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📣 alexrashkov

What are Google Software Engineer levels, expectations and salaries?


Can people that work in Google as software engineers shed some light here on level, expectations and salary ranges?


  👤 sandovn Accepted Answer ✓
Not working at Google myself but tgese are the main levels for engineers at Google:

- Software Engineer II (L3 | 0-1 year of experience)

- Software Engineer III (L4 | 2+ years of experience)

- Senior Software Engineer (L5 | Manager I equivalent)

- Staff Software Engineer (L6 | Manager II equivalent)

- Senior Staff Software Engineer (L7 | Senior Manager)

- Principal Engineer (L8 | Director)

- Distinguished Engineer (L9 | Senior Director)

- Google Fellow (L10 | Vice President)

- Senior Google Fellow (L11 | Senior Vice President)

Source: https://engineeringbolt.com/tech/google-software-engineer-le...


👤 okdood64
Expectations aren't that dissimilar from other FAANG for comparable levels; though from what I've heard it's arguable harder to get through (promoted) the levels than other places:

- L3: Be able to do pre-assigned tasks yourself well. Minimal hand-holding.

- L4: Be fully self-sufficient, and lead small projects on your own.

- L5: Have team-level and/or some org level technical leadership. Find and lead large impact projects yourself. Potential TL.

- L6: Have consistent org level impact that can affect many teams. Be able to set long term technical vision.

- L7: Who knows


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👤 TheLonelyClown
Salaries vastly depend on locale. What region are you asking for?

👤 muzani
I don't think anyone there would directly share it, especially on a site this public where you can't delete your comments.

But here's some of the ones on the web: https://www.levels.fyi/companies/google/salaries/software-en...