Software engineering salaries

* Base: 25L (Includex fixed pay + company's PF contribution) * Performance-based bonus: 0-20%; avg 10% * Stock bonus: $55K vested over 4 years * Signing Bonus: 1.5L

Microsoft L60 offer details: - Stocks - Joining bonus - Relocation - Perf bonus

Base pay: 34 lpa, Signing Bonus: INR 3 lacs, Stock bonus: 80K USD ( vested over 4 years ), Annual Bonus per year(10% of basic): INR 3.4 lpa, Relocation : 4.2 lpa

My current YOE is 3. The company is Microsoft. The role offered is SDE2 at L61 level. The location is Hyderabad. The base salary offered is 32 LPA. I am offered a joining bonus of 5 Lakhs. Relocation benefits are standard as per Microsoft policy. I am offered 50k USD in stocks vesting over 4 years (~12.5k USD per year). The annual bonus is 3.2 Lakhs (up to 20%).

My education is B.Tech. I have 4.1 years of experience. My current role is SDE2 at a foodtech company with a current compensation of 38LPA (31L fixed + PF). The offer is for a Software Engineer position at Level L61. The compensation includes: Base: 32LPA (includes fixed pay + company's PF contribution) Performance-based bonus: 0-20% (average 10%) Stock bonus: $80K vested 25% each year for 4 years (approximately 17.57 LPA) Signing Bonus: 6L (1st year) Relocation bonus: Not yet disclosed but will be provided. The total compensation for the 1st year is stated as 55.5LPA, plus the undisclosed relocation bonus. The interview process consisted of four rounds: three DSA/System Design rounds and one Senior Manager round focusing on culture fit, system design discussion, and expectations. I was expecting L62 given my experience and interview performance, but was offered L61. I am skeptical about the tech stack (C++/C#, Windows Team) compared to my current stack (Golang, Java, AWS DDB). The fixed pay jump from my current role (31LPA) to the offer (32LPA) is not significant. I am considering this move due to my current organization having high expectations, poor WLB, and receiving hints about potential PIP. Microsoft's work culture and employee benefits are perceived as top-notch.

I have received a Senior SDE L63 offer from Microsoft. My experience is 10 years. Compensation details are: Base Salary: 56.0 LPA RSU: 140K USD (vested over 4 years) First-year Sign-on Bonus: 12 LPA

I started my preparation for SDE-2 roles in March 2024. Initially, I focused on DSA, starting with Striver’s A2Z DSA Sheet, regularly solving LeetCode Daily challenges, and participating in contests, which took me about 6 months to build strong fundamentals. I faced challenges getting interview calls until January 2025. While clearing most DSA rounds, I struggled with Low-Level Design (LLD). To overcome this, I dedicated myself to mastering LLD through solving standard problems, watching YouTube tutorials, and discussing designs (with the help of ChatGPT). After 19 months of consistent effort, countless rejections, and a lot of learning, I received an SDE-2 offer from Microsoft. I am deeply grateful to my family and friends for their support throughout this journey.

My current location is Bangalore and the offered location is Hyderabad. My Years of Experience (YOE) are 5.5 years. The Microsoft offer includes: Base salary: 32 Lakhs (including PF) Bonus (0-20%): 3.2 Lakhs (average) Joining bonus: 9.6 Lakhs (5 Lakhs + 4.6 Lakhs) Stocks: $80K / 4 years (approximately 16.6 Lakhs per annum based on 1 USD = 83 INR) I am unsure if the relocation amount is included in the offer, as the recruiter stated it will be handled by a third party. I tried negotiating for an L62 role, but the recruiter only received approval for L61. I am also seeking information about the Work-Life Balance (WLB) in the W+D team in Hyderabad.

Role: Software Engineer II (Level - 61) Team: Microsoft Defender for Office YOE: 4.3 Base: 33,00,000 INR (Including Employer's PF) Bonus: 3,30,000 INR (avg - 10%, 0-20% range) Stocks: 60k USD over 4 years Joining Bonus: 3 lakhs Retention Bonus: 3 lakhs

Round 1: Online Codility Test First question: Given item prices, apply the discount of the first later item with lesser-or-equal price, compute the total of all final prices. Second question: Maintain token expiries, use expired ones before each operation using a hash map + min-heap. Round 2: DSA First question: Hashing + circular search question. Second question: Linked list where each node has a next pointer and a recommend pointer. Round 3: Low-Level-Design of TicTacToe I started with the object requirements and flow of requests. I made the UML Diagram. I wrote the code for Main function, Player, PlayingPiece, PlayingPiece0, PlayingPieceX, PieceType, and Board. I started with the assumption of a 3x3 board and 2 Players, later I scaled it. Round 4: Hiring Manager (High-Level-Design + Behavioural) High-Level Design and DSA: Questions were asked regarding scaling, bottleneck, distributed system, databases, and data structures. Behavioural Round: Questions were asked regarding why I am interested in joining Microsoft, about whether I have faced team conflicts in my current organisation, work distribution, past mistakes, and challenges.

