Software engineering salaries

Education: B.Tech Tier II Years of Experience: 1.5 Prior Experience: Not FAANG (Top Investment Banking firm) Current Base: 21L Bonus (Fixed): 4L Date of the Offer: Jan 2025 Company: Microsoft Title/Level: L60 Location: Bangalore Base: 22.5L Relocation: None (same city) Signing Bonus: None Stock bonus: $35K vested over 4 years Bonus: Performance-based bonus up to 20% of salary every year Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 34L Benefits: Standard MS benefits Since I am joining in March, I would be eligible for the September appraisal. Total hike on my current TC is coming out to be 30-35%. I tried to negotiate but the recruiter was rude and gave a take it or leave it offer, my current company is not interested to give a counter offer. I know this is lowball, they did not agree to give any signing bonus and are giving fresher level stocks. I have accepted the offer as I did not have any choice at the moment, can anyone rate this offer and please give me any advice if it is possible to negotiate further.

Offer Date: Nov 2024 Location: Hyderabad Base Salary: 60 LPA (PF included) Performance Bonus: 15% (0-30%) Level: L64 Stocks: 180k USD over 4 years Relocation: 5.5L one-time Total Compensation: ~1.05 Cr + MSFT benefits Notice Period: 45 days Misc: BGV delayed with concerns about employment gaps

About Me: YOE: 3.5 years College: Tier-1 Current company: Well Known MNC Software Engineer III **Current Compensation:** Base : 24.5LPA + Retirals Bonus: 10% of base (usually more because of performance) Stocks: 3.2 LPA Perks: Permanent WFH **Offered Compensation:** Base: 30LPA + Retirals Bonus: N/A Stocks: 90,00,000 (vesting equally every quarter over 4 years) Location: Pune **Other Details:** Will be getting offer from Microsoft Hyderabad as well. **Update 1: Got Offer from Microsoft** Base: 32LPA Bonus: 0- 20% of Base Stocks: $100,000 (vesting yearly over 4 years) Location: Hyderabad Both offering similar Joining and retention bonus Considering moving out to a new city for work , is the offer still good or is equivalent to my current compensation ? Which offer should be better ?

Education: B.Tech in Computer Science from Tier-1 College Prior Experience: One of the top Investment Bank Salary: 38,00,000 Relocation bonus: None Stock bonus: 110K USD over 4 years ~ (23L per year) Joining Bonus : 4L (in 1st month), 1L (in 13th month) = 5L Performance Bonus : 0-20% ~ 3.8L (assuming 10% for 1st Yr) Benefits: Standard Microsoft benefits Recovery of Joining Bonus Clause: ||Employment Tenure|Amount (%) Recoverable| |---|---| |First Installment (4L)| a. Within 6 months of start date b. Between 6 to 12 months of start date|100% 50%| |Second Installment (1L)| a. Within 6 months of first anniversary date|100%|

* **Education**: BTech in Computer Science at Tier 3 University, 2021 - 2025 Batch\n* **Years of Experience**: 0\n* **Prior Experience**: Interned at Microsoft Summer 2024\n* **Date of the Offer**: Received PPO after the Internship\n* **Company**: Microsoft\n* **Title/Level**: SDE-1 / L59\n* **Location**: Hyderabad/Bangalore/Noida\n* **Base**: 15L INR\n* **Relocation**: 3L INR (non-taxable) + 59k INR (taxable)\n* **Signing Bonus**: 5L INR\n* **Stock bonus**: 35K USD (29.3L INR approx) vested for four years (25% + 25% + 25% + 25%) \n* **Bonus**: Performance-based bonus up to 20% of Base every year (max potential 3L)\n\n**Total comp (Base + Relocation + Bonus + Stock)**: ~55.9L INR\n**First Year comp (Base + Relocation + Bonus + Stock + ~Perf. Bonus)**: 15+3.59+5+29.3/4 = 30.91L+~3L INR

Education: Btech Tier-1.5 Years of Experience: 4 Prior Experience: Backend Prior Compensation: 20 LPA base Date of the Offer: 27 Jul 2024 Company: Microsoft Title/Level: L61 Location: Noida, UP Salary: 27,50,000 Relocation/Signing Bonus: 8,00,000 Stock bonus: 48,000 USD Bonus: 0-20% of Base Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): INR 40,30,000~ (Annual) Benefits: Standard Microsoft Benefits Other details: Am i being low-balled??

