Hi there, I’m about to receive a Director of Tech offer from Samsara. What should I expect as base pay and total comp? Currently an L7 SDE at Amazon TC: $500K
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Thank you! That’s really helpful!
So, it looks like a Samsara director is the same as an Amazon L8
Not really, pay range is same as l7 sdm but scope is probably l6 sdm. Around 650-750k is max of range I think. They have a Sr Director role which is probably between l7 and l8 at Amazon
What about the team size for a director there? L8 in Amazon has 100 Ppl typically
It’s a new director role and I would be hiring product, SDE, architecture and PgMs
I have a friend that was an L7 sdm and joined stripe as engineering manager for a TC of 800k (working from Seattle)
In samsara ?
And he only has 9 SDEs on his team at stripe and might add another 5-6
I would not try to compare levels too much between Amazon and samsara just because of the size of the two companies. I would also not compare it with stripe as stripes current valuation is over 12x that of samsara. If you try to match comp it won't be great comparison (personal opinion). Samsara is addressing a huge market and we can easily 5x our stock price in the next 2-3 years. This will be difficult for both Amazon and stripe because of the size they are at. I'm personally very bullish. The company plans to grow headcount by a lot this year and is back to investing aggressively post covid while balancing profits.
Makes sense, but they would still need to be quite competitive to attract talent. Samsara reported record earnings today, so that’s very encouraging news!
Where are you getting your numbers from? Even L10 offers at Amazon don’t pay that. Please respond with practical numbers