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- Amazon SDE 2 vs Paypal Software Engineer 3 Hi, Have an offer from Amazon as SDE2 and Paypal as SE3. Paypal is paying 20k more and have a better vesting option 1/3 a year. Any thoughts which one should I pick ? Location - Bay Area Tc Amazon - 235k Tc paypal - 255k YOE - 4 Teams - Amazon’s team would be AWS - Aurora, Paypal’s team is still unk
- Amazon SDE 1 I just completed my interviews at Amazon for SDE 1 non AWS team. How much salary should I ask for the Recruiter if it all I am selected. I am not much familiar with pay scale and levels in SDE 1 can someone fimiliar help? What would be the suggested TC that I could negotiate with them? Location :
- Amazon L7 SDM top of band Expecting an offer soon and looking for what's top of band as an Amazon L7 SDM in Seattle Current TC: $705K
- vote Amazon L5 vs Google L3 SWE Hi everyone! Wanted to pose this question as I am going to have to make some tough decisions soon, I am currently at Cisco as G6 I passed both the Amazon L5 and Google L3 interviews (Hiring committee too) and currently in team matching for both, I have seen a similar post to this and wanted to see
- Hiring first software engineer for an Amazon Alexa team. Fully virtual role in the US. Team is small and consists of PMs and scientists currently. I'm an applied scientist manager and I'm hiring our first software engineer (L5 or L6) to lead the technical direction for the team. Low ops and only daytime oncall. Fully virtual in the US as well. The engineer will both support our custom
- Amazon L6 SDE Joined amazon as L6 SDE couple of weeks ago. Doubled my Microsoft 🥜 TC. Should I keep interviewing? I am a competitive programmer and I am very good in leetcode style interviews. Had good experiences on system design at Microsoft. But, I need little bit of work on expressing my design to the inter
- vote SDE Amazon VS Expedia I am an SDE2 at Amazon and I have an offer for SDE3 at Expedia. Should I go for it or stay at Amazon? YOE: 5 Years at Amazon: 2.5 Base salary at Expedia will be about 50% better. RSUs at Expedia will be about 0.5 my current ones (which I will lose by leaving) as VALUE. Stay (at Amazon) or Leave
- link Parental Leave Policy at Amazon - SDE/SDM While exploring, I came across different content as to parental leave policy at Amazon. What I need clarity on is: Birth Parents (mother/father) policy and any pre-requisites as to employment tenure. Checked these links - one mentions pre-requisite and other does not. https://www.amazon.jobs/en-
- Amazon L6 SDM offer in 2022 I have been selected for L6 SDM role in Amazon India and the salary negotiation is yet to begin. Anyone who got recent L6 SDM offers this year (2022) can share the range or numbers? Base + JB + Stocks. YOE: 20+ Current TC: 1.1 cr (50:50 cash + equity) #swe #engineering
- Amazon L4 SDE raise What is Amazon L4 SDE (non-AWS) existing employee raise with the new compensation band in the Bay Area? What is the % of the top of the band with meets or exceeds rating? TC: 195k #amazon #swe #compensation
- Meta M1 EM to Amazon L7 SDM? Is it possible to move from the role of Meta M1 EM to Amazon L7 SDM? In what scenarios is it possible? TIA TC: 450K
- Amazon SDE L5 position I got a verbal acceptance from recruiter. Recruiter has setup two calls - One with HM first and another with a Recruiter. Recruiter said compensation number will be shared only after the call with HM. #1 - What to expect in a call with HM? What things are suggested to discuss with HM? #2 - Any t
- SDE teams at Amazon Hyderabad vs Amazon Bangalore? For SDE 1 ( fresher) which is better Amazon Hyderabad or Amazon Bangalore? I am not aware which team is situated in which city. So if someone can list some good team in each city that would be great. ( like kindle team is in Chennai) Right now I have to submit my location preference after which te
- vote L7 Google or SDE II Amazon I’m an L7 at Google, but Amazon reached out with the opportunity to interview for an SDE II position. I don’t know what to do. I thought I was doing pretty well, but you should always keep your options open right? YOE: ~20 TC: +700k
- Amazon sdm wlb How is wlb for a Amazon SDM? I have a offer, but wife is worried that I will not be able to spend any time with family. I am ok not growing to a L7. #wlb #amazon #sdmamazon Current TC: 470k New TC : around 600k, still negotiating
- Amazon India SDE Benefits Hi Amazonians, What are some of the benefits you guys receive ? I suspect it's team dependent (like everything else at amazon). But in general, what are the benefits of your team ? Things like Employee discount, learning and development budget, WFH Setup, etc...? Blind Tax: TC: 5 LPA, 2.5 YOE #a
- Internal Amazon transfer | Upleveling possible? | SWE Asking for a friend. They are L5 (SDE 2) right now and currently performing at the next level. They got contacted for L6 role on LinkedIn within Amazon. Is it possible to interview at next level and join the new team? Or does upleveling at Amazon only happen through promotion? #swe #amazon
- vote Youngest SDM at Amazon? One of my university friends (a few years younger than me) just told me she became L6 SDM at Amazon (Seattle). She is in her mid 20s - is that even possible? I thought L6 typically means a lot older? #amazon
- SDM Amazon If given a choice which role will you choose TPM vs SDM? I am planning to transition to SDM role in Amazon and wanted to understand the process and things to watch out for. How good is SDM job in Amazon and Google?
