AHEAD
ahead.com
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AI Consulting & Integration
IT Consulting & Digital Transformation
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How AHEAD hires
Truth index
B 72/100
Median time to fill
68 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
91%
Reposted roles
0%
AHEAD scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 53 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 91% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 68 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
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- United States · H-1B filings in 12 months: 23 · green card filings: 4
Overview
AHEAD is an American IT consulting and managed services firm that helps enterprises build and run cloud, data, AI and automation platforms, covering infrastructure modernisation, security, cloud migration and ongoing managed operations. It works with major technology vendors and runs delivery teams across the United States and in Gurgaon, India, where much of its engineering hiring takes place. Its openings include solutions architects, full stack engineers, partner marketing managers and services partners. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at AHEAD over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
237
Postings analysed
147
Stack modernity
78/100AI adopter
Languages
Python31%
PowerShell17%
JavaScript15%
SQL7%
Frameworks & libraries
LangChain3%
React.js3%
LangGraph3%
Angular2%
Databases
Snowflake10%
BigQuery2%
Google BigQuery2%
ElasticSearch1%
Cloud & platforms
Azure43%
AWS38%
GCP26%
Windows17%
AI & ML
LLM11%
Claude4%
Falcon1%
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Full AHEAD tech stack
237 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$190k
Typical range
$46k – $400k
Open positions
91
86
Jobs
Junior
25.6%
Middle
5.8%
Senior
37.2%
Staff
7%
Principal
16.3%
Architect
8.1%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 22 | $88k | $46k – $100k |
| Middle | 5 | $130k | $54k – $170k |
| Senior | 32 | $238k | $105k – $400k |
| Staff | 6 | $163k | $58k – $200k |
| Principal | 14 | $235k | $200k – $390k |
| Architect | 7 | $225k | $175k – $300k |
Highest paying role
AI Sales Specialist
$400k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at AHEAD
By role, level and city, against the market · 91 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
71/100
Growing
Open positions
147
23 opened / 31 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
64 days
faster than 20% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Solutions
19% ▲
DevOps
14% ▼
Operations
9% ▲
Enterprise Apps
8% ▼
Backend
6%
Management
6% ▼
Actively hiring for Solutions (+10 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Radix UI to stack
Oct 2026
Added Vue.js to stack
Oct 2026
Added Tailwind CSS to stack
Oct 2026
Added shadcn/ui to stack
Oct 2026
Added Figma to stack
Oct 2026
Added Next.js to stack
Oct 2026
Added Monday.com to stack
Oct 2026
Added Red Teaming to stack
Sep 2026
Added NIST AI RMF to stack
Sep 2026
Added Falcon to stack
Sep 2026
New location: Reading
Sep 2026
New location: Hyderabad
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
38
Hiring now
37
Countries
5
Busiest office
Chicago
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Chicago
United States
HQ
14 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 64% engineering 7% remote 50-200 est. staff $133k Avg Salary
hires for DevOps, Solutions, Finance
Gurgaon
India
Support & operations
42 open roles 31 posted in 90 days 62% engineering 64% remote 500-1000 est. staff
hires for DevOps, Enterprise Apps, Solutions
Libertyville
United States
Plant / site
12 open roles 9 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 200-500 est. staff $87k Avg Salary
hires for Administrative, Industrial Engineering, Backend
New York
United States
Plant / site
10 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 30% engineering 10% remote 50-200 est. staff $202k Avg Salary
hires for DevOps, Solutions, Finance
Atlanta
United States
Support & operations
10 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10% remote 50-200 est. staff $165k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions, DevOps, Security
Los Angeles
United States
Sales office
6 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 17% remote 50-200 est. staff $267k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, DevOps, Networking
Nashville
United States
Plant / site
6 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 17% engineering 17% remote 50-200 est. staff $184k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions, Networking, Management
Hyderabad
Pakistan
Engineering / R&D
4 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 75% engineering 25% remote 50-200 est. staff
hires for DevOps, Analytics, Industrial Engineering
Phoenix
United States
Sales office
4 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 25% remote 50-200 est. staff $304k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, DevOps, Marketing
Boston
United States
Regional office
4 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $298k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions, Finance, Sales
Seattle
United States
Sales office
4 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 10-50 est. staff $343k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, DevOps, Solutions
San Ramon
United States
Sales office
4 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 10-50 est. staff $348k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, DevOps, Solutions
Sacramento
United States
Sales office
4 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 25% engineering 10-50 est. staff $348k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, DevOps, Solutions
Hyderabad
India
Support & operations
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for DevOps, Administrative, Industrial Engineering
Bengaluru
India
Support & operations
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for DevOps, Analytics, Industrial Engineering
Madison
United States
Regional office
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $280k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions, Finance
