Roles
Equity comp by job role
Different jobs inside the same company have different comp shapes. Pick yours.
- Software engineerRSU, sometimes + ESPP
- Staff / principal engineerLarge RSU grants, often refreshed annually
- Engineering managerSimilar to senior IC; rank-based
- Product managerRSU, sometimes + ESPP
- Data scientistRSU
- ML engineerRSU or PPUs at pre-IPO AI labs
- Product designerRSU
- Account executive / salesRSU + commission
- Solutions engineerRSU + ESPP
- Developer relationsRSU
- Security engineerRSU + ESPP
- DevOps / platform engineerRSU + ESPP
- Technical recruiterRSU (smaller grants)
- Finance / operationsRSU
- In-house counselRSU
- People / HRRSU
- Marketing / growthRSU
- Customer successRSU + ESPP
- Executive (VP / C-suite)RSU + PSUs + options
- Founder / startup employeeISOs, NSOs, founder shares
- Senior software engineerRSU + refresh grants
- Principal engineerLarge RSU + PSU grants
- Distinguished engineerLarge RSU + PSU grants, sometimes options
- Mobile engineer (iOS / Android)RSU + ESPP
- Frontend engineerRSU, ISOs at pre-IPO
- Backend engineerRSU or double-trigger RSU pre-IPO
- Fullstack engineerISOs or RSU
- Infrastructure engineerRSU + ESPP
- Site reliability engineer (SRE)RSU + refresh grants
- Database engineerRSU + ESPP
- API engineerDouble-trigger RSU or ISOs
- Embedded engineerRSU, PSUs at Tesla-style employers
- Firmware engineerRSU + ESPP
- Game engineerPrivate RSU or options
- Graphics engineerRSU + ESPP
- Machine learning researcherPPUs or RSU at AI labs
- Research scientistRSU + sign-on RSU grants
- ML infrastructure engineerPPUs, RSU, or pre-IPO options
- Data engineerRSU + ESPP
- Analytics engineerRSU or ISOs at pre-IPO
- Prompt engineerPPUs, RSU, or options
- Group product managerRSU + refresh grants
- Director of productLarge RSU + PSU grants
- UX researcherRSU
- Design managerRSU + refresh grants
- Brand designerISOs or RSU
- Technical writerRSU (smaller grants)
- Director of engineeringLarge RSU + PSU grants
- VP engineeringLarge RSU + PSU + sign-on options
- CTOFounder equity with 83(b), or executive RSU + PSU
- CEO / founderFounder common stock with 83(b)
- CFOLarge RSU + PSU + ISO packages
- Chief product officerLarge RSU + PSU grants
- Head of securityLarge RSU + sign-on grants
- Enterprise account executiveRSU + commission accelerators
- SMB account executiveRSU + commission
- Sales engineerRSU + ESPP + commission
- Customer success managerRSU + ESPP
- Sales development rep (SDR)Small RSU or ISO grants
- Renewal specialistRSU + commission
- Technical program manager (TPM)RSU + refresh grants
- Scrum master / agile coachRSU (smaller grants)