Software engineering salaries

Backend engineering responsibilities DSA mentoring/teaching duties Base salary more than 14 LPA Location: Bangalore, India

Base Salary: 38 LPA Variable Bonus: 8 LPA Total Compensation (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 46 LPA Signing/Joining Bonus: Nil Stock Bonus: Nil Benefits: Standard Benefits

Base Salary: ₹27.4 LPA Performance Bonus: up to 10% of base (~₹2.74 LPA) RSUs: $48,000 vested over 4 years (≈₹10 LPA per year) Estimated Total Annual Compensation: ~₹41.4 LPA Hybrid work model (3 days WFH per week)

Base Salary: 33 LPA RSUs: 60K USD (approximately 15K USD per year) Joining Bonus: 20% of base (total 6.6 LPA), paid as 4 LPA in the first month and 2.6 LPA in the 13th month Performance Bonus: average 10% of base (3.3 LPA), up to 20% (6.6 LPA) Total Compensation: 54.7 LPA No relocation bonus offered Team: Azure Fabric (high on‑call responsibilities)

Company: Mid-size FinTech Role: Software Engineer – Frontend Work Mode: Remote (India) Base Salary: ₹22 LPA Total Compensation: ₹22 LPA Benefits: Fully Remote, Company Laptop, ₹10 Lakh Medical Insurance, 18 Earned Leaves + 12 Sick Leaves Tech Stack: React Native, TypeScript, JavaScript

Base salary: 61 LPA Signing bonus: 15 LPA Annual cash bonus: approx. 23K USD (median ~30K USD, can go up to 100K USD) Total compensation first year: 98 LPA Benefits: free food at office Potential relocation to London/Hong Kong after one year

Base Salary: ₹47.5 LPA (excluding employer PF) Employer PF: ₹2.5 LPA Joining Bonus: ₹4.5 LPA Performance Bonus (10%): ₹4.75 LPA RSU (first‑year vest, $14.5k ≈ ₹13.95 LPA) Total First‑Year Compensation (including PF): ₹73.2 LPA

Salary: 50 LPA Provident Fund (PF): 3 LPA Signing Bonus: 7.5 LPA Annual Equity: USD 20,000 (granted yearly) Sign‑on Equity: USD 20,000 Performance Bonus: 15% (~7.5 LPA) Total Compensation (first year): 74.67 LPA Benefits: Free Cab, Free Food, Travel Reimbursement

Base salary: 30 LPA Joining bonus: 2.25 LPA Performance bonus: 10% of base (~3 LPA) Stocks/RSUs: USD 52k (~42.64 LPA) Years of experience: 2 Prior role: SDE-1 at Amazon

I was offered a Fixed Base salary of ₹42,00,000 per year (42 LPA). Sign‑on bonus for Year 1: ₹15,00,000. Sign‑on bonus for Year 2: ₹12,00,000. RSUs: 140 shares. One‑time relocation assistance: ₹1,50,000. Total first‑year CTC (including all components): ₹57,00,000 (57 LPA). Location: Bangalore, India.

Years of experience: 3.8 years Employment status at offer: ~70 days unemployed (post‑layoff) Role: SWE‑III (P3) based in Chennai Previous CTC: ~₹24 LPA (₹14 base + ₹10 RSUs) Compensation breakdown: Base ₹36 LPA, PF ~₹3 LPA, Annual Bonus ₹3.6 LPA (10%), RSUs $40k over 4 years, Wellness/Food Benefits ~₹0.5 LPA Total CTC: ~₹52 LPA Offer accepted without negotiation

Company: Rakuten India Role: Senior Software Engineer Years of Experience: 2.7 years Base Salary: 25 LPA Variable Pay: 5% of base (≈1.25 LPA) Joining Bonus: 2 LPA Total Compensation: 28.25 LPA

Well-established Indian Product Company Base: 11 LPA Joining bonus: 1.5 LPA (recoverable if leaving within 18 months) Notice period: 60 days

