Freshworks Chennai Software Engineer Salaries by 70+ Employees (Updated 2025)

1 - 4 years exp.

₹6 Lakhs - ₹16 Lakhs

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48% more than the average Software Engineer Salary in Software Product Companies for 1 - 4 years of experience

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Last Updated: 8 Mar 2025

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Freshworks Software Engineer Salary

1 - 4 years exp. (78 salaries)

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₹6 L/yr - ₹16 L/yr

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Amazon Software Engineer Salary 0 - 6 years exp. (31 salaries)	Unlock ₹7.5 L/yr - ₹32 L/yr 66% more	6 job openings
HCLTech Software Engineer Salary 0 - 6 years exp. (5.9k salaries)	Unlock ₹1.9 L/yr - ₹7.8 L/yr 59% less	1 job opening
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Tech Mahindra Software Engineer Salary 0 - 7 years exp. (2.6k salaries)	Unlock ₹2 L/yr - ₹9.5 L/yr 48% less	13 job openings
TCS Software Engineer Salary 0 - 7 years exp. (2k salaries)	Unlock ₹2 L/yr - ₹11 L/yr 45% less
LTIMindtree Software Engineer Salary 0 - 6 years exp. (1.3k salaries)	Unlock ₹2.4 L/yr - ₹10 L/yr 47% less	1 job opening
Wipro Software Engineer Salary 0 - 8 years exp. (959 salaries)	Unlock ₹1.8 L/yr - ₹15.4 L/yr 28% less	12 job openings
Mphasis Software Engineer Salary 0 - 7 years exp. (675 salaries)	Unlock ₹2.3 L/yr - ₹10 L/yr 47% less	2 job openings
Infosys Software Engineer Salary 0 - 7 years exp. (388 salaries)	Unlock ₹2 L/yr - ₹10 L/yr 50% less
Temenos Software Engineer Salary 1 - 4 years exp. (249 salaries)	Unlock ₹5 L/yr - ₹15 L/yr 22% less	2 job openings
Visteon Software Engineer Salary 0 - 3 years exp. (68 salaries)	Unlock ₹4.5 L/yr - ₹12.7 L/yr 26% less
Zoho Software Engineer Salary 1 - 3 years exp. (42 salaries)	Unlock ₹5.3 L/yr - ₹14.4 L/yr 20% less
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R Systems International Software Engineer Salary 2 - 6 years exp. (27 salaries)	Unlock ₹4.2 L/yr - ₹13.5 L/yr 6% less
EbixCash Limited Software Engineer Salary 2 - 6 years exp. (24 salaries)	Unlock ₹4.5 L/yr - ₹8.2 L/yr 40% less
Infor Global Solution Software Engineer Salary 1 - 7 years exp. (9 salaries)	Unlock ₹5.2 L/yr - ₹15 L/yr 6% less	41 job openings
Blue Yonder Software Engineer Salary 3 - 5 years exp. (7 salaries)	Unlock ₹4.9 L/yr - ₹12.6 L/yr 3% more	2 job openings

Software Engineer salary at Freshworks ranges between ₹6 Lakhs to ₹16 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 1 year to 4 years. Salary estimates are based on 78 latest salaries received from various employees of Freshworks.

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Experience wise Freshworks Software Engineer salaries in Chennai

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1 year (16 salaries)	Unlock ₹6 L/yr - ₹10.5 L/yr
2 years (29 salaries)	Unlock ₹7 L/yr - ₹15 L/yr
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3 years (22 salaries)	Unlock ₹7 L/yr - ₹16 L/yr
4 years (11 salaries)	Unlock ₹9 L/yr - ₹16 L/yr

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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

3.7

Rated by 16 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

+4 more

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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

for Salary and Benefits

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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

3.0

• posted on 08 Dec 2024

4.0

for Salary and Benefits

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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 Software Engineer at Freshworks Chennai?

Software Engineer salary at Freshworks in Chennai ranges between ₹6.0 Lakhs to ₹16.0 Lakhs for experience between 1 years to 4 years. According to our estimates it is 48% more than the average Software Engineer Salary in India. Salary estimates are based on 78 latest salaries received from various employees of Freshworks Chennai.

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

The average salary of a Software Engineer at Freshworks is 48% more than the average salary of a Software Engineer in Chennai. 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 Chennai.

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

Amazon Software Engineer Salary - ₹7.5 Lakhs to ₹32.0 Lakhs per year
Blue Yonder Software Engineer Salary - ₹4.9 Lakhs to ₹12.6 Lakhs per year

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

Infor Global Solution Software Engineer Salary - ₹5.2 Lakhs to ₹15.0 Lakhs per year
R Systems International Software Engineer Salary - ₹4.2 Lakhs to ₹13.5 Lakhs per year
Zoho Software Engineer Salary - ₹5.3 Lakhs to ₹14.4 Lakhs per year
Temenos Software Engineer Salary - ₹5.0 Lakhs to ₹15.0 Lakhs per year
Visteon Software Engineer Salary - ₹4.5 Lakhs to ₹12.7 Lakhs per year

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

The estimated take-home salary of a Software Engineer at Freshworks ranges between ₹79,917 per month to ₹81,997 per month in Chennai. The take-home salary calculation is based on the average Freshworks Software Engineer salary in India which ranges between ₹6.0 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 in Chennai?

According to AmbitionBox, 63% of the Freshworks Software Engineers in Chennai reported a notice period of 2 Months, 20% reported a notice period of 15 days or less and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 40 responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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Freshworks Software Engineer salary in Chennai ranges between ₹6 Lakhs to ₹16 Lakhs with an average annual salary of ₹. Salary estimates are based on 78 Freshworks latest salaries received from various employees of Freshworks.

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