Hello all, Profile: YOE: 4 in India + 11 months SDE internship in the US Degree: Masters Current location: San Jose I have 2 offers that I need to decide between a) Frontend Engineer I at Amazon (Everything almost same as SDE track, Location: Seattle) - Base: 130k - Stocks: 100k ( Vested 5%,15% and then remaining) - Sign-on Bonus: 63k across 2 years + ( 7k relocation ) TC for 1st year in Seattle ( 0 state tax ) is $169,000 b) Software Engineer 3 - Frontend - at eBay (Location: San Jose) - Base: 160k - Stocks: 66k ( Vested 25% each year for 4 years ) - Sign-on Bonus: 30k TC for 1st year in San Jose ( loads of tax will be applied ): ~$206,000 I need to decide between a Higher role at eBay SE3 vs an Amazon SDE1/FE1.( Confused how eBay's SE3 maps to other companies levels) Amazon is the more stable of the 2 and surely the better brand while eBay is offering a higher position. Assuming I switch jobs after 2 years will an SE3 help me land a better pay/role or FEE1 from Amazon will have a better chance. I think money isn't a major factor here since in California after taxes the difference would be less than 10k since Seattle state tax is 0. From a career perspective which company would be better? Thanks. #software #engineering #swe #amazon #ebay #fee #frontend #jobs
Having worked at both... eBay work never challenged me and I didn’t feel I learnt a lot unlike Amazon. Amazon isn’t for everyone. If you are the type who likes to work in a fast paced environment and don’t mind taking work home once in a while. I would go with Amazon. If you like a super chilled life. Go with Ebay
State tax would be about 10% You could still work remotely from Seattle until covid and get tax advantages esp for signing bonus etc Ebay also matches 401k so an Addl 5k I suggest you join eBay first to get acclimated to us work culture and after 2-3 yrs join amzn or fang at much higher levels
I do have an 11-month internship in the US and have a lot of Frontend experience ( various JS flavors). In eBay most work in purely Frontend, so I am skeptical if it will anything to my resume while in Amazon I have heard I will be given a lot of varied tasks even though the job title says Frontend Engineer.
When time comes to switch, companies don't look at your current level. Heck they don't even ask it. It all depends on yoe and how well you do on your interviews.
Honestly company name on resume means nothing. You will get calls from all companies, if you are in either of them.
All boils down to the culture and TC, where I feel eBay is the clear winner. Also different teams at eBay have different workload.
For ebay interview did you had any rounds testing for HTML/CSS or just DS and algo ?
Make this a poll
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