Top 5 Tech paying Jobs in Silicon Valley
If you want to improve your career and you don’t know where to start and what to do, here is a suggestion, you might as well aim for the stars.
Where to go?
Welcome to Silicon Valley. It is the USA's primary tech hub. Located in southern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area In 2016, it had a GDP of $781 billion. Silicon Valley is getting investment from companies like Google, Salesforce and apple, who are all building campuses in the area. Indeed's senior vice president of product Mr. Raj Mukherjee says:
"With these industry leaders continuing to expand and invest in the area, tech professionals can feel confident that Silicon Valley will remain the top location for their skill sets for the foreseeable future,"
What to do?
With a minimum salary of $160,000, the following positions are the top 5 jobs in Silicon Valley, ranked by salary.
5 Senior Architect
This position is responsible for the interaction between systems, how they are structured, and what technologies are used for the entire application or service. The senior architect is also responsible for documentation, analyzation, and day to day planning.
Education
Bachelor's degree in any of the following: software engineering, computer science, math or information systems. You must be proficient in some programing languages.
Experience: at least 5 years of experience.
Salary: $161,124
4 DevOps Manager
DevOps is a combination of software development and operations. The DevOps Manager has to have the ability to analyze information, communicate clearly and bring departments together. They bridge the gap between programmers and other information technology professionals.
Education
The requirements change often, but then you might want to get a degree in computer science or a related field. You must be also proficient in some programing languages.
Experience: at least 5 years of experience
Salary: $166,448
3 Data warehouse architect
Also trending, the data warehouse architect is responsible for designing data warehouse solutions. The software architect also works with conventional data warehouse technologies to come up with plans that best support a business or organization. As with other similar kinds of roles, a data warehouse architect often takes client needs or employer goals and works to develop a specific architecture that will be maintained to serve the specific stated purposes.
Education:
The position will require Computer science, computer engineering, information technology, or a related field.
Experience: at least 5 years of experience
Salary: $169,836
2 Director for product management
The product manager is responsible for the roadmap, strategy, and feature definition of that product or product line. He or she is often considered the Chief executive officer of the product. This position may also include marketing, forecasting, and profit and loss responsibilities.
Education
The Director of Product Management has to have a graduate Degree in Business Administration, Product Leadership, Marketing, Finance and Economics, or equivalent.
Experience: At least 5 years of experience
Salary: $173,556
1 Product development Engineer
Product development engineers are responsible for creating, design management and testing a product's development. The engineer assesses the mechanical design properties of the product and determines if it has met the desired standards and functionality.
Education
To be a product development Engineer you need to take the following courses. Computer-aided design (CAD), Engineering product design, Materials science, industrial design and Product Development Management
Experience: at least 7 years of experience
Salary: $173, 570
Good luck and thanks for reading.
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Thank you for the post! Hope to see Non-engineering major job such as UX/UI or other management job listed on that list in a future!