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Where to apply.

Every place worth checking for a software, AI engineer or FDE role in India or remote. Boards, VC portfolio lists, communities, people on X, and the search tricks that find roles before LinkedIn does.

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Job boards in India

11

Where most Indian tech roles are posted first.

  • LinkedIn Jobs

    linkedin.com

    The most volume. Filter "Past 24 hours" and apply early.

    IndiaRemote
  • Naukri

    naukri.com

    India's biggest board. Recruiters search profiles here, so keep yours fresh.

    India
  • Instahyre

    instahyre.com

    Companies reach out to you. Best with 2+ years of experience.

    India
  • Cutshort

    cutshort.io

    Tech-only board with AI matching, heavy on startups.

    IndiaStartups
  • Hirist

    hirist.tech

    Developer-focused IT jobs board.

    India
  • foundit

    foundit.in

    Formerly Monster India. Large volume across companies.

    India
  • Indeed India

    in.indeed.com

    Aggregates postings from company sites and boards.

    India
  • Glassdoor India

    glassdoor.co.in

    Jobs plus reviews and real interview questions per company.

    IndiaSalary
  • Peerlist Jobs

    peerlist.io

    Profile-first network for builders. Your projects do the talking.

    IndiaStartups
  • Levels.fyi Jobs

    levels.fyi

    Roles with pay ranges next to them.

    IndiaSalary
  • Hasjob

    hasjob.co

    Hasgeek's community job board. Smaller, posted by teams directly.

    India

Startup jobs

9

Smaller teams, faster loops, founders read applications.

  • Wellfound

    wellfound.com

    Salary and equity shown up front. Applications go to the team.

    StartupsRemoteIndia
  • YC Work at a Startup

    workatastartup.com

    One profile, every YC startup. Founders message you.

    StartupsRemote
  • YC Jobs

    ycombinator.com

    Curated roles at YC companies, with remote filters.

    StartupsRemote
  • YC companies in India

    ycombinator.com

    Every YC company in India. Find the founders, then DM them.

    StartupsIndia
  • HN: Who is hiring?

    news.ycombinator.com

    Monthly thread on the first weekday. Founders post directly.

    StartupsRemote
  • HNHIRING

    hnhiring.com

    Searchable archive of every Who is hiring post.

    StartupsRemote
  • TopStartups

    topstartups.io

    Funded startups (YC, Sequoia, a16z, Accel) with open roles.

    Startups
  • startup.jobs

    startup.jobs

    Large aggregator of startup roles worldwide.

    StartupsRemote
  • Welcome to the Jungle

    welcometothejungle.com

    Curated startup jobs. Otta merged into it.

    StartupsRemote

VC portfolio job boards

9

One search across hundreds of funded startups. Underused.

  • Peak XV

    careers.peakxv.com

    Jobs across Peak XV companies like Razorpay, CRED and Groww.

    IndiaStartups
  • Accel

    jobs.accel.com

    Accel portfolio, including Freshworks, Swiggy and BrowserStack.

    IndiaStartups
  • Lightspeed

    jobs.lsvp.com

    Lightspeed portfolio, global and India.

    IndiaStartups
  • a16z

    jobs.a16z.com

    Andreessen Horowitz portfolio, strong on AI and infra.

    StartupsAI
  • Sequoia

    jobs.sequoiacap.com

    Sequoia's global portfolio.

    StartupsAI
  • General Catalyst

    jobs.generalcatalyst.com

    General Catalyst portfolio companies.

    Startups
  • Kleiner Perkins

    jobs.kleinerperkins.com

    Kleiner Perkins portfolio companies.

    Startups
  • Bessemer

    jobs.bvp.com

    Bessemer portfolio, lots of B2B SaaS.

    Startups
  • Index Ventures

    indexventures.com

    Thousands of roles across the Index portfolio.

    StartupsRemote

AI and LLM job boards

4

Boards that only list AI, agent and LLM roles.

  • Inference Jobs

    inferencejobs.com

    Roles at AI companies. Filter by India and by FDE.

    AIFDEIndia
  • Agentic Engineering Jobs

    agentic-engineering-jobs.com

    Only roles building agents, RAG and LLM apps.

    AIRemote
  • Peerlist: LLM roles

    peerlist.io

    Peerlist jobs filtered to LLM skills.

    AIIndia
  • HNHIRING: AI engineer

    hnhiring.com

    This month's Who is hiring, searched for AI engineer.

    AIStartupsRemote

Forward deployed engineer

9

Companies known for FDE roles. Also search Applied AI Engineer and AI Solutions Engineer.

  • Palantir

    palantir.com

    Where the forward deployed engineer title started.

