Amazon SDE 2 Offer

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Nov 18, 2017 109 Comments

Received an offer for a SDE 2 at Amazon. I have 8 years of software engineering experience.

I am wondering if I am being low balled.

Location: Cupertino, CA
Base: 178k
Signing Bonus; 55k year one, 45k year two
RSUs: 175 units

Is it comparable to other SDE 2 comps at AMZN?

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  • Amazon
    wcqm11

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    Got a final offer today, need to accept before midnight Wednesday.

    Here is what they are offering after my counter:

    Base: 178k
    Sign-on: 72k first year, 62k second year
    RSUs: 194 units

    They said because of the high stock price, they cannot go beyond that.

    Also, very firm on L5. They said they cannot do L6 as most of the team is new, and everyone came in at either L4 or L5 on the team.
    Nov 27, 2017 10
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      wcqm11

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      ^ True that. Not questioning it at all but since SDE2.99 (love that username) was discussing other smaller benefits, I thought of bringing up everything on the table :)
      Nov 27, 2017
    • Hi wcqm11, I am in sam boat with counter. It’s been 3 days since I sent my counter offer. Not sure if they are bound to respond back if they don’t like my counter ? Anyway in your experience I much time I should wait before following up on the counter offer?
      Apr 4, 2019
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    RCMMT

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    RCMMT
    Do you mean dollars worth of rsu? I've never seen someone get straight up units.

    Assuming not, that's the best offer for an sde 2 I've seen and puts you in low sde 3 comp range.

    Sde 2 range is 170-230
    Sde 3 is 250-350
    Nov 18, 2017 13
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    pxAM85
    Thats pretty close to what they offered me!
    Base: 160k
    Bonus: 78k + 58k
    RSU: 180
    Ofcourse I tried negotiating on RSU vs base
    Nov 19, 2017 11
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      wcqm11

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      Update: Haven't heard from the recruiter on my counter yet. Must be because of Thanksgiving. Hope to hear from her on Monday.
      Nov 24, 2017
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      wcqm11

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      Got a final offer today, need to accept before midnight Wednesday.

      Here is what they are offering after my counter:

      Base: 178k
      Sign-on: 72k first year, 62k second year
      RSUs: 194 units

      They said because of the high stock price, they cannot go beyond that.

      Also, very firm on L5. They said they cannot do L6 as most of the team is new, and everyone came in at either L4 or L5 on the team.
      Nov 27, 2017
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    Going a little off topic, I totally enjoyed my onsite interview. After all the online reading, my expectation was that the BR would make me cry and beg for mercy, but boy he was the nicest gentleman I've come across and one of the best interviewers I have seen (coming from someone who interviews at least 15-20 times every year, for the last 7-8 years).
    He answered all my questions regarding the coding problem, and even helped me get on track when I went slightly off.
    Nov 18, 2017 7
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    fang420

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    fang420
    No doubt this is a very strong SDE2 offer.... and very close to the max band.. So most likely once you prove, they will change your level to L6 with no or little more RSU...
    Nov 18, 2017 6
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      justAGuy01

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      justAGuy01
      Not gonna get promoted anytime soon...so if u think u will go in n work hard n reach l6 in a yr or so then nope
      Nov 18, 2017
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      Overwrkd

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      Overwrkd
      This offer(low 240s) is not even close to SDE3 band by Bay Area numbers. This is the middle of SDE 2 to be honest. SDE 3 starts at 300 in Bay Area. I know several SDE2s who make close to 300. SDE 3 external hires should have 12+ yrs of very relevant experience. AWS hiring principal engineers are phds from top tier schools with industry relevant experience.
      Nov 18, 2017