Software engineering salaries

Education: B. Tech Tier I Years of Experience: 4 Prev Comp : 22LPA Fixed + 10 % Variable + 3L Bonus Company: Microsoft Title/Level: SDE II Location: Hyderabad Salary: 28LPA Fixed + upto 20% variable Relocation/Signing Bonus: 4 L Stock bonus: 65,000 USD Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 45 for first year Benefits: Standard MS Benefits Other details: Dont have any other competing offer so not able to negotiate. Your thoughts? Feels lowballed.

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Education: Bachelors Electronics Years of Experience: 7.9 Yrs Domain: Embedded Systems (Firmware) Company: MS Title/Level: L62 Location: Noida/BLR Salary: 40LPA Signing Bonus: 3L Stock bonus: 90K $ Bonus: 0-20% (10% in most cases i.e. 4L) Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 40 LPA + 3 LPA + 18 LPA = 65 LPA Benefits: Standard Microsoft benefits

Level: L62 (SDE 2) Base Salary: 39 LPA Signing bonus: 4 L (First Year) + 3.5 L (Second Year) Stock Bonus: 65k USD for 4 years Relocation Bonus: 3 LPA + 1.5 LPA Cash Bonus: upto 20 percent (average :10% -> 3.7)

Compensation details - Education: B.Tech Non-CS Tier 1 Years of Experience: 3 years 3 months Date of the Offer: Nov 2024 Company: Microsoft Title/Level: SDE II, L61 Location: Bangalore Salary: 25L Relocation Bonus: 2.8L Signing Bonus: None Stock compensation: $55K stock grant vested over 4 years (~11.5L per year) Bonus: 0-20%, ~2.5L (assuming 10% for 1st year) Stock bonus every year: performance based, assuming $12K vested over 5 years (~2L for first year) Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 25L + 2.5L + 2L + 11.5L = ~41L for first year Benefits: Standard microsoft benefits Other details: Do not have any other offers. Tried to negotiate, asked to increase stock grant from $55K to $100K, request rejected. However they are still open to hear reasonable increase in stock grant.

Education: Btech Tier 1 Years of Experience: 5 Prior Experience: Senior Software Engineer AMD Previous Comp: 24 Fixed + 45 K stocks 4 year vesting Date of the Offer: November 2024 Company: Microsoft Title/Level: SDE II Location: Banglore Salary: 33L Fixed Relocation/Signing Bonus: 8L Stock bonus: 80K vesting for 4 year Bonus: 5L (variable annual bonus performance based) Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 49 Fixed (Stock +Salary) + 8L Onetime Bonus Benefits: Standard

Education: BE from Tier 3 college YOE: 4.1 Previous Company: FinTech PBC Previous CTC: 16.29 (15.29+ 1 bonus) Offered: fixed : 21 LPA performance bonus : 0-20 % (4 lakhs in best case) Stocks : 70000 USD joining bonus 4 lakhs relocation : 3 lakh 84000 CTC First Year -~ 45 LPA Asked for L61 but they said I have gotten no hire in one of interviews so they wont do it. Recruiter was very rude every time i tried to negotiate he mentioned that i am not from iit/nit or faang so i should be greatful. I have other offers from Expedia SDE 2 - 35 LPA CTC Cars24 SDE 2 - 31(fixed) + 3 bonus UKG(Lead Software Engineer) - Yet to be decided.

Education: Tier 2 Btech Years of Experience: 3.5 YOE Title: SDE-1 at Fintech MNC Current : 24L Base + 2L Variable Bonus + 4L Retention = 30LPA Date of the Offer: November 2024 Company: Microsoft Title/Level: SDE2 (L61) Location: Bangalore Base Salary: 30 LPA Signing Bonus: 4 + 1.5 L Stock bonus: 45K USD (Over 4 years) Perf Bonus: 0-20 % of Base Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 30 + (4 + 1.5 + 3 (taking 10 % as Perf Bonus)) + 9.5 = 48 LPA Benefits: Whatever microsoft offers

Education: MSc in Computer Science Years of Experience: 4 Prior Experience: SDE2 at a big Indian E-Commerce Company Date of the Offer: June 2024 Company: Microsoft Title/Level: SDE-2 (L61) Location: Bangalore Salary: 32L Signing Bonus: 6L (4 + 2) Stock bonus: $75K stock grant vested over 4 years Bonus: Performance-based bonus up to 20% of salary every year Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): ~53L first year Other details: Negotiated once, HR did not budge. Did not have a competing offer, that might have helped.

Downlevel from L65 to L64 SSE. Base - 65 lpa Stocks - 220000 / 4 Bonus - 0-30% of base Joining bonus - 7 (year 1) + 3 (year 2)

Position : L63 SSE CTC : 91 L (48 Base + 20 L(equally vested) + 10 L JB + variable upto 30%) Org : Windows , WSD team MS looks better on paper given that I have a SWE background. Is it advisable to leave Google so soon ? Even if I stay back, I might be targeting team/role switch after a year.

