Freshworks Chennai Lead Engineer Salaries by 10+ Employees (Updated 2025)

6 - 10 years exp.

₹15 Lakhs - ₹40 Lakhs

Salary of majority employees

118% more than the average Lead Engineer Salary in Software Product Companies for 6 - 10 years of experience

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Last Updated: 16 Oct 2024

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Freshworks Lead Engineer Salary

6 - 10 years exp. (12 salaries)

₹15 L/yr - ₹40 L/yr

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HCLTech Lead Engineer Salary 1 - 11 years exp. (4.5k salaries)	₹4.1 L/yr - ₹14 L/yr 72% less	1 job opening
Wipro Lead Engineer Salary 6 - 14 years exp. (110 salaries)	₹9.2 L/yr - ₹34 L/yr 24% less	2 job openings
Onward Technologies Inc Lead Engineer Salary 7 - 14 years exp. (54 salaries)	₹6.5 L/yr - ₹13 L/yr 65% less
Persistent Systems Lead Engineer Salary 4 - 9 years exp. (33 salaries)	₹13 L/yr - ₹26 L/yr 37% less
Tech Mahindra Lead Engineer Salary 8 - 16 years exp. (18 salaries)	₹8.7 L/yr - ₹29 L/yr 29% less	2 job openings
Zoho Lead Engineer Salary 4 - 12 years exp. (6 salaries)	₹21 L/yr - ₹46 L/yr 11% more
LTIMindtree Lead Engineer Salary 6 - 11 years exp. (4 salaries)	₹9 L/yr - ₹21.9 L/yr 38% less

Lead Engineer salary at Freshworks ranges between ₹15 Lakhs to ₹40 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 6 years to 10 years. Salary estimates are based on 12 latest salaries received from various employees of Freshworks.

Experience wise Freshworks Lead Engineer salaries in Chennai

Last Updated: 16 Oct 2024

Experience	Avg Annual Salary
6 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	₹30 L/yr - ₹40 L/yr
7 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	₹15 L/yr - ₹54.9 L/yr
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8 years (6 salaries)	₹15 L/yr - ₹35 L/yr
9 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	₹24.5 L/yr - ₹31.2 L/yr
10 years (3 salaries)	₹17 L/yr - ₹30 L/yr

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Top skills at Freshworks for Lead Engineer

Python Deep Learning Data Structures and Algorithms Machine Learning Tensorflow Java Pytorch

Salary related reviews for Freshworks

3.2

Rated by 4 employees for salary & benefits

Lead Software Engineer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

3.0

• posted on 01 Jul 2024

3.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Work-Life Balance, Salary on time.

Work-life balance - Excellent

Dislikes

Conserved Teams and Team Members. Lake of KTs or Unstructured knowledge transfer. Lack of confidence in new people. They are focused on a few Key and old people. Context switching is very high.

Skill development - Poor

+2 more

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

4.0

• posted on 12 May 2023

4.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Its a great product based company. You can get exposure to lot kf different tech stacks and you'll feel responsible for the tasks that ur working on. Great learning experience.

Salary - Good

+4 more

Dislikes

...u have a good bonding with your manager and how willing is he to fight for it. Salary is somewhat low compared to market standards.

Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Contractual

Engineering - Software & QA Department

4.0

• posted on 03 Jan 2025

5.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Wide varities of Free Food - Morning, Noon, Dinner and Midnight Free Snacks and Beverages - All Days, Every Alternate Friday - Popcorn with seasoning Diwali Gifts, Quarterly Rewards Instant appreciation and Respectful management Cab facility for EU and US Shifts Beautiful atmosphere No Strict Dress Code Good salary Package Lot of new learning for employees of Product Team Perfect Work Life Balance for Sales, Presales, Marketing, CSM, AE, AM, PMP They Provide Absolutely Free of Cost 2 years Internship program for Software Engineer training for students passed out of 12th standard. Employees are contracted from other companies for GTM roles and treated well without partiality as their own employees Quarterly - All hands meeting and Monthly - Project specific all hands meeting Open to improvement IT support team is Par Excellence

Salary - Excellent

+4 more

Dislikes

No Job Security Minimal/Less Work Life Balance for Dev and Product Team. Freshers and Upto 2 years experience are overpressured to complete deliverables Recruitment only based on Referrals Exposure to peer department would be minimal

Job security - Poor

Lead Business Analyst in Chennai

Full Time

Sales & Business Development Department

3.0

• posted on 08 Dec 2024

4.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

People in freshworks is the reason most people stay back for other than the salary aspect.

