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Hi, I’m a recruiter and that’s crazy for L4.
Yes that’s insane to ask tbh, that’s L6/L7 pay depending on the role
That’s not l6/l7 swe pay, not by a long shot
I wouldn’t go to amazon for any less that 280, given your current compensation and the amount of work pressure you’d have to do at the giant.
I’m making ~315k total comp as an L5 after my last raise, 2.5 years here and almost L6.
I think L4 is like 200-225 but not sure since they changed the pay scale recently
Full band I think for SDE at L4 is about 250k
He didn’t say YOE or what level he is elsewhere - could totally be a reasonable ask
L4 is not senior. You need to ask them to level the job up. You won't make anything close to that as an L4 at Amazon. In fact, even an L5 may not make that much - what is the job title and in what org?
You can ask whatever you want but without any competing offers it means nothing
So many people commenting who don’t know enough about SDE salaries to do so. L4 goes up to about $200k, but L5 can go up to $300k (or higher with an exception) but the only way to go higher is having an offer in hand
That’s not crazy for SDE. $250k is about market and Amazon pays their Engineers pretty darn well
Bro where are all these high paying jobs?
Take what people say here with a grain of salt, this is a FAANG person talking about salary, these salaries are highly sought after by almost everyone in the field. It's not considered easy to get, but if you can the pay is nice (obviously).
Do they expect you to relocate? You give us no idea if this number is base or base+RSUs. Check out level.fyi
People going to talk about geographic location? 300k is not crazy for SF, 300k is crazy for Kansas City.
As an L4, yes that’s out of the range, you could try at negotiating 250, but I think that’s more of an L5 range. L4 like 180 - 200/220 on average
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I could be wrong then, SDE probably pays way higher than the rest
It does, high end for L5 SDE maybe like 325/350. After that the ranges can differ a lot as base is more variable now
That’s a crazy salary. Is that normal in that field?
250/300 is definitely mid-range L5 (depending on location) b/c max is 399 TC. Have you considered an L5 opp instead of L4?