Desk·2026-10-06
Shop IC year still clears the Google manager seat
Same software-engineer title. Jane Street prints the NY shop cash year. Google prints the public IC ladder under it. The manager seat still trails.
Jane Street typical $525,000 against $312,000 at Google.
SWE typical
Jane Street typical sits ~1.68× Google
Same title. NY shop clears $525k typical on a $250k base. Public IC clears $312k on a $185k base.
How to plan it
Sit the shop IC year before you take the manager seat
A software engineer planning 2027 should treat Jane Street and Google as two paths, not one band. OpenAI told Fortune on 5 October it is piloting a mission interview for marketing and HR. That hiring note does not reprice a software seat. Jane Street software engineer prints $525k typical on the ledger with a $250k base you keep, sample fourteen, marked hot, New York. Google software engineer prints $312k typical with a $185k base, sample eighty-six. The shop leads the IC pair by about $213k. The public ladder is the other door: staff prints $520k typical, almost the shop year, and engineering manager prints $430k typical on a $230k base — still under the Jane Street IC seat by about $95k. If you need the 2027 cash year and can clear the NY shop loop, sit Jane Street first. If you want a manager seat and liquid RSUs, sit Google — but name the tax.
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