Amazon offer

Mar 20, 2020 12 Comments

Hi all this is my first post, please be kind :).

Got an offer for Amazon AWS, SDEII NYC. Looking for tips on where to negotiate and feedback on the overall strength of the offer. 2 years experience, top eng school. Have upcoming interviews with dropbox in SF, everything with them has been put on hold due to Wuhan.

175 base
71 units (est 2k each for simplicity) 5/15/40/40
first year bonus : 53
second year: 45

I calculate this as approx 235 TC

#offer #amazonaws #amazon

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  • Oscar / Eng
    big_cow

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    big_cow
    good base for amazon, let them double your signon if you have compete offer
    Mar 20, 2020 1
    • Oscar / Eng
      big_cow

      Go to company page Oscar Eng

      big_cow
      Plus, it’s not due to Wuhan. Take a look at the insider trading scandals for some senators. They know things are going be to really bad at the end of Feb, while the government told ppl to relax and the corona virus was a hoax, lol.
      Mar 20, 2020
  • OP how did you prepare? How many LC did you do and how did you prepare for System design?
    Mar 20, 2020 1
    • I didn’t do too much leetcode. What really helped was implementing all the basic data structures and algorithms from absolute scratch (pointers and mem alloc only). It really gives a good understanding of how the basics work and everything else can basically be derived from there. For design: I walked through how I would design several key blocks, how would I build a web browser? How would I build a CDN (S3)? How would I build a messenger system? How would I build a search engine? How would I build a DB? Then what problems do I get when I scale up massively?
      Mar 21, 2020
  • Amazon
    mitbulls

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    mitbulls
    235 TC is a good offer for 2 YOE. You might be able to get a little more sign-on but likely not much.

    For calculations, Amazon internally assumes 15% increase in stock price YOY. Assuming stock stays flat next year then resumes the trend, you'd be around 240k year 3 and 250k year for. That's really not great growth. I would consider asking for more stock and leaving the signing bonus alone if you expect to be there more than 2 years.
    Mar 20, 2020 0
  • Amazon
    BHkQ55

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    BHkQ55
    Looks about right, I accept an offer from their Palo Alto branch in November.
    Base is the same, got 100 units though. Probably because it's the Bay Area and I had nearly 3 YOE by then.
    I didn't negotiate.
    Mar 20, 2020 0
  • Amazon
    _Hokage_

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    _Hokage_
    First year bonus can go higher
    Mar 20, 2020 0