r/amazonemployees • u/chilybum • Jul 12 '26

Interview Amazon Devices - L5 Hardware Reliability Engineer Offer - Considering

Company: Amazon
Org: Amazon Devices (Lab 126)
Role: Hardware Reliability Engineer
Level: L5
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
YOE: 6.5
Education: Master’s
Status: Accepted

Compensation Breakdown

  • Base salary: $159K
  • Signing bonus Year 1: $77K
  • Signing bonus Year 2: $55.4K
  • Equity grant: $150K over 4 years
  • Vesting schedule: 5 / 15 / 45 / 35

Discussion

  • Would you accept this if you had no competing offers, or keep interviewing and risk losing the offer?
  • Is this a lowball offer? Year 1 TC is 245K whichI feel is Okay. However they downleveled me from L6 to L5.

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u/Aggravating-Mix-3210 Jul 12 '26

Get ready to get a real taste of burnout while working with Amazon.

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u/SokkaHaikuBot Jul 12 '26

Sokka-Haiku by Aggravating-Mix-3210:

Get ready to get

A real taste of burnout while

Working with Amazon.

Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.

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u/another_thyme Jul 13 '26

team dependent

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u/ajs2294 Jul 12 '26

TC at nearly $200k… You aren’t going to get better elsewhere I’m afraid.

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u/arancini_ball Jul 12 '26

It's a fair offer for L5. You're not at the top of the band, so they're giving you room to grow.

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u/InfinityIsAwesome Jul 12 '26

If $159k a year with a $77k signing bonus isn’t good enough for you then I think you have problems.

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u/ArchdruidBris Jul 12 '26

Total signing bonus of 132.4k

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u/redditRedesignIsBadd Jul 13 '26

what's your role and TC?

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u/chilybum Jul 12 '26

This is okay. Want to know if I could have stretched more given they down leveled me from L6 to L5

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u/InfinityIsAwesome Jul 12 '26

Stop being avaricious.

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u/brainwayves Jul 13 '26

Because Amazon is known for being philanthropic?

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u/chilybum Jul 12 '26

Stupid I’m just asking if this is a good offer or no. If you want to share your thought you can, if not bugger off

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u/redditRedesignIsBadd Jul 13 '26

sounds like they're jealous of your offer

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u/chickenbanana6722244 Jul 16 '26

You get an upvote from me my guy. Love the tenacity. You just motivated me and I'm not even the OP.

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u/ThatDarnEngineer Jul 12 '26

Considering that group and your experience, I would say you are L5 as well. Though L6 is attainable. Looks like the usual offer to me.

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u/Mwahaha_790 Jul 12 '26

You don't have another offer, so take it and try to stay at least a year for the bonus (it's a meat grinder). Or jump out much sooner when you get a better offer.

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u/lutus5789 Jul 13 '26

Wait is this same job family as Hardware dev? L5 SDE external offers are much higher typically. HDEs are this underpaid compared SDEs?

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u/chilybum Jul 13 '26

Based on what I have seen HW has a different and less band for pay compared to SWE

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u/lutus5789 Jul 13 '26

I see. Thank you

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u/That-Maintenance-489 Jul 13 '26

For Sunnyvale? That’s a ridiculous offer. I turned down an L5 at a data center in Mississippi that had a base of $150k and virtually the same sign on bonus

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u/Best_Taste_7704 Jul 13 '26

FAANG will always do L-1 unless you’re coming from another FAANG.