Sounds realistic to me, except the expected salary range. 200K-250K USD in Europe as simple individual contributor is extremely unlikely. If we are talking abou

Sounds realistic to me, except the expected salary range. 200K-250K USD in Europe as simple individual contributor is extremely unlikely. If we are talking about a very senior engineer (more than 15 years of software engineering is experience) then we are talking more about a position like Principal Engineer or so. Not all tech companies in Europe have even such positions. I would say a more realistic salary range for a staff engineer (which is a more popular role in many companies for engineers who are very senior) is probably ~120K. And getting this kind of salary at these kind of companies is not easy. Now, of course there are perhaps 10 or so companies in Europe who can pay ~180K for a Staff position. But that’s like winning the lottery.