NewsIMTSThis is a Mint Premium article gifted to you. Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As Wall Street’s top quant firms to Big Tech giants kick off the hiring season at the Indian Institutes of Technology, salaries offered are expected to top a crore of rupees. But recruiters are not giving the graduates a free pass. To prevent them from jumping ship, these lucrative compensation packages often come with riders, including joining bonuses, restricted stock units, and clawback provisions. Samsara Inc is expected to offer a compensation of up to ₹ 1.2 crore ( £ 109,580) at IITs for software engineer roles, according to Mint’s review of job profiles with placement cells. But this includes a performance bonus of £ 6,630 and £ 36,650 worth of equity vested over three years. A relocation bonus is also available for candidates who will need to relocate to London. High-frequency trader NK Securities, one of the top recruiters at the IITs by compensation offered, is seeking a quantitative researcher and a software developer. While the compensation is expected to be around ₹ 80 lakh, it includes a joining bonus of ₹ 2 lakh, a fixed bonus of about ₹ 25 lakh, and variable pay… (Updated 2 Dec 2025, 10:04 IST; source: link)
Top recruiters are luring IIT grads with lucrative offers–but there’s a catch —
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- Samsara Inc is expected to offer a compensation of up to ₹ 1.2 crore ( £ 109,580) at IITs for software engineer roles, according to Mint’s review of job profiles…
- But this includes a performance bonus of £ 6,630 and £ 36,650 worth of equity vested over three years.
- While the compensation is expected to be around ₹ 80 lakh, it includes a joining bonus of ₹ 2 lakh, a fixed bonus of about ₹ 25 lakh, and variable…