Base Salary: 25 LPA Performance Bonus: 10% of Base Signing Bonus: 2 LPA RSU/Stocks: $25,000 over 4 years (vested quarterly) Total CTC (Year 1, excluding RSU): 33.15 LPA

Role: SDE 1 Base Salary: ₹38 LPA (plus PF) Variable Pay: 10% of base (~₹3.8 LPA) Joining Bonus: ₹3 lacs (~0.3 LPA) Location: Bengaluru, India Relocation assistance provided Concern: Title downgrade from SDE 2 equivalent to SDE 1

Base salary: ₹37 LPA Joining bonus: ₹3 LPA Year‑end eligible bonus: 12% of base (~₹4.44 LPA) On‑hire stock: $63K (fully vested) Additional employer PF contribution

Base salary: 34 LPA Joining bonus: 6 LPA Relocation reimbursement up to 1 LPA Performance bonus: 4-6 LPA Retention bonus: 5 LPA per year for 4 years Total compensation (TC): 50-52 LPA Interview rounds included hard DSA, OS, OOPs, and system design questions

Interview experience for SDE 2 at Capillary Technologies (virtual drive, all 3 rounds same day). Round 1: DSA with SDE 2 – covered basic theory, delete without head pointer (GFG Medium), top view of binary tree (GFG Medium). Round 2: Design with SDE 3 – designed system for processing billions of loyalty data. Round 3: Past experience and project deep dive with ATL/TL – discussed major project, contributions, challenges. Verdict: I joined but recommend not to, compensation is very low and workload high. Compensation: 25 LPA base + 1 LPA bonus (total 26 LPA). YOE: 4 years. Interview day: June 2025.

Role: SMTS at Oracle Health (Cerner) Base Salary: 32 LPA Bonus/Variable: None RSUs: $38,000 vested over 4 years (40%, 30%, 20%, 10%) First Year Total Compensation: 48 LPA Years of Experience: 4 Location: Bangalore

Company: SPAN.IO Total CTC: 30 LPA (fixed component) Base salary equals total: 30 LPA Years of experience: 1 year 8 months (~2 years) No variable component; ESOPs to be offered later Location not specified

Interview round 1 (Technical): OOP theory, past projects, easy string problem, discussion of major challenges at Paytm. Interview round 2 (HR Telephonic): compensation negotiation. Offer details: 8.5 LPA base, 1.8 LPA bonus, 1 LPA miscellaneous. Accepted and joined, but left after 4 months for a better opportunity.

Base Salary: ₹27,00,000 (27 LPA) Bonus: ₹2,00,000 Retirement Benefits (Company PF + Gratuity): ~₹2,50,000 RSUs: US$14,000 (vested equally over 3 years) First-Year Total Compensation (Base + Bonus + First-Year RSU Vest): ~₹34 LPA Benefits: Standard (Free cab, free food, gym, etc.) Status: Accepted the offer.

Position: SDE2 (L62) in Hyderabad ~4 years of experience Base salary: 40 LPA Stock bonus equivalent to ~4 LPA per year (USD 90,000 over 4 years) Performance bonus average 10% (~4 LPA) – accounted in total Sign‑on bonus: 6 LPA + 4 LPA (second year) Relocation bonus as per policy Estimated first‑year total compensation: ~70 LPA

Base Salary: ₹43,00,000 per annum Signing Bonus: ₹18,00,000 (Year 1), ₹13,00,000 (Year 2) RSUs: 200 over 4 years (5%/15%/40%/40%) Relocation Bonus: ₹1,50,000 Estimated Total Compensation (Year 1): ₹64,00,000

Base Salary: 38 LPA Signing Bonus (Year 1): 13 LPA Relocation Bonus: 1.5 LPA RSUs: 130 over 4 years (vesting 5%/15%/45%/35%) Estimated Total Annual Compensation (Year 1): 53 LPA (includes relocation)