Quality of work at Google India for a Staff

Jan 3, 2021 9 Comments

I'm a staff at LinkedIn expecting an L6 offer from Google and have a few more interviews lined up with companies that have big presence in India.

I want to transfer to India in a year and am looking to join companies that have standard of work similar to their US counterparts. My small sample set of friends seem to think that work in India is not as exciting especially for L6 and higher.

Specifically, for Google India, please share if you know which teams and orgs have good work.
What about Amazon Microsoft Uber?

TC: 530K
Yoe: 12

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TOP 9 Comments
  • Google / Eng
    moonle

    Go to company page Google Eng

    moonle
    I've seen linkedin staff come in as L4s sometimes. Congrats on your offer.
    Google India is growing and there are exciting opportunities for L6 SWEs across the board. You'll have a lot of choice interms of the team and the kind of work you do. Go for it, if you get the offer.
    Jan 5, 2021 3
  • Google
    Uzah85

    Go to company page Google

    Uzah85
    Google India is expanding with many Director level positions in last few years. I am not certain but am going to guess there are 30+ folks that are L6+. Some big teams are cloud (security, google docs), Ads, Geo (maps).
    Jan 8, 2021 0
  • Amazon / Eng
    lullo

    Go to company page Amazon Eng

    lullo
    In Amazon at that level, you can pretty much choose what you want to work on and even drive the roadmap or add major projects to roadmap of teams you support. PEs in India are few and most of them do support US teams within their org. So I don't see any difference in work.
    Jan 3, 2021 0
  • Amazon
    _codeπŸ’

    Go to company page Amazon

    _codeπŸ’
    +1. In a similar boat & considering India move & trying to decide if it's worth interviewing at Google.

    TC wise it won't make much of a difference to me (I retain RSUs) but Google seems to the only company matching (if not more) high TCs these days. But even then, quality of work is something I see no good comments about on Blind.

    If folks from Google India can shed a bit of light, that would be grand.
    Jan 7, 2021 0
  • Google
    Uzah85

    Go to company page Google

    Uzah85
    It's also not too complex to move countries. So you always have the option to move back just in case. Another bonus if you move from Google US to Google India is that you keep your existing vesting schedule after transfer. So transferring from US to India can give you US level stocks while working in India. Hope that helps
    Jan 8, 2021 1