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I've heard of Amazon paying between $200 and $300K for software engineers, but this is the first time I've heard of them paying $500K! Goodness, I don't have an
by halfnibble 8y ago
I've heard of Amazon paying between $200 and $300K for software engineers, but this is the first time I've heard of them paying $500K!
Goodness, I don't have any work/life balance now, so it really makes me wonder if I shouldn't start applying at Amazon.
- JohnJamesRambo 8y agoIt may be time for me to start listening to the people saying a bear market is coming.
- cowsandmilk 8y agothe 500k is due to Amazon's stock value going up. The amount of stock you'll be receiving is set several years out and is frequently a major portion of your salary. Amazon's stock tripling has put many people at high salaries. OP is an SDE3, which levels.fyi puts at $154,259 base, $150,648 stock, $19,227 bonus. The stock goes up 3x in the years between the grant and when you vest, you are making tons of money. Most people don't expect Amazon's stock to triple again in the next few years.
- halfnibble 8y agoThank you for clarifying!
- yazaddaruvala 8y agoFrom the description in the blog post, the author was a high performing L6 SDE[0] getting paid the rates of an L7 SDE[0] because he was about to get promoted. Amazon has very few L7+ SDEs (~1% of SDEs). So when you read that salary, you have to remember the author is relatively rare even within Amazon. [0] https://www.levels.fyi/SE/Amazon/Facebook/Google https://www.levels.fyi/SE/Amazon/Facebook/Google
- DVassallo 8y agoYes, I was told to not expect another big increase after the L7 promotion.