Paypal India(SDE3) VS Agoda Bangkok SSE | Senior Software Engineer
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Education: BTech (CS) Tier 2 College
Years of Experience: 5.5 Years ( All Product based)
Previous CTC : INR 20L (Fixed)
Location : Remote (India)

Have 1-2 offers but these 2 are the only worth considering -

Company: Paypal
Title/Level: Senior Software Engineer( Software Engineer 3)
Location: Chennai
Base: INR 33,00,000(Fixed Pay)
Variable pay:INR 3.30,000
Signing Bonus - NA
Stock bonus: 45k USA across 3 years i.e. 13 lakhs stock every year
No Relocation Provided
Yearly CTC : 33 + 3.3 + 13 ~ 49 LPA

Company: Agoda (booking.com holdings)
Level: Senior Software Engineer
Location : Bangkok
Base: 180,000 THB/month ~ 54 LPA
Variable pa: 360,000 TBH ~ 9 LPA
Signing bonus: 360,000 TBH ~ 9 LPA
First Year CTC ~ 72 LPA
Yearly CTC: ~ 63 LPA
Relocation Provided( 1month hotel say + flight tickets + extra luggage + cab fares )
Benefit is tax : 15-20% compared to india 25-30%( after deductions)

Interview Exp for Paypal - https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-experience/6050840/Paypal-or-Senior-Software-Engineer-or-SDE3-or-Chennai
Interview Exp for Agoda - https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-experience/6050889/Agoda-or-SSE-or-Bangkok

Doubts/concers :

  1. I dont have any good brand name in my resume , does paypal or agoda which one has good brand value?
  2. I thnk Savings will be pretty much same or more in agoda , quality of life might also be better and good places to explore there but not sure about culture wlb and growth or brand value?
  3. Does having Bangkok location make any impact in good brand value in resume?
  4. I'm bachelor right now - but to be married Dec 2025 - i only play to stay 1-3 years at max, how difficult will it be for spouse to get a job in bangkok (my fiance is an MBA fiannce in Big 4)?
  5. I'm inclined towords agoda but not sure if once i am in thailand, say after 2 years - will it be easy to switch to another company back to india( as recruiters see bangkok rather then say banglore or they see an international number rather than an indian number and will straight away discard it?)
  6. Does agoda do internal transfers(bangkok to india offices(gurgaon)

Which company should be considered? What are your thoughts? If anyone can answer above doubts - it will be greatly appreciated

UPDATE :
Have accepted agoda and will reject paypal today.
main resson : agoda has job security with great culture and wlb and is kinda stable .( pay and savings will be kinda same considering hogh living expenses and low taxes which should cancel each other out) as compared to most product based companies or paypal(who had layoffs beginning of this year)

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