Senior Engineering Manager Fortary Platform
Ava Labs, Inc.
$23.4K/mo$281K/yr
State of the crypto job market
Hiring intelligence you can act on
See which roles are heating up, where local jobs pay best, and which skills are gaining value after accounting for job mix—not just raw salary averages.
Complete through 2026-11-13 · Daily hiring activity · Weekly compensation · Historical exchange rates
Market scope
Pick one role family and history window. All figures below follow that selection.
Open jobs
19.2KCurrently actionable roles in this selection
Hiring companies
1.1KDistinct employers with an open role
New postings
2.7K+95.6% vs the previous 7 days
Open-job change
+5.0%7-day median vs preceding 28 days · 0.0% points vs market
Top-paying opportunities
What the top 10% of open jobs pay
We take current jobs with a listed salary, convert each one to monthly USD, and recalculate the highest-paid 10% for the work mode and location you choose. Remote includes only jobs that can be worked worldwide without a location, residency, timezone, or office requirement. Salary ranges wider than $200K after currency conversion are excluded. Every job below is open now.
Top 10% starts at
$18.8K/mo$226K/yr equivalentTypical pay in the top 10%
$22.1K/mo$266K/yr equivalentSalary coverage
17 of 14112.1% of open jobs in RemoteWhat appears most often in the top 10%
Bar length is the number of top-paying jobs. The pay figure is the median within each group. Select a row to browse its jobs.
Highest listed salaries
Showing 2 of 2 current top-decile jobs.
KAST Fellow
KAST
$20.8K/mo$250K/yr
Market hiring activity
Open roles and hiring employers are current inventory. New postings are counted when a job first enters the corpus.
Market breadth · 7D
Opportunity map
Tile size shows open jobs. Color shows 7-day open-inventory change relative to the overall market.
CoolingIn lineOutperforming
≤ −5 pp−5 to +5 pp≥ +5 pp
Market baseline
+5.0%7-day open-job changeLargest category
Engineering2.9K open jobsWidest divergence
-18.9 ppProductJob category map
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RoleOpenVs market
Local pay geography
Country estimates use onsite and hybrid listings. Remote roles stay separate so high-cost local markets cannot distort the remote benchmark. Sparse countries use a clearly labelled continent fallback.
Remote benchmark
$14.1K/mo$10K/mo – $17.8K/mo middle 50%
3883 open jobs at 671 hiring companies
Local benchmark
$15.4K/mo$10.6K/mo – $20.2K/mo middle 50%
11168 open jobs at 695 hiring companies
6489 open onsite · 4740 open hybrid
Listed compensation by seniority
Median and middle 50% of USD-converted monthly compensation. Statistical salary history includes open and offline jobs.
InternLocal
$5.7K/mo516 salaries · 133 employers
JuniorLocal
$6.4K/mo579 salaries · 189 employers
JuniorRemote
$6.5K/mo221 salaries · 91 employers
SeniorLocal
$13.5K/mo4720 salaries · 455 employers
SeniorRemote
$12.4K/mo3087 salaries · 391 employers
LeadLocal
$17.5K/mo4232 salaries · 355 employers
HeadLocal
$20.1K/mo1530 salaries · 251 employers
$0$24.5K/mo
Lower monthly payHigher monthly payCountry data · fixed $3K–$20K scale
| Country market | Open jobs | Hiring companies | Median | Middle 50% | Salary evidence | Salary basis | Active onsite / hybrid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6865 | 424 | $16K/mo | $11.9K/mo – $20.4K/mo | 11259 salaries / 422 employers | Country estimate | 4024 / 2871 |
| United Kingdom | 711 | 132 | $11.7K/mo | $5.6K/mo – $21.9K/mo | 384 salaries / 58 employers | Country estimate | 366 / 349 |
| Singapore | 299 | 60 | $12.5K/mo | $6.6K/mo – $16.6K/mo | 31 salaries / 12 employers | Country estimate | 208 / 92 |
| Japan | 241 | 38 | $4.3K/mo | $3.3K/mo – $6.5K/mo | 78 salaries / 15 employers | Country estimate | 130 / 114 |
| Germany | 227 | 46 | $11.7K/mo | $8.5K/mo – $17.7K/mo | 70 salaries / 17 employers | Country estimate | 108 / 120 |
| France | 200 | 38 | $4.1K/mo | $1.8K/mo – $8.1K/mo | 166 salaries / 21 employers | Country estimate | 86 / 114 |
| India | 191 | 44 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 30 salaries / 9 employers | Asia fallback | 122 / 72 |
| Canada | 172 | 38 | $10.8K/mo | $7.6K/mo – $13.3K/mo | 288 salaries / 46 employers | Country estimate | 86 / 86 |
| The Netherlands | 157 | 21 | $6.6K/mo | $3.9K/mo – $7.8K/mo | 24 salaries / 11 employers | Country estimate | 126 / 31 |
| South Korea | 138 | 23 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 4 salaries / 2 employers | Asia fallback | 99 / 40 |
| Australia | 124 | 31 | Insufficient evidence | — | 18 salaries / 8 employers | Building country evidence | 67 / 57 |
| Hong Kong | 120 | 20 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Asia fallback | 112 / 8 |
| Brazil | 88 | 25 | Insufficient evidence | — | 15 salaries / 5 employers | Building country evidence | 36 / 52 |
