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- Plaid Offer Hi all, received an offer at Plaid with the following breakdown. Remote team. Base: 225k RSU: 900k/4 Sign on: 75k Yoe: 4.5 Is this good?
- vote Plaid offer review Got an offer from Plaid last week. Role: Tech / Engineer Yoe: 6 Level: E5 (maps to L6 Amazon) Location: Remote TC: $365k (recruiter mentioned we can work on breakdown later) How does this look? Any room for negotiation? Current TC: $200k Edit: I’ve read couple of posts on Blind where candidates
- vote Meta vs Plaid Offers Plaid Offer: 135 base, 62.5/yr stock, 35 signing TC: 232 yr 1, 197 recurring [No bonus/refreshers to my knowledge] Meta Offer ("rockstar" offer): 124 base (10% bonus), 55/yr stock, 75 signing TC: 266 yr 1, 191 recurring Wanted to update post with narrowed down options since deadline is coming up s
- vote Plaid offer thoughts? Currently have an offer from plaid. TC is about 180k for l3 Have 2 other offers (airbnb & snowflake) that are offering about 220-230k tc for l4 Plaid seems to have some nice growth potential though, any thoughts? Is the short term pay difference going to pay off in the future? And a lower level fo
- vote Nuro vs Meta vs Google vs Plaid Offers Nuro Offer (Expected): 154 base (12% bonus target), 59/yr stock, 30 signing TC: 261 yr 1, 231 recurring Plaid Offer: 135 base, 62.5/yr stock, 35 signing TC: 232 yr 1, 197 recurring [No bonus/refreshers to my knowledge] Google Offer: 131 base (15% bonus), 215 / 4 yrs stock (33-33-22-12 schedule)
- vote Plaid vs. Rubrik offers I’m posting this for a friend. They recently got offers from both places TC: Plaid: 197k (SLC) Rubrik: 234k (165k base, 10% bonus, rest is in equity) (remote) RSUs: Plaid: 250k/4 @ 13BB eval Rubrik: 212k/4 @ 3BB eval and about to raise another round of funding Role: SWE 2 YOE: 1 Thanks
- vote Brex, Stripe, Plaid, and Robinhood Offers Need some help picking a company. I've narrowed my current list down based upon a combination of team/company fit, TC (and potential if pre-IPO), levels. The problem I'm having is gauging how bullish I should be on some of these companies doing better than the other (in particular, Robinhood and Bre
- vote Plaid vs Facebook offers Deciding between two offers Plaid SDE1 180ktc @ 13b valuation Facebook E4 260ktc Feel like plaid kind of lowballed me with the leveling here. But the company seems awesome, and not sure if there’s lots of upside here? Looking for some help on deciding Yoe 2 current tc 150k
- Plaid Senior SDE Offer Hi all, received an offer at Plaid with the following breakdown. Remote team. Base: 225k RSU: 900k/4 Sign on: 75k Yoe: 4.5 Is this good?
- vote Stripe v. Plaid Sales Offers Stripe - $242 K TC including annual value grant Plaid - $238 K TC including RSUs I'm really torn about this one. On the one hand, I think I like Stripe's products better and they obviously are bigger/ more scale than Plaid. However, I don't like the annual value grant because you get zero upside if
- Plaid L4 offer expectations? What is the plaid max L4 offer? The breakdown would be really helpful. What are the company benefits? Any possibility that one can get L5 equivalent compensation? (Got downleveled because of yoe). 5 YOE, 290k
- Evaluate offer at Plaid Have a verbal software engineer offer at Plaid. I expect the offer to be pretty compelling considering they know I have one other offer. TC from the other offer is in and around $340k* *TC is pretty hard to calculate from a startup. The existing offer is based on most optimistic outcomes in the ne
- Plaid Senior Full Stack Developer Offer Hi everyone, I’ve recently received a senior offer from Plaid for a remote role. The break down is as follows: Base: 215k RSU: 1m over 4 years at the current valuation Sign on: 100k year one 50k year two Recruiter says this is their top of band offer but I’ve seen them go upwards to 1.2m for sto
- vote Offer help Coinbase/Rubrik/Plaid Need help deciding offers and especially with which company has the most upside Coinbase: 145k base/250k$ rsu/20k sign-on Rubrik: 170k base/220k$ rsu/20k sign-on/15% annual bonus Plaid: 130k base/200k$ rsu/15k sign on All offers at current valuation and remote Current tc: 200k Yoe: 2
- link Plaid offer - 2 yoe? What do Plaid's offers for 2 yoe look like? I'm looking at level.fyi and it looks like 2 yoe engineers are usually mapped to E3 and get < $250,000 TC. Is that accurate? I'm far along the process with a few other places so I'm trying to decide whether I want to start the process with Plaid TC: $24
- vote Offers from Plaid, Robinhood, Square & Instacart EDITED: Hi! I'm currently recruiting for non-tech roles and have offers from Plaid, Robinhood, Square & Instacart. TCs range between $340K - $410K, depending on the company. All four roles are in more exciting companies and/or spaces that what I am doing today, would be technically lateral moves, b
- Need help with PLAID offer #plaid #ipo #valuation #fintech #offer #tc Hi Plaid employees, my friend non tech just got an offer with $145k base (no bonus) + $200k worth of RSU in 4 yrs at last round funding $13.4B valuation. I have a few questions to help him evaluate the offer 1) How is the RSU amount for non tech senior (t
- link What is Plaid L4 offer like I looked up on levels.fyi which says 268k, seem inaccurate? Also numbers on Blind has a lot of variation, can someone who got offers recently share numbers? Thank you! #plaid #swe
