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UK salaries are 75k$ for SDE1, 165k$ for SDE2. Roughly 2x Indian compensation. EU region also has strong labor laws.

> UK salaries are 75k$ for SDE1, 165k$ for SDE2

They’re definitely not. Where are you getting this? Divide by three

https://www.levels.fyi/companies/amazon/salaries/software-en...

Filtering on UK gives total comp of $60k-$200k+ at Amazon

UK engineers are earning much over £20k a year, even outside of London. Amazons site says: SDE1 is on a low of £45,653 which is $56,344.02 SDE2 is on £70,703 which is $87,257.47

So somewhere between you both.

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