Hourly Wage for Software Development Lead Salary in the United States

How much does a Software Development Lead make hourly in the United States? The average hourly wage for a Software Development Lead in the United States is $47 as of September 25, 2020, but the salary range typically falls between $41 and $57. Hourly rate 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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Eng 4, Software Dev & Engineering

Comcast - Dulles , VA

May lead teams or projects and shares expertise. Employees at all levels are expect to ... Assists in the roll-out of software releases. - Trains junior Software Development Engineers on ...

Comcast - 9 days ago

Master Software Engineer (iOS)

Capital One - McLean , VA

Successful candidates will have experience performing as a technical lead on software development projects with responsibility for overall delivery of software components. As a Master Software ...

Capital One - 6 days ago

Software Development Manager

Leidos - Reston , VA

Primary Responsibilities Candidate will lead software development team through development of product to full deployment in production environment. The candidate will be responsible for managing the ...

Appcast Agency - 14 days ago

Sr. Director Software Engineering

Capital One - Vienna , VA

Sr. Director Software Engineering Capital One is seeking a Sr. Director of Data Engineering to work ... full-stack development tools and technologies. * Lead efforts to deploy new and existing ...

Capital One - 5 days ago

Cyber Software Developer- Python/JavaScript

Peraton - Chantilly , VA

Peraton is looking for a Software Developer to participate in the development and maintenance of ... Lead efforts to build and use automation, machine learning and the cloud to scale impact You'd be a ...

Peraton - 35 days ago

Cloud Software Development Engineer

Quest Diagnostics - Chantilly , VA

As a Cloud Software Development Engineer, you will work for the world leader in the industry, with ... May occasionally act in the Team Lead role. * Act as the designated expert for owned application ...

Joblift GmbH (USD CPC) - 54 days ago

What does a Software Development Lead do?

Software Development Lead

Design Enterprise wide applications utilizing technologies based on cloud, IoT, digital transformation, while demonstrating technology leadership across the organization and evangelizing our product direction.

January 20, 2020

Understands all phases of the company software development life cycle and how to apply the appropriate methodologies and processes to the situation at hand.

March 30, 2020

Develops complex solutions to business problems or customer engagements through in-depth analysis, coordination and negotiation with key decision makers.

April 11, 2020

Contribute technically, essential to the successful completion of projects and which lead to follow on opportunities and significant technology transfer.

April 23, 2020

Provides integrated systems planning and recommend new or different technologies which will Communicates recommended architectural vision, customer data protection strategies as well as cloud roadmap strategies and obtain buy-in from key internal stakeholders Collaborates with the product line architect to review solution design and roadmap Works closely with developers, analysts and business to build fully thought through solutions.

April 29, 2020

Actively manage workflow processes with the goal of solidifying the predictability and scalability of solutions while remaining flexible towards the management of multiple workstreams in a rapidly changing environment.

May 09, 2020

Participate in sprint activities and ceremonies including but not limited to backlog grooming, pre-planning, demos and retrospectives working closely with product owners to understand product specifics and to create corresponding test plan, quality standards, and strategies for the project.

May 23, 2020

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Average Hourly Wage

Core compensation

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47

Average Total Hourly Cash Compensation

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48

These charts show the average hourly wage (core compensation), as well as the average total hourly cash compensation for the job of Software Development Lead in the United States. The average hourly rate for Software Development Lead ranges from $41 to $57 with the average hourly pay of $47. The total hourly cash compensation, which includes base and short-term incentives, can vary anywhere from $42 to $59 with the average total hourly cash compensation of $48.

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