- Can Plaid match an offer from Waymo Recently received an offer of ~270k TC from Waymo and was told that my feedback for Plaid onsite was looking good. Can Plaid match/beat Waymo for 2.5 YOE? I resisted giving a number first to Plaid, so no recruiter heartbeat on it yet. Current TC: 150 #Plaid
- Got offer from plaid but in strange immigration situation Hi All, I got a really good offer from Plaid. But while I was in the process of interviewing my immigration situation changed. My h1B was not selected and my current company sent me to Canada on a work permit. The offer that I got from Plaid is US based. Is their a chance that Plaid will onboard me
- Plaid Just Subtly Announced IPO Plans for 2022 Congrats to Plaid and everyone who works there! Interview with the CEO hinted at plans for an early 2022 IPO! Given their current progression I think they will IPO around the 30b valuation. If you haven’t made the move there yet I highly recommend!
- vote Pre-IPO company for PM: Plaid vs Airtable vs webflow Have started interview process with bunch of pre-IPO companies. These are all the companies I admire for their products, but worried about over-valuation. Don't know much about TC yet but it would be less than FAANGs of course. Any comments would be helpful! TC: 240k YOE: 8
- Investing in pre IPO Plaid using Forge global/EquityZen? Has anyone utilized these options? Are they legit?
- How likely are decently established unicorns like Plaid, Scale, and Figma to IPO? People often say that RSU's or equity from pre-ipo companies are 'paper' money. I can understand that sentiment for early stage startups at Series A, B, or C. But what about decently established unicorns like Plaid, Scale AI, or Figma that are all hovering around the 10B valuation mark (not as late
- Plaid Valuation Speculate. Go. Got an offer this month. how much higher than 13.4 billion is their valuation? how to value their equity tc 550k L6 plaid TC 650k l6 #plaid #startups #tech
- vote Plaid v.s. Rippling Got offers from Plaid and Rippling. Plaid: TC 500K Rippling: TC 540K 240K-ish Base for both and the rest is equity (both are in RSU). Plaid seems to have pretty good culture. My only concern is about the upside with the 13B valuation. Any suggestions on the offer and why? Current TC 420K, YOE 8
- vote Counter Offer Not at JPM Chase. Working at Disney Streaming and got an offer from Plaid. Plaid offer 180k+300k RSUs for 4yr vest Disney Counter offer 250k + 75k RSUS/yr
- Does Brex have any more upside left? Also looking at other fintech though. Ramp and plaid to be specific. Let’s assume I have similar offers from Brex and Plaid. Applying to Ramp next. Totally confused which one is a better choice. - like that Brex let’s you choose the split. In this market maybe one should go 90/10 but you are locked
- Why is Plaid strike price so high ($1000)? There are reports that investors have "offered as much as $1,200 for each [Plaid] company share." How is this possible? Unless I'm misunderstanding, even wildly successful IPOs rarely crack $150/share. So why would anyone pay ~9x that? Also, is the price per share of pre-IPO RSUs usually around th
- vote Stripe vs Plaid vs Scale AI vs Google (New Grad) Stripe Offer: 273 yr 1, 233 yr 2, 213 recurring TC (+ bonus/refreshers) Plaid Offer: 232 yr 1, 197 recurring TC Scale AI Offer: 217 yr 1, 197 recurring TC Google Offer: unknown, pending product area match Updating post with a couple newer options, team is unknown for all. Stripe has annual value gr
- Plaid L4 compensation band Current 198.5kTC @ HCOL/3yoe Offers on hand: Plaid E4 offer of 248kTC @ HCOL (160k base + 352k in RSUs) Stripe L2 offer of 317.5kTC @ HCOL (175k base + 10% target + 50k sign-on + 450k in RSUs) Robinhood L2 offer of 297.5kTC @ HCOL (175k base + 50k signing + 10% target + 370k in RSUs) These are all
- link Plaid absolutely popping off Been hearing more and more about Plaid these days. Just read the feature from techcrunch today as well https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/13/inside-plaids-plans-to-build-a-new-global-finance-network/ Seems like the eng culture and WLB is celebrated as amazing after talking to some people there, compan
- vote Affirm vs. Plaid vs. Google Would love some thoughts on the following offers! All remote US HCOL. Affirm L6 (Senior): $350k TC Plaid E4: $340k TC Google L4: $330k TC YOE: 4 Current TC: 🥜
- Plaid - Bull and Bear Case What do you think is the bull case for Plaid? What do you think is the bear case for Plaid? Is the current valuation justified? If you recently interviewed there and got an offer - why did you decide to join / not join? #equity #startup #IPO #tech #fintech #offer #interview TC 750+ YOE 11
- Plaid Valuation Is Plaid overvalued at 13.5B? How do their future prospects compare to other rising fintech companies like Brex or Stripe? What are their chances of 3xing from here on? Would you join them now, or is it too late? TC 620k E6 #plaid #fintech #preipo #ipo #startup #tech
- Is Plaid worth going Got an E5 offer from Plaid. I don’t have a lot info about this company. Is it worth joining Plaid based on its current valuation? Offer isn’t finalized yet. Recruiter said TC will be like 400k-450k but negotiable.
