Freshworks Software Engineer Salaries by 100+ Employees (Updated 2025)

1 - 4 years exp.

₹6.7 Lakhs - ₹16 Lakhs

Salary of majority employees

34% more than the average Software Engineer Salary in Software Product Companies for 1 - 4 years of experience

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Last Updated: 21 Feb 2025

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Software Engineer salary at Freshworks ranges between ₹6.7 Lakhs to ₹16 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 1 year to 4 years. Salary estimates are based on 183 latest salaries received from various employees of Freshworks.

Experience wise Freshworks Software Engineer salaries

Last Updated: 21 Feb 2025

Experience	Avg Annual Salary
1 year (52 salaries)	₹4.6 L/yr - ₹14 L/yr
2 years (68 salaries)	₹7 L/yr - ₹16.1 L/yr
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3 years (39 salaries)	₹7 L/yr - ₹20 L/yr
4 years (24 salaries)	₹5.9 L/yr - ₹17 L/yr

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Staff Engineer

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9 - 17 years exp.

Software Engineer 1 - 4 years exp.

Senior Software Engineer 3 - 9 years exp.

129% hike

Lead Software Engineer 6 - 11 years exp.

51% hike

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Top skills at Freshworks for Software Engineer

Data Structures Python Test Cases Javascript HTML Programming Automation Testing Automation Framework Information Security Java CSS Linux Testing Tools JIRA Debugging

Salary related reviews for Freshworks

3.1

Rated by 23 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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Hi All, I'm so much confused in calculating my in hand salary by excluding the variable pay. Anyhow variable pay will have 30% tax directly on it. So by excluding If I calculate my monthly inhand using old and as well as new regime of 2025. I don't know which one to choose and which is best for me. Currently 80C is 1.5lakhs and 80D is 50k and Rent paid was around 75k help me to calculate in hand as per the above assumptions

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What is the salary of Software Engineer at Freshworks?

Software Engineer salary at Freshworks in India ranges between ₹6.7 Lakhs to ₹16.0 Lakhs for experience between 1 years to 4 years. According to our estimates it is 34% more than the average Software Engineer Salary in India. Salary estimates are based on 183 latest salaries received from various employees of Freshworks India.

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

The average salary of a Software Engineer at Freshworks is 34% more than the average salary of a Software Engineer in India. To know exact salary insights, login to view.

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

Data Structures, Python, Test Cases, Javascript and HTML are some of the popular skills required to work as a Software Engineer at Freshworks India.

Which similar companies are paying more than Freshworks to a Software Engineer in India?

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Amazon Software Engineer Salary - ₹12.0 Lakhs to ₹45.0 Lakhs per year

What is the salary of a Software Engineer in companies similar to Freshworks in India?

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What is the estimated take home salary of a Software Engineer at Freshworks in India?

The estimated take-home salary of a Software Engineer at Freshworks ranges between ₹79,284 per month to ₹81,347 per month in India. The take-home salary calculation is based on the average Freshworks Software Engineer salary in India which ranges between ₹6.7 Lakhs to ₹16.0 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 1 years to 4 years. Check how did we calculate take home salary?

What is the notice period for Software Engineer at Freshworks?

According to AmbitionBox, 47% of the Freshworks Software Engineers reported a notice period of 2 Months, 28% reported a notice period of 15 days or less and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 110 responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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