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No published levels; experience bands shown. No equity - base + discretionary year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year. NY postings list $200K-$325K base for developers.
Ranges aggregated from publicly-available sources. Treat the median (p50) as roughly representative; quartile bands reflect negotiation range. Have specific data points or corrections? Send them in.
D. E. Shaw is a New York-based investment firm. It does not publish an engineering ladder, so these bands are experience-inferred. Base pay is the best-supported number: New York postings state it (developer roles at $200K-$325K) and H-1B filings for Software Developer cluster around $225K. Postings describe variable pay as 'substantial' - a year-end bonus guaranteed in the first year, plus sign-on and relocation bonuses - but no public source states bonus amounts, so bonus and total-comp bands lean on sparse Levels.fyi US reports and are widened. There is no equity. These bands cover D. E. Shaw & Co.; D. E. Shaw Research is a separate organization with its own postings (one lists $250K-$600K base) and is not modelled here.
D. E. Shaw does not publish an engineering ladder. Levels.fyi files US reports under 'Member Technical'; the Mid and Senior rows here are experience bands, not firm titles. Public US data above entry level is thin - Mid and Senior are directional.
| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $200K | $225K | $250K | $275K |
| Equity (annualized) | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Bonus / sign-on amortized | $75K | $100K | $140K | $185K |
| Total comp | $280K | $330K | $395K | $470K |
Entry-level. NY postings list base of $200K-$275K, plus a year-end bonus guaranteed in the first year and a sign-on bonus. Levels.fyi's US 'Member Technical' median sits near $322K. The 2027 NY intern posting pays $25K a month base.
| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $230K | $260K | $290K | $325K |
| Equity (annualized) | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Bonus / sign-on amortized | $110K | $160K | $225K | $300K |
| Total comp | $345K | $420K | $515K | $625K |
Sparse public data - directional. Base anchored on NY postings ($275K for a mid-level developer role, up to $325K for Generative AI services). Bonus band anchored on the Levels.fyi US median bonus of ~$175K.
| Component | p25 | p50 | p75 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary | $275K | $310K | $345K | $375K |
| Equity (annualized) | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Bonus / sign-on amortized | $175K | $260K | $380K | $550K |
| Total comp | $450K | $570K | $725K | $925K |
Sparse public data - directional. H-1B filings for Software Developer reach $350K base. Few verified US senior reports exist, so the band is wide on purpose; the year-end bonus is discretionary and drives most of the spread.
Cross-referenced against public reporting, state pay-transparency postings, and triangulated where source ranges disagreed. Last refresh: October 2026.
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