Posting because there's a lot of noise and not enough data. Got my offer in Q1 2026, senior SWE (their internal equivalent of L5), Bay Area.
Base: $210k Equity: $480k over 4 years, standard 1-year cliff then monthly vesting Sign-on: $60k, split across year 1 and year 2 Bonus: 15% target, paid twice a year
Total year-1 value using the strike price they gave me comes out to roughly $330k. Year 2 steps down to around $270k once sign-on drops off, but by then you're hopefully refreshed.
A few things I noticed that are different from pure FAANG: Equity is in RSUs priced at a strike they disclosed during offer stage. Not publicly traded, so you're holding an illiquid asset. That risk is real and worth pricing in. They were pretty firm on base. Recruiter said base bands are tight. Equity is where they moved. Competing offer helped a lot. I had an L5 Google offer and they closed the gap meaningfully. Without it, I think I'd have left ~$50k on the table.
Role was on the Delta Lake infra team, if that helps contextualize. Backend, distributed systems heavy.
Anyone with more recent data, add below. Especially curious if the SF vs. Seattle differential is still minimal or if they've started tiering.