DMV is growing in the tech field, but there are too many extremely low-paying companies that can make the job search difficult. Below, I compiled a list of companies that have offices in the DMV area, ranking them by tiers of pay. I tried not to include anything below six figures. Please make suggestions for additions or changing the tiers. Tier 1: Facebook (Meta), Amazon (AWS), Palantir, Google, Twitter (maybe) Tier 2: Splunk, Microsoft, Oracle, PayPal, Yext, Anduril, Okta Tier 3: MasterCard, id.me, Compass Tier 4: Capital One , Yahoo (formerly Verizon Media), Walmart, Storyblocks, Bloomberg Government, Truebill, Fundrise, GetUpside, Appian, Fannie Mae Tier 5: TicketMaster, College board, Washington Post, Discovery, Cvent, FiscalNote Honorable mention: upside travel (RIP) Good luck with your search, fellow DMVians. This area is lovely to live, but the tech market could be a little better.
Good list. But I think Cap One should be tier 3 imo. Google/Amazon/Meta are tier 1 assuming it’s not a datacenter job. That’s like 7-80k Palantir tier 0 tbh. Insane comp even for entry
Why cap 1 tier 3? WLB is great but pay is similar to the others in tier 4. Admittedly, tier 3 is not much higher than 4. I personally jumped from capital one to another company in tier 4 and it was a significant pay bump. But I entered capital one entry level, whereas I negotiated my second opportunity. But it's still a data point.
Ah I see, I heard good things about them but thought they offered more stock nvm. Should add Anduril to tier 1 or 2.
You missed Stripe and Twitter
Stripe is here? :O I knew Twitter had an office here, but thought it wasn't for tech
Stripe isn’t “here” but we are hiring remote and many new hires are in the DMV. There are two salary bands, premium and national. Premium includes those working out of the Bay Area, Seattle and nyc. National is about 90% premium so engineers with 2-3 years of experience in the DMV expect to make 175k base or 330k TC not including a 20-40k sign-on bonus.
Bad area for career growth. Too many govt clowns and lowball scam shops.
But there are enough companies that are great for growth. I agree it is difficult sifting through all the govt BS, but if you use this list it should make your job search better. P. S. with many companies going remote, this is even easier.
Now which one of these don't do leetcode lol🥺
Don't avoid leetcode. Just do it. You got this! To answer your question, maybe Bloomberg government gave me an OOP algo problem, but wasn't very leetcodey. But all the others gave me leetcode. Some of them were easy-ish leetcode, like truebill and Storyblocks
College board did not LC me now that I remember
Okta, Tier 3
Throw Compass in there.
Which tier?
Probably tier 3.
If we’re including remote companies, add Coinbase, and GitHub to the list
How is wLb in Palantir?
Most ppl in the DC office are in by 9 and out by 6.
IMO Fundrise should be higher. I have a few friends who have gone there from c1 and I’ve considered it myself. Better comp, growth, and wlb.
About how much? I think jumping between two equal companies will often get you more money, if you were at the lower band of one and went to higher band of the other. I jumped to a similarly tiered company but I'm making a lot more. Even if you were hired into a high band initially, if you've been there a while, chances are the company has raised comps for new hires, but raises never keep up.
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Saving, thanks for this. What's average tc for this area?
It can vary massively. There are many low paying companies paying below six figures, but at the same time, FAANG companies have expended here (mostly Amazon) and pay a ridiculous amount. I think from surveys, a median would be around 150k. But you could easily go up from there if you target the right companies
Palantir pays 235k for new grads in DC! I think TC highly depends on the companies but top companies should pay 150k plus