Moved to Canada recently from India. Got an offer but still am confused abt the salaries we get for sde2 roles over here. Got lot of resources to knw info abt US salary ranges, BT I get minimalistic info abt Canada market as I dnt have many frnds n resources to find such info. So I would like to knw what would be the salary range for big shots like Amazon, Google or any Othr big company in Canada. I heard in US they pay u around 150-180k$ as base n topped wit nearly 100k$ as stocks n bonus for a 5yrs software engg candidate on an avg case. So what would be the picture of above numbers in Canada market?
$80k USD in Canada is an amazing salary if you are talented. Or $100k Canadian. TN visas are extremely heavily scrutinized now. So don’t even bother coming here unless you get a H1
I heard they are easy to get....y is it tough to get TN visa?
@apple that’s the first time I have heard that TN visas are highly scrutinized etc..., care to elaborate how the hell is it worse than h1b?
I would say sde 2 would be over 120k base. Stock varies by company. Microsoft is bad at those refreshers, merely 25 ish k for 5 years. However sign on (bonus and stock) is your negotiation power. I won't be surprised if Google pays much better and they should. At Amazon an SDE2 can go above 200k total compensation with around the same base as above. Oh and I am from Canada so ignore the second hand info you see by others. Yes pay is lower than us. But it gets much worse for ppl who had an entry level us offer and then got transferred to Canada because of no visa. Their pay is reduced to match Canadian market. Plus it's foolish to compare currency difference unless you are talking about saving and going back to a 3rd world country. You live in Canada, spend mainly in cad. Live in us spend in usd. For the majority of expense currency diff is not relevant. If you negotiate a good sign on stock, it is in usd so might turn out better money in Canada.
Thanks for the valuable information... So u saying Amazon gonna pay roughly 120k CAD + 80K USD(stocks) per year ??
You r welcome. Net effect yes but not exactly like that. Amazon has 5 15 35 45 ish kinda stock structure. And they compensate first two years by sign on. So may be something like 120 + 70 + 10 first year and so on. However like every other situation this might not be their first offer and usually bonus and stock are prone to negotiation. I said CAN go above 200. I didn't say that's the average or standard and i have no way of knowing that. But I know they can and do pay that for SDE2 in Canada.
100k CAD base + 100k USD stock. This is an offer for new grads
You would live like a king here. 5b5b SFH for 400k 2 years ago when I was there.
Hey...so wat would be packages for a 5yr exp candidate... Any wild guess? I didn't understand your 2nd comment, can u plz help me out in clarifying
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Hey I see u frm shopify....how much does a sde2 software engineers wit roughly 5 yrs of exp earn.... Hope u can explain in terms of the band for base & stocks and if any joining bonus!!
@adithyamai pm me
Rejected by Shopify on an intern interview even though I thought I did well..so disheartening..
I didn't even get a call from Shopify. Applied 3 times now. Feel like a piece of shit
Sorry to hear that man. Did you intern at Microsoft Canada?
Is 110k cad + 15% bonus + 40k cad (yearly equity) good offer for 8 yoe in Canada ?
No
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Don't expect salaries like US in Canada...100k would be decent amount in Canada....