I received an offer for an SDE-2 role at Microsoft. My experience is 4.5 years. Base Salary: 33 LPA Stocks: 80K USD (vested across 4 years) Performance Bonus: 0-20% (I can consider 10% as average) Joining Bonus: 7 LPA (5 LPA in the first year, 2 LPA in the second year) First Year Total Compensation: 58.3 LPA (including stocks, joining bonus, performance bonus) Level Offered: L61 I declined this offer as it was much lower than my current compensation.

My base salary is 31.9 LPA. My sign-on bonus is 8L, split as 5L + 3L. I received stocks worth 70k USD, vesting as 25%, 25%, 25%, 25%. My annual performance bonus is in the range of 0-20%. My first year CTC range is 55.3 - 61.6 LPA. The offer is for the ODSP team. I tried negotiating with MS using Amazon's counter offer, but the recruiter stated that L61 and the presented numbers are the best based on the team's budget.

I received an offer from Microsoft for the SDE2 L61 role. My Years of Experience (YOE) are 5. The base salary component is 32 LPA. The stock component is $80k vested over 4 years (approximately 16.6 LPA, assuming 1 USD = 83 INR). I will receive a joining bonus of 3.2 lakhs in the first year and 3.2 lakhs in the second year. My total compensation for the first year, including base, annual stock, and first-year joining bonus, is 51.8 LPA. I am currently unemployed and do not have any other offers, which I believe is leading to a lowballed offer from the recruiter.

Education: Mtech from top IIT Current Experience: SDE2 at a semiconductor company Date of the Offer: September, 2025 Joining Bonus: 12 Lakhs (6 Lakhs in 1st month, 6 Lakhs in 13th month) Stock bonus: 50,000 USD vested equally over 4 years (11 Lakhs considered for 1st year total) Performance Bonus: 0-20% of Base (Avg 10% considered for total compensation) I accepted the offer after some negotiation on joining bonus and stocks.

Level: 62 Position: SDE2 Base: 40 LPA Stocks: 110k USD (Divided over 4 years) Joining Bonus: 5 Lakhs (3 Lakhs first year + 2 Lakhs second year) Performance Bonus: Upto 20% Base Salary Plus standard benefits

Microsoft L62 offer in Hyderabad. Base Salary: 35L. Relocation: 3L. Signing Bonus: 3L (year 1, year 2). Stock bonus: $85K vested over 4 years. Bonus: Performance-based bonus up to 20% of salary every year.

* Fixed: ₹33L * JB: ₹3L (1st yr) + ₹2L (2nd yr) * RSUs: $60K over 4 years * Performance: up to 20% * Current comp: ₹32.5L fixed + ₹1.5L perf

Current compensation is 17.5 LPA. The user is anticipating a potential lowball offer and wants to understand negotiation strategies.

Y1 TC: ~240k

The team is not that great, a decent team WLB is great

On 29th August, I completed three interview rounds with Microsoft, covering DSA, LLD, and behavioral aspects. Today, I received a document verification request, asking for my pay slip, RSUs, and other details. I am seeking clarification on whether this indicates an offer and the expected timeline for document verification and the offer letter. I am also asking for advice on what compensation to expect.

I have received and accepted an offer from Microsoft for an L60 role. I have a little over 1 year of experience. Fixed salary: ₹21L. RSUs: $40K over 4 years (equivalent to ~₹8.3L per annum based on USD 1 = INR 83). The offer did not include a joining bonus. Performance bonus: up to 20%. Relocation bonus: amount not mentioned.

If you have 2-5 years of exp, can apply.

Microsoft laid off ~9,000 employees across multiple divisions as part of a restructuring focused on AI growth and operational streamlining. It's a big shift that raises major questions about where tech is headed and how to prepare for what's next. Teams impacted include: Sales & Marketing, Gaming divisions (Xbox, King, ZeniMax, Turn 10), Support & Customer Success roles. Multiple in-development games have been shelved, including Everwild and Perfect Dark. Microsoft is prioritizing AI roles, tools, and internal productivity metrics tied to AI adoption.

* Base: 21 L * Joining Bonus: 2.5 L (First Year Only), 2.5 L in Second year * Relocation Bonus: 3 L (First Year Only) * Stocks: 7.5 /year (For 4 years) * Performance Bonus: 3 L (Maximum) * First-Year Total: ₹37 LPA