Loading...Loading...Loading...Loading...Salary Guide · India 2026
Nium is a Singapore-headquartered global B2B payments unicorn with major engineering in Bengaluru. It provides cross-border payments, card issuance, and embedded finance APIs to fintechs and banks globally. Salary ranges below are sourced primarily from AmbitionBox, with Glassdoor as a secondary cross-check, and reflect total CTC (base + variable + equity) at the 25th–90th percentile of reported offers in India.
Software Engineer · Senior / 6–9 yrs
₹55L – ₹90Ltotal CTC
Working at Nium
~1,200 employees. Singapore HQ, Bengaluru engineering hub. Raised $300M+ at $2.1B valuation.
What the interview actually tests
Global payments focus: requires understanding of cross-border FX, correspondent banking, and payment compliance. ESOP pre-IPO. Interview: distributed systems + payments domain (SWIFT, ISO 20022).
Role
Nium's pay bands for Software Engineers in India, fresher through senior.
| Experience Level | Total CTC (LPA) | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Fresher / 0–2 yrs | ₹20L – ₹32L | ESOP₹2L – ₹5L/yr |
| Mid-level / 3–5 yrs | ₹32L – ₹52L | ESOP₹4L – ₹10L/yr |
| Senior / 6–9 yrs | ₹55L – ₹90L | ESOP₹10L – ₹22L/yr |
How this compares
The senior Software Engineer band above sits against a Indian Fintech peer median of ₹38L – ₹60L LPA across 29 other Indian Fintech companies we track.
What the Nium interview actually looks like
Salary bands here reflect total CTC drawn from reported offers (primarily AmbitionBox, with Glassdoor as a secondary cross-check), supplemented by company disclosures where available — not a single data point. See our methodology for how we source and label pay data. Spot a figure that looks off? Email .
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