Less than 2 years experience with PhD. Below is the compensation. Base:155000 Sign on : first year 86k, second year 67k Rsu:120 unit
155k for 2 years is very good base
Bay Area or Seattle? That base is unbelievably high
Bay area
That’s super high for Amazon Seattle. Somewhat high for Bay Area. It’s better than I got when I was hired as SDE2 and I had to bend them over a barrel with 12 years exp. That being said, I learned the hard way. No raises, bonuses, etc the first two years, outside of a promotion. So make sure you set yourself up well if you take it.
It's also surprising that one gets sde2 with 2 yoe. Good, I rejected their offer.
Yup, base sounds very high!!. Usually Amazon's sde2 range tc is between 180 to 220k.
I have seen offers upto 260k for sde2 seattle. (For a 63 at msft)
That's a very good offer in terms of sign on and RSUs. Base could go a little higher. I got 100 RSUs for 6 yoe. Haha