Software engineering salaries

Role / Level: Apps Dev Intermediate Program Analyst (C11) Location: Chennai, India Experience: ~6 years Base Salary: ₹24 LPA Performance Bonus: 90k (varies) Other Benefits: PF, gratuity, food allowance, insurance, etc. Total Compensation (CTC): ~₹26 LPA

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.

Appraisal: March 2026 Usually gives good hike 8-13% (avg: 10-11%) Client is good, already aware of it. Work culture is good as well. Work: Data extensive work, a lot to explore.

I have 4.5 years of experience from a tier 3 college. The offer is for the SDE-2 role at OYO. My previous compensation was 22.5 LPA (Fixed) from a Payments Bank. The fixed component of the offer is 30 LPA. The variable component is 0. There is no joining bonus. The total compensation offered is 30 LPA. The job location is Gurugram. I received this offer in May 2025.

My education: Bachelor of Technology, IIIT My years of experience: 2.5 My base salary (Fixed): 19 LPA My annual bonus: 5 LPA My joining bonus: 1.2 LPA My total compensation (CTC): ~25 LPA The location offered: Hybrid The offer includes standard Samsung benefits such as free meals, commute services, and other perks. I applied via referral. The primary tech stack for this role includes Java.

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 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.

Role: SDE-1 Total CTC: 43 LPA Base Pay: 20 LPA Joining Bonus: 3 LPA ESOPs: 20 LPA (vested over 4 years) Other perks: Medical insurance, food, travel allowance I received a performance-based PPO from my previous internship there.

BASE: 3,200,000 INR PF & Gratuity: 268,000 INR Annual Bonus: 384,000 INR (min 12% - max 30% of base) Total CTC: 3,852,000 INR RSU (3 Years): $5,500, 1/3rd vested each year

I applied through LinkedIn. The interview process included: One DSA round with medium-level questions. One system design round covering LLD and HLD. A managerial round focusing on my previous work experience. I received an offer for Fixed CTC - 22 LPA. There is no joining bonus or stocks included in the offer. I am considering negotiating for 27 LPA.

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.

I went through 3 offline interview rounds. Round 1 (45 min): Machine Coding where I had to design a file management system with cp, mv, mkdir, pwd methods. Round 2 (1 hr): LLD where I designed a Parking lot, discussed how to make the system fast while fetching empty slots, deep dive on Redis cache (why it can't be used in place of DB), Parallelism vs Concurrency, and questions from my resume. Round 3 (30 min): Managerial round focusing on my current project, components of a movie ticket booking system (HDL perspective), DB choices (MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, etc.), and an explanation of the CAP theorem. I received an offer letter approximately 3 weeks after being shortlisted. The offer included: Role - SDE-1, Base - 29 LPA, ESOPs - 4000 units (not considered useful), Joining bonus - 2L. I attempted to negotiate for a 32 LPA base salary but was unsuccessful and ultimately rejected the offer.

I received an offer for SDE-2 at a top banking company. The total compensation offered is 33 LPA, which includes a base of 29.7 LPA and 10% variable pay. The role is with the internal tools team, focusing on integration, Zoom, and other employee experience tools. I am concerned that this role may not be a good resume builder, as I had expected payment-related work. The team I would join handles 100k requests per day. My current CTC is 18 LPA, and I find it also lacks good learning opportunities. I am seeking advice on whether to accept this offer and its potential future career impact.

I am currently employed here, having joined three weeks ago. Role: SDE 2 Fixed: 32 LPA Joining Bonus: 3 LPA Retention Bonus: 2 LPA 1st Year Total Compensation: Approximately 38 LPA (including 1 LPA ESOPs)

Base Salary: 75 LPA Annual Bonus: 15 LPA (20% of base) Stock Options: 80,000 USD over 4 years (~16.6 LPA annually, assuming 1 USD = 83 INR) Joining Bonus: 10 Lakhs INR

I accepted the offer from Google for an L4 position in October 2025. I have a B.Tech in CSE from IIT. My offer includes Retirals of ₹2.6 L (₹1.8 L EPF + ₹0.8 L Gratuity). I received a Stock Bonus of $78k, vesting 38%, 32%, 20%, 10% over four years. My Target Bonus is 15%, which is ₹5.85 L. I did not receive a Signing Bonus or a Relocation package. An interesting point during my interview was being asked system design problems by my skip manager, which I noted as unusual for Google.

Base: 35 L Joining bonus: 3 L Stocks: 20,000 USD vested for 4 years Total first year comp: 42.4 L

I received a job offer from Uber. Role: L5a Total Compensation: 1.2 Cr (120 LPA)

I have received an offer for a Specialist IT role at Infineon Technologies in Bangalore. My years of experience are 0. The base salary component of the offer is 8.56639 LPA, with a total compensation of 85.66639 LPA. The company is a semiconductor firm, and the IT role is primarily a support function. The compensation and departmental attention for IT are reportedly lower than market standards for similar roles at other German-based multinational corporations. The work is mainly support-oriented, assisting offshore teams who are perceived as less qualified. IT infrastructure is not a high priority for the company, which focuses on its core business. Benefits include Free Lunch.

My role is Senior Software Engineer. The location is Bengaluru, with Work From Office (WFO) 2 days/week. The CTC is 28 LPA, which includes 26 LPA fixed, 1 LPA joining bonus, and 1 LPA retention bonus.

My current offer is 22 LPA (All Fixed). Benefits are next to nothing (DTH+Broadband). Work Mode: 5 days Office. Location: Gurugram. My notice period is 2 Months (Assumed). I believe fintech domain exposure from Airtel Digital will help me in the long term.

I have completed all my interview rounds for a Software Engineer role at Phonepe. I have 5-8 years of experience. I am currently preparing for the offer discussion and seeking advice on the expected compensation.

I have recently received positive feedback for a Senior Engineering role. I haven't received the offer letter yet. I want to understand if it is a good time to join Linkedin.

Role: P50 (Senior SDE) Base Salary: 68 LPA Annual RSU: 29.47 LPA (from 142K USD over 4 years, assuming 1 USD = 83 INR) First-year Sign-on Bonus: 0 LPA