| Switzerland | 79 | 19 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 64 salaries / 7 employers | Europe fallback | 62 / 18 |
| Ireland | 77 | 12 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 63 salaries / 9 employers | Europe fallback | 40 / 37 |
| Sweden | 66 | 10 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 2 salaries / 2 employers | Europe fallback | 55 / 11 |
| China | 56 | 14 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 3 salaries / 1 employers | Asia fallback | 53 / 4 |
| Israel | 48 | 18 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Asia fallback | 27 / 21 |
| Philippines | 43 | 5 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 6 salaries / 2 employers | Asia fallback | 37 / 6 |
| Malaysia | 40 | 12 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 3 salaries / 1 employers | Asia fallback | 21 / 19 |
| Poland | 36 | 16 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 28 salaries / 9 employers | Europe fallback | 14 / 22 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 25 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 5 salaries / 2 employers | Asia fallback | 23 / 11 |
| Mexico | 30 | 14 | $15.8K/mo | $11.7K/mo – $20.4K/mo | 3 salaries / 2 employers | North America fallback | 21 / 9 |
| Norway | 30 | 2 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Europe fallback | 29 / 1 |
| Taiwan | 30 | 13 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 22 salaries / 5 employers | Asia fallback | 19 / 11 |
| Austria | 28 | 3 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 27 salaries / 3 employers | Europe fallback | 5 / 24 |
| Spain | 28 | 15 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 27 salaries / 7 employers | Europe fallback | 10 / 18 |
| Serbia | 26 | 7 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 8 salaries / 4 employers | Europe fallback | 15 / 11 |
| Cyprus | 22 | 9 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 6 salaries / 2 employers | Asia fallback | 9 / 13 |
| Denmark | 19 | 3 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 1 salaries / 1 employers | Europe fallback | 4 / 15 |
| Italy | 19 | 12 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 16 salaries / 10 employers | Europe fallback | 11 / 10 |
| Vietnam | 19 | 9 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 2 salaries / 2 employers | Asia fallback | 14 / 5 |
| Azerbaijan | 16 | 1 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Asia fallback | 16 / 0 |
| Czechia | 16 | 7 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 17 salaries / 4 employers | Europe fallback | 5 / 12 |
| Luxembourg | 16 | 9 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 8 salaries / 4 employers | Europe fallback | 3 / 13 |
| Malta | 14 | 7 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 6 salaries / 3 employers | Europe fallback | 1 / 13 |
| Portugal | 14 | 7 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 1 salaries / 1 employers | Europe fallback | 12 / 2 |
| Thailand | 14 | 5 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 2 salaries / 2 employers | Asia fallback | 14 / 0 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 10 / 0 |
| Finland | 10 | 7 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 3 salaries / 1 employers | Europe fallback | 5 / 5 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 10 / 0 |
| Argentina | 9 | 3 | Insufficient evidence | — | 3 salaries / 2 employers | Building country evidence | 3 / 6 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 6 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Asia fallback | 8 / 1 |
| Lithuania | 9 | 5 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 41 salaries / 8 employers | Europe fallback | 5 / 4 |
| Romania | 9 | 4 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Europe fallback | 1 / 8 |
| South Africa | 9 | 3 | Insufficient evidence | — | 1 salaries / 1 employers | Building country evidence | 7 / 2 |
| Belgium | 8 | 5 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 4 salaries / 2 employers | Europe fallback | 7 / 1 |
| Gambia | 8 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 8 / 0 |
| Iceland | 8 | 3 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Europe fallback | 5 / 3 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 3 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 13 salaries / 3 employers | Europe fallback | 5 / 2 |
| Niger | 6 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 6 / 0 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 2 | Insufficient evidence | — | 1 salaries / 1 employers | Building country evidence | 0 / 6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 6 | 3 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 5 salaries / 2 employers | Asia fallback | 4 / 2 |
