Mark Goldberger

GTM engineer might be the hardest seat to fill in tech right now. 893 GTM engineer roles were posted between July and September, up from 232 in the same quarter last year. Median total pay is sitting around $191K, and lead roles are listing at $180K to $250K+. The best-known training ground for the role is Clay, so we looked at where their GTM team has landed over the last year. Presenting the Clay GTM alumni class of 2026: 1. ✌🏽Dorothy Huynh, Hex GTM Engineer, Marketing Systems Previously: GTM Engineer, Clay 2. Manny Adelstein, Cognition GTM Operations Previously: GTM Operations, Clay 3. Juan Ravagli, Lovable Founding GTM Partnerships (AMER, LATAM) Previously: GTM Partnerships Lead, Clay 4. Anjali Surana, Gamma GTM Data Engineer Previously: Growth & Ops, Clay 5. Bodie Currier, Profound GTM Engineer Previously: Growth Engineering, Clay 6. Ashley Williams, Multiply Founding GTM Previously: GTM, Strategic Accounts, Clay 7. Molly Murphy, Shield Director of Revenue Operations Previously: Manager, Sales (GTM), Clay A few went and built their own thing too, with George LoSasso, Tara Debek, sagar tiwari and Daniil Plokhikh all leaving GTM engineering seats at Clay to found companies. Clay has become one of the best places to hire a GTM engineer from, which says a lot about the team they've built there. Congrats to all of them!