I'm curious, what's the highest TC in London you guys have seen for London software devs, without being some in some extremely senior (cto level) management position? And at which company? The absolute peak of what I've seen or heard of so far is around 350k gbp tc at the likes of citadel. But in almost all cases that seems to be at toxic workplaces with zero wlb... like citadel. At workplaces with ever so slightly more reasonable wlb (and I'm still talking 10 hours a day, but at least no weekend work etc), the highest I've seen so far is closer to 250-300k gbp in some hedge funds or prop shops. Has anyone seen, or heard of any better offers anywhere? 200k gbp tc, 6 yoe #engineering #swe #london #compensation
Which company do you work in?
That's the real question
Small'ish hedge fund
Are you working in meta? Btw why you want to compare to others?
No, hedge fund on my end. I'm curious at it seems my comp is already relatively close to the limit (excluding soul crushing no wlb jobs). Was/am hoping to be proven wrong, as the outlook of sideways progression for the next.. 20 years of my career is demotivating!
1m USD from a HFT firm doing very well. Extremely difficult interview too from what I hear (Meta template programming, decompile to assembly and hand optimize this, configure userspace data dump without triggering a kernel space syscalls). Should add it is 300k or so base with a guaranteed first year 700k then perf after
I got ~400k gbp as a fresh PhD. Did not take it and went to the other firm with less guaranteed and higher (theoretical) upside. This is for quant.
For new offers 300 (350 with sign on) for E6, ~500 gbp for E7 at meta
You can definitely get over 350k at the higher levels at Meta. You won’t get it at 6 YOE tho
In a SF thread you'd see people talking about $1-2m TC for L7/L8, does that not exist in London?
It does. A tenured 7 can hit $1m. There are very few 8+s
Because of stock appreciation or for a new hire? I'd love to live in London but this is the one thing holding me back. Offers always suck there
450k USD, 2.5 YOE, Citadel
Did u get the offer in ldn or get it in US then move to ldn office?