Sr DevOps/SRE comp

Amazon
mk578

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mk578
Dec 5, 2021 4 Comments

I was recently promoted to sr DevOps engineer (L6) and got 10% base pay increase and about 34k in stocks bringing total comp to about 220k.
I feel like this is pretty low for an L6 at Amazon with over 10 yoe. I started looking internal and another team offered me a role as senior sysDev/sre for the same base pay and 20 shares, manager saying TC would be 350k (I ran the numbers based on todays stock price of $3500, and that would bring tc to 340k)
I’m also interviewing with a startup fintech, haven’t gotten an offer yet, but I’m fairly confident I will get one at the end of my interviews.
So I’m not sure what to do, The internal team is doing cool things at a massive scale so there’s lots of learning and growth opportunity, but I need more $ (at least on base since I can’t wait 6 months for a lump sum that’s going to be taxed like crazy). The fintech I’m interviewing with looks super cool (in crypto space) and has a very nice culture with good wlb.
Location - NYC

Looking for advice #tech #amazon

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  • Amazon
    mk578

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    mk578
    OP
    Amazon doesn’t have an official DevOps role. Considering DevOps can have a wide variety it skills, It usually falls under either system development engineer (sysDev) and support engineer. SysDev is generally categorized as a person with development skills (usually not at the same bar as a software dev engineer) and that understands systems and network. Usually they’re building tools, maybe some iac, and some DevOps related things too.
    Dec 5, 2021 0
  • UiPath
    weBI82

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    weBI82
    Some companies hire SREs that can be SWE and also have an SRE skill set, and put them in the exact same paybands as SWE. Some companies hire sysadmins that can script a bit as SREs, and pay them less. Not sure where Amazon falls on that.
    Dec 5, 2021 0
  • Chegg
    Mmmonty

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    Mmmonty
    Do amazon hires for DevOps profile?
    Dec 5, 2021 0
  • Roblox
    IxUK35

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    IxUK35
    Amazon is so cheap. Roblox will happily pay double or even triple your current pay based on your YOE
    Dec 5, 2021 0