Foreign companies hire people in India for remote roles every day, often at pay well above local salaries. The hard part is knowing where those jobs are posted and who you can trust.
This guide lists two kinds of websites: recruitment agencies and talent networks that match you with companies, and remote job boards where you apply directly. Every site here was checked on 30 October 2026 and accepts applicants from India.
Why recruiters don’t charge you
Recruitment agencies are paid by the company that hires, usually only when a hire is made. A contingency recruiter’s fee is commonly 15% to 30% of the new hire’s first-year pay, and it’s paid by the employer (AIHR). Talent networks work the same way: Turing charges companies a premium, and Arc charges companies 20% of annual salary for full-time hires.
So getting you hired is how they make money. That’s also why a genuine recruiter never needs money from you.
Recruitment agencies and talent networks
Most of these test you before you can apply for roles, usually with a skills test and an English or communication check. Pass once and they keep matching you with openings.
Turing: remote roles with US companies for developers, data scientists and other specialists, including AI training work. Free to join. You go through a skills test and a live coding challenge.
Toptal: a freelance network for developers, designers, product managers and finance experts, with members from over 100 countries, India included. You set your rate and Toptal takes no cut from it. Fewer than 3% of applicants are accepted.
Arc: remote jobs for developers, designers, product managers and more, with listings open to India. Free for candidates. Its India listings showed salaries of US$40,000–60,000 a year for mid-level roles and US$70,000–90,000 for senior roles. Arc says people with five or more years of experience do best.
Uplers: an India-only network that places tech and marketing talent with global companies, paid in dollars. Registration is free. If you aren’t selected, you can reapply after two months.
Andela: matches engineers and technologists with global companies. India is on its list of approved countries. Vetting includes an English test, a technical assessment and a live interview.
Mercor: contract AI-training work for people with expertise in fields such as engineering, finance, law or medicine. Listings showed rates of $40 to $80 an hour. It pays people in India in rupees to an Indian bank account.
Remote job boards
On job boards you apply to companies directly. All of these are free to search and apply. Some sell an optional premium plan, but you don’t need one to start.
We Work Remotely: one of the largest remote job boards, across all categories. Filter by “Anywhere in the World” to see roles open to India.
Remote OK: remote jobs in programming, design, sales and more. It has “Worldwide”, “Asia” and “India” filters.
Himalayas: a large remote job board with free AI job-search tools. Use its worldwide page or its India page.
Working Nomads: collects remote jobs from across the web, with “Anywhere”, “APAC” and India filters and free job alerts.
Wellfound: startup jobs, free for candidates. Each listing has a “Hires Remotely From” section that tells you where the company can hire.
Jobspresso: a smaller, hand-picked list of remote jobs, with “Worldwide” and “Asia-Pacific” filters.
LinkedIn Jobs: set the On-site/Remote filter to Remote and the location to India. Turn on job alerts so new roles come to you.
Before you apply
Check where the company can hire from. Many remote jobs are limited to certain countries or time zones because of tax and labour laws (FlexJobs explains why). Apply to roles marked worldwide, Asia or India.
Check the working hours. A US company may need you online for part of its day, which can mean evenings or nights in India.
Ask how you’ll be paid. You may be hired as an employee through a payroll provider, or as a contractor. Contractors handle their own taxes, so speak to a CA before you sign.
Treat pay figures as examples. The salaries and rates above are from listings at the time of writing, and they vary by role and experience.
How to spot a recruitment scam
If a recruiter asks you for money to get a job, it’s a scam. India’s National Career Service tells job seekers not to pay fees to employers (NCS), and the US Federal Trade Commission says honest placement firms don’t typically charge candidates (FTC). That includes a registration fee, a training fee, a security deposit or money for a laptop.
The most common remote job scam in India is the task scam. In December 2023, the Ministry of Home Affairs described how it works (PIB release):
An ad promises “ghar baithe job” or easy part-time work.
Someone on WhatsApp or Telegram gives you simple tasks, such as liking videos or rating places on a map.
You’re paid a small commission first, then asked to deposit money for bigger returns.
Once you deposit a larger amount, it’s frozen and you lose it.
Other warning signs:
A job offer with no proper interview.
A recruiter who contacts you only on WhatsApp or Telegram, or from a free email address instead of a company domain.
Pay that sounds far too high for very little work.
A UPI payee whose name is a random individual rather than a company.
Check any offer on the company’s own careers page before you share documents or bank details. If you’ve been targeted or lost money, call the cybercrime helpline 1930 or report it at cybercrime.gov.in.
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Sources
Each platform’s name above links to its official site. Other details come from these pages, checked on 30 October 2026:
Contingency recruiting, AIHR
Turing help centre: free to join and how Turing charges companies
Remote job search filters, Wellfound help centre
Job scams, US Federal Trade Commission
National Career Service, Ministry of Labour and Employment
Building a Cyber Safe India, Ministry of Home Affairs, PIB, 6 December 2023