- vote Interview for Amazon SDE 2? I have the opportunity to interview for Amazon SDE 2. However I don’t have many stories from my relatively short time at Google that I could use as examples for the LP questions. I’m also worried that if I mess up really badly that I’ll have a 2 year cooldown period (this is the longest cooldown per
- Amazon FinTech SWE What are the good teams in the financial technology group at amazon? What are the bad? Also any experience with this org will be helpful! thanks ahead TC 150 #amazon #fintech #financetechnology #financetech
- vote Amazon L5 or Adobe SDE-4 Hello Fellow Blinders, Posting for a friend, as he is in dilemma. He joined Adobe couple of months back, and has now received a revised offer from Amazon (had cleared interviews earlier but compensation offered was lower than Adobe) Adobe SDE-4 TC - ~320K + 30K joining bonus(first year) Amazon L5
- New SDM L6 Amazon band? I’m expecting an offer and want to know what’s the new band for AWS L6 SDM in Seattle? I see it going from $380K to $670K on levels. Not sure what to think of such wide range. Is there any new band structure, now that stock price has fallen ~30% ? #offer #amazonaws #sdmamazon Total YOE: 14 YOE man
- Salesforce AMTS vs Amazon SDE 2 It’s an unusual situation but title says it all. Need help from fellow blind community in deciding. Salesforce offer: Base - 130k Sign on - 25k Relocation - 11k Stocks - 25k/year for 4 years Amazon offer: Yet to get complete offer but expecting more than Salesforce’s Both locations are in Seattle
- Amazon Hyderabad Hiring SDE and PA Hey Blind Community! Please hear me out before going nuts in the comments My team at Hyderabad is hiring for SDE and PA profiles. Good manager (which is a rarity at Amazon), great team, awesome WLB, remote as long as possible (manager in no hurry to RTO), not much OE load, chance for good exposure
- AMZN SWE L6 offer in Seattle What's the breakdown for max L6 SWE offer in Seattle? Aws recruiter told me I cleared the interviews and I am assuming we'll have a phone conversation and be able to negotiate. Can you please share max offer base, signon and stock for L6 SWE in Seattle. Current TC: 320k
- How do Amazon SDE raises work? Do you request? Can you only get a raise with a promo? #amazon
- Amazon SDM L7 promo TC What's the pay bump one can expect when promoted to L7 SDM at Amazon? Obviously I don't think they'll get the same offer as external candidates. Is Lower 500k ish realistic? And since majority of it is RSUs so does it mean your new stocks don't vest until a year later? So for an entire year one is o
- Passed Amazon L6 SDM phone screen Any tips for onsite? I'd prefer folks who want to hate on Amazon stay off this thread.
- Amazon Europe SDE while interning at Amazon India Hello, I am currently interning at Amazon India (PPO based on performance) but wants to work in Amazon EU offices, so I had applied there from my another mail id and also got the interview call from Amazon Luxembourg for SDE role. Some of my friends are saying that if I got selected for SDE role and
- Amazon India salary range for L6 SDM? What is the new L6 range for Amazon for SDM. Is it worth to pursue the same? Blind tax TC 1.64(Base+variable+stocks) YOE 15+ I want to pursue L7 but looks like it is difficult for my YOE #faang #amazoncompensation
- Dear software engineers, don’t join Amazon/AWS. I saw a post about the same topic. Writing to give one more support to it. Just don’t come to Amazon. I’ve been here for 2 years. The worst thing here is the career opportunities. Honestly, I did barely any coding for the last 2 years. (FYI, Im in AWS and my org is one of the super major products.
