numbers_only · 4 replies
interviewing there in 5 weeks for a senior SWE role, Boston area. trying to build a picture of where their offers actually land. TC, level, years of experience, location, and role area all useful.
Financial services firms are notoriously bad on public comp databases so the signal is thin. Fidelity specifically seems to pay below FAANG but i have no idea by how much. Anyone with data, drop it. No judgment on the number, I just want the distribution.
Boston, senior SWE, 2024 offer: base $165k, bonus target 15% (they call it 'variable compensation'), RSUs over 4 years vested annually. Total first year with signing bonus was around $195k. No RSU cliff, they vest quarterly after a 1-year wait. Leveled as 'Senior II' internally which maps roughly to L5 at FAANG in scope but the comp is a step down from FAANG L5.
helpful, thank you. anyone in non-Boston locations? they have big offices in Merrimack NH, Durham NC, Salt Lake City, Westlake TX. curious if the base adjusts much.
Saw a Westlake TX offer in a thread elsewhere: $148k base, 12% bonus target, same RSU structure. So yeah, location-adjusted and the delta is material. They're not pretending to be a geo-neutral shop.
caveat: Fidelity is privately held so there's no SEC filing, no Levels.fyi breakdown that's super reliable. The numbers you'll find are self-reported and skewed toward people who want to brag or complain. Both samples are biased. Treat any single data point as 1 node, not ground truth.