I’m in the market.

I will say that top engineers generally treat equity in an early stage startup as 0 comp since it very rarely pays out. Something to consider.

You need good incentives. Good engineers know they are good.

Compensation is part of the game. Other factors are autonomy, decision making and influencing power, roadmap, real challenges (not we are curing the world).

Curiuos, what are you building? I am thinking of building a software for Personalized Recruiting. Happy to chat and understand current challenges.