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Software Engineering Manager

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Level NameTotalBaseStock (/yr)Bonus

L5 SDM

Software Dev Manager

$254k

$156k

$75k

$22k

L6 SDM

$347k

$163k

$135k

$47k

L7

Senior SDM

$554k

$160k

$313k

$80k

L8

Director

$848k

$166k

$660k

$22k

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Company
Location | Date
Level Name
Tag
Years of Experience
Years at Company / Years of Experience
Total Compensation
Base | Stock | Bonus
Amazon

Seattle, WA | 8/9/21

L5

API Development (Back-End)

4 / 4
$222,000

150k | 72k | 0k

Amazon

Seattle, WA | 8/6/21

L8

Web Development (Front-End)

9 / 18
$980,000

380k | 510k | 90k

Amazon

Seattle, WA | 8/6/21

L6 SDM

Distributed Systems (Back-End)

7 / 16
$480,000

160k | 300k | 20k

Amazon

Seattle, WA | 8/6/21

L7

API Development (Back-End)

8 / 20
$620,000

160k | 460k | 0k

Amazon

Herndon, VA | 8/5/21

L6

Distributed Systems (Back-End)

1 / 17
$350,000

155k | 165k | 30k

Amazon

Seattle, WA | 8/4/21

L6 SDM

Distributed Systems (Back-End)

5 / 13
$280,000

160k | 120k | 0k

Amazon

Sunnyvale, CA | 8/3/21

L6 SDM

Distributed Systems (Back-End)

2 / 10
$505,000

185k | 320k | 0k

Amazon

Seattle, WA | 8/2/21

L6 SDM

Android

2 / 20
$420,000

160k | 180k | 80k

Amazon

Seattle, WA | 8/2/21

L5 SDM

Full Stack

4 / 12
$240,000

145k | 95k | 0k

Amazon

Seattle, WA | 7/30/21

L7

ML / AI

10 / 20
$450,000

160k | 290k | 0k

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Vesting Schedule

40%

40%

15%

5%

YR 1

YR 2

YR 3

YR 4

Stock Type

RSU

At Amazon, RSUs are subject to a 4-year vesting schedule: 5% vests in the 1st year, 15% in the 2nd year, then 40% in each of the 3rd and 4th years (20% every 6 months).

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