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Cognizant Engineering - Software & QA Department Salaries in Chennai

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Associate Director

15 - 25 years exp. Ā· Chennai (49 salaries)
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ā‚¹25 L/yr - ā‚¹47.8 L/yr

1 job opening

Associate Quality Engineer

2 - 7 years exp. Ā· Chennai (49 salaries)
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ā‚¹5.1 L/yr - ā‚¹11.1 L/yr

Trainee Programmer

0 - 2 years exp. Ā· Chennai (48 salaries)
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ā‚¹1.6 L/yr - ā‚¹3.1 L/yr

Infrastructure Development Specialist

5 - 12 years exp. Ā· Chennai (48 salaries)
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ā‚¹9.8 L/yr - ā‚¹29 L/yr

3 job openings

Scrum Master

5 - 17 years exp. Ā· Chennai (47 salaries)
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ā‚¹7.5 L/yr - ā‚¹30 L/yr

1 job opening

Big Data Developer

2 - 6 years exp. Ā· Chennai (46 salaries)
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ā‚¹4.6 L/yr - ā‚¹14 L/yr

1 job opening

Performance Tester

1 - 5 years exp. Ā· Chennai (46 salaries)
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ā‚¹3 L/yr - ā‚¹10.8 L/yr

Senior Devops Engineer

4 - 11 years exp. Ā· Chennai (44 salaries)
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ā‚¹6.5 L/yr - ā‚¹27 L/yr

Senior Technical Lead

8 - 15 years exp. Ā· Chennai (44 salaries)
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ā‚¹10.1 L/yr - ā‚¹30 L/yr

Software Engineer Trainee

0 - 2 years exp. Ā· Chennai (44 salaries)
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ā‚¹2.5 L/yr - ā‚¹5 L/yr

ETL Developer

1 - 6 years exp. Ā· Chennai (43 salaries)
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ā‚¹3.2 L/yr - ā‚¹11.5 L/yr

Associate Test Engineer

2 - 7 years exp. Ā· Chennai (42 salaries)
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ā‚¹3.8 L/yr - ā‚¹10 L/yr

UI Developer

2 - 10 years exp. Ā· Chennai (42 salaries)
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ā‚¹4.5 L/yr - ā‚¹15.6 L/yr

Informatica Developer

2 - 5 years exp. Ā· Chennai (42 salaries)
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ā‚¹3.3 L/yr - ā‚¹11 L/yr

Automation Test Analyst

2 - 5 years exp. Ā· Chennai (41 salaries)
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ā‚¹4 L/yr - ā‚¹9.1 L/yr

Senior Analyst

2 - 11 years exp. Ā· Chennai (41 salaries)
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ā‚¹6.1 L/yr - ā‚¹20.5 L/yr

3 job openings

Associate Technical Leader

2 - 9 years exp. Ā· Chennai (41 salaries)
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ā‚¹5.8 L/yr - ā‚¹11 L/yr

QA Test Analyst

2 - 9 years exp. Ā· Chennai (40 salaries)
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ā‚¹3.4 L/yr - ā‚¹12 L/yr

QA Lead

6 - 14 years exp. Ā· Chennai (39 salaries)
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ā‚¹6.4 L/yr - ā‚¹20.4 L/yr

Full Stack Software Developer

1 - 7 years exp. Ā· Chennai (39 salaries)
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ā‚¹4 L/yr - ā‚¹14.3 L/yr

Last Updated: 27 Jan, 2025

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No salary issues and if you get proper project and colleague your are good to go. Every 6 months there is a skill up process you can utilise to improve your self.

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Ā Ā ā€¢Ā Ā posted on 08 Jan 2025
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I joined Cognizant as a fresher and itā€™s a best place for starting your career. Culture is very good maybe because of company USA origin. I got good ratings for my hard work without any politics.

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Salary and hike is low. Waiting period for promotion is so high even though if you have top year end rating.

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Programmer in Chennai

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They provide very intense skill development process

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Salary compensation for BSc graduates is very low even after completing probabtion period they are not paying well it takes two years to get salary of a engineer graduate who gets at his first month.

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  • Salary - Poor

Associate Software Engineer in Chennai

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

3.0
Ā Ā ā€¢Ā Ā posted on 06 Jul 2024
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Salary was good when you joining Some colleagues are good and friendly

  • Salary - Good

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Depend on project and managers you got Dont expect promotion Salary hike will be delayed You have to work all weekends if needed

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  • Skill development - Poor
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Senior Associate in Chennai

Full Time

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Engineering - Software & QA Department

4.0
Ā Ā ā€¢Ā Ā posted on 21 Jun 2024
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Seperate group for development and testing and support Project will be assigned based on that Good salary in hand without much deduction Skill can be improved by learning internally and practice

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  • Salary - Excellent
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Work life balance is based on project

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Cognizant Salary FAQs

How much does Cognizant pay per year?
The average Cognizant salary ranges from approximately ā‚¹0.2 Lakh to ā‚¹0.2 Lakh per year for a Safety Engineer and ā‚¹94 Lakhs to ā‚¹96 Lakhs per year for a Senior Director Finance. Salary estimates are based on 55.5k Cognizant salaries received from various employees of Cognizant. Cognizant employees rate the overall salary and benefits package 3.4/5 stars.
What is the highest salary in Cognizant?
The highest-paying job at Cognizant is a Senior Director Finance with a salary of ā‚¹94 Lakhs to ā‚¹96 Lakhs per year. The top 10% of employees earn more than ā‚¹17.80 lakhs per year. The top 1% earn more than a whopping ā‚¹33 lakhs per year.
What is the minimum salary in Cognizant?
Minimum salary at Cognizant depends on the role you are applying for. For Processing Executive the minimum salary is ā‚¹1 Lakh to ā‚¹5 Lakhs per year, and for Programmer Analyst Trainee the minimum salary is ā‚¹1 Lakh to ā‚¹4.6 Lakhs per year and so on.
What is the salary package for freshers in Cognizant?
The average salary at Cognizant for freshers varies from ā‚¹0.7 Lakh to ā‚¹4 Lakhs per year for Information Technology Support Engineer and ā‚¹13 Lakhs to ā‚¹15 Lakhs per year for Senior Business Development Analyst.
What is the notice period at Cognizant in Engineering - Software & QA Department in Chennai?
According to AmbitionBox, 42% of the Cognizant employees in Engineering - Software & QA Department in Chennai reported a notice period of 2 Months, 29% reported a notice period of 3 Months and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 20.4k responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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