Hi Team,   What’s the salary bands at Staff and PE? Which all companies have PE track?   What distinguishes Staff from PE?   Sorry for a lot of noob questions.   Thanks in advance.

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Hi Team, 

What’s the salary bands at Staff and PE? Which all companies have PE track? 

What distinguishes Staff from PE? 

Sorry for a lot of noob questions. 

Thanks in advance.

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How do you evaluate the risk and the potential of the offer from an early-stage (seed stage done) startup in India?

For example (hypothetical), a seasoned leader / founder is starting a new startup in fintech industry (e.g., next zerodha, etc). They raise 10 million USD at 30 million USD post-money valuation. 

I took fintech as example specifically to ensure it's not only engineers that will be needed from the beginning.

* Now, If I were to join as a founding team member (founding engineer for example), what kind of salary, ESOPs one should expect as minimum?

* If I were to join after 2-3 engineers are already hired (so not founding engg anymore), what is realistic expectation? 

* What are some questions I must ask to evaluate if the offer and equity I am being given is good or not.

(I know there's probably no way to generalise a "good/bad offer" as that likely depends also on very specific situation of the startup - like what problem is it trying to tackle, and what is the potential of it, etc. So feel free to share your experience as well if not advice)

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Anyone who is working at Simpl or has worked there in the past, pls help with comp range for Engineering manager and Architect/Principal Engineer role. It will be great if you can provide breakup of cash component and esops. TIA.

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Currently have 10years of experience and am at cross roads of next steps in career. Need help from senior folks here to know pros and cons on either directions I have a chance to move up the ladder

Want to know career opportunities say next 10-20 years and pay as well. 

As for me, love hands on tech but scared how long can I sustain the mojo. 

People management wise not bad but need to learn many steps in there to become great.

If it’s of any help current TC: 60L

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What salary can I expect ? I have 12 years exp , currently working as a principal Engineer in a startup in bangalore. My current ctc is around 37lpa which based on the market looks a lot less.

This is eating into my productivity and as such I am looking for a job change. Any pointers on what I can ask?

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Hey I'm an undergrad at an engineering college in Bangalore, and am interested in the PE space. Was wondering if there are any big/mid size PE firms in Bangalore where I can try for an internship?

Any PE firms in Bangalore?

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Hi, I'm planning to switch jobs from IB Sr.Analyst to PE deal team / advisory role. Can someone guide / refer me for the relevant role in their firm?

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Ask me anything except my company name, or things that can reveal my identity. I may respectfully choose not to respond to your question based on my own judgement.

Here’s a brief intro about me: I’ve worked as both software engineering manager & software technical architect over the last 18+ years on various tech stacks managing backend, frontend and a little bit of cloud. I have seen ups and downs in the software industry. Currently I’m working as a senior architect in one of the product based companies in India.

I’ve been an Engineering Manager before. Ask me anything.

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What is the salary for SDE-III (Senior software Engineer) engineer in gojek.

Also wanted to know hike (in %) if someone gets promoted from SDE2 to SDE3 in gojek.

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1. Staff SDE
2. Product Development Engineer 2/3
3. Engineering Manager
4. Product Manager 2

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Folks, how much do the companies actually pay to 1.5-2 yoe FE engineers?
I have a base pay of 16LPA, is it average market salary or below that?
I am asking in context to companies like Cred, BharatPe, Intuit, Flipkart, etc?
Genuinely curious.

What is the current market salary for a FE developer of 2 yoe?

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Hi Everyone,

Could anyone pls tell me how are the HLDs for principal EM role conducted in MS?
Wrt types of questions, kind of dive deep ( estimations, assumptions etc ). Anything specific that I would need to focus on?

Also , is it possible that in the first round which is called coding round, LLD and or code review can be asked?

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Currently a Staff Engineer at Walmart.
Looking to switch and have 11 yoe.
Need suggestions for companies that pay well and work wise should atleast be challenging enough.
Any suggestions please ?

Need company suggestion for principal or equivament role

Staff Engineer

Hello guys,

Between program/product manager and engineer whose salary is more in the industry if both have the same experience .

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Management has tried to underpay us all this time. We deserve to know what is the real salaries for our YOE? 

I am being paid 24.6L CTC / 2 YOE. What about you?

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Hi all - I'm hiring for Plateron, a seed funded startup led by a founder who built a multi billion dollar company. We are building a vertical SaaS product for the restaurant industry.

The roles are based in Chennai. Our most important needs are as follows:

1. Senior product designer - with experience building SaaS or consumer products. I'm looking for someone who wants to be a true thought partner in solving user problems. Not just drawing out designs based on requirements. 

2. PM/Sr PM - We need one or two PMs. Past experience in SaaS is helpful but not necessary. You should have worked on user facing software experiences for non technical users. This is a great role for former designers who have transitioned to product. High ownership, ability to make UX trade-offs by understanding real life user behaviour and prioritisation are most important skills.

Please send your resume with the subject line "Grapevine Referral - [position name]"

Email address: dhaneshs@plateron.com

Feel free to post any questions you have below.

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I want to understand how much the salary Software Engineer can go up to?

Bit background about me:
- I have been coding since school time, (we had Java in the ICSE board), and have built multiple websites, apps, games, so had good experience before my first job.
- 2021 graduate and worked remotely for an early stage startup, started with 20 lpa, and got excellent experience and learning.
- This year, I switched to another remote company, with the role of SWE-2 and 42 lpa.

I have heard that salaries as Software Engineers start to plateau after a while. 
So by the time I have 10 YOE, and a Staff Software Engineer, maybe I can expect to reach ~1 Cr.

But at 20 YOE i.e double experience of 10 YOE, my salary would only grow about 50% like to ~1.5 Cr?

Am I understanding this correctly?

I have heard people say that one only gets better increment rates as once moves into management. I want to understand how much is that?

And at what age am I too old to be hired as a Software Engineer??

Need more insights to understand this better.

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