Brisbane has plenty of tech jobs. I'm netting $250,000 inc bonuses as an SRE and the markets rife for oppertunity.
Not FAANG either.
Not FAANG either.
250k for non-contracting is indeed impressive. I'm guessing a trading firm, in that case, they are outliers, curious if they have presence in Brissie though.
We're in Brisbane.
Thought I'd interview because I was getting sick of the old job. Wasn't intending to start actively looking.
External recruiter approached me on LinkedIn, had an interview with her, another 3 interviews with the company. No leet code nonsense. Did do a personality and IQ test though. And a problem solving excercise which involved troubleshooting Python and SQL. The final interview followed by a group chat with the whole engineering team.
Honestly the whole interview process was really enjoyable. I'm stoked to be here.
That said, I've worked for small companies in the past. Two in fact. And they both hold the rungs for second worst and actual worst companies I've worked for. With this new company though they also hold the top! But it's early days. So far so well.
This was all in March/April too. Quite recent.
The bonus break down is:
10% of my salary paid quarterly if I hit my targets and I get around 0.9% profit sharing.
My position title is just SRE. Same rank as the other engineers.
CEO > VP of Engineering > All the SWE/SREs sit here
Targets change quarter to quarter and are what ever I and my Manager/VP decide.
Typically the targets are technically focused. E.g. product needs in the next 12 months require specific SLO/SLI's being met, in addition to some future customers who we're looking to onboard require us to be compliant in certain security standards. Those are my goals for this quarter.