- Amazon SDE II I got a soft yes from my recruiter for an SDE-2 position. We are yet to discuss numbers. Need suggestions on the TC Location: Austin YOE : 6
- Amazon SDM AMA As an EM or SDM I'm seeing lots of craziness about the Amazon culture and vibe. Let's see how this goes TC: 400k YOE: 11 (6 IC, 5 EM) Texas 3yrs @Amazon as L6
- Amazon embedded software team Hi, I got an embedded software offer at Amazon. I was given the option to choose a team. Could you share any embedded software team with a decent wlb and growth ? I am aware of the pip culture
- vote Amazon SDM question I saw some SDM at amazon with just 6 yoe with no prior management experience. How does that even possible ? What do they really look for in the SDM interviews? Yoe: 6 TC: 170k
- link Amazon L6 SDM offer I am receiving an offer for L6 SDM from Amazon AWS group for Seattle. I went through recent numbers from levels.fyi and blind. Anyone wants to share details about recent comp breakdown and top of the band for Seattle? Current TC : 240K YoE: 15 YoE as manager: 5 #offer #amazonaws #amazon #sdmamazon
- vote SDE II at Amazon, Software II at Flexport, L4 at Google ? I had a lot of success in my recent job search - and am now considering 3 roughly equivalent offers in terms of total comp (170/75/25) from Amazon,Flexport, and Google I have about a year of experience at 3 no-name companies. My base salary now is ~200k - with TC maybe 250k. Currently Im a datascie
- Soon SDE III @amzn vs SWE L4 @google I’m currently an SDE II. Got an offer from Google for an L4 position. Manager at Amazon said I should get promoted in Q2-Q3 2022. Should I stay or should I go? TC @ amzn: 240K Offer @ google: 276K context: L4 at google is roughly equivalent to L5 at amazon
- Amazon L6 SDM offer? I got a verbal pre-offer from Amazon NYC for L6 SDM, recruiter said that it can not be more than 500k max TC, and that even 500k would be above band. What do you think about this? What's the L6 SDM band? Is it possible to push for 550 or 600? I have competing offers. YOE 15
- Rate my Amazon SDE 2 offer(Remote) I’ve recently got an offer from Amazon for ~355k total comp. Debating if its good enough since I've seen 400k+ SDE 2 offers around here. Current TC ~310k 180k base ~20k bonus 110k in options/year (based on current company share price but company not public) Amazon TC: ~355k 180k base y1 170k sign
- Amazon L5 SDM max salaries What are the recent highest L5 SDM salaries you have seen/heard for Amazon ? I had one bad interview in my L6 SDM loop & decision is not inclined for L6 but a potential L5 offer. So looking for option to negotiate to best option.
- Amazon SDM L6 compensation I have ~15 years of experience and got SDM L6 job at Amazon Dallas. I have compensation discussion tomorrow. Please help on max base salary and bonus that I can quote as this is my first time dealing with FAANG HR. Thank you for your guidance.
- vote Amazon L7 vs Meta E6 SWE In current market situation, which one would you pick for a new offer without any additional information about the offers. TC: 400K
- Amazon - SDE II, Prime Video, Bangalore Hi, I have got an offer from Amazon Prime Video in Bangalore. I wanted to know about the work culture within the team and the stack they use. Any help will be appreciated. YOE ~ 4 years Current CTC - 16L Offered CTC - 41 LPA (Base) + 40L (Bonus (22L on first-year + 18L on second-year) + 25 Units of
- vote Down-leveling data point AMZN -> GOOG (SWE) I see a lot of posts that recommend OPs against joining Google with a down-level. I wanted to share a personal data point. I'm not sure if it's a positive or negative (or somewhere in between) data point though. So I'm also adding a poll to get your insights. Joined AMZN in Seattle after undergrad
- Amazon SDE work environment Is it true that the work life balance is not good at Amazon for SDE? Folks in the pst said it was very stressful and a developer ends up working longer than 8 hours. Is it still the same or things changed?
- Amazon SDE salary I applied for Amazon SDE role. It’s basic qualifications were 0-1 year experience. It’s preferred qualifications were 2+ years. It’s located in Bay Area. Based off this, what could be the following: 1. Base salary 2. Stocks 3. Sign on bonus. I heard they have increased it during pandemic to attract
- Amazon L5 SDM Canada Amazon HMs in Blind, anyone hiring L5 SDMs in Canada? TC: 200K
- Best teams in Amazon (Software development)? I know Amazon has a bad reputation. But people on Blind keep saying that it is highly team dependent. What are the teams in Amazon #swe that have good or decent WLB?