You won't know until you ask. It depends on your org, clearly, but in general large companies are somewhat supportive of mobility, because it means they don't l

You won't know until you ask. It depends on your org, clearly, but in general large companies are somewhat supportive of mobility, because it means they don't lose you to somebody else. Find a job you actually care about. Chat with the manager. See what they need. Good chance nothing comes off it, but at least some chance it opens doors for you. Maybe not even immediately, but six months later that manager mentions to another manager "Hey, X cares about Y - aren't you staffing up a new effort?" Without a paycut might be slightly harder, but usually large orgs operate, for better or worse, on "all software engineers are interchangeable cogs". This is one areas where that actually can play to your advantage ;)