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Interesting that it looks like just a regular "Senior Engineer" type job from the numbers; that looks like the pay band they'd put up for any ol' software-engineering job, regardless of specialization.

(EDIT: Removed a lot of extra verbiage explaining TC vs. base pay, which — thanks to the comment below — I'm realizing everyone probably already knows.)

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This is common knowledge. I'm one of the comments asking about TC, but I'm aware of all you've outlined, most people on HN have gone through negotiations before.

I was asking about TC in this particular instance given the following:

1. I have never worked for Apple (but I interviewed at big US companies for remote roles, and got to the TC negotiating round with a couple of big techs).

2. THis is a very niche role and requires very niche expertise and lots of experience.

3. The current state of the industry and how it has impacted comp at big tech like Apple.

I was hoping for a better insigh given all the above, not how TC works at big tech.

Compilers are not that hard and this isn't that much of a niche role. Even C++ compilers.

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