May 30, 2021 Article blog
Levels.fyi recently released the Software Engineer Pay 2020 Annual Report to see the world's highest-earning companies, locations, and trends.
Levels.fyi was founded in 2017 with the mission of helping people make better career decisions. T o date, the most accurate public data on wages, benefits, levels, etc. have been collected. This year alone, Levels.fyi's payroll dataset has more than doubled and more than 50,000 data points have been distributed in more than 1,200 cities around the world.
The following salary data reflects only the median annual salary for the past year, including wages, shares, and bonuses. A lthough the data is targeted at software engineers, the highest-paid companies and locations often have technical roles. A s always, salary and salary levels depend on a variety of factors, including interview performance, past experience, negotiation, etc. Wage data here applies to the highest-paid technology companies and regions - wages may not reflect those in other industries.
Typically 0-2 years of experience.
ranking | firm | headquarters | posts | revenue |
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1 | Lyft - Taxi app | San Francisco, USA | T3 | $230,000 |
2 | Roblox, the world's largest multiplayer online creation game | San Mateo, USA | IC1 | $222,000 |
3 | Stripe is an online payment processor for Internet companies | San Francisco, USA | L1 | $213,000 |
3 | Airbnb, the world's hostel short-term apartment booking platform | San Francisco, USA | L3 | $213,000 |
4 | LinkedIn, the world's leading social platform for the workplace | American Senneville | software engineer | $200,000 |
5 | DoorDash, a takeaway company founded by three Chinese | San Francisco, USA | E3 | $199,000 |
6 | Robin Hood - THE US TRADING PLATFORM | American Menlo Park | L1 | $197,000 |
7 | Twitter, the U.S. company for social networking and micro-blogging services | San Francisco, USA | software engineer | $195,000 |
A recent graduate or person with little or no industry experience. T he development and maintenance team is responsible for handling the low- and middle-end work. Guidance and support is generally required from experienced team members.
Typically more than 2-5 years of experience.
ranking | firm | headquarters | posts | revenue |
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1 | Airbnb, the world's hostel short-term apartment booking platform | San Francisco, USA | L4 | $295,000 |
2 | Pinterest - a picture social platform | San Francisco, USA | L4 | $294,000 |
3 | Box , a cloud storage service provider in the United States | Sequoia City, USA | Senior software engineer | $290,000 |
3 | Lyft - Taxi app | San Francisco, USA | T4 | $290,000 |
3 | LinkedIn, the world's leading social platform for the workplace | American Senneville | Senior software engineer | $290,000 |
4 | Stripe is an online payment processor for Internet companies | San Francisco, USA | L2 | $287,000 |
5 | Databricks - provides Spark-based cloud services | San Francisco, USA | L4 | $278,000 |
6 | DoorDash, a takeaway company founded by three Chinese | San Francisco, USA | E4 | $265,000 |
7 | ByteDance, an information technology company in Beijing, China | Beijing, China | 2-1 | $260,000 |
Responsible for developing and some medium-difficult projects. M ay lead a small team or project. A bility to guide engineers, provide technical guidance, code review, design and deliver small projects end-to-end. I nfluence often directly affects the team. In many companies, this is considered a "career level" because you can spend the rest of your career at this level without being evicted for not being promoted.
Typically more than 5 years of experience.
ranking | firm | headquarters | posts | revenue |
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1 | LinkedIn, the world's leading social platform for the workplace | American Senneville | Senior software engineer | $ 461,000 |
2 | Netflix, the online movie rental provider | U.S. Los Gatto | Senior software engineer | $ 455,000 |
3 | Pinterest - a picture social platform | San Francisco, USA | L5 | $ 450,000 |
4 | Stripe is an online payment processor for Internet companies | San Francisco, USA | L3 | $ 420,000 |
5 | Airbnb, the world's hostel short-term apartment booking platform | San Francisco, USA | L5 | $ 418,000 |
6 | Robin Hood - THE US TRADING PLATFORM | American Menlo Park | L3 | $ 412,000 |
7 | ByteDance, an information technology company in Beijing, China | Beijing, China | 2-2 | $ 400,000 |
Typically, less than 30% of employees in a company are at this level. I t is expected to lead and have complex technology initiatives. S tart setting the team's vision and future direction. I mpact on multiple related teams within the organization. Depending on the size and expectations of the company, the role shifts more to design than to implementation.
Usually more than 10 years of experience.
ranking | firm | headquarters | posts | revenue |
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1 | Stripe is an online payment processor for Internet companies | San Francisco, USA | L4 | $ 590,000 |
2 | Facebook, the world's leading photo-sharing site | American Menlo Park | E6 | $ 563,000 |
3 | Airbnb, the world's hostel short-term apartment booking platform | San Francisco, USA | L6 | $ 550,000 |
4 | Amazon, the largest online e-commerce company in the United States | Seattle, USA | Chief SDE | $ 540,000 |
5 | Snap Inc. (SNAP) - Snapchat, the company's flagship product | Venice, USA | L5 | $ 538,000 |
6 | Nvidia, a fabless IC semiconductor company that designs smart-core chipsets | Santa Clara, USA | IC6 | $ 511,000 |
7 | ByteDance, an information technology company in Beijing, China | Beijing, China | 3-1 | $ 493,000 |
This level is more mouth-watering than before. I n general, less than 10% of employees in the company reach this level. I mpact across organizations. D elegate business-critical projects and set up a technical vision for one or more organizations. R esponsible for reviewing and providing feedback on technical design within the organization. D ay-to-day code-knocking is rare or not. R oles are highly dependent on the needs of the organization and the company and are loosely defined. It can be operated completely autonomously.
This level represents a small number of people in the company. Therefore, some companies may not have enough data points to list.
ranking | firm | headquarters | posts | revenue |
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1 | Facebook, the world's leading photo-sharing site | American Menlo Park | E7 | $ 895,000 |
2 | Snap Inc. (SNAP) - Snapchat, the company's flagship product | Venice, USA | L7 | $ 830,000 |
3 | Google, the world's largest search engine company | Mountain View City, USA | L7 | $ 758,000 |
4 | Pinterest - a picture social platform | San Francisco, USA | L6 | $ 590,000 |
5 | Salesforce, a customer relationship management (CRM) software service provider | San Francisco, USA | Architect | $ 525,000 |
Usually more than 15 years of work experience. T ypically, less than 3% of a company's employees reach this level. S maller companies may not have individuals of this level. I mpact throughout the company, and sometimes even the industry. It can be operated completely autonomously.
Byte Dance, the only Chinese technology company on the list, known as Beijing Byte Beat Technology Co., Ltd., was founded in March 2012 at 48 Zhichun Road, Haidian District, Beijing. I ndependently developed "Today's Headlines" client, through massive information collection, deep data mining and user behavior analysis, for user intelligence to recommend personalized information, thus creating a new news reading model. Jiyin, watermelon video and other products are also its products.
Byte beat products, operations, technology, comprehensive strength is very strong, not to mention the obvious short board. I t can be said that the current domestic and even the world's most combative team. Can such a strong company not make the list?
Above is the W3Cschool Programming Lion's 2020 Global Programmer Wage Rankings, about only one Chinese company on the list, what do you think?