Distinguished Engineer Salary in Kansas City, KS

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How much does a Distinguished Engineer make in Kansas City, KS? The average Distinguished Engineer salary in Kansas City, KS is $105,640 as of April 24, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $96,777 and $117,256. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.

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Distinguished Engineer

LinkedIn - Mountain View , CA

LinkedIn is looking for a Distinguished Engineer with expertise in platforms and infrastructure to provide thought leadership for Data Infra organization. Data Infra builds scalable, highly available ...

LinkedIn - 47 days ago

Distinguished Engineer

Intellibus - Irving , TX

Imagine working at Intellibus to engineer platforms that impact billions of lives around the world. With your passion and focus we will accomplish great things together! We are looking forward to you ...

LinkedIn - 12 days ago

Distinguished Software Engineer, Systems Performance Engineering

CARIAD - Redmond , WA

The Distinguished Software Engineer, Systems Performance Engineering position is an engineering lead role, focusing on System Performance Engineering. This Distinguished Software Engineer will build ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 27 days ago

Senior Software Engineer

Stratice, LLC - Bentonville , AR

A distinguished engineer should have extensive knowledge in their field, including advanced concepts in software engineering, system architecture, and technology trends. This expertise is crucial for ...

LinkedIn - 24 days ago

Senior Network Engineer - NetDevOps

Kunai - Plano , TX

Distinguished Engineer - NetDevOps Location : Hybrid/remote in Plano, TX, Mclean, VA, or Richmond, VA About Kunai: Kunai is a fast-growing digital consultancy focused on banking, payments, and ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 49 days ago

Principal Software Engineer

NetDocuments - Lehi , UT

Work side-by-side with key Principal and Distinguished Engineers to design and build scalable solutions * Other duties as assigned What you will bring to the team: * Strategic software development ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 30 days ago

What does a Distinguished Engineer do?

Common responsibilities of a Distinguished Engineer

Lead research initiatives for cloud native designs and implementation within public and private clouds, working in a cloud infrastructure ecosystem consisting of VMs, Kubernetes, and containers.

November 16, 2022

Track record of attracting and influencing next generation technical leaders.

November 30, 2022

Collaborate with enterprise architects, product managers, data scientist, engineers and business managers to bring R&D projects into production.

February 09, 2023

Drive the integration of intelligence into our customer-facing mobile application and create the capabilities for all customers to have unique experiences within the application.

February 21, 2023

Create and maintain best practices for product design and development, support high quality software delivery and conduct architectural reviews.

March 03, 2023

Promote a culture of engineering excellence and being well-managed, using opportunities to reuse and innersource solutions where possible.

March 09, 2023

Demonstrated ability to understand emerging technology, along with the military capability it will provide, and develop plans for potential technology transition into existing programs of record that have national significance.

March 15, 2023

Active Duty Service Members are required to submit a statement of service printed on command letterhead and signed by the command.

March 16, 2023

Provide continuous improvement in systems delivery through the paradigms of VMs, containers, container orchestration, service meshes and serverless delivery of cloud native systems.

April 09, 2023

Participate in all technical aspects of team deliverables, including quality, performance, maintainability, and scalability.

April 28, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Distinguished Engineer in Kansas City, KS

Average Base Salary

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96777

117256

105640

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

100128

123928

109963

What is the average salary for Distinguished Engineer in 2024?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Distinguished Engineer in Kansas City, KS. The base salary for Distinguished Engineer ranges from $96,777 to $117,256 with the average base salary of $105,640. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $100,128 to $123,928 with the average total cash compensation of $109,963.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$105,640	$96,777 - $117,256
Bonus	$4,323	$3,351 - $6,673
Total Pay	$109,963	$100,128 - $123,928

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Distinguished Engineer Salary Near Kansas City, KS

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Kansas City, KS
CITY, STATE Shawnee, KS	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $96,737 - $117,208	COMPARE TO Kansas City, KS
CITY, STATE Kansas City, MO	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $97,044 - $117,579	COMPARE TO Kansas City, KS
CITY, STATE Lenexa, KS	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $96,737 - $117,208	COMPARE TO Kansas City, KS
CITY, STATE Overland Park, KS	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $96,737 - $117,208	COMPARE TO Kansas City, KS
CITY, STATE Olathe, KS	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $96,474 - $116,889	COMPARE TO Kansas City, KS
CITY, STATE Lees Summit, MO	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $96,675 - $117,132	COMPARE TO Kansas City, KS

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About Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City is the third-largest city in the State of Kansas, the county seat of Wyandotte County, and the third-largest city of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Kansas City, Kansas is abbreviated as "KCK" to differentiate it from Kansas City, Missouri, after which it is named. It is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified Government". Wyandotte County also includes the independent cities of Bonner Springs and Edwardsville. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 145,786 residents. It is situated at Kaw Point, which is the junction of the Missouri an...

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About Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City is the third-largest city in the State of Kansas, the county seat of Wyandotte County, and the third-largest city of the Kansas City metro....More

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