| Senegal | 6 | 2 | Insufficient evidence | — | 2 salaries / 2 employers | Building country evidence | 6 / 0 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Asia fallback | 1 / 4 |
| Puerto Rico | 5 | 2 | $15.8K/mo | $11.7K/mo – $20.4K/mo | 2 salaries / 1 employers | North America fallback | 1 / 4 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 4 / 0 |
| Hungary | 4 | 2 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 10 salaries / 1 employers | Europe fallback | 2 / 2 |
| Mali | 4 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 4 / 0 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 3 | Insufficient evidence | — | 1 salaries / 1 employers | Building country evidence | 0 / 4 |
| Russia | 4 | 1 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Europe fallback | 3 / 1 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 4 / 0 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 6 salaries / 2 employers | Europe fallback | 4 / 0 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 2 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Europe fallback | 1 / 3 |
| Colombia | 3 | 2 | Insufficient evidence | — | 1 salaries / 1 employers | Building country evidence | 1 / 2 |
| Greece | 3 | 3 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Europe fallback | 1 / 2 |
| Malawi | 3 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 3 / 0 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Asia fallback | 3 / 0 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Europe fallback | 3 / 0 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 2 / 0 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 2 / 0 |
| Laos | 2 | 1 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 2 salaries / 1 employers | Asia fallback | 2 / 0 |
| Peru | 2 | 2 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 1 / 1 |
| Qatar | 2 | 1 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Asia fallback | 2 / 0 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Asia fallback | 0 / 2 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Europe fallback | 1 / 0 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Asia fallback | 1 / 0 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1 | $15.8K/mo | $11.7K/mo – $20.4K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | North America fallback | 1 / 0 |
| Chile | 1 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 0 / 1 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 1 / 0 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1 | $15.8K/mo | $11.7K/mo – $20.4K/mo | 1 salaries / 1 employers | North America fallback | 0 / 1 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1 | $15.8K/mo | $11.7K/mo – $20.4K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | North America fallback | 0 / 1 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 1 / 0 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Europe fallback | 1 / 0 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 8 salaries / 2 employers | Europe fallback | 1 / 0 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Europe fallback | 0 / 1 |
| Reunion | 1 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 1 / 0 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 0 / 1 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 1 / 0 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 1 salaries / 1 employers | Asia fallback | 1 / 0 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1 | Insufficient evidence | — | 0 salaries / 0 employers | Building country evidence | 1 / 0 |
| Dominica | 0 | 0 | $15.8K/mo | $11.7K/mo – $20.4K/mo | 1 salaries / 1 employers | North America fallback | 0 / 0 |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | $15.8K/mo | $11.7K/mo – $20.4K/mo | 1 salaries / 1 employers | North America fallback | 0 / 0 |
| Estonia | 0 | 0 | $7.7K/mo | $4.4K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 3 salaries / 1 employers | Europe fallback | 0 / 0 |
| Gabon | 0 | 0 | Insufficient evidence | — | 2 salaries / 1 employers | Building country evidence | 0 / 0 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | $4.9K/mo | $2.6K/mo – $8.3K/mo | 3 salaries / 1 employers | Asia fallback | 0 / 0 |
| Paraguay | 0 | 0 | Insufficient evidence | — | 2 salaries / 1 employers | Building country evidence | 0 / 0 |
Open jobs and hiring companies are current. Salary distributions use the selected lookback and stay hidden below 10 salaries or 5 distinct employers. City and state jobs inherit their canonical country. The map uses country salaries first and only falls back to a continent estimate for an active country with sparse salary evidence.
Skill pay benchmarks
What skills are worth now
Only skills with publishable compensation evidence are shown. Salary statistics use open and historical closed listings; open job counts remain current.