Salary - Good

+2 more

Dislikes

The Freshworks "Kudumba" culture is slowly being demised to make way for American capitalism & usual MNC politics. Some of the people on the top have no clue of the reality & just want to keep firing in India & hiring in US in the name of efficiency.

Job security - Bad

Manager in Bangalore / Bengaluru

Full Time

Consulting Department

1.0

• posted on 08 Nov 2024

2.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

None

Dislikes

...s something that you are looking for, please do not consider joining Freshworks. Hiring happens only in the US these days with 4 people getting hired for same/similar roles at very high salary and they don’t even get laid off.

Salary - Poor

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Offer letter - Accepted

Hi, I'm currently drawing a salary of 27.7 (25.3 is fixed) LPA in my current organization and I got a new offer for 39LPA (33.3 is fixed and 1L joining bonus total 40) I'm almost going to complete by 2 years in my current organization and overall I have 11 years experience as QA. How do you rate this salary jump?

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Freshworks Lead Engineer Salary FAQs

What is the salary of Lead Engineer at Freshworks Chennai?

Lead Engineer salary at Freshworks in Chennai ranges between ₹15.0 Lakhs to ₹40.0 Lakhs for experience between 6 years to 10 years. According to our estimates it is 118% more than the average Lead Engineer Salary in India. Salary estimates are based on 12 latest salaries received from various employees of Freshworks Chennai.

How does the salary of a Lead Engineer at Freshworks Chennai compare with the average salary range for this job?

The average salary of a Lead Engineer at Freshworks is 118% more than the average salary of a Lead Engineer in Chennai. To know exact salary insights, login to view.

What are the top skills required to work as a Lead Engineer at Freshworks?

Python, Deep Learning, Data Structures and Algorithms, Machine Learning and Tensorflow are some of the popular skills required to work as a Lead Engineer at Freshworks Chennai.

Which similar companies are paying more than Freshworks to a Lead Engineer in Chennai?

Zoho Lead Engineer Salary - ₹21.0 Lakhs to ₹46.0 Lakhs per year

What is the salary of a Lead Engineer in companies similar to Freshworks in Chennai?

Wipro Lead Engineer Salary - ₹9.2 Lakhs to ₹34.0 Lakhs per year
Tech Mahindra Lead Engineer Salary - ₹8.7 Lakhs to ₹29.0 Lakhs per year
Persistent Systems Lead Engineer Salary - ₹13.0 Lakhs to ₹26.0 Lakhs per year
LTIMindtree Lead Engineer Salary - ₹9.0 Lakhs to ₹21.9 Lakhs per year
TCS Lead Engineer Salary - ₹10.1 Lakhs to ₹21.7 Lakhs per year

What is the estimated take home salary of a Lead Engineer at Freshworks in Chennai?

The estimated take-home salary of a Lead Engineer at Freshworks ranges between ₹1,78,852 per month to ₹1,85,803 per month in Chennai. The take-home salary calculation is based on the average Freshworks Lead Engineer salary in India which ranges between ₹15.0 Lakhs to ₹40.0 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 6 years to 10 years. Check how did we calculate take home salary?

What is the notice period for Lead Engineer at Freshworks in Chennai?

According to AmbitionBox, 83% of the Freshworks Lead Engineers in Chennai reported a notice period of 2 Months, 17% reported a notice period of 1 Month.This is based on 6 responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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Freshworks Lead Engineer salary in Chennai ranges between ₹15 Lakhs to ₹40 Lakhs with an average annual salary of ₹. Salary estimates are based on 12 Freshworks latest salaries received from various employees of Freshworks.