Sharing my offer from earlier this year since I couldn't find good current numbers when I was negotiating.
Level: Senior SWE (E5 equivalent, they call it L5) Location: SF Bay Area, in-office hybrid Base: $195k Equity: $480k over 4 years, back-weighted (10/20/30/40 vest). RSUs priced at grant. Bonus: target 15%, paid annually, discretionary in practice
Total comp year 1: roughly $230k cash + equity stub. Year 3-4 gets more interesting if the stock holds.
Context: 7 YOE, came from a mid-tier fintech. They leveled me L5 from the start. I tried to negotiate up to L6 based on scope but they said the hiring bar for L6 is a separate process with more rounds. Did not push it.
Notes on the equity structure: the back-weighted vesting was a surprise. A lot of companies have moved away from the 25/25/25/25 model. DoorDash at L5 is heavier on years 3 and 4. Worth modeling before you decide.
Bonus is listed as target 15% but from what I heard talking to people already there, actual payout is usually 80-100% of target in a normal year. Not guaranteed.
I negotiated the base up from $185k to $195k. They moved pretty cleanly once I had a competing offer. Equity they would not budge on at all, recruiter said it's "band-locked."
For comparison, I've seen claims from people at L6 in the $240-260k base range with equity grants north of $700k. Can't verify those but they sound plausible for the level.