List of companies hiring developers remotely from India, full-time: 2026

Finding a full-time remote job is hard and it's harder when you are a developer living in India [UTC+05:30]. This post aims to make it easier.

Update October 2026: I rechecked the original ten companies and added five more with India hiring evidence. Grafana's verified India role is in solutions engineering. Check each role's country and time-zone requirements before applying. Discourse and Status had no company openings on 8 October 2026.

Update Jan 2024: Now we publish new fully-remote developer jobs every day/week that are open to all geographies including India. We publish those on YouTube, on Discord, and Community Forum. We verify the authenticity and make sure they reach to you within the same day/week so you have higher chances of getting response.

I first researched these companies in 2019.

Before you jump to the list, do you want to know how I prepared the list?
I started with the question

As a developer from India, what does it take to find a full-time remote job?

To find out, I tried various sources(AngelList, StackOverflow, LinkedIn, WeWorkRemotely, Glassdoor, Google, Company Career Websites, etc.) and looked at opportunities promoted as full-time remote jobs.

I scrolled and scrolled and scrolled on what feels like millions of job descriptions

then cross verified with other sources and then got the first-hand latest info from company representatives; I figured that even before skill match, you need to filter on so many levels that almost everything ends up in your "not fit" list and you start doubting if there are any remote jobs for you at all. Forget about skills, first, you need to

1. Filter out companies that are reluctant to hire from India UTC+05:30
   This is mostly because of timezone or admin issues. But problem for you as a developer is that this info about timezone preference is buried inside lengthy job descriptions as can be seen in this job post from a leading company
   

Extra read: A discussion on HN about biases in hiring remotely from India

2. Filter out companies that use remote hiring as backup option
   On the front, these companies look like companies offering a remote job, but remote work may be a backup option for a particular team. Ask how remote colleagues take part in decisions, meetings, and career progression before accepting a role.

3. Filter out the fakes and everything else
   Some posts are scams, positions that are no longer available, advertisements presented as jobs, or roles misrepresented as "Remote Only". Verify the opening on the company's own careers site before applying.

If you're looking for remote developer jobs from India in 2026, check location eligibility early. LinkedIn's March 2025 research, using data through 2024, found that remote-job availability had fallen while demand from job seekers remained relatively strong. A company can be fully remote and still hire only in certain countries.

But, don't you worry, there is hope

Some companies have understood the true potential of remote work and have consciously decided to make remote work their default.

The original ten companies, checked in 2026

So I did the heavy lifting of the research to declutter and found some companies which

• Have 100% remote DNA
• Offer full-time remote job for developers
• Product based IT companies
• Hire from India [UTC +05:30](has substantial historical proof or interest in Indian developers)

Those were the criteria for the original 2019 list. The 2026 notes below show each company's current remote policy and any location evidence. A distributed team or an employee in India does not establish eligibility for every new role.

1. DuckDuckGo - Privacy focused search engine and browser
   Careers | X (Twitter)
   2026 check: DuckDuckGo says it is fully distributed. Its public page does not establish that an open engineering role accepts applicants in India. Read the location requirements on the role.
2. Canonical - Company behind Ubuntu
   Careers | X (Twitter)
   2026 check: Canonical lists home-based worldwide and region-specific roles. Some worldwide teams still require colleagues to work in similar time zones. Check the location and team requirements.
3. Automattic - Company behind WordPress
   Careers | X (Twitter)
   2026 check: Automattic describes a distributed team that works from around the world. Confirm India eligibility and the hiring arrangement in the individual posting.
4. GitLab - DevSecOps platform
   Careers | X (Twitter)
   2026 check: GitLab is all remote and its employment handbook lists an India entity. Its candidate guide says to check eligible countries for each role.
5. Zapier - Web applications integration and AI automation
   Careers | X (Twitter)
   2026 check: Zapier calls itself remote-first. Its careers page also describes work on AI and automation. Check each engineering role's eligible locations before applying.
6. Doist / Todoist - ToDo app
   Careers | X (Twitter)
   2026 check: The careers page now lives at Todoist and says team members can work from anywhere without location restrictions. Check the role requirements and employment details.
7. Toggl - Time tracking tool
   Careers | X (Twitter)
   2026 check: Toggl describes a fully remote team across countries and time zones. Confirm India eligibility on an individual opening.
8. Discourse - Open source discussion platform
   Careers | X (Twitter)
   2026 check: Discourse describes itself as fully remote, and its team page lists an engineer in India. Its careers page showed no openings on 8 October 2026.
9. Status - Open source secure communication tool
   Careers | X (Twitter)
   2026 check: Status says its positions are remote from any location, subject to team crossover hours. It showed no Status openings on 8 October 2026; separate ecosystem roles appeared below that notice.
10. Mattermost - Open source messaging platform
    Careers | X (Twitter)
    2026 check: Mattermost describes a remote-first culture. Its public careers page does not establish India eligibility for each engineering opening. Check the role's location requirements.

