cover · 27.04

u/Mission_Trip_5692 · reddit handlemicrosoft · sse (noida)

cover story · verified offer brief · 27 apr 2026

3+ YOE · lateral → ₹85 LPA at Microsoft: the posting that proved the sse (noida) ladder isn’t pedigree-locked anymore.

Microsoft SSE offer · Noida WFO. ₹53L base + 15% bonus + $100K stock grant. OP weighing it against an existing remote ₹50 LPA role. Posted to r/developersIndia with the breakdown laid out.

verified · reddit thread citedread · 8 minlast revised · 27.04open the source thread →

§ 02 — visible proof

page two of the offer letter, where it actually matters

templated · usernames preserved · packages cited from source thread

verified

Microsoft.

offer for · u/Mission_Trip_5692

annual ctc₹85,00,000

Microsoft · SSE (Noida)₹85L

read source thread →

verified

Amazon.

offer for · u/Top_Treat_6454

annual ctc₹60,00,000

Amazon · SDE · service-based pivot₹60L

read source thread →

verified

Microsoft.

offer for · u/After_Switch

annual ctc₹35,00,000

Microsoft · SDE-1 (L60)₹35L

read source thread →

Library reading room — the brief's space

§ 03 — the brief the bar-raiser opened first

One verified line. One source thread. The breakdown the rest of the queue had to read.

u/Mission_Trip_5692 posted the offer to r/developersIndia as “Should I accept this offer? Is it a lowball from Microsoft. 50 lpa Wfh or 85lpa wfo Noida.”. We cite the thread, mirror the breakdown, and call out what actually moved the band — base, stock, joining bonus, level. No fluff, no recruiter-spin. open the thread →

₹85L

peak verified offer · cycle '26

§ 04 — the headline figure

The number that came in fully cited — not from a leaked deck, not from a recruiter’s pitch.

₹85L at Microsoft for a SSE (Noida), posted by u/Mission_Trip_5692 on r/developersIndia. The offer breakdown is in the source thread — base, stock, joining bonus, level — and we keep the link visible so you can audit it yourself.

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§ 05 — campuses in the index

23 campuses, this cycle

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step 01 · before the post

u/Mission_Trip_5692 · 3+ YOE · lateral.

The candidate posted to r/developersIndia with the offer breakdown in the title — “Should I accept this offer? Is it a lowball from Microsoft. 50 lpa Wfh or 85lpa wfo Noida.”.

step 02 · the cited breakdown

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SSE (Noida) at Microsoft — base, stock, joining bonus, level — itemised in the source thread.

Microsoft SSE offer · Noida WFO. ₹53L base + 15% bonus + $100K stock grant. OP weighing it against an existing remote ₹50 LPA role. Posted to r/developersIndia with the breakdown laid out.

step 03 · scraped 27 Apr

Microsoft · SSE (Noida). The verified offer that opened the cycle.

Posted, cited, mirrored. open the source thread →

₹85 LPA

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₹85L

peak verified offer · cycle '26

campuses in the index