Google Staff Engineer position seems the same as an Amazon SDE3 - is that true? Both roles seem to be tech leading a team of less than a dozen engineers. Why does levels.fyi make it seem like a Google Staff Engineer is more like an Amazon PE? #google #amazon
Make it a poll. Google Staff for sure.
Not even a competition. Staff for sure
Why tho? They both seem like the same scope
I came from bank. My scope was leading team of 20+. I should have L7 everywhere
Amazon l6 is Google l5 Google l6 is staff
Most amazon sde 3 cannot pass google interview even at l5
Amazon downlevels even at SDE3/PE level If you’re interested in scope and impact, Amazon >>> Google But if you want things like WLB, culture, compensation, Google >>> Amazon Great SDE3s are basically the equivalent of Staffs elsewhere, and I’ve seen the up level quite a few times when they finally get tired of Amazons inane levelling system
Google Staff, no brainer