Software engineering salaries

Position: SDE-2 at Licious (US‑based product company) Years of experience: 3.8 years Base salary: 31 LPA Performance bonus: 1 LPA Stock component: 4 LPA Total compensation: 36 LPA Location: Bangalore, India

Fixed salary: 42 LPA (including PF) RSU: $115K over 4 years (~23.6 LPA per year) Yearly bonus: 0%‑20% of fixed salary Joining bonus: 5 LPA + 5 LPA (one‑time)

Base salary: 76.7 LPA Provident Fund component: 4.6 LPA (included in base total of 81.3 LPA) Stock grant: 102 K USD (~33.9 LPA), front‑loaded 35% in the first year Performance bonus (minimum): 15.3 LPA Estimated total compensation: ≈1.3 Cr per annum (≈130 LPA) including bonus Years of experience: 8 years

Base Compensation: 26 LPA Bonus: 5 LPA Relocation Allowance: 1.85 LPA Total Compensation: 32.85 LPA

Base salary: 56 LPA Signing bonus (joining): 3 LPA ESOP: 6000 units Work model: 5 days work from office

I received a job offer from Uniphore for a Staff Software Engineer role. My years of experience are 10. Base Compensation: INR 60 Lakhs Bonus: INR 5,80,000 Joining Bonus: Not Applicable (as per new policy) Stocks/eSops: 4000 units over 4 years, worth INR 40,00,000 Total Compensation (LPA including 1 year worth of eSops): INR 74,00,000

I have received an offer from Uber for an L4 role. The compensation details are as follows: Total Comp: ~75 LPA Base: 51 LPA (including PF) Stocks: 15 LPA/year Performance Bonus: 7 LPA Relocation: 2 LPA

Education: Tier 3, CSE Prior Experience: FAANG+ Microsoft Offer details: Salary: 43,00,000 INR Stock bonus: USD 100,000 (4 years 25% each year) Performance Bonus: Upto 20% Sign-on bonus: 6,00,000 (1st year) + 6,00,000 (2nd year) Relocation bonus: 3,50,000 Total compensation (1st year): 80.5 LPA (Average case with 10% PB) Total compensation (2nd year): 77 LPA Total compensation (3rd and 4th year): 72 LPA Advice: Negotiate better - I could not push further since I had no competing offers. I should have negotiated on stocks (could have gone upto 120k$) and joining bonus (heard it goes till 16L for 2 years).

I have an offer from Hashedin By Deloitte. My position is SDE-II. My base salary is 8.5 LPA. I receive a performance bonus of 1.5 LPA. I also receive another bonus of 2 LPA, which I need to repay if I leave within 18 months. My total CTC is 10.08 LPA (excluding the 2 LPA repayable bonus). I will also receive standard Deloitte benefits.

I received an offer from Societe Generale. My role is Specialist Software Engineer (DevOps). The total compensation is 14 LPA (12.5 fixed + 1.5 variable).

Base: ₹29 LPA Bonus: ₹2.9 LPA (10%) Stocks: ~$16.7K (~₹15L, vesting over time), but not listed yet Joining Bonus: ₹3L (2-year clawback) Notice Period: 2 months Lower fixed but has stocks + strong product engineering exposure

Offer 1 – Sprinklr (Gurugram) 41 LPA (all base)

I had an HR call a week ago for an SDE-2 role at Kotak Mahindra Bank. I am asking how long it takes to generate an offer letter after the HR call. The proposed compensation by HR is: Base 37 LPA, Bonus 3.7 LPA, Deferred Cash 40 LPA for 4 Years (10 LPA annually). My total YOE is 6. I am questioning if this compensation is a lowball offer, as HR mentioned this is the maximum they can offer due to recent budget changes. I am also asking if anyone has received a higher offer recently.

I went through an interview loop with Oracle for a role within OCI. I had 6 rounds in total, including a 4-round loop, which I managed to complete in under a week. My offer letter was approved by the board of directors individually, and I had to wait close to 20 days for this approval after receiving a verbal offer. My recruiter was among the worst I've encountered. I would not recommend joining Oracle right now due to my RSUs being down and recent layoffs impacting even new hires. Managers were unaware of who was impacted by the layoffs. The atmosphere within my team felt like someone had died.

I received an offer for a Sr Engineer role at Qualcomm in Hyderabad. The base salary offered is ₹28 LPA. The offer includes a bonus of 9-15% of my base salary. I will receive Restricted Stock Units (RSU) worth $30K, vesting over 3 years ($10K annually). A joining bonus of ₹3 LPA is also included. My estimated total compensation for the first year is ~₹44 LPA. The hiring manager hinted that the role is a kind of support-devops position, despite my entire experience being in Full Stack Development (except for a 2-month DevOps internship). My main concern is that a 70-80% support/DevOps role feels wrong for a backend developer, and I believe staying in FSD is better for my career goals. I am also concerned about the likelihood and process of switching to a more suitable team internally at Qualcomm, which I understand can only happen after 1 year. This Qualcomm offer wins on total compensation in the first year by ~₹8-10 LPA compared to my other offer, and it will be even greater in subsequent years due to stock refreshers.

