Tech IndustryMay 29, 2022

AWS SDE-2 Salary Expectations

AWS recruiter reached out asking about salary expectations. Glassdoor has an estimate of around €80k-90k base for SDE-2 which seems to be really low. Even booking dot com a tier-2 company is paying 94k base + RSUs + Performance bonus ~ 120k (had discussion with their HR) Location - Amsterdam YOE - 3 TC in India - 25 LPA

Google kWeller May 29, 2022

Cause you don’t know stuff or dont read. Booking pays peanut stocks while amazon doesn’t. Go to booking if you are getting an offer.

Schrodinger yPli82 OP May 29, 2022

Amazon vesting schedule sucks asss. 5%, 15%, 40%, 40%. I won’t stay for more than 2 years.

Amazon Shaktimaa May 29, 2022

You will get joining bonus for the first two years to offset that low vest

eBay h94td May 30, 2022

around 130k TC, check https://www.levels.fyi/Salaries/Software-Engineer/Netherlands/ and filter by Amazon, glassdoor is BS when it comes to such companies