Square SDE title

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somecsdude

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somecsdude
Feb 21, 2019 5 Comments

What is the title of Square L5 and L6 respectively? Senior or Staff?

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    EHbt10

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    EHbt10
    That's not completely true. It's true once you get hired, but our job listings do say those words. A job listing that's looking for a senior engineer is L5+.
    Feb 25, 2019 2
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      SQ

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      SQ
      We say them because those are the buzzwords candidates are expecting to see when they apply. If you have a 15 yoe candidate looking at postings that don't have the word "Senior" in them, they may think the position is for less experienced devs.
      Feb 25, 2019
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      EHbt10

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      EHbt10
      Right, it just wasn't clear why they were asking.
      Feb 25, 2019
  • Square / Eng
    SQ

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    SQ
    L5 is L5 and L6 is L6. We don't call them anything internally other than SDE. Look to levels.fyi to see what those match up with to other companies that like to use titles.

    In the end, titles are completely arbitrary.
    Feb 21, 2019 0
  • Square / Eng
    kTtI24

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    kTtI24
    We don’t have titles, and our levels are hidden. This is by design
    Feb 21, 2019 0