Remote Software Engineer Salaries in India

How much do remote developers in India expect to make? $48,918 per year on average (based on self-reported data).

This estimated average salary is based on the expected salaries of Arc Developers in that location. Remote software engineer salaries in India are around average for Asia.
Below are some things to consider when hiring developers based in this location or building your next engineering hub.

$48,918USD
Avg. Developer Salary
$62,743USD
Avg. Senior Developer Salary

Established Companies in India

Here are some notable companies with engineering hubs or engineering teams in this location.

Twilio remote branch in India
Twilio
Bangalore, India
Uber remote branch in India
UberSource
Bengaluru and Hyderabad, India
Western Union remote branch in India
Western UnionSource
Pune, India
Cisco remote branch in India
CiscoSource
Bangalore, India

Salary breakdown by expertise

Use the dropdown to compare software engineer salaries in India with another location.

Compare with:
Singapore
Front-end Developer
$45,862
$68,588
Back-end Developer
$48,241
$72,064
Data Scientist
$50,484
$74,222
App Developer
$47,570
$70,122
DevOps Engineer
$50,893
$79,600

English Proficiency in India

moderate
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About software engineer salary in India

Work with great developers — who just happen to be outside your zip code.We built this tool to help you understand how much remote developers expect to be paid annually across different countries around the world. Software engineer salary in India are calculated using self-reported data from remote developers based in India, and may not be representative of local salaries.Learn More

The salary data is based on the expected salary of over 300,000 remote developers in Arc's network. Developers provide us with their expected salary after passing our comprehensive vetting process (click here to learn more about Arc’s vetting process).

In addition to software development experience, our research indicates two other major factors that affect salary expectations:

・Local rent and cost of living.
・English ability (in countries where English is not the primary language, developers with a good command of English can often charge a premium compared to local rates).

In addition to providing a base salary, organizations may offer remote developers a more comprehensive package when hired long-term. This package may include benefits such as health insurance, equipment stipends, cash bonuses for high performance, company equity, etc. (For more information on benefits frequently offered to remote developers, click here.)

Hire remote developers in India with Arc

Sumit S. - developer in India
Senior full stack developer
5.00 / 5.0
ChandigarhIndia

More than 10 years of experience in web/product development(worked at Microsoft for 10 years). Currently working as a Full-stack developer. Extensive experience working with JavaScript, C#, Angular, React, DotNet. Available for freelance work as well. I've a lot of experience working end to end with large enterprise grade applications.

Nitesh - developer in India
Lead programmer with 10 Years of experience in Python and Data science
5.00 / 5.0
ChandigarhIndia

I have 10 years exp in Python, MySQL, GoLang, Data Science. I have rich experience in developing frameworks in scratch using Pytest and unitest. I am very passionate about coding and having good knowledge of data structures and algorithms

Anuvrat P. - developer in India
Engineer turned entrepreneur debugging software for 15 years.
5.00 / 5.0

I succeed or your **money back.** Skillset includes: python, elixir, rust, golang, c++, lua et al. Diving into, understanding and debugging codebases alien to me is one of my core expertise. I run a software development shop called essentia.dev and actively participate in the open source communities in India. ====== How does it work? - We start a 1:1 session. - Both of us join the zoom call. - You start the session timer and pause it. - You share your screen and explain the problem statement. - I do some research if necessary. - We resume the timer and I try to help. - Full refund if I do not succeed.

Salary reports by technologies

Now that you know the software engineer salaries in India, take a look at developers’ salary expectations based on the technologies they’re experienced in.

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