Dallas
United States
Regional office
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 33% remote 10-50 est. staff $158k Avg Salary
hires for Networking, Marketing, Solutions
San Francisco
United States
Regional office
3 open roles 33% engineering 10-50 est. staff $330k Avg Salary
hires for DevOps, Sales, Solutions
San Diego
United States
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff $300k Avg Salary
hires for DevOps, Solutions
Philadelphia
United States
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $273k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Solutions
Detroit
United States
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $283k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Solutions
Charlotte
United States
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $288k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions
Richmond
United States
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $288k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions
Austin
United States
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50% remote 10-50 est. staff $178k Avg Salary
hires for Marketing, Solutions
Denver
United States
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $395k Avg Salary
hires for Sales
San Jose
United States
2 open roles 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff $300k Avg Salary
hires for DevOps, Solutions
Newark
United States
2 open roles 10-50 est. staff $315k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Solutions
Breda
Netherlands
1 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $67k Avg Salary
hires for Operations
Irvine
United States
1 open roles 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff $300k Avg Salary
hires for DevOps
Somerset
United States
Plant / site
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $83k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions
Reading
United Kingdom
Support & operations
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $60k Avg Salary
hires for Administrative
Memphis
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $250k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions
Indianapolis
United States
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff $300k Avg Salary
hires for Solutions
Cincinnati
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $265k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Cleveland
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $265k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Jersey City
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $100k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Milwaukee
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $100k Avg Salary
hires for Finance
Birmingham
United States
Regional office
Birmingham
100 Concourse Parkway, Suite 135Birmingham, AL 35244
Jobs
$230k – $250k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 4+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Chicago
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$180k – $200k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • United States
Python
Go
JavaScript
Kotlin
TypeScript
Ruby
C#
Elixir
PostgreSQL
Snowflake
AI/ML
Model Context Protocol
dbt
LLM Guardrails
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
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$53k – $83k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • Chicago • Atlanta • New York
Python
JavaScript
PowerShell
Bash
Terraform
Ansible
Jenkins
Windows
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≈ $13k – $29k per year (Estimated) • Remote (India) • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Gurgaon
AI Agents
DevOps
Platform Engineering
Analytics
Tableau
Power BI
Alteryx
Microsoft Excel
Management
Outlook
Microsoft Office
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≈ $18k – $35k per year (Estimated) • Remote (India) • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Gurgaon
AI Agents
DevOps
Platform Engineering
Analytics
Tableau
Power BI
Alteryx
Microsoft Excel
Management
Outlook
Microsoft Office
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≈ $19k – $41k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Hyderabad
PowerShell
Terraform
Azure
Bicep
Cybersecurity
Microsoft Entra ID
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$150k – $175k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • United States
Python
PowerShell
Bash
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Platform Engineering
Incident Management
Linux
Windows
DNS
Cybersecurity
Least Privilege
Management
ITSM
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$200k – $230k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • United States
LLM
Anomaly Detection
Red Teaming
LLM Guardrails
NIST AI RMF
Agentic Workflows
DevOps
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Platform Engineering
Cybersecurity
OWASP Top 10
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≈ $19k – $43k per year (Estimated) • Remote (India) • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • India
Apex
MuleSoft
Databases
Snowflake
AI/ML
AI Agents
Analytics
Power BI
Management
Agile
Scrum
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≈ $23k – $51k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Gurgaon
ISO 27001
NIST CSF
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≈ $21k – $45k per year (Estimated) • Remote (India) • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Gurgaon
Python
PowerShell
Copilot
Cursor
Claude Code
Model Context Protocol
Vertex AI
Function Calling
AI Agents
Falcon
AWS Bedrock
LLM
RAG
OpenAI
Human-in-the-Loop
Red Teaming
LLM Guardrails
NIST AI RMF
Multi-Agent Systems
Tool Use
DevOps
Azure
AWS
Kubernetes
IAM
Cybersecurity
Okta
Crowdstrike
Zscaler
OWASP Top 10
Zero Trust
Microsoft Entra ID
SIEM
DLP
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≈ $25k – $58k per year (Estimated) • In office • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Gurgaon
PowerShell
Terraform
Azure DevOps
Azure
CI/CD
DNS
VPN
Cybersecurity
Least Privilege
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