Education: M.Tech Old IITs Years of Experience: 2 Prior Experience: MAANG Date of the Offer: Jul 2024 Company: Microsoft Title/Level: L60 Location: Bangalore/Hyderabad/Noida Base Salary: 24L Signing Bonus: 3L Stock bonus: $65k USD for 4 years Bonus: Upto 20% of Base Total comp (Salary + Signing Bonus + Avg. Bonus + Stock): 24 + 3 + 2.4L + 13.5L = 43L Benefits: Standard Other details: N.A.

Microsoft L64 Offer Education: Tier 3 Years of Experience: 15 years Prior Experience: Service-based and Startups Current CTC: 60L(All fixed) Date of the Offer: May End Company: Microsoft Title/Level: SSE AI/ML - L64 Location: Hyderabad Base Salary: 65L Signing Bonus: 10L + 3L Relocation : 3.5L RSU: $110K for 4 years Perf Bonus: Upto 30% of base, considering 15% ~ 9.7L Benefits: Standard MS benefits

Education: BTech Dual from Tier 1 Years of Experience: 4.5 For experienced engineer, what's your current and past experience? Previously at FAANG Date of the Offer: Dec 2024 Company: Microsoft Title/Level: L62 SDE Location: Hyderabad Salary: 40 LPA Relocation/Signing Bonus: 20.5 LPA (16.5 first year + 4 second year) Stock bonus: 110k USD over 4 years Bonus: 10-12% Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): ~85 LPA Benefits: Other details: Other offers: Linkedin SSE: https://leetcode.com/discuss/compensation/6162418/LinkedIn-or-Senior-Software-Engineer-(SSE)-or-Bangalore Hyderabad is my hometown. Which would be better to choose?

Microsoft Offer: Level: L61 Team: Windows Experiences and Devices organization Base: 26 lakhs Performance-based bonus: 0-20% Stocks: $60,000 USD Vesting period - 4 years (equally) at the end of fist year - 25% then from next year vested quaterly Joining Bonus: 1 LPA Relocation Bonus: 4 lakhs

YoE : 2 Years 10 months Base : 32L Bonus : 1.3 (no upper or lower bound) LTI : 2.75L Total ~ 36L

Got an offer from Microsoft India, declined it - My Exp - 11yrs Salary offered - 32LPA Stocks - $10,000 over 4 years Joining bonus - 500,000 No clarity on project or technology. Salary was below market standard, I thought. Let me know your thought, if I did the right thing.

Education: B.Tech from IIT Company - Microsoft Position - Software Enginner Prior Experience - Interned at Startup Date of offer - Jan 2024 Tentative Locations - Hyderabad /Noida /Bangalore, India Base salary - Rs 15,00,000 Sign-On Bonus - Rs 5 lacs Target Bonus - upto 20% of Base(Rs 3,00,000) Stocks - 35,000$ vested in four years(25%, 25%, 25%, 25%) Total(Base + Bonus + Stocks) = Rs 51,03,200 PA CTC First Year Total = Rs 30 lacs CTC (approx) Benefits - Standard MS benefits

Education: MS in Computer Science Prior Experience: Interned at Amazon twice Date of the Offer: Fall 2018 Salary: 72,000 CAD Relocation: N/A Signing Bonus: N/A Stock bonus: N/A Bonus: N/A Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 72,000 CAD Benefits: paid vacations

Hi, I have L64 offer. Is this a fair offer? YOE : 16 Current comp : 1.17 Cr MS offer : Base : 67L Bonus : 10L(assuming 15%..can go upto 30%) RSU : 52L per year (250K vested over 4 years) JB : 16L (Year 1) and 11L (Year 2) Relocation bonus : 5.65L

Hi All, I have got one offer from Microsoft for sde 2 role(document submitted waiting for offer). Can anyone who recently joined please let me know what i can expect in terms of ** base and stocks**? Or if anyone can provide there full breakdown of offer. Please help me on this. Thanks in advance.

