CompensationNov 22, 2018
Egencialazy_lad

LinkedIn SWE compensation

I have 2 yoe. Looking for TC range and possibly the breakdown for SWE Sunnyvale. Current offers: Amazon 212k Seattle Bloomberg 198k NYC

New
दिलजले Nov 22, 2018

Does the Amazon tc include signon? What is the sustained tc after 1st year?

Egencia lazy_lad OP Nov 22, 2018

The way comp is structured it will be 212 for 2 years and then 208 for 3rd and 4th But there is base increase after 1st year so 3rd and 4th year shouldn’t go below 212 But yes, it includes everything

New
दिलजले Nov 22, 2018

thats a sweet ass tc then. If you feel like you can grind it at Amazon, i say take it. I have 3 yoe and got an offer from aws that was lower than this (albeit in a low col). Ended up going to Google though.

LinkedIn dashazhu Nov 22, 2018

I think you can get around 150k/200k/25k plus 10% target bonus for a SWE. That is about 240k first year and 215k second year.

Egencia lazy_lad OP Nov 22, 2018

What’s the usual average for bonus? What are the other components I can push further based on a competing offer? 160-170 base, 250-350k stocks, 50k signon?

LinkedIn Dgj;$.f Nov 22, 2018

Those numbers are closer to the Sr SWE level

Microsoft Ink8i Nov 22, 2018

I think 140K base, 200K stock, 25k sign on sounds reasonable from LinkedIn

Qualcomm dynasty001 Nov 24, 2018

Isnt $140k base for someone with 2 yoe pretty high? Or does LinkedIn traditionally give higger bases? I fell ariund $125k base pretty reasonable, but seeing yhe replies here, looks like LI pay is probably better or matches top FB/Goog pay as far as the base is concerend. I say this after getting to know base salalries paid by goog to enginets with ~ 5 years of experience.

Microsoft Ink8i Nov 25, 2018

At Microsoft I got 139K base after 2 years out of college