Indeed Tokyo Senior Software Engineer Salary
I have couple of questions for you guys. Please help me out with whatever answer you can. I am being considered for SSE @ Indeed Japan. 1. With 6.5 yoe, is SSE a good position to pursue or I should wait and try for Staff Engineer in an year or so? 2. Looks like the max base for SSE is 14.4 million JPY? How much competitive it is for Tokyo? 3. What is the maximum TC I can expect from them? 4. Any first hand experience anyone living in Tokyo in terms of living cost for a single person although I plan to get married next year or so. What are the parameters to consider while deciding on Tokyo salary? 5. How is the culture there? TC: 90k outside US #tech #indeed #sde #software
Tokyo’s amazing and with a 14.4M base + RSU (+bonus?) you’ll live a very comfortable life. Regret leaving (after 8 years) every single day. Probably will look into going back very soon (and I’ll be looking at Indeed and Google first).
Where are you now? Did you work with Indeed?
London, FB. No, but I’ve met a few people who worked there - all very solid engineers. They all said their RSU vesting scheme is weird - not much at the beginning but after a few years you get “crazy $” (crazy for Tokyo probably). The offices are really nice and the brand in Japan (for engineers) is good (much better than in the west). They reached out to me regarding a Principla ML SWE position so might consider it late next year is still open🤷♂️
Depends on your interview, you just apply for staff role (swe3) and based on interview performance and your skills in terms of architecture and code review rounds, the outcome would be that panel decides whether you match to a Swe2 or Swe3. The compensation is great in Tokyo and outperforms many other big tech companies in Tokyo. Did you already interview with Indeed? In case you are looking for a referral, DM me. I can help you
I already had interview. They think I should fit in SSE band. So asked the above questions. Not sure whether with 6+ yoe, I should take SSE position.
Generally it’s not about experience. It’s about your performance in interviews. There are many people with even more experience starting as SWE2 here. If you don’t have other offers, I recommend to join. Or get more offers and ask Indeed to match the compensation, if your compensation falls significantly above pay band for SWE2, they will probably hire you as a SWE3. You can also ask recruiter about the feedback on why do they think that you are a fit for SWE2 rather than a SWE3
OP: the salary is pretty darn great. Indeed is one of the best if not the best paying employer in Japan. Hard to say about TC since LTIPs are not disclosed but I'd imagine you'd easily be making 20M+ JPY in the first three years and go beyond that as you get more LTIPs/RSUs (which will be introduced in the near future) based on your performance. The average salary in Tokyo is around 6M JPY so you will live very, very comfortably. The Tokyo office is also fairly diverse with people from over two dozen nationalities so no matter which team you're on, you will interact with people from many different backgrounds. I'd say overall it's pretty good being at Indeed Japan.
Google pays better and has more challenging work with bigger impact. Indeed engineering culture is lacking. You’ll always be looked down on by FAANG.
How are more senior level positions? I got pinged about a principal ML role there.
Indeed doesn’t do ML well. Product teams and TDMs are biased against it and after many failures it has a stigma. There is a focus on short term impact in evals after all8. Good luck...
What are Engineering Manager interview loops like at Indeed? Tokyo/USA.
Two steps, phone screen then onsite. About 10 rounds total, covers a lot. DM me for more info
Thank you, not on app right now, but will DM when I'm on it. Also, is it generally easy to get a job in USA and then transfer to Tokyo, or are the interviews for that transfer to a new team pretty intense?
Hi OP, do you mind sharing the Karat interview questions or the level/type of questions asked ?
Man long back it was. 3 questions. Based on string, hashmap and all. Basic string parsing and data manipulation but clumsy code. No fancy algo and all. Speed matters. They look for at least 2 completion and I completed 3 . So be ready for speed delivery and good communication.
Just curious, what was your final offer breakdown?
Following. Curious to learn more myself. I've heard culture there is great but no such thing as wlb.
Don't generalize Japan's work culture with Indeed's. There's very good wlb at Indeed Japan.
By there, I meant Tokyo. Mb. Don't kill me lol