Education: BTech Non-CS top IIT Years of Experience = 2.5 yrs Prior Experience : SDE-1 at Amazon Company = Microsoft Title/Level = L60 Location = Hyderabad Base = 22.4L Stocks = $45k (vested over 4 years) Bonus = 0-20% of Basic Salary (Depends on Performance) Joining = 4 L (3L + 1L) Total comp (Salary + Signing Bonus + Stocks) = 35.4 LPA (first year) 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 = 31.4 LPA (second year onward) Benefits = Standard Microsoft Benefits and perks No competing offer Prev Compensation 22.4LPA base + 3L + stocks

Level - L64 YOE - PhD + 5.5 years Base - 70 lakhs Stock - $250k over 4 years Bonus - 0-30% Joining Bonus - 12 lakhs (y1) + 12 lakhs (y2) Total TC for 1st and 2nd year = 1.45 cr approx assuming 15% bonus Benefits - Usual Negotiated twice. Still one more round of negotiation going on. Previous TC - Based out of the US, ~$500k

Education: MS CS from top 40 univ\nYears of Experience: 2 YOE\nCurrent ctc: 200k\nDate of the Offer: 2023\nCompany: Microsoft\nTitle/Level: L62\nLocation: Remote\nBase Salary: 136k\nAnnual Bonus: performance based up to 20% \nJoining bonus: 20k over two years\nStock bonus: 100k over four years\nBenefits: Standard MSFT benefits

Education: MS in Software Engineering Prior Experience: 3 yrs Date of Offer: Jan 24, 2024 Title/Level: L61 Location: Redmond, USA Base: 150k Stocks: 150k (vesting over 4 yrs) Sign on: 40k (over 2 yrs) Benefits: Standard benefits of Microsoft Initial Compensation: Base: 135k Stocks: 80k (vesting over 4 yrs) Sign on: 30k (over 2 yrs)

Microsoft offer details Base: 31 LPA Perf Bonus: max 20% of base 110k RSUs over 4 yrs Joining Bonus : 8L

Education: B.Tech(CSE) from IIT Prior Experience: FAANG Date of offer: April 2024 Company: Microsoft Level: L60 Location: Noida Salary: 25 LPA Signing Bonus: 4 lakhs Performance Bonus : 0 - 20% Stock bonus: 80k USD / 4 Relocation Bonus : 4 lakhs Total comp (Salary + Stock + Joining bonus + Relocation bonus ): 49.67 lakhs + upto 5 lakhs of performance bonus. Benefits: Standard Microsoft Benefits EDIT : Negotiated twice.

Education: Tier 1 Btech Years of Experience: 6.5 YOE Current : 28L Base + 3L bonus + 7L stocks= 38LPA Date of the Offer: April 2024 Company: Microsoft Title/Level: L62 Location: Hyderabad Salary: Base 41 LPA Signing Bonus: 10L + 4L (after 1 year) Stock bonus: 110K USD (Over 4 years ) - 23.1L per year Bonus: 0-20 % =4.1L (taking 10% avg) Relocation - 4.6L Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 82L(1st year), (72L 2nd year) Benefits: microsoft India perks Competing offer: Nvidia (similar base, and stock)

Microsoft SDE 2 L62 Offer College: Tier 1 Previous Company: FAANG YOE: 4.5 Current Compensation: 57LPA (40 Base + 9 Stocks + 8 Bonus) Poor WLB and prone to LayOffs. 0% Hike this year.