Disclaimer: I'm going through job application process, and next step will be a salary negotiation. I've read awesome http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/ article by patio11, and trying to prepare myself for that.
How would you recommend to estimate market salary?
Given an SF startup company looking for a senior software engineer who's good at Python&Django and is a full-stack. They need help in renovating their saas solution.
If you would have to hire someone for similar position, what salary range would you think of?
Given you consider remote workers for this position also. Would you expect to hire them at lower price?
Thanks!
They're considering a remote worker for a senior engineering position? Are they looking for an order taker or someone that's able to work with them to design and build a great product.
Go and see how much they are paying for your kind of position in 3 of the sites below and take the average and add 30% more and start negotiating from there.
Payscale.com glassdoor.com salary.com
Yes, they tend to pay less for remote workers. But again agree with them in front asking to raise the salary after couple of months once they are happy with your performance.