I’m a SDE 1 right now at Amazon and I’m gonna be hitting my 1 year mark soon. I’m planning on leaving soon and I was wondering what types of positions I should be applying for. I’m not sure if I’m a New Grad SDE or not still since most of those are <1 YOE. Is there usually a generic Software Development Engineer position most companies have on their career page and then they decide what level you’re at? This is my first time applying outside of the normal New grad SDE role so I’m not too sure how to apply.
1 YOE here too, I've heard it's usually you are not counted as new grad if it's been more than 6 months since graduation.
You’d get new grad comp tho, just apply to software engineering roles.
Apply for SE
Just apply to "software engineer" positions. You will be considered for entry level, but not exactly new grad.
If you're thinking of applying to a SDE2 role or similar, it's a uphill battle after just 1yr as a fresh graduate SDE1. Best to stay and get more exp, or apply for another SDE1 position elsewhere that'll ramp up on your experience, ie at the end of yr you'll have lots of bullet points on your resume listing creating many high rps systems
Yeah I’m 100% okay with being an SDE1 I’m just really sick of my situation at Amazon
Yeah, that's why even once you get the job, never stop practicing leet code and system design Qs. You never know when you get re-org'ed/manager left/charter change or whatever and end up in a crappy team.
Been there, Done that. PM me
Why not change the team or org
Coz changing team internally requires a full loop interview process where they ask you leetcode Qs. This is true for alot of companies. At that point, since you're studying leetcode anyways, might as well apply elsewhere, get a pay jump as well
Why leaving amazon ?
Definitely wasn’t what I expected. I interned here last year and my team was great but my new grad team is awful. People push code without a proper CR, team is all h1-b’s who simply stick to themselves (definitely not a racist remark. I’m american Indian myself but I feel like my team doesn’t even make an effort to include me or the other American in anything). Seems like promos are based off managers favorites, and the work I do is not what I was promised at all. I don’t think this would be a good place for my career development