| Skill | Monthly pay | Middle 50% | Open jobs | Hiring employers | Evidence | Explore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| transaction monitoring | $8.8K/mo | $5.1K/mo – $13.8K/mo | 180 | 90 | 21 salaries14 employers | Browse jobs |
| technical support | $8.6K/mo | $6.9K/mo – $11.6K/mo | 116 | 77 | 28 salaries18 employers | Browse jobs |
| RDMA | $18.3K/mo | $13.3K/mo – $20.8K/mo | 114 | 32 | 23 salaries12 employers | Browse jobs |
| SIEM | $16.6K/mo | $14.6K/mo – $20.8K/mo | 117 | 79 | 22 salaries19 employers | Browse jobs |
| reliability | $16K/mo | $13.8K/mo – $19.9K/mo | 372 | 130 | 32 salaries27 employers | Browse jobs |
| DNS | $11.3K/mo | $7.5K/mo – $15.7K/mo | 156 | 88 | 24 salaries17 employers | Browse jobs |
| training | $15K/mo | $11.7K/mo – $20.4K/mo | 235 | 121 | 29 salaries22 employers | Browse jobs |
| cloud infrastructure | $16.6K/mo | $13K/mo – $20.9K/mo | 330 | 118 | 48 salaries28 employers | Browse jobs |
| alerting | $15.4K/mo | $12.5K/mo – $18.3K/mo | 136 | 82 | 25 salaries19 employers | Browse jobs |
| Slurm | $17.9K/mo | $13.3K/mo – $22.9K/mo | 132 | 51 | 21 salaries10 employers | Browse jobs |
| reinforcement learning | $20.8K/mo | $18.8K/mo – $23.4K/mo | 320 | 93 | 36 salaries12 employers | Browse jobs |
| incident management | $15.2K/mo | $10.8K/mo – $18.4K/mo | 233 | 114 | 40 salaries24 employers | Browse jobs |
| InfiniBand | $18.1K/mo | $14.4K/mo – $22.5K/mo | 175 | 38 | 30 salaries11 employers | Browse jobs |
| billing | $15.6K/mo | $10K/mo – $20.2K/mo | 171 | 70 | 22 salaries13 employers | Browse jobs |
| CUDA | $21K/mo | $18.9K/mo – $23.3K/mo | 215 | 79 | 26 salaries14 employers | Browse jobs |
| distributed_training | $23.3K/mo | $19.4K/mo – $23.3K/mo | 185 | 74 | 27 salaries10 employers | Browse jobs |
| SRE | $16.2K/mo | $12.9K/mo – $19K/mo | 178 | 93 | 20 salaries14 employers | Browse jobs |
| cryptography | $16.1K/mo | $14.1K/mo – $20.7K/mo | 244 | 123 | 26 salaries20 employers | Browse jobs |
| DataDog | $13.3K/mo | $9.9K/mo – $18.5K/mo | 148 | 71 | 27 salaries16 employers | Browse jobs |
| JSON | $9.3K/mo | $7.1K/mo – $12K/mo | 63 | 37 | 23 salaries11 employers | Browse jobs |
| SLO | $18.3K/mo | $14.6K/mo – $23.8K/mo | 142 | 62 | 25 salaries16 employers | Browse jobs |
| Go | $16.8K/mo | $11.7K/mo – $20.2K/mo | 1.2K | 285 | 129 salaries55 employers | Browse jobs |
| data governance | $17.5K/mo | $12.5K/mo – $21.7K/mo | 212 | 78 | 31 salaries20 employers | Browse jobs |
| authentication | $17.5K/mo | $14.2K/mo – $21.7K/mo | 305 | 126 | 36 salaries25 employers | Browse jobs |
| cryptocurrency | $11.9K/mo | $6.7K/mo – $14.9K/mo | 380 | 148 | 46 salaries26 employers | Browse jobs |
| scripting | $14.4K/mo | $11.3K/mo – $18.9K/mo | 158 | 97 | 24 salaries22 employers | Browse jobs |
| compensation | $14.2K/mo | $12.5K/mo – $15.9K/mo | 114 | 74 | 28 salaries17 employers | Browse jobs |
| code review | $15.8K/mo | $13.8K/mo – $20.2K/mo | 291 | 155 | 37 salaries27 employers | Browse jobs |
| incident response | $16.9K/mo | $13K/mo – $22.1K/mo | 601 | 231 | 86 salaries48 employers | Browse jobs |
| data pipeline | $16.6K/mo | $13.4K/mo – $20.7K/mo | 528 | 194 | 52 salaries32 employers | Browse jobs |
| identity management | $16.9K/mo | $11.1K/mo – $22.6K/mo | 104 | 51 | 23 salaries10 employers | Browse jobs |
| investigation | $12.3K/mo | $9K/mo – $17.2K/mo | 145 | 66 | 28 salaries17 employers | Browse jobs |
| financial services | $17K/mo | $12.5K/mo – $21.5K/mo | 231 | 95 | 27 salaries13 employers | Browse jobs |
| JavaScript | $13.3K/mo | $8.9K/mo – $17.2K/mo | 638 | 251 | 67 salaries39 employers | Browse jobs |
| simulation | $18.3K/mo | $14.7K/mo – $22.9K/mo | 447 | 93 | 36 salaries13 employers | Browse jobs |
| backend | $15.6K/mo | $11.3K/mo – $19.1K/mo | 660 | 255 | 64 salaries33 employers | Browse jobs |
Showing 36 skills with publishable compensation: at least 20 salary listings from 10 employers.
Verified skill value moves
Only statistically supported changes are shown. Listed pay is adjusted for role, seniority, work mode, geography, and employer concentration.