Twitter Senior MLE vs. Snap MLE L4

Nov 24, 2021 18 Comments

I'm PhD + 2 years. Both are initial offer.

Twitter:
Senior MLE
base: 195k
bonus: 20%
sign-on: 30k
rsu: 525k
hr said the expected refresh is 155k.

Snap:
L4
base: 195k
bonus: 10%
sign-on: 50k
rsu: 645k(for 3 years)
no refresh

Currently i have a tight deadline for snap, so not sure the twitter can compete or not. But seems twitter has a better culture and are closer to (L6 staff level)? As I see someone in blind said snap's l4 is about 4.5 compared to other companies, but the hr denied this.

The twitter team is related with ml infra and revenue science.
The snap's team is more related with social network recommendations.

I hope to hear more opinions on the WLB, career growth and so on.

[Updated]
the twitter improves to:
base: 195k
bonus: 20%
sign-on: 50k
rsu: 650k
the expected refresh is 155k.
and went to twitter.

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TOP 18 Comments
  • Such a bummer that people are getting PhDs to work on societal garbage (namely, Snap).
    Nov 24, 2021 5
    • Twitter
      lulu10

      Go to company page Twitter

      lulu10
      Agree with you and I work at Twitter
      Nov 24, 2021
    • Long game. For enough ML talent to develop and overflow to other industries, there needs to be money flowing. It just so happens that the most cost effective and quickest place for ML work to see ROI is within big tech. It may seem gross today but this is the only way for a mature ML talent ecosystem to develop so that in 10-20 years it can permeate every industry of society and provide breakthroughs.
      Jan 22
  • Twitter
    budumtass

    Go to company page Twitter

    budumtass
    Senior is L6 at Twitter, L7 is Staff. That's a great offer. Highest for an L6 that I have seen. But be warned that our stock is volatile af and your TC can drop. My TC, including unvested RSUs is 33% less than when I started.
    Nov 24, 2021 6
  • Snap
    FzA38929

    Go to company page Snap

    FzA38929
    Congrats on the offers! WLB wise Twitter is generally better. Career growth wise I’d say Snap. Our social network recommendation team has been doing a great job in the last 2 years, and DAU growth hasn’t shown any sign of slowdown.
    Nov 25, 2021 0
  • Snap
    hbutr

    Go to company page Snap

    hbutr
    I've seen Amazon employees getting in Snap's L4 with 2 yoe with just bachelors. 10% bonus isn't guaranteed. If you work hard and get to L5, it will be an even bigger boost to TC.
    Nov 24, 2021 2
    • how long does it take to L5? and how the L4 and L5 currently compared with other companies' levels?
      Nov 24, 2021
    • Snap
      FzA38929

      Go to company page Snap

      FzA38929
      I would say L4 still has some overlap with other companies’ L5, like this high-end offer you got. Might be pushed further higher.

      Fastest promotion from 4 to 5 is 1 year as I heard.
      Nov 25, 2021
  • Meta
    cdmr81

    Go to company page Meta

    cdmr81
    Can I ping you on how you prepped for Twitter MLE?
    Feb 11 0