Sde2 is not senior. More like mid-level. Senior is SDE-3
Sde 2 is senior ish.
Titles don’t matter, you can have CTO title but still be L6/SDE3 (acquisitions). Leaves are flat, SDE 1,2,3 and then Principal.
No SDE 3 (L6) is senior engineer. SDE IIs only call themselves SDE IIs.
It doesn’t matter... is the TC good? That’s what you should care about
Recruiters lie about SDE2 being senior all the time. It's not. It's about 2+ yoe.
No, some people get promoted to SDE2 one year out of college
This is not true. Sde2 and sde3 are both career level positions at Amazon but sde2 is definitely not a senior position.
Why does the colloquial title matter? You’d tell everyone you’re an SDE2
If you are SDE 3, some people actually just say they are the senior engineer on the team. SDE2s just call themselves SDE2s.
But yea ultimately just a title, people know anyway.