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In São Paulo, Brazil (the best-paying city in Br) it goes more or less like this: All of these are monthly salaries: A good jr developer salary: R$4500 +- R$1
by soneca 8y ago
In São Paulo, Brazil (the best-paying city in Br) it goes more or less like this:
All of these are monthly salaries:
A good jr developer salary: R$4500 +- R$1500 (today, ~US$1200 +- US$400)
A good middle-level developer salary: R$7500 +- R$1500 (today, ~US$1900 +- US$400)
A good senior developer salary: R$12000 +- R$2500 (today, ~US$3200 +- US$700)
A good tech leader developer salary: R$18000 +- R$3500 (today, ~US$4800 +- US$900)
The highest salary for pure software development that I heard is R$30000 (today, ~U$12000). More than that only for CTO-like roles at big companies.
In terms of ease to get a job, it is ridiculously easy. A struggling startup fired 10 developers and let the market know that they were open to offers. In one week all of them were already working at another company. All of them and already working (not just receiving an offer). We get LinkedIn messages from recruiters all the time. The more senior ones get around 3 to 5 messages a day from recruiters. A little bit harder for juniors, but still easy enough compared to other professions.
The quality of work varies a lot. I like a lot my current work and company, but this one is hard to generalize.
- ffumarola 8y agoWhat are some of the top tech companies? I have to imagine the normal ones like Google, Facebook, and Amazon. But then more local companies would be UOL, Itau, Banco do Brasil, Bradesco, etc?
- soneca 8y agoGoogle, Facebook and Amazon don't have as much developer positions in Brazil. Engineering is mostly done elsewhere and the offices here are more comercial people. The banks indeed are good places and pay very well, but there are a few smaller startups that are very good employers. Nubank and Creditas (the largest fintechs), PlataformaTec (founder is the creator of elixir), Thoughtworks has an office here.