If you're thinking about moving from a FAANG bank to a major bank, you'll find no shortage of interested firms – even if you've taken a short career break in the process.
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Jake Johnson joined JPMorgan this month as chief web officer and managing director. Johnson moved to New York for the opportunity, leaving Meta – where he started when it was still called Facebook – around this time last year.
Johnson spent three and a half years as a senior manager on the production engineering team at Facebook/Meta, where he joined (without a career break) from Amazon. He was responsible for Meta's cluster management system, Twine, formerly known as Tupperware. Twine is responsible for Meta's persistent data storage products for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp.
JPMorgan is Johnson's first foray into finance, having previously worked primarily in the industrial sector. JPM is a good entry into finance; the bank is investing heavily in technology companies and hiring new staff, while financial rivals such as Citi are cutting both their spending and headcount.
According to Levels.fyi, Meta pays senior product managers $600,000 and senior software developers $1.3 million and more.
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