D. E.

Shaw Sprinklr
Base - ₹36,000 more than Sprinklr
Variable Bonus - ₹2,00,000 - ₹4,00,000
Compensation No Bonuses or Stocks
Joining Bonus - ₹2,00,000
WFH Setup - ₹30,000
Eligible in April 2024
Appraisal Cycle Eligible in January 2025 15% will make the base = ₹20,28,600
20% will make the base = ₹21,16,800
Quality Assurance Engineer
Automation Engineer / Software Development Engineer, QA / SDET
Role
Promoted from AQAE (Entry level) to QAE, which usually takes
Possible Promotion in April 2024 based on performance
1.5 years after joining as a fresher.
Depends on the team -
Java, Selenium (UI Automation), Gradle, TestNG,
Python, Cypress, Rest API, Java, Jupyter Notebook
Rest Assured, GraphQL, MongoDB, Elastic Search, Jenkins,
Some teams in Front Office use Java as well
Performance Testing (Jmeter, Gatling)
The trading platform is complex and tests will be specific to it
These are all Industry Standard tools & technologies which will be beneficial
in the long run
Front Office teams have more focus on API Testing
Tech Stack &
Internal Tools teams have more focus on UI Testing
Learnings But a senior who has been here as an SDET-2 for 1 year and 8 months says
that initially we will be given a lot of Automation Tasks but later, we will
For friend's team (Front Offfice) -
be divided into product specific teams where Manual Testing will take
most of the time and Automation will take the back seat.
API Testing through Python Libraries (Calling API through Python and
validating the output)
Most of the time will go in learning the Sprinklr Platform because it is very
Less UI Testing since most of the time is consumed in manual
vast and complex.
testing (same as Amazon)
iPad Pro
Benefits More Team Outings
Better Culture
Hybrid with 3 days in office

Friend says that most people in HYD work 11 AM - 8 PM but I can

5 days in office
work from 8 AM - 5 PM if there are no meetings
Associate Director is fine with me working from 8 AM - 5 PM
Hours & Deputy Director said hours are flexible when in office and depend on
But most of the office works from 11 AM - 8 PM
Work Life Balance the Manager
4+ Releases every year and everyone works on the weekends during them.
I will move to the Delhi office from January 2024
There are many patches before the releases which also require weekend work
Once a month releases will be there where Sanity testing for 1-2 hours
will have to be done on the weekend.
Founded in 2009
Founded in 1988
Processes not properly set
Company Presence Processes are properly set Eg - No BRDs to come up with test cases; PMs generate the test cases
and keep on adding them as the testing continues
Has half a floor in Gurugram with space for around 150 employees.
Has 1.5 floors in Gurugram
1. Can't leave before 1 year; they will ask for the joining bonus,
hotel expenses & iPad to be returned.

2. Many IITians and other people here are working 15-16 hours a day
in all the teams. Will have to compete against them to get a promotion.
1. Team has all 2023 Graduates currently; Later all may be split into
3. Internal Team switch is uncommon and is discouraged. Only the Front different teams based on Product.
Office work is good. Other teams work on internal tools.
Other
2. Reporting directly to the Associate Director with no lead in between due to
4. Career Growth is less as promotions take minimum 2 years which there's no one I can go to with my doubts since the AD is usually busy
throughout the day with meetings and escalations.
5. Will have to leave Sprinklr within 2 months which will reflect badly on
my resume.

6. Friend is also looking to switch to SDET roles either internally or

externally.