$175k is actually becoming fairly common for Senior Engineers at funded startups (post Series B usually). $160k is already pretty normal. I tell people that a

$175k is actually becoming fairly common for Senior Engineers at funded startups (post Series B usually). $160k is already pretty normal. I tell people that a Senior Engineer should expect $225k in total comp. That's a reasonable base line at any of the big companies (Google/Facebook/Netflix/etc). You can take less than that, but you should be able to roughly itemize the reasons for discount. ("Startup stock options have an expected value of $X per year.", "Leadership opportunities are worth $Y per year.", " Being able to use a certain technology is worth $Z per year.", etc.)