Software engineering salaries

I came across the opening on LinkedIn and applied directly, also reached out to people for referrals. Round 1: Technical Interview (1+ hour): Discussed my past internships and contributions in detail. Explained vulnerabilities (root cause, impact, remediation). Reviewed code snippets to identify vulnerabilities and suggest fixes. Hardened a deliberately weak API request step-by-step. Discussed my product security work and automation projects. Solved architecture-based scenarios around rate limiting, authentication, and attack surface. Final Round: Engineering Manager (30-45 mins): Focused on decision-making and judgment. Topics included: handling team conflict, prioritizing vulnerabilities, actions for medium severity issues in release, and trade-offs between business impact and security risk. Revisited some earlier scenario discussions with more confidence. Offer Details: Summer Internship. ₹45,000 per month stipend (equivalent to 5.4 LPA). 2 to 3 weeks accommodation + flights covered (estimated at 0.45 Lakhs). A Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) ranging from 20 to 25 LPA was mentioned, depending on performance. I eventually declined the offer as it did not align with my other opportunities.

My experience is 4 years 3 months. This SDE-2 role at Groww is located in Bengaluru and requires 5 days onsite work. The fixed pay offered is ₹38 LPA. I was offered a performance bonus of ₹5 LPA, paid annually. The signing bonus is structured as ₹4 LPA for the first year and ₹4 LPA for the second year. ESOPs worth $20,000 (approximately ₹15 L) are part of the offer, vesting 25% per year over 4 years. Standard benefits such as insurance and leaves are included.

I received an interview opportunity for an SDE intern (AI/LLM) role at Groww through an employee referral. The interview process consisted of two technical rounds conducted on the same day. Round 1 (DSA): This round focused on core data structures and algorithms, where I was given two LeetCode easy–medium problems: Single Element in an Array and Container With Most Water. I started with brute-force solutions and then walked through optimized approaches, followed by a brief discussion on my projects. Round 2 (DSA + AI): The first half involved a deep discussion around my AI/GenAI projects and understanding of LLMs. In the second half, I was given a design-style problem to form pairs (3 girls and 2 boys) based on certain priorities, for which I had to write pseudocode and explain my reasoning. An HR round was planned, but it did not happen as I was informed that the feedback was not positive, meaning I did not move forward in the process. My final thoughts are that it was a great learning experience, and my knowledge in AI/ML might not have been strong enough, which likely affected the feedback. The compensation mentioned for this role includes a stipend of 61k per month (7.32 LPA) and a potential full-time CTC of 20-24 LPA upon conversion.

Current Company and Role: Tech Lead at a Product Based company Current Comp: 89L (including vested esops)

Education: B.Tech ECE from IIIT Years of Experience: 0 (Batch 2024) Prior Experience: 0 (No Internship) Date of the Offer: Nov 23 Company: GROWW Title/Level: SDE Intern Location: Bangalore Duration: 6 Month + FTE (Based on PPO) Salary: Rs. 61K/Month Relocation/Signing Bonus: 0 Stock bonus: NA Other Benefits : NA Total comp (Salary): Rs. 61K / MONTH PPO Opportunity : Yes (On the basis of performance) PPO CTC : 20 LPA (As of now, may get revised)

Education: Tier-3 Years of Experience: 5 years 4 months Current salary: 46 LPA (36 LPA base , 10 LPA Esops) Date of the Offer: July Company: GROWW Title/Level: SDE 3 Location: Bengaluru Salary: 47 LPA base , 5L performance linked variable Relocation/Signing Bonus: 1.5 lakhs relocation reimburesment (with bills) Stock bonus: 8 lakhs per year ( 32 LPA over 4) Bonus: Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 60LPA first year (inlucding variable excluding relocation benefit)