question is, what are the best exit opportunity roles post sales engineering?

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Good question. Folks, when you answer please be sure to delineate: Base, Bonus, Commission, Stock-Based Comp, etc.

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I’ve had friends pulling in more than $225K OTE, and gotten recruiting emails touting up to $300K OTE on two different occasions recently for Senior Sales Engineering roles. I have 5 YOE, for reference.

I think OTE largely depends on the state of the company and the specific tech/role. Most are 70/30 split between base and uncapped commission, but vague about stock based comp until you’re deep into a conversation, so I can’t help you there.

I’ve noticed that senior sales engineering roles vary a lot in what they’re asking for. I’ve seen some that require a decade or more of experience in a specific technology, and others that want someone with more broad technical experience and lots of selling experience. I think the variance at the top of the market in OTE generally reflects the scarcity of talent for the job at hand.

I would say OTE would normally top out at $300k-350k + RSUs for a distinguished (level 9) SEs for companies like Salesforce if you stay the independent contributor path.

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Commission has been uncapped and non-quota carrying at the last two places I’ve worked and with any I’ve spoken with. There are usually accelerators, so if the team exceeds goal, you get a bigger marginal commission rate on those additional dollars.

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