Freshworks Hyderabad / Secunderabad Lead Software Engineer Salaries by 20+ Employees (Updated 2025)

6 - 11 years exp.

₹26.6 Lakhs - ₹50 Lakhs

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Freshworks Lead Software Engineer Salary

6 - 11 years exp. (29 salaries)

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₹26.6 L/yr - ₹50 L/yr

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TCS Lead Software Engineer Salary 7 - 13 years exp. (15 salaries)	Unlock ₹9 L/yr - ₹28.8 L/yr 56% less
Infosys Lead Software Engineer Salary 6 - 9 years exp. (3 salaries)	Unlock ₹17 L/yr - ₹27 L/yr 48% less
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Wipro Lead Software Engineer Salary 7 - 12 years exp. (17 salaries)	Unlock ₹9.9 L/yr - ₹29 L/yr 38% less
Accenture Lead Software Engineer Salary 6 - 11 years exp. (10 salaries)	Unlock ₹11 L/yr - ₹29 L/yr 48% less
IBM Lead Software Engineer Salary 6 - 8 years exp. (5 salaries)	Unlock ₹16 L/yr - ₹24.7 L/yr 43% less
Cognizant Lead Software Engineer Salary 7 - 12 years exp. (7 salaries)	Unlock ₹18.5 L/yr - ₹25 L/yr 36% less
HCLTech Lead Software Engineer Salary 4 - 12 years exp. (14 salaries)	Unlock ₹8.2 L/yr - ₹30 L/yr 51% less
Tech Mahindra Lead Software Engineer Salary 9 - 10 years exp. (5 salaries)	Unlock ₹12.8 L/yr - ₹24.7 L/yr 51% less
Capgemini Lead Software Engineer Salary 2 - 12 years exp. (77 salaries)	Unlock ₹7 L/yr - ₹25.1 L/yr 61% less	21 job openings
Microsoft Corporation Lead Software Engineer Salary 9 - 17 years exp. (9 salaries)	Unlock ₹28 L/yr - ₹46 L/yr 4% less
Google Lead Software Engineer Salary 1 - 10 years exp. (7 salaries)	Unlock ₹15.3 L/yr - ₹34.5 L/yr 36% less
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Deloitte Lead Software Engineer Salary 5 - 11 years exp. (56 salaries)	Unlock ₹11.3 L/yr - ₹34 L/yr 38% less
Persistent Systems Lead Software Engineer Salary 2 - 8 years exp. (479 salaries)	Unlock ₹5.5 L/yr - ₹17.7 L/yr 69% less
Blue Yonder Lead Software Engineer Salary 6 - 13 years exp. (76 salaries)	Unlock ₹17 L/yr - ₹40 L/yr 21% less	9 job openings
Thomson Reuters Lead Software Engineer Salary 7 - 13 years exp. (21 salaries)	Unlock ₹13.5 L/yr - ₹33.3 L/yr 32% less	2 job openings
Mphasis Lead Software Engineer Salary 6 - 11 years exp. (5 salaries)	Unlock ₹14 L/yr - ₹26 L/yr 53% less
e2open Lead Software Engineer Salary 10 - 11 years exp. (3 salaries)	Unlock ₹20 L/yr - ₹28 L/yr 38% less

Lead Software Engineer salary at Freshworks ranges between ₹26.6 Lakhs to ₹50 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 6 years to 11 years. Salary estimates are based on 29 latest salaries received from various employees of Freshworks.

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Experience wise Freshworks Lead Software Engineer salaries in Hyderabad / Secunderabad

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6 years (9 salaries)	Unlock ₹27 L/yr - ₹65.8 L/yr
7 years (3 salaries)	Unlock ₹26.6 L/yr - ₹40 L/yr
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8 years (4 salaries)	Unlock ₹33.3 L/yr - ₹46 L/yr
9 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	Unlock ₹38.5 L/yr - ₹71.4 L/yr
10 years (6 salaries)	Unlock ₹31 L/yr - ₹50 L/yr
11 years (6 salaries)	Unlock ₹38 L/yr - ₹45 L/yr

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Top skills at Freshworks for Lead Software Engineer

Data Structures Information Security Open Source Python Distribution System Agile SDLC Backend System Design Software Development Life Cycle MySQL Automation Ruby Testing Tools CRM

Salary related reviews for Freshworks

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Rated by 7 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

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Senior Software Engineer in Chennai

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

4.0

• posted on 12 May 2023

4.0

for Salary and Benefits

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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

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...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

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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

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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

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• posted on 08 Dec 2024

4.0

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

Salary - Good

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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

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Consulting Department

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• posted on 08 Nov 2024

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...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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What is the salary of Lead Software Engineer at Freshworks Hyderabad / Secunderabad?

Lead Software Engineer salary at Freshworks in Hyderabad / Secunderabad ranges between ₹26.6 Lakhs to ₹50.0 Lakhs for experience between 6 years to 11 years. According to our estimates it is 61% more than the average Lead Software Engineer Salary in India. Salary estimates are based on 29 latest salaries received from various employees of Freshworks Hyderabad / Secunderabad.

How does the salary of a Lead Software Engineer at Freshworks Hyderabad / Secunderabad compare with the average salary range for this job?

The average salary of a Lead Software Engineer at Freshworks is 61% more than the average salary of a Lead Software Engineer in Hyderabad / Secunderabad. To know exact salary insights, login to view.

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

Data Structures, Information Security, Open Source, Python and Distribution System are some of the popular skills required to work as a Lead Software Engineer at Freshworks Hyderabad / Secunderabad.

What is the salary of a Lead Software Engineer in companies similar to Freshworks in Hyderabad / Secunderabad?

Microsoft Corporation Lead Software Engineer Salary - ₹28.0 Lakhs to ₹46.0 Lakhs per year
Blue Yonder Lead Software Engineer Salary - ₹17.0 Lakhs to ₹40.0 Lakhs per year
Thomson Reuters Lead Software Engineer Salary - ₹13.5 Lakhs to ₹33.3 Lakhs per year
Google Lead Software Engineer Salary - ₹15.3 Lakhs to ₹34.5 Lakhs per year
Cognizant Lead Software Engineer Salary - ₹18.5 Lakhs to ₹25.0 Lakhs per year

What is the estimated take home salary of a Lead Software Engineer at Freshworks in Hyderabad / Secunderabad?

The estimated take-home salary of a Lead Software Engineer at Freshworks ranges between ₹2,32,747 per month to ₹2,42,134 per month in Hyderabad / Secunderabad. The take-home salary calculation is based on the average Freshworks Lead Software Engineer salary in India which ranges between ₹26.6 Lakhs to ₹50.0 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 6 years to 11 years. Check how did we calculate take home salary?

What is the notice period for Lead Software Engineer at Freshworks in Hyderabad / Secunderabad?

According to AmbitionBox, 80% of the Freshworks Lead Software Engineers in Hyderabad / Secunderabad reported a notice period of 2 Months, 20% reported a notice period of 1 Month.This is based on 15 responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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Freshworks Lead Software Engineer salary in Hyderabad / Secunderabad ranges between ₹26.6 Lakhs to ₹50 Lakhs with an average annual salary of ₹. Salary estimates are based on 29 Freshworks latest salaries received from various employees of Freshworks.