Education: B.Tech CSE (Tier 1 college)
Years of Experience: 5.2 years
Past Experience : (Backend developement, minor frontend work)
TCS : 1.2 years
Amazon : 3.6 years
A start-up which had issues : 0.4 months
Date of the Offer: August - 2024
Company: AppDirect
Title/Level: Solution Architect
Location: Pune
Salary: 27 + 2.7 year end -> 29.7 LPA
Relocation/Signing Bonus: 0
Stock bonus: 0
Bonus: 0
Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock): 29.7 LPA
Benefits: Fully remote work, good number of leaves, standard benefits, good work environment (feedback)
Other details: Had a competing offer from PeopleTech (33 LPA), but rejected since recieved very negative feedback regarding culture and job security.
I decided to switch due to governance issues in my previous company, took the position of Solution Architect as compared to backend developement since this role would be more relevant from future point of view if good automation tools come into picture.
Will revaluate this decision at 1.5 years in this role, or a better offer (+35% CTC increase), whichever comes first.
Please provide your feedback if the offer if fine, and was the decision to switch to a SA role compared to Backend developement was wise decision.