Software engineering salaries

Fixed Pay: ₹36.5 LPA (excluding employer PF & gratuity) Variable bonus: 0–12% discretionary, max total ~₹40.9 LPA Tech Stack: Java, AWS, Kafka Potential work‑life balance concerns reported

I recently received an offer from JPMorgan Chase (SDE2) through the cohort hiring round. This is their maximum budget for SDE2.

I received an offer from JPMorgan Chase. The base salary is 36 LPA. The offer includes an estimated bonus of approximately 12%. The work mode is 4 days Work From Office (WFO), with a likelihood of moving to 5 days WFO. I am concerned that the overall CTC does not significantly increase, with most of the jump being only in base pay. I find the work mode much more restrictive compared to my current role. I have heard mixed, often negative, feedback about the Work-Life Balance (WLB) at JPMC.

Applied for SDE-3 Java Full stack developer role. My current YOE is 4.5 years as SDE-2 in a MAANG company. Recruiter reached out on LinkedIn. **1st Round (Coding)**: Multiple LC-medium type questions like Min Stack, Delete Node in a Linked List, Trapping Rain Water, Two Sum, Binary Tree Level Order Traversal. I was able to answer all questions. **2nd Round (LLD)**: Focused on JAVA fundamentals, new features (JAVA 21), comparison with Scala, concurrency control in JAVA and distributed systems. Involved code review and bug fixing. I was grilled hard on points I brought up. **3rd Round (HLD + Behavior)**: Discussion on new business, motivation, and HLD question on designing a website for document validation and storage (highlighting S3 for file bytes, DB for metadata, async workers for delay, API design, and scaling). Overall verdict: I was selected but downleveled to an SDE-2 role. Reason for downlevel: My overall experience (4.5 YOE) was considered lower than most SDE-3s in the organization (>6 years required) and my performance in the 2nd round did not meet the SDE-3 bar. I declined the offer despite the compensation being good (almost equal to an SDE-3, matching my current compensation).

Work Mode: 5 days WFO (from Jan 2026) Division: Regulatory, Controls & Op Risk Technology (RCORT) Team: Risk assessment team Responsibilities: Working for security of JPMC applications Technologies: Angular/React and Springboot Domain: Finance

I submitted my documents, including 3 months’ salary slips and KYC, to JPMorgan Chase for an SDE-2 role in Mumbai. I am asking about the timeline for HR processes after document submission (September 16), specifically how many business days it takes for HR to schedule the compensation discussion, provide a verbal offer, and a written offer/LOI. I am interested in India-specific timelines for 2024–2025 and whether the process can be expedited given my competing offer that I need to join in the next 2 weeks. I also inquired about flexibility within compensation bands during discussions.

Education: Bacehlor's at school in texas Years of Experience: 0 For fresh grad, any related Internship/coop experience? Internship at JPMC, undergrad research Date of the Offer: Received in August Company: JPMorgan Chase Title/Level: New Grad / SEP Location: Plano, Texas Salary: $95000 Relocation/Signing Bonus: $10000 Stock bonus: 0 Bonus: $5000 Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): $110000 Benefits: Standard 401, health and dental