• Education: BS in Computer Science
• Years of Experience: 5 years
• Prior Experience:
  • 1 year as an R&D in a corporate.
  • 4 years as a SWE in a startup.
• Date of the Offer: 05/2021
• Company: Amazon
• Title/Level: SDE II (L5) - Golang position
• Location: Cambridge, UK
• Salary: £75,000
• Relocation Bonus: $9,000
• Signing Bonus: £20,000 (first year) + £17,000 (second year)
• Stock bonus: 29 RSUs (5% 1st year, 15% 2nd year, 40% 3rd year, 40% 4th year)
• Bonus: 0
• Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): ~£105,000
• Benefits: Normal Amazon benefits.
• Other details: Negotiated once. There was a slight increase in the base salary, the sing-on bonuses, and the RSUs.

Interview process

• Tech assessment.
• Phone interview.
• On-site (online) interview (3 problem solving sessions + 1 system design session).

All the onsite sessions as well as the phone interview were split into two parts.
30 minutes for behavioral questions (Amazon leadrship principles) and another 30 minutes for the technical challenge.