What Google pays its engineers to run its gigantic operations
We had given a report about how much
Facebook engineers earn,
now lets look at the other biggie in the tech space, Google. Google,
now owned by Alphabet Inc., is basically an engineering firm and among
those Tech companies who are ready to pay the highest pay-packages to
their engineers.
However, it is not just the programmers who are
highly paid and Google also pays top dollars for their deserving
candidates, irrespective of the field, such as the marketing executives,
finance executives and the legal counselors.
Recently, Business
Insider, gave an insight of the highly paid packages which Google offers
to their deserving candidates. BI used the salary data from Glassdoor
to provide us the details.
In this article we have compiled a list
of the different positions, in ascending order, which offers an awesome
annual package to the appropriate candidate at Google. The salaries
mentioned are just the ‘average base salary’ which does not include any
bonuses and it is mainly dependent on the experience of the candidate.
Glassdoor says they have harnessed the details from an anonymous report
wherein Google’s employees have willingly shared the details of their
annual income.
(Note: We have not listed the salaries of CEO or
senior VPs because they definitely are the ones who are paid the highest
pay package in a multi hundred thousand dollar range.)
At
its core Google is a software company, however of late the company has
also paved its way into developing its own hardware like the Nexus
phones, tablets and many others. Hence, Google is constantly in need of
hardware engineers. So hardware engineers definitely stand a chance to
earn around $185,000 a year at Google.
Technical
program manager is basically responsible for successful managing and
completion of various projects. Their responsibility includes managing
project schedules, prior identification of any major risks involved and
also communicating with the stake holders.
Google
employs some of the best lawyers to advise the company on legal matters
and ensure that things continue to run smoothly. Though Google is not
involved in any major legal battles it definitely pays some of the best
salaries to its lawyers. A typical corporate counsel would earn anything
around $189,000 a year.
The
candidate for this post needs to focus on advertising and inventing
better ways to sell Google’s products to customer. Hence it is essential
to have the best strategy and likewise the candidate also deserves to
earn a package around $190,000 a year.
For
an enormous corporation like Google it is pretty important that the
company is able to clearly convey its mission and statements, thus the
role of communications manager becomes important for Google and the
deserving candidate can draw an yearly package of around $191,000 a
year.
An
engineering manager sort of supervises a team of engineers who would be
responsible for accurate development, tests and creating new Google
products.
Google
is well known for its search engine which has a friendly User
Interface. Other products of Google like its Android too is very much UI
and hence Google is ready to pay its designers an awesome salary of
around $192,000 a year for designing an user friendly product.
Google
mainly deals into internet related services and products hence
advertising is an important aspect of Google and essential
for the overall turnover of the company. Thus Google needs competent
talent at this position and is ready to pay around $193,000 to the
deserving candidate.
Google,
is one of the leading search engine which maintains almost 100%
up-time, hence it is essential to ensure the websites are
working scrupulously at any given point of time.
The
apt candidate for this post would be some one who can handle any
problems and is able to fix issues that might arise into any of Google’s
services. The person should also have a thorough knowledge of web
designing and should be a very good trouble shooter. The deserving
candidate is also paid a huge amount of $193,000 a year.
A
senior product manager leads the diversified engineering teams to come
together and achieve a common goal so they are an important in an
overall progress of Google. Deserving candidates can earn $197,000 a
year.
Various Positions for Engineers: Google. as
already mentioned, is an engineering company at its core and hence it
offers various tiers for its engineers which are differentiated via
their skill, experience and responsibilities. Thus based on these
factors the pay-package also varies and here is a rundown of these
varying tiers:
- Staff Software Engineer: Salary drawn: $201,565
- Lead Software Engineer: Salary drawn: $207,211
- Senior Staff Software Engineer: Salary drawn: $210,462
- Senior Software Engineering Manager: Salary drawn: $235,772
A
Key person for all the on going projects at Google, this is an
important position. The group product manager is expected to interact
with sales, software engineers, marketing managers and all the major
members of any project.
As
per Google’s requirement a candidate who has at least 6 years of
experience can apply for this position. A deserving candidate needs to
coordinate with the senior leaders of Google and help to develop and
launch projects delegated to them.
Directors:
Different processes have a key person appointed as Director who is
overall responsible for that particular section of Google. So we have
marketing director, Engineering director and the Finance director.
- Marketing Director: Salary drawn: $268.936 This person is responsible for overall advertising and publicity of Google’s services and products.
- Engineering director: Salary drawn: $272,370 This person is totally responsible for all aspects of engineering be it software or hardware.
- Finance director: Salary drawn: $339,825 The “highest paid” positions in Google. This is a huge surprise isn’t it? Though Google is a tech firm, the highest paid position is that of a Finance director
and not an engineering position. Well, it goes without saying that a
person appointed as finance director has umpteen responsibilities and
the person needs to ensure that the company’s books and financial
statements are accurate. Even a minuscule error can result in huge
financial loses and thus Google offers a huge pay package to their
Finance director.
Well, readers you need not be an Engineer
to deserve the best pay package at a large corporation like Google. You
can also be someone who has excellent marketing skills or a person who
has great liking for financial subjects or even a person who just loves
law books to grab the best position and one of the best pay packages in
your life.
*All remunerations are taken from Glassdoor