A software engineer working remotely from Madurai has turned to Reddit for advice after receiving a Staff Software Engineer offer from a major US SaaS company that would increase his compensation but require him to work from Bengaluru twice a week. The techie currently earns Rs 57 lakh in base pay at a profitable US Series F startup and is considering whether to give up his fully remote setup, exercise his vested private options or negotiate a counter-offer to remain with his current employer.
According to techie's post, the engineer currently works as a Senior Software Engineer at a fully remote, profitable US Series F startup. His base salary is Rs 57 lakh with no bonus, while he has 9,895 vested private options that he estimates could be worth around $37 lakh net if the company goes public at its last valuation. However, he noted that the options remain highly illiquid.
