Where to apply in Mumbai.

Fintech, media and consumer startups. The link builder below is already set to Mumbai, and the list starts with the 70 sources tagged India.

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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

2

Smaller teams, faster loops, founders read applications.

  • Wellfound

    wellfound.com

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

    StartupsRemoteIndia
  • YC companies in India

    ycombinator.com

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

    StartupsIndia

VC portfolio job boards

3

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

AI and LLM job boards

2

Boards that only list AI, agent and LLM roles.

  • Inference Jobs

    inferencejobs.com

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

    AIFDEIndia
  • Peerlist: LLM roles

    peerlist.io

    Peerlist jobs filtered to LLM skills.

    AIIndia

Forward deployed engineer

3

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

  • 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
  • Inference Jobs: FDE in India

    inferencejobs.com

    Open FDE roles tagged to India.

    FDEAIIndia

AI and product companies hiring in India

16

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
  • Databricks

    databricks.com

    Data and AI platform with a Bengaluru engineering team.

    AIIndia
  • Atlan

    atlan.com

    Data and AI governance platform, founded in India.

    AIIndiaStartups
  • 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
  • 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

2

Remote boards and platforms that place engineers from India.

  • Uplers

    uplers.com

    Matches engineers in India with remote roles at global companies.

    RemoteIndia
  • RemoteStack

    remotestack.in

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

    RemoteIndia

People to follow on X

12

Founders, builders and educators worth following and learning from.

  • 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

Accounts to follow on X

8

Companies, funds and communities that post roles and events.

  • Sarvam AI

    @SarvamAI

    Indian LLM lab. Launches and research.

    AIIndia
  • Peak XV Partners

    @peakxvpartners

    Portfolio news from one of India’s biggest funds.

    IndiaStartups
  • Hasgeek

    @hasgeek

    Bengaluru tech conferences and meetups.

    IndiaEvents
  • FOSS United

    @fossunited

    Open source events across India.

    IndiaEvents
  • Devfolio

    @devfolio

    Hackathon announcements.

    IndiaEvents
  • Real Dev Squad

    @realdevsquad

    Indian dev community that ships real projects.

    India
  • Peerlist

    @peerlist

    Builder profiles and jobs.

    India
  • Cutshort

    @cutshort

    Tech jobs in India.

    India

Communities and events

10

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
  • Real Dev Squad

    realdevsquad.com

    Contribute to real products with mentors. Good for juniors.

    India
  • r/developersIndia

    reddit.com

    Huge Indian dev subreddit with hiring and salary threads.

    IndiaSalary

Apps and prep

1

Track applications, check pay, prepare for interviews.

  • AmbitionBox

    ambitionbox.com

    Indian salaries, reviews and interview experiences.

    IndiaSalary

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.

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