I saw senior / lead senior / staff / senior staff / lead senior staff …
Technically, E5 = Senior Software Engineer/Lead Senior Software Engineer(Same as Senior SDE with 2-3 direct reports). However, as Microsoft(aYFO50) stated above, you could probably try for Staff position using Meta experience
I am seeing people who were sde2 level in other companies went to TTD as staff on LinkedIn. That’s why I am asking. I feel title is highly inflated in the company. But maybe that’s because that was the early days of the company.
Lead just means you are acting as a manager
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E5 = Senior E6 = Staff But also, a Meta E5 could likely get a Staff level position at most other companies.