    FDE
  • OpenAI

    openai.com

    Has a forward deployed engineering team. Filter by location.

    FDEAI
  • Anthropic

    anthropic.com

    Applied AI and customer-facing engineering roles.

    FDEAI
  • Scale AI

    scale.com

    Forward deployed roles on GenAI projects.

    FDEAI
  • Salesforce

    salesforce.com

    Hiring FDEs for Agentforce. Large India presence.

    FDEAIIndia
  • Google Careers

    google.com

    Search "forward deployed" for Google Cloud GenAI roles in Bengaluru.

    FDEAIIndia
  • Sierra

    sierra.ai

    AI customer-service agents built with enterprises. Customer-facing engineering.

    FDEAI
  • Decagon

    decagon.ai

    AI support agents. Engineering that sits close to customers.

    FDEAI
  • Inference Jobs: FDE in India

    inferencejobs.com

    Open FDE roles tagged to India.

    FDEAIIndia

AI and product companies hiring in India

22

Go straight to the careers page. Filter by Bengaluru or India.

  • Sarvam AI

    sarvam.ai

    Bengaluru lab building Indian-language LLMs and voice models.

    AIIndia
  • Google DeepMind

    deepmind.google

    Research and applied roles. Filter for Bengaluru.

    AIIndia
  • Microsoft IDC

    microsoft.com

    Microsoft's India Development Center: Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Noida.

    AIIndia
  • Perplexity

    perplexity.ai

    AI answer engine. Small teams, high bar.

    AI
  • Databricks

    databricks.com

    Data and AI platform with a Bengaluru engineering team.

    AIIndia
  • Glean

    glean.com

    Enterprise AI search and agents. Check for Bengaluru roles.

    AI
  • Atlan

    atlan.com

    Data and AI governance platform, founded in India.

    AIIndiaStartups
  • Composio

    jobs.ashbyhq.com

    Tools and integrations layer for AI agents.

    AIStartups
  • Lossfunk

    lossfunk.com

    Paras Chopra's AI research lab.

    AIIndia
  • Uniphore

    uniphore.com

    Enterprise conversational and agentic AI, founded in Chennai.

    AIIndia
  • Gupshup

    gupshup.ai

    Conversational messaging and AI agents for businesses.

    AIIndia
  • Observe.AI

    observe.ai

    AI for contact centers.

    AI
  • Ema

    ema.ai

    Agentic AI employees for enterprises.

    AIStartups
  • Lyzr

    careers.lyzr.ai

    Enterprise agent framework and platform.

    AIStartups
  • Sprinklr

    sprinklr.com

    Customer-experience platform with large India engineering teams.

    AIIndia
  • Razorpay

    razorpay.com

    Payments. Strong engineering culture in Bengaluru.

    India
  • CRED

    careers.cred.club

    Consumer fintech known for product and design craft.

    India
  • Zerodha

    careers.zerodha.com

    Small, FOSS-friendly tech team behind the stockbroker.

    India
  • Postman

    postman.com

    API platform founded in Bengaluru.

    IndiaAI
  • BrowserStack

    browserstack.com

    Testing infrastructure, founded in Mumbai.

    India
  • Freshworks

    freshworks.com

    SaaS founded in Chennai, building AI agents (Freddy).

    IndiaAI
  • Rippling

    rippling.com

    HR and IT platform with a Bengaluru engineering office.

    India

Remote, India-friendly

12

Remote boards and platforms that place engineers from India.

  • Uplers

    uplers.com

    Matches engineers in India with remote roles at global companies.

    RemoteIndia
  • Turing

    turing.com

    Remote roles at US companies after a vetting test.

    Remote
  • Arc

    arc.dev

    Vetted remote and freelance developer roles.

    Remote
  • Crossover

    crossover.com

    Full-time remote roles at fixed rates. Tough skills tests.

    Remote
  • RemoteStack

    remotestack.in

    Remote roles that link straight to the company's own ATS.

    RemoteIndia
  • Himalayas

    himalayas.app

    Remote board with filters for time zone and country.

    Remote
  • We Work Remotely

    weworkremotely.com

    One of the oldest remote boards.

    Remote
  • Remote OK

    remoteok.com

    High-volume remote board with salary filters.

    Remote
  • Remotive

    remotive.com

    Hand-checked remote tech roles.

    Remote
  • Remote Rocketship

    remoterocketship.com

    Remote roles pulled from company sites, many not on LinkedIn.

    Remote
  • Working Nomads

    workingnomads.com

    Curated remote jobs by category.

    Remote
  • JustRemote

    justremote.co

    Remote jobs, including fully location-independent ones.

    Remote

People to follow on X

21

Founders, builders and educators worth following and learning from.

