Google vs Amazon Salary Comparison in India 2022

Disclaimer: Author can not guaranteed this salary figures. This information is curated after analysing different resources and salaries shared by the candidates. Use this information for your reference only.

We have seen many of the candidates get confused when they have the option to choose Amazon or Google. Or if you are an aspirant developer who wants to join Amazon or Google, here are the experiences and salaries you can expect with respect to years of experience.

Google and Amazon both have different levels for software developers SDE1, SDE2, SDE3 and so. (SDE: Software Developer Engineer)

Note: All the salary ranges are mentioned in the INR (Indian Rupees).

SDE 1 Salary | Amazon vs Google

SDE1 Amazon:

The experience required for the SDE1 role is 0 to 3 years. So this role is also for the freshers.

Also check, the Amazon interview questions shared by the candidates.

SDE1 Google:

The experience required for the SDE1 role is 0 to 6 years. So this role is also for the freshers.

Usually, for this level, Google and Amazon hire candidates from tier 1 colleges like IITs, NITs, and other top institutes.

SDE 2 Salary | Amazon vs Google

SDE2 Amazon:

Experience Range – 2 to 12 years

Salary Range – 50 to 90 LPA (lakh per anum)

Check Amazon coding interview for SDE2.

SDE2 Google:

Experience Range – 1.5 to 10 years

Salary Range – 45 to 80 LPA (lakh per anum)

SDE 3 Salary | Amazon vs Google

SDE3 Amazon:

Experience Range – 6 to 20 years

Salary Range – 1 to 2 CPA (crore per anum)

SDE3 Google:

Experience Range – 5.5 to 18 years

Salary Range – 90 lakhs to 1.65 CPA (crore per anum)

Staff and Principal Engineer | Seniors at Google and Amazon

After SDE3 next level of position at Amazon is a principal software engineer. And at Google, it is a staff software engineer followed by a senior staff software engineer followed by the principal software engineer.

At Amazon principal software band is very large it is almost the same as the principal software engineer at Google.

Principal Software Engineer at Amazon:

Experience Range – 12 to 30 years

Salary Range – 1.8 to 3 CPA (crore per anum)

Staff Software Engineer at Google:

Experience Range – 9 to 20 years

Salary Range – 1.3 to 2.5 CPA (crore per anum)

Now, you might be wondering…

Note:

• All these salary figures are curated based on the salary shared by the candidates on different platforms like Indeed, AmbitionBox and others. We also use our personal connections to some extent to verify the above data.
• All the figures above are total compensation per year engineers receive. It includes base salary, stocks/ESOPs, joining bonus, variable pay, and relocation bonus. All these options have different significance. They can not be compared just as apple to apple.

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