Education: Tier 1 Years of Experience: 7 years Last Drawn CTC: 70 L (48 Base + 6 Variable) + $80k for 4 years Company: Microsoft Title/Level: L62 Location: Bangalore Salary: 42L Relocation/Signing Bonus: 10L Stock bonus: $120K for 4 years Perf Bonus: Upto 20% of base, Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 77L for 1st year

Education: CSE from tier 2.5/3 college Years of Experience: 3.1 year Prior Experience: Software engineer 2 at FAANG Current comp: 41L base salary, Avg 13L stocks per year. Date of the Offer: October 2024 Company: Microsoft Level: L61 Location: Noida Salary: 33 L Signing Bonus: 8L Relocation Bonus: 4L Stock bonus: $80000 (25%,25%,25%,25%) Target bonus: (upto 20%) [avg 3.3 L] Total comp for 1st year(Salary + Bonus + Stock): 33 + 8 + 16.6L + 3.3L ~ 61L Other details: I got a call to negotiate, they were not ready for l62, should i join considering very bad WLB at my current company?

Education: B.Tech in Non-CS Tier 1 Years of Experience: 3 years 3 months Current role: Senior Software engineer at Big US MNC Date of the Offer: Nov 2024 Company: Microsoft Title/Level: SDE II, L61 Location: Bangalore Salary: 25 Lakhs Relocation: 2.8 Lakhs Signing Bonus: None Joining Stock compensation: $55K stock grant vested over 4 years (~11.5 Lakhs per year) Performance Bonus : 0-20% of salary ~ 2.5 Lakhs (assuming 10% for 1st Yr) Stock bonus : Performance based stock rewards every year, assuming ~$12K stock vested over 5 years = ~2L for first year Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 25L + 2.5L + 2L + 11.5L = ~41 Lakhs first year (not including relocation) Benefits: Standard Microsoft benefits Current compensation : Base - 17.8 L Annual bonus - 1.7L Stock compensation is fixed stock units, 195 stock units will vest next year - 195 X 186 (current stock price) X 84 (usd-inr) = ~30L Total compensation for next year - 17.8 + 1.7 + 30 = ~50L Current compensation is heavily dominated by stock units Other details: Tried to negotiate, asked for $100K stock grant instead of 55K but rejected. They are open to hear reasonable increase request for stock grant.

Offer details: Education: Btech Tier 2 Years of Experience: 3.5 Prior Experience: SDE-I at a Fintech Company Previous Comp: 24LPA Fixed + upto 6LPA Variable Date of the Offer: November 2024 Company: Microsoft Title/Level: SDE II (L61) Location: Bangalore Salary: 30LPA Fixed Relocation/Signing Bonus: 4L Stock bonus: 45K USD vesting for 4 year Variable Bonus: 0-20% of Base based on performance Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 42.5 LPA (Stock+Salary+Variable(assuming 10%)) + 4L Onetime Bonus Benefits: Standard

Education: MCA from Tier 2 NIT Years of Experience: 6 Year and 1 months Previous Compensation: 35.5 LPA + 1.25LPA (ESOPS) Company: Microsoft Level: L62 Base Salary: 39 LPA Signing bonus: 4 L (First Year) + 3.5 L (Second Year) Stock Bonus: 65k USD for 4 years Relocation Bonus: 3 LPA + 1.5 LPA Cash Bonus: upto 20 percent (average :10% -> 3.7) Total Compensation: 1st year: 39LPA + 3.7LPA + 4LPA + 4.5LPA + 13.64 LPA = 64.84 LPA 2nd Year: 39LPA + 3.7LPA + 3.5LPA + 13.64 LPA = 59.84 LPA 3rd Year onwards: 37 LPA + 3.7LPA + 13.64 LPA = 54.34 Benefits: Standard Microsoft Benefits I currently don't have an offer in hand, but this one feels quite low. Despite negotiations, the recruiter is unwilling to adjust the terms. Given the need to relocate from Noida to Hyderabad for a team in the Azure vertical, I'm unsure whether to accept it. Could you advise on what I should do?

Education: B.Tech in CSE Current Company: From Product based company Years of Experience: 9.10+ Company: Microsoft Date of the Offer: 21 Oct 2024 Level: L62 Location: Hyderabad Salary: INR 39L (Basic) Joining Bonus: INR 8L (4L in 2 consicutive years) Relocation Bonus: INR 4.5L Stock bonus: USD 70K (4 years, 33-33-17-17) Performance Bonus: 0-20% of base. Total comp for 1st year: ~62L (assume 10% bonus) Benefits: Standard Microsoft perks