Reduced-hours software development engineer position at Amazon

Re:Reduced-hours software development engineer position at A... by WaxProlix on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @05:55PM (#30185338)

I'm definitely aware of that. Amazon's comp was never competitive, and stagnant (or even declining) stock over a multi-year period exacerbates the issue for sure. I say this as someone who recently left AWS, in large part for comp related issues (actually kinda loved the job I eventually fell into, alas).

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Re:Reduced-hours software development engineer position at A... by burnoot on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @09:04PM (#30187482)

I’m not sure whether everyone else is getting poorly paid at Amazon, or whether my clique is just doing well, but I’ve found that my salary is (was) in line with the higher end of the market. The declining/flat stock price changes that though. I know quite a few Amazonians looking to leave once their two years are up*

* Amazon pay a signing bonus for the first two years in lieu of RSUs. The idea is that you could sell your RSUs to make up the difference. The problem is that, for anyone who started in the last two years, your RSUs won’t make up the difference between your base salary and what you were getting as a bonus.

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Re:Reduced-hours software development engineer position at A... by WaxProlix on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @11:25PM (#30188663)

Market has gone up, too - if you're a recent hire, your comp targets are actually above those of your seniors. As an incoming L4 you can make up to 200k now, whereas 140 or 150 was considered 'good' 5 or 6 years ago. L6s who are pulling in mid 3s can leave and get 5-600k elsewhere very easily. It's not that the amazon money is bad per se, just that the industry and talent market are kind of crazy right now.

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Re:Reduced-hours software development engineer position at A... by freyr on Thursday February 03, 2022 @03:44AM (#30190171)

L6 at Amazon is two levels up from the bottom (“senior engineer”)? Where are they making $500k-$600k a year?

From levels.fyi, FAANG and the unicorns are almost all in the $300k-$400k range. Have offers gone up $200k in the last few months? Or are you assuming people are moving up a level?

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Re:Reduced-hours software development engineer position at A... by WaxProlix on Thursday February 03, 2022 @06:33PM (#30200591)

It's true actually, levels shows them topping out at ~400, but I personally know a few who are well above that.

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Re:Reduced-hours software development engineer position at A... by comp_throw7 on Friday February 04, 2022 @04:19PM (#30213389)

https://www.levels.fyi/company/Amazon/salaries/Software-Engi...

If you filter by "New Offers Only", you'll see a pretty sharp shift in the trend starting around October 2021.

Same with Uber, a notable uptick starting late last year: https://www.levels.fyi/company/Uber/salaries/Software-Engine...

The top of the band has probably gone up more than the median offer, and most companies didn't increase their bands by that much (yet). This is definitely a case of "the future is here - just not evenly distributed yet".

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Re:Reduced-hours software development engineer position at A... by freyr on Saturday February 12, 2022 @03:09PM (#30315900)

Still, extremely few in the claimed range, even after October.

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