- Mega Pre IPO $500K+ Thread 10+ YOE What are the best Pre-IPO companies to join in 2022? Role: Staff Software Engineer YOE: 10+ Domain: Distributed Systems, ML/AI Databricks Stripe Instacart Plaid Brex FlexPort Discord Airtable Carta Chime Figma Reddit Lacework Do you guys think joining above companies would make us $3M+ after IP
- Best employers in NYC - min 500k TC I'm going to start applying soon in NYC, have I missed any? Looking for a ~$500k Staff offer. List is sorted by descending order of Blind WLB scores: Google Two Sigma Asana LinkedIn Jump Trading Slack Figma Salesforce Dropbox Twitter Hudson River Trading Plaid Jane Street Capital DE Shaw Datadog
- link What IPOs of 2022 are you most excited about? And why? Here’s a list to work with: https://news.crunchbase.com/news/2022-startup-ipo-predictions-stripe-klarna-plaid-instacart-thrasio/
- Plaid refreshers Anyone know if/how good refreshers are at Plaid? Going on site with them soon and it would help with potential offer eval. TC 310k YOE 10 #plaid
- vote Plaid vs Linkedin Given that the offers from both Plaid and Linkedin are same as well as the work life balance in both companies is comparable. Which one would you chose? Inclined towards plaid due to possibility of it being pre IPO.
- vote Discord vs. Plaid Which to join as a mid-level engineer, offers being equal? Bonus points for elaborating why. TC: $230k + $70k sign-on YOE: 2 #discord #plaid
- Plaid technical support engineer Any TSEs at plaid that are willing to give the expected pay range? Have 8 years of experience + a masters degree Haven’t received an offer #plaid
- Fintech hiring slowing down? Are any of you working at fintech noticing a slow down in hiring for engineers? Less offers being put out, bar raising, less interviews on your schedule than normal, or anything like that? TC $220k #square #stripe #paypal #affirm #brex #coinbase #robinhood #chime #plaid
- How is Plaid doing? Everything in the search history for plaid is about the acquisition How is it at Plaid now? Is culture and wlb still really good? What is a standard senior SWE offer there?
- link Remote work + $$$ Trying to create a list. Which companies offer fully remote and approximately same TC (10-15 percent hit) irrespective of location? I'll go first Square/Block Twilio (pays 🥜) Meta Twitter Addepar -------------------------- Blind curated Linkedin Box VMware Reddit Zillow Affirm Better Compass Blen
- vote Top company to join as new grad? Nuro vs Figma, Plaid, Brex, Ramp, Databricks, Scale, Rippling, Deepmind, Google, Meta What’s the top non-quant firm company to join as a new grad SWE for career growth? Not including Stripe because they rejected me :/. Have offer from Nuro and interviewing at some of the others. Sorry if you saw this before, had to delete and repost since I accidentally biased one of the answers. #
- vote Best fintech to join before 2022? With the fintech market as hot as it is, which company would you join? (Series B+ / Pre-IPO preferable). Where are the best people headed? Which do you think has the best chance of a big payday? Examples to get started: Brex, Robinhood, Stripe, Plaid, Chime, Coinbase, Better, BlockFi, Remitly, Fast
- vote Plaid or ServiceNow ServiceNow offer Level: IC3 Base: 173k Bonus: 10% RSU: 135k over 4 years TC: 224k Waiting for details from Plaid, but from what I understand it will be around the same. Level at Plaid is E4. For similar TC, which one is better in terms of equity value since one is public and another is private, be
- Is Plaid overvalued? Plaid is doing a great SaaS business. I can see it would enjoy a 30x revenue valuation. Hardly see any competitors. Some risk: (1) US GDPR, likely sponsored by credit companies, (2) real-time ACH settlement (3) data breach event (4) fintech sector melt down in past quarter I personally feel a bit