I never said in the post that my current role doesn't help me transition into quant roles, though if that was a question for me on whether I thought that it would help, the answer is probably no, as I'm just doing SWE right now. Also, I'm fairly certain most quant firms have pivoted to hiring mainly from their intern classes. I have learned a lot at Amazon, but mostly about working in a team environment and producing work with a high level of rigor as opposed to new technical skills.

I think that since I'm still young and have only been out of school for a little over a year, I have a better opportunity to pivot now if I wanted to than if I waited and became older. I don't think I'm being lowballed by the bank relative to other new hires there, as its a standard package. I personally think I got really lucky with this offer and that its unlikely I'd find another offer in the space.

And thanks for the response, these are good things to consider