Nov 01, 2025 
17 mins to read Hey everyone, I'm COCO～
To be honest, this morning while organizing the MyJob.one backend data, I was startled by the salary ranges for these high-end positions...uh, it's like that first cup of pour-over Gesha coffee kind of shock. You know? The average annual salary for a Senior Engineering Manager has already exceeded $250,000!
Sigh, thinking about that candidate I met in Shanghai last week, he was still hesitant about transitioning to the Product Security Engineering - Paved Paths position. Actually... (stirring coffee) the development paths between these roles are particularly interesting.
Golden Opportunities in the Public Sector
Last month, I handled a case for a DevOps Account Executive - US Public Sector position that was particularly typical. The candidate was the former Sales Director of a cloud service provider in Washington, and at that time he asked me: 'Are Web3 government projects really reliable?'
To be honest, I also questioned this in 2022. But later I thought... (flipping through notebook) now with the U.S. Treasury's digital dollar pilot programs, state-level blockchain government system tenders, isn't this just the crypto version of the cloud computing wave from a decade ago?
The Threefold Realm of Engineering Management
Last night, seeing the job posting from a DAO in the Slack group, I suddenly realized the differences of the Senior Engineering Manager title across different contexts...
- Traditional tech companies: Focus on OKR achievement and personnel stability
- Web3 startups: Need to combine knowledge of smart contracts with team autonomy
- Open source communities: More like a technical evangelist
Last week, meeting an old friend Alex in Berlin, he said it perfectly: 'Now managing engineers is like tuning a ZK-Rollup—you need to ensure final consistency while tolerating temporary forks.'
The Transformative Journey of Security Engineers
Talking about the Product Security Engineering - Paved Paths position... (setting down the coffee cup) this emerging direction actually颠覆了 the traditional positioning of security roles. You know? Last year, a candidate who had jumped from Pinterest mentioned that his previous experience with bug bounty platforms actually became a negative factor.
The current demand leans more towards:
- Able to design developer-friendly security toolchains
- Understanding compliance automation (especially important in DeFi)
- Using metrics to drive security decisions
The Delicate Balance of Reliability Engineers
Sigh, every time I see the JD for a Customer Reliability Engineer III position, I feel a bit confused... the definitions of 'reliability' vary too much among companies. Some want SREs, others expect technical support experts, and some are actually looking for product managers.
Thinking it over... (turning pen) this precisely reflects the uniqueness of Web3 services:
- Need to ensure SLAs for off-chain services
- Must understand the finality of on-chain transactions
- Also need to soothe customers scared off by gas fees
Cross-Language Technical Support
Seeing that the salary for a Support Engineer (Enterprise Support Japanese) position is 35% higher than its peers... I suddenly recalled an experience during my layover at Tokyo Haneda Airport. Japanese companies' requirements for response speed are simply stringent—a problem report received at 2 AM expects an initial analysis by 4 AM.
The most fascinating aspect of these positions is that: while the technical depth may not match development roles, they demand extremely high proficiency in:
- Cross-cultural explanation of technical concepts
- Controlling communication pace under pressure
- Discovering product improvement points from support cases
The Art of Technical Collaboration
Talking about the Technical Partner Manager position... (flipping through meeting notes) last year at the Lisbon Web3 Summit, I heard a brilliant analogy: 'This role is like the UN interpreter of the blockchain world.'
They need to:
- Understand the technical constraints at the protocol layer
- Be able to evaluate the code quality of ecosystem partners
- Also translate business terms into developers' language
Final Thoughts and Suggestions
Actually... (stretching) writing all this isn't to create anxiety. On the contrary! What I want to say is that while these high-end positions have countless细分方向, the core competency model is相通的.
After seeing too many success cases on MyJob.one, I've found that the three key elements are always:
- Transferable problem-solving skills
- The meta-skill of quickly learning new tech stacks
- The ability to understand business requirements through an engineering mindset
Let's chat next time～ Remember to stay curious and patient, because the pace of job evolution in this industry is much faster than subway transfers!
