Software engineering salaries

Current experience: 3.6 years Offered IC3 level position Base salary: 32 LPA Performance bonus (PF): 2.6 LPA RSU grant: 70 LPA Total compensation: ~104.6 LPA

Fixed salary: ₹56 LPA + retirals RSU: ₹1 Cr over 4 years (front‑loaded) Joining bonus (expected): ₹5–10 LPA Total compensation (excluding joining bonus): 96 LPA Work‑from‑home role Team: AI Enablement & Process – AI platform, SRE, agentic automation, developer platform

Fixed salary: 56 LPA (plus retirals) RSU: ₹1 Cr over 4 years (front‑loaded) Joining bonus (expected): 5–10 LPA Total compensation (without joining bonus): 96 LPA Work‑from‑home role Team: AI Enablement & Process – AI platform, SRE, agentic automation, developer platform

Role: System Software Engineer (IC2) Base Salary: ₹22 LPA Bonus: ₹1.83 Lakhs Stock: 36.5K USD (Total Grant over 4 years) Vesting: Front-loaded (40% - 30% - 20% - 10%) Total Compensation (Year 1): ~₹36 - 38 LPA (Cash + Stock)

My background includes: Education: B.Tech CSE from Tier3. Years of Experience: 3 years (2022 grad) in Qualcomm. Current Base ~ 20L. Unvested RSUs $17K. The offer details are: Role: Tools Dev Engineer. Date: Aug 2025. Location: Pune. Base Salary: 25L. Signing Bonus: 0. Stock RSUs: $45k in 4 years (40%,30%,20%,10%). Relocation Bonus: 1L. No counter offer. I have questions regarding: Real role of Tools Dev Engineer. Work-Life Balance (WLB). Whether I am getting lowballed.

I received an offer for the IC2 role. Base Salary: 23 LPA Joining Bonus: 2 L (one-time) Relocation Bonus: 2 L (one-time) RSUs: 30 L vesting over 4 years (40/30/20/10 split), 12 L for the first year. Total Compensation (first year): 39 L (23 Base + 4 Bonus + 12 RSUs)

* Base Salary: 17,50,000 * Stocks: 20,00,000 * Bonus: 4,00,000

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* **Company:** NVIDIA * **Role:** ASIC Engineer * **Years of Experience:** 0 (New College Grad) * **Base Salary:** 17,50,000 * **Total Compensation:** 23,86,150 (includes joining bonus and anniversary bonus) * **Equity:** 24,00,000 (vesting period of 4 years)

My Years of Experience (YOE) are 3 years, previously at Qualcomm. I am joining Nvidia in December 2025 as a Tools Development Engineer. My offer includes a Base salary of 23 LPA, RSUs of 40L (total grant, annualized as 10LPA assuming 4-year vesting), and a Joining and Relocation bonus of 4L.

Company: Nvidia Role: Tools development Engg Level: IC2 Base Pay: 23L Retirals: 2L RSUs: ~35K $ (vesting 40|30|20|10 over 4 years, Year 1 estimated value: 11.62 LPA, assuming 1 USD = 83 INR) Joining Bonus: 2L Reloc Bonus: 2L

Base Salary: 22 LPA + 1.85 LPA (Retirals) Stocks: INR 32,50,000 (vesting as 40% in 1st year, 30% in 2nd year, 20% in 3rd, 10% over 4 years) Joining Bonus: 2L

I have 3 years of experience. Offered role is IC2. Base salary offered is 26 LPA + Retirals. Joining Bonus is 2 Lakhs. Stocks offered are 60,00,000 over 4 years (40/30/20/10 split). The job location is Pune.

* Stipend: Rs 80,000 per month * Online Assessment: 3 sections and 1 hour time - Aptitude + OS MCQ - C / C++ and DSA MCQ - 2 Coding question (1 standard DP and 1 medium greedy) * Interview: 1 DSA question on Binary Tree * C++ Output based questions * Pointers related questions * OS questions

Education: B.Tech from a tier-2 college YOE: 9 years Date of Offer: February 2025 Base Salary: 49 LPA Signing Bonus: 0 LPA Stock Bonus: 82 lakhs over 4 years Total Compensation (First Year): 81.8 lakhs Vesting Schedule: 40-30-20-10 Nvidia has recently changed the vesting schedule to 40-30-20-10, resulting in a reduced RSU component. 6 rounds of interview

Nvidia job offer details: Salary: 30L INR Relocation: 2L Stock bonus: 80L vested over 4 years Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 1st year - 52LPA, then 50LPA

NVIDIA 6 Months Software Engineer Intern Education: Tier 2 Private College Years of Experience: 0 Prior Experience: NA Date of the Offer: Sept, 2024 Company: NVIDIA Title/Level: 6 months Software Egineering Intern (on campus) Location:Bangalore Stipend: 80000 Relocation/Signing Bonus: 0 Stock bonus: 0 Bonus: 0 Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 80000 Benefits: Standard NVIDIA benefits Other details: NA

C++ Developer (CAD) IC2 role.

Nvidia IC3 offer details: Base salary: 40.5 LPA Signing bonus: 7L Stock bonus: 90L (over 4 years) Relocation benefit: 2L

Offer details from NVIDIA Pune: Base: 30 LPA Joining Bonus: 4 LPA Relocation bonus: 2 LPA Stock: 50 LPA Total Compensation: 86 LPA

Nvidia Campus Placement 2024 Specialization in AI/ML with strong academics. Languages - C++/C#.Net/Python. Strong in OOPs concepts and Data structures. Knowledge of SQL/NoSQL Database management tools.

Education: B.Tech in IT Years of Experience: 3rd Year Student Company Name: NVIDIA Title/Level: Software Engineer Intern Location: Bangalore & Pune Stipend – INR 30k per month for 2 months

Nvidia | System Software Team -- GPU/TEGRA Job Profile: System Software Team -- GPU/TEGRA Company: Nvidia Location: Pune / Bangalore / Hyderabad Employment Type: Full Time

Nvidia PPO 2024 College - Tier 1 YOE - 2 month intern at Nvidia Total ctc - 47 lakh Base salary - 17.5 lpa Total pay (including PF + Gratuity) - 19 lpa Stocks - 24 lakh (4 years vesting - 40%, 30%, 20%, 10%) Sign on bonus - 2 lakh Anniversary bonus - 2 lakh First year compensation (including stocks + sign on bonus) - 30.6 lakh