  • Aravind Srinivas

    @AravSrinivas

    Co-founder and CEO of Perplexity.

    AI
  • Paras Chopra

    @paraschopra

    Founder of Wingify; runs the Lossfunk AI lab.

    AIIndia
  • Harkirat Singh

    @kirat_tw

    Runs 100xDevs, a large Indian developer community.

    India
  • Varun Mayya

    @VarunMayya

    Founder building with AI from Bengaluru.

    AIIndia
  • Deedy Das

    @deedydas

    Investor at Menlo Ventures; posts on AI and India tech.

    AIIndia
  • Kailash Nadh

    @nadh

    CTO of Zerodha and a loud voice for FOSS.

    India
  • Nithin Kamath

    @Nithin0dha

    Founder and CEO of Zerodha.

    India
  • Kunal Shah

    @kunalb11

    Founder of CRED.

    India
  • Tanay Pratap

    @tanaypratap

    Mentor and educator for Indian developers.

    India
  • Arpit Bhayani

    @arpit_bhayani

    Engineering educator; systems deep dives.

    IndiaPrep
  • Gaurav Sen

    @gkcs_

    System design educator, InterviewReady.

    IndiaPrep
  • Striver

    @striver_79

    DSA prep at takeUforward.

    IndiaPrep
  • Kunal Kushwaha

    @kunalstwt

    Open source and DevRel community builder.

    India
  • swyx

    @swyx

    Popularized "AI engineer"; runs Latent Space.

    AI
  • Hamel Husain

    @HamelHusain

    Teaches LLM evals. Read him before your next AI interview.

    AI
  • Eugene Yan

    @eugeneyan

    Writes on LLM evals and production ML.

    AI
  • Jason Liu

    @jxnlco

    Creator of Instructor; RAG and AI consulting.

    AI
  • Simon Willison

    @simonw

    Daily, hands-on notes on LLM tools.

    AI
  • Gergely Orosz

    @GergelyOrosz

    The Pragmatic Engineer; tech job-market data.

    Salary
  • Garry Tan

    @garrytan

    President and CEO of Y Combinator.

    Startups
  • Pieter Levels

    @levelsio

    Proof that building in public gets you noticed.

    Startups

Accounts to follow on X

17

Companies, funds and communities that post roles and events.

  • Sarvam AI

    @SarvamAI

    Indian LLM lab. Launches and research.

    AIIndia
  • Y Combinator

    @ycombinator

    Batch launches: new startups that will be hiring soon.

    Startups
  • Peak XV Partners

    @peakxvpartners

    Portfolio news from one of India’s biggest funds.

    IndiaStartups
  • a16z

    @a16z

    Andreessen Horowitz.

    StartupsAI
  • Sequoia

    @sequoia

    Sequoia Capital.

    StartupsAI
  • Hugging Face

    @huggingface

    Open models and the community around them.

    AI
  • Latent Space

    @latentspacepod

    The AI engineer podcast.

    AI
  • Hasgeek

    @hasgeek

    Bengaluru tech conferences and meetups.

    IndiaEvents
  • FOSS United

    @fossunited

    Open source events across India.

    IndiaEvents
  • Devfolio

    @devfolio

    Hackathon announcements.

    IndiaEvents
  • AI Tinkerers

    @aitinkerers

    Builder meetups, including Bengaluru.

    AIEvents
  • lablab.ai

    @lablabai

    Online AI hackathons.

    AIEvents
  • Real Dev Squad

    @realdevsquad

    Indian dev community that ships real projects.

    India
  • Wellfound

    @wellfound

    Startup job board.

    Startups
  • Peerlist

    @peerlist

    Builder profiles and jobs.

    India
  • Cutshort

    @cutshort

    Tech jobs in India.

    India
  • MLOps Community

    @mlopscommunity

    ML and LLMs in production.

    AIEvents

Communities and events

15

Where referrals actually come from. Show up, ship, talk to people.

  • AI Tinkerers Bengaluru

    bangalore.aitinkerers.org

    Builders-only AI meetups. Bring a demo, not slides.

    AIIndiaEvents
  • Luma: Bengaluru

    luma.com

    Calendar of tech and AI events in the city.

    IndiaEvents
  • Hasgeek

    hasgeek.com

    Rootconf, The Fifth Elephant and other Bengaluru conferences.

    IndiaEvents
  • The Fifth Elephant

    hasgeek.com

    Hasgeek's data and AI conference.

    IndiaAIEvents
  • GDG Bangalore

    gdg.community.dev

    Google Developer Group meetups and DevFest.

    IndiaEvents
  • PyCon India

    in.pycon.org

    Annual Python conference. Great for meeting AI teams.

