- 1Pick where to lookSearch or filter 141 places by category, tag or city.
- 2Find roles firstOpen ready-made searches on the job sites startups post to first.
- 3Reach outCopy a cold DM or a referral ask and send it to a person, not a portal.
Link builder
Find roles before they hit LinkedIn
Pick a role and a city. Every button opens a search straight into the places companies post first.
- Ashby job pagessite:jobs.ashbyhq.com
- Greenhouse job pagessite:greenhouse.io
- Lever job pagessite:jobs.lever.co
- Workable job pagessite:apply.workable.com
- LinkedIn, posted in the last 24hremote filter · past 24 hours
- LinkedIn "hiring" postsposts by people, newest first
- X "hiring" posts, livelatest posts
- Naukrithen tick “Work from home”
- HN Who is hiringthis month’s thread
Google links are limited to the past month. Many startups post on these job-page hosts before, or instead of, LinkedIn.
The list
141 places to look
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Job boards in India
1Where most Indian tech roles are posted first.
Startup jobs
7Smaller 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
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
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
1One search across hundreds of funded startups. Underused.
AI and LLM job boards
2Boards that only list AI, agent and LLM roles.
Remote, India-friendly
12Remote 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
Communities and events
4Where referrals actually come from. Show up, ship, talk to people.

lablab.ai
lablab.ai
Online AI hackathons, often run with model labs.
AIRemoteEvents
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
Tips
What actually gets replies
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
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
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
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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