We are a small team built a product which is ramen profitable. We are midway to acqu-hire by FANG. I am the founder, CEO and built the initial working version and earned first 1000 users. There is one another engineer and one marketing person. I have 9+ years industry experience. So my question is what level & compensation <i>I</i> should be asking?
Frankly, I think you should expect zero beyond what they’re paying to buy the company.<p>This way you will be pleasantly surprised by anything they do offer. And you won’t be too unpleasantly surprised if they don’t offer anything at all, and you just get shown the door.
Here[^1] is a video of Instagram's Kevin Systrom explaining the transition after Facebook acquired Instagram. The whole interview is good, and the segment would better be taken in context. All the best.<p>[^1]: <a href="https://youtu.be/Fgn2fhZBAVA?t=3365" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/Fgn2fhZBAVA?t=3365</a>
Depends on the interview, they won't just give you one. If they decide to keep you, they will interview you and keep those that perform well. You can be a manager, if they are going to build out the software, you can be a VP for that product if you demonstrate competency. Best of luck.
If you would consider yourself a Senior level, which you probably should, given you built an acquired product, you can look up the paybands online. 250-500, to throw out a range.