CRED salaries in India

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  SDE III

  Bangalore · Mid (2-6) · 2025-12-04

  ₹80.00 LPA

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  ₹70.00 LPA base

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  My education is B.Tech CSE from a 3-tier college. I have 4.3 years of experience. My prior experience was as an SDE-3 at a startup. My current CTC is Rs. 68 LPA (54 fixed + 14 LPA ESOP). CRED Offer Details: Salary: Rs. 70 LPA (Fixed) ESOPs: Rs 1 Crore vested over 4 years (10% in 1st year, 20% in 2nd, 30% in 3rd, 40% in 4th). Total compensation for the 1st year (Salary + ESOPs): 80 LPA. Standard CRED Benefits are included.

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  Software Development Engineer

  Mid (2-6) · 2025-11-22

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  I cleared all tech rounds at CRED and received an acceptance. I am seeking help with salary negotiation for the CRED offer. My previous role was SDE-2 at Zepto, and I was impacted by layoffs last month. My previous compensation at Zepto was ₹40 LPA fixed and ₹30L ESOPs . I have 4 years 6 months of experience working on backend and scalable distributed systems. CRED is aware of my previous compensation and layoff situation. I am asking the community for a realistic and fair expected salary range and insight into structu…

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  Intern

  N/A · 2025-08-29

  ₹12.00 LPA

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  ₹12.00 LPA base

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  This internship at CRED was initially offered with a promise of 6 months + FTE. I received a monthly stipend of INR 1,00,000. However, the experience was challenging and included: Being put on-call in the first month itself. Expected to work till 2–3 AM regularly. Forced daily office presence with no flexibility. No proper knowledge transfer, just random tasks dumped. Open abuses in the office, treating interns like slaves. Only 10–20% of interns received FTE mails, with no clarity from HR.

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  SWE

  Bangalore · Entry (0-1) · 2025-05-17

  ₹37.80 LPA

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  ₹37.80 LPA base

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  Company: Cred Role: SWE Years of Experience: 1 year 6 months Base Salary: 37.80 LPA Stock bonus: ESOPS worth Rs 40 Lakhs

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  SDE 2 Backend

  NA · Mid (2-6) · 2025-04-28

  ₹54.00 LPA

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  ₹50.00 LPA base

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  SDE I

  Mid (2-6) · 2024-05-15

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  Advice on CRED / Zomato job offer Zomato: SDE 2 role, Base + Annual bonus (all cash), 10% more than cash offered by CRED CRED: L3 role, Base + Esops (Base is more in CRED, but overall cash component is lesser, ESOP are paper money)

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  Software Engineer Backend

  Bangalore · Mid (2-6) · 2024-03-20

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  ₹41.00 LPA base

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  Job details: Company: Cred Title/Level: Software Engineer Backend Location: Bangalore Salary(Base): 41 LPA

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  Backend Intern

  Bangalore · N/A · 2023-12-21

  ₹10.00 LPA

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  ₹10.00 LPA base

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  Summer internship at CRED Relocation: 15 day hotel stay

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  SDE II

  Bangalore · Mid (2-6) · 2024-08-25

  ₹69.00 LPA

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  ₹54.00 LPA base

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  Education: CS from a Tier 1 university Current Company: FAANG YOE: 3 Years Current TC: 62.5 LPA Base: 54 Lakhs Signing Bonus: 8 Lakhs ESOPS: INR 28,00,000 (vested overy 4 years) TC : 69LPA INR This was the max they were willing to offer. Rejected the Offer.