Five more companies added in 2026

These remote companies include global product teams and teams building software for clients. Their careers pages gave the following India hiring evidence when checked on 8 October 2026. Openings change, so use the careers links to find the current roles.

11. Sprinto - Security compliance platform
    Careers
    Hiring scope: Remote engineering roles based in India.
    Sprinto says it is 100% remote. Its engineering board lists Lead SDET and Senior Staff Engineer roles with Remote (India) locations, plus a remote Senior Full-stack Engineer role in Bengaluru. Read the requirements for the role you choose.
12. PlayPower Labs - Software development for education companies
    Careers
    Hiring scope: US-based company, India-only role.
    PlayPower says it has been fully remote since before COVID and has a development centre in India. Its Senior Software Engineer role is full time and explicitly says Fully Remote - India Only. This is a route to build products for clients, alongside the product companies in the original list.
13. Resilinc - Supply chain risk management software
    Careers
    Hiring scope: Global company, India-based engineering roles.
    Resilinc describes a fully remote team. Its board lists full-time remote software engineering and SRE roles in India. The checked SRE opening requires a night shift aligned with US business hours. If you want regular daytime hours in India, check the schedule before applying.
14. Grafana Labs - Observability tools
    Careers
    Hiring scope: Global company, India-based solutions engineering.
    Grafana says it is 100% remote. Its verified India opening is a Senior Solutions Engineer role, with a preference for Mumbai. The work involves technical demonstrations, customer evaluations and sales support. Consider it if you want customer-facing technical work; the checked opening is not a product development role.
15. Remote - Global employment and payroll platform
    Careers
    Hiring scope: Global company, worldwide backend role and an Indian entity.
    Remote says it has no offices. Its Senior Backend Engineer role lists Anywhere in the World in the Practicals section. The company also documents an Indian entity for its employment service. Ask the recruiter to confirm whether you can take the selected role from India, who will employ you and what terms apply.

For current opportunities, check Developer Diary by Invide, which has chosen fully-remote work since its beginning in 2016. The original post's Javascript Developer and Machine Learning Engineer vacancies were a 2019 snapshot.

What next?

In 2019, it took me a whole week to narrow down the original 10 companies after rejecting 100s of potential companies which were shown to be a fit by other sources and this made me realize(again)

As a remote developer from India, it is almost impractical to find a full-time remote work opportunity, especially when you already have a day job. You research on 100s of companies only to find out that only 1 or 2 of them offer the opportunity for India residents

For your search in 2026, check the following before applying:

• Location: Confirm that the role accepts applicants living in India. GitLab's candidate guide says to check the country in the specific listing
• Working hours: Ask which daily overlap hours are required. Status explicitly requires team crossover hours, even though its policy allows any location
• Employment and pay: Ask who will employ you, whether the role is employment or contracting, and how pay is calculated. Todoist publishes location-based salaries; Automattic says its salaries are based on skills, not location
• Application and AI rules: Read the company's instructions before using AI to write an application or complete an assessment. Canonical's application form says generated content can disqualify an application

Apply only when a relevant role is open to applicants in India on the company's careers website. You may share in the application that you found them via Invide or maybe not, it's up to you. But I am very keen to know which other companies you find that genuinely hire developers based in India.

Who will employ you in India?

A full-time remote job can involve different contracts. Ask about the arrangement before comparing offers.

Remote's explanation for employees describes how its local entity signs the employment contract while the client company manages day-to-day work. TestGorilla's hiring policy gives another example: it lists India as a country where it hires contractors. Full-time hours alone don't tell you whether you are an employee or which benefits your contract provides.

Where else can you find India-eligible roles?

• Himalayas' India page lists remote roles for people based in India. Follow the employer's careers link to confirm the opening and its location requirements
• On Wellfound, set your profile location to India and choose Only remote. Its search guide explains that company headquarters filters are separate from hiring eligibility. Check Hires Remotely From on each posting, including auto-posted jobs

If working for a global company matters more to you than working fully remotely, also explore its Global Capability Centre in India. The career guide covers GCCs and what to check about the work and office-attendance requirements.

Watch out for fake job offers

CERT-In's job-scam advisory warns that fake jobs can appear on legitimate portals and social media. Requests to pay application, training or background-check fees are warning signs. Its Digital Safety Compass handbook also flags offers that ask you to top up an account to start tasks.

Verify the opening on the employer's own website and contact the company through its official channels if you're unsure about a recruiter. If you have been scammed, I4C directs victims to the national cybercrime portal or 1930.

Thank you

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