I recently received an offer from CrowdStrike (India) for a DevOps / CI-CD Platform / SDA (Engineer III level) role. The offer includes a base salary of ₹35 LPA. RSU component is $15K/year, which is approximately ₹12-13L/year. A bonus of about 10% is part of the package. The total compensation is estimated to be around ₹50-52 LPA. The role requires relocation to Bangalore. I feel this offer is slightly low compared to Engineer III data on Levels/Blind. I am considering targeting around ₹60-65 LPA TC for a counter-offer.

Education: B.Tech ( IIT ) Years of Experience: 2.8 years Prior Experience: Software engineer at a US based startup Current CTC: ~23 lpa ( 21 base + 2.5 variable ) Offer received after negotiation with competing offers. Compensation Breakdown: Base Salary: ~33 LPA Retirals(PF+gratuity): ~2.8 LPA Performance Bonus: ~4 LPA (Can go up to 100% of base) Stock Bonus: $13,400 USD (Vested for 3 years, approximately 4LPA per year) Overall CTC: ~44 LPA per year Other offers/interviews in pipeline: Eltropy SSE (38LPA) Smartcoin SDE2 (34LPA) Goldman Sachs Associate (in salary discussions) Adobe MTS2 (HM round pending) Uber & DeShaw (hackerrank test done, interviews possibly in scheduling queue) Google (2 rounds done, remaining in scheduling queue) Considering the current market scenario, is this a good offer? How is the WLB/perks/branding of Visa in the market?

I have received an offer from Walmart (Sam's Club team). The role is for a Backend Dev SWE III. The offered compensation includes a base salary of 23 LPA, a standard bonus of 20%, and RSU worth 9 LPA. The job location is Chennai. I am currently confused whether to accept this offer as I joined Freshworks 8 months ago.

I received an offer from Wesco (Anixter) for a Data Scientist role. My Years of Experience (YOE) are 6.3. The offer included a base salary of 47.5 LPA. There is a variable bonus component of 10%. The company does not provide benefits like CAB/Internet reimbursements. I ultimately rejected this offer due to better alternatives. The interview process consisted of 2 technical rounds, 1 managerial round, and an HR round. Technical rounds involved 2 LeetCode (easy/medium) coding questions and a project discussion.

Work - Agentic AI + core JAVA.

I recently received an offer from Microsoft for the L62 role. My experience is approximately 5 years. The offered compensation includes a base salary of 37 LPA. There's a performance bonus ranging from 0-20%. The offer also includes $110k in RSUs. A joining bonus of 4+4 LPA is provided for the 1st and 2nd year. The total compensation is approximately 71 LPA for both the 1st and 2nd year. I am not enjoying my work at my current company, which is why I decided to consider moving. I did not negotiate extensively with Microsoft HR. HR informed me that this is the maximum offer for an L62 with around 5 years of experience.

I have approximately 10 years of experience. I was recently promoted to Principal this month. I want to stay on the IC path and grow further as a Principal / Director. The startup is shifting more towards AI-based services work. I am not seeing strong traction or clear long-term product direction. My current company might match salary if I stay. My goal is to reach a strong Principal level in the next few years, work on solid system design / architecture problems, and keep good options open for future switches.

I received an offer for a Staff Engineer role at PayPal. My years of experience are 10+. The base salary component offered is 73 LPA. The total compensation is approximately 116 LPA (1.16 cr), which includes 10% variable pay and $100k in RSUs vested over 3 years. The job location is Bengaluru.

I have 3.5 years of experience in a Product Based Startup. My prior compensation was 23LPA Fixed. The offer includes a Base Salary of 30LPA Fixed. I will receive Stocks worth 52K USD over 4 years. Performance Bonus is 10% of Base. There is no Relocation Bonus. There is no Signing Bonus. I applied on the Careers Page without a referral.

I received an offer for a DevOps / CI-CD Platform / SDA (Engineer III level) role. My base salary is ₹35 LPA. I was offered $15K/year in RSU, which is approximately ₹12–13L/year. I have a bonus component of approximately 10%. My total compensation is approximately ₹50–52 LPA. I am concerned about relocating to Bangalore due to higher cost of living. I am also concerned about losing my current bonus and benefits. I feel this offer is slightly low compared to Engineer III data available on Levels/Blind.