    IndiaEvents
  • FOSS United

    fossunited.org

    IndiaFOSS and open source city meetups.

    IndiaEvents
  • Devfolio

    devfolio.co

    Hackathons across India, from weekend events to ETHIndia.

    IndiaEvents
  • lablab.ai

    lablab.ai

    Online AI hackathons, often run with model labs.

    AIRemoteEvents
  • Real Dev Squad

    realdevsquad.com

    Contribute to real products with mentors. Good for juniors.

    India
  • MLOps Community

    mlops.community

    Slack and meetups on running ML and LLMs in production.

    AIRemote
  • Hugging Face Discord

    huggingface.co

    Open-model builders. Help people and you get noticed.

    AIRemote
  • Latent Space

    latent.space

    AI engineering newsletter and podcast with an active Discord.

    AIRemote
  • r/developersIndia

    reddit.com

    Huge Indian dev subreddit with hiring and salary threads.

    IndiaSalary
  • Blind

    teamblind.com

    Anonymous. The easiest place to ask for referrals and check pay.

    ReferralsSalary

Apps and prep

12

Track applications, check pay, prepare for interviews.

  • Simplify

    simplify.jobs

    Autofills applications and tracks every one.

  • Teal

    tealhq.com

    Job tracker plus resume tailoring per role.

  • Huntr

    huntr.co

    Kanban board for your applications.

  • Jobright

    jobright.ai

    AI job matching that surfaces new roles daily.

    AI
  • Levels.fyi

    levels.fyi

    Real compensation by company and level. Use it to negotiate.

    Salary
  • AmbitionBox

    ambitionbox.com

    Indian salaries, reviews and interview experiences.

    IndiaSalary
  • interviewing.io

    interviewing.io

    Anonymous mock interviews with senior engineers.

    Prep
  • Aced (formerly Exponent)

    aced.io

    Mock interviews and courses for SWE, ML and PM.

    Prep
  • NeetCode

    neetcode.io

    Structured DSA practice with video solutions.

    Prep
  • Grind 75

    techinterviewhandbook.org

    A study plan sized to the weeks you have.

    Prep
  • Hello Interview

    hellointerview.com

    System design prep from ex-FAANG interviewers.

    Prep
  • ByteByteGo

    bytebytego.com

    System design explained visually.

    Prep

Tips

What actually gets replies

  1. 01

    Search the ATS, not just LinkedIn

    Most startups post on Ashby, Greenhouse or Lever before anywhere else. Use the link builder above: it searches those sites directly for your role and city.

  2. 02

    Use VC portfolio boards

    One search on Peak XV or Accel covers hundreds of funded companies. Few candidates know these exist, so competition is lower.

  3. 03

    Apply in the first 48 hours

    Set alerts for your exact title and city. Early applications get read; week-old ones sit behind hundreds of others.

  4. 04

    A referral beats a cold apply

    Ask an engineer at the company, not HR. Send the exact job link and three lines on why you fit, so forwarding it takes them ten seconds.

  5. 05

    DM the hiring manager

    Find who posted the role or leads the team. Keep it to four lines and link proof: a shipped project with a real number beats any adjective.

  6. 06

    Build in public

    A small tool with real users or eval results gives interviewers something concrete to ask about. Post what you learned while building it.

  7. 07

    Mirror the job description

    Rewrite the top third of your resume for each role using the posting's own words. ATS filters and tired recruiters both scan for them.

  8. 08

    Track everything, follow up once

    Log every application. If you hear nothing in 5 to 7 days, send one short follow-up, then move on.

  9. 09

    FDE roles hide under other titles

    Also search Applied AI Engineer, AI Solutions Engineer, Customer Engineer and Agent Engineer. In India much of this work is posted under those names.

  10. 10

    Go where builders are

    Two meetups a month. Talk to the speakers, show your demo, ask what their team is struggling with. Most referrals start this way.

  11. 11

    Know your number before the call

    Check Levels.fyi and AmbitionBox for the company and level. Give a range anchored on data, not on your current salary.

  12. 12

    Make your profiles findable

    Same name, photo and one-line pitch on LinkedIn, X, GitHub and Peerlist. Recruiters search all four.

Templates

Messages to send

Cold DM to a hiring manager

Hi {name}, saw you're hiring a {role} at {company}. I'm a {your role} with {X} years building {relevant thing}. Recently I built {project}: {one real number}. Here it is: {link}. Would you be open to a 15-minute chat, or could you point me to the right person?

Asking for a referral

Hi {name}, I'm applying for {role} at {company}: {job link}. Quick fit check: {two lines on why you match}. Resume: {link}. Would you be comfortable referring me? Happy to send anything that makes it easier.