Hire Engineers in India for New York Companies
Retained Executive Search
& India Team Builds for NYC
Fintech, enterprise, and engineering leadership talent. Placed right.
We place senior engineers, fintech and BFSI specialists, and engineering leaders in India for New York companies. Every mandate is retained, every shortlist is technically evaluated, and every search is managed through to signed offer. India's deepest payments, lending, and data engineering talent sits in Mumbai and Bengaluru, and reaching it takes a different approach than the Bay Area. See our US companies page, or UK companies hiring in India.
COMPANIES WE HAVE PLACED FOR
The searches that failed before us
had three things in common.
Most NYC teams that reach Talhive have already tried. Posted on LinkedIn and got 200 applications with no signal. Used a contingent agency and got volume CVs with no fintech depth. Tried to run the search from Manhattan without anyone who understands India's notice periods, BFSI talent map, and equity expectations. Talhive exists for teams that need the search done once, done right, by a partner who owns the outcome end to end.
Job-board posts do not reach engineers from Razorpay, PhonePe, or HDFC tech who are not actively looking but would move for the right mandate.
NYC packages differ from SF norms. India senior engineers weigh vesting, cliff, and acceleration, not just percentage. That gap is bridgeable, but only before the offer stage.
60 to 90 day notice periods mean counteroffers land after your process ends. Without a retention strategy, the candidate walks.
3 Principal AI Engineers, Writesonic
A prior agency and six months of inbound had produced zero hires. Talhive identified that the real talent pool for production LLM roles sat inside platform teams at Google and Amazon, not among self-labelled AI engineers on LinkedIn. We rebuilt the sourcing thesis around deployment evidence and closed all three within 6 weeks.
Roles we place for New York companies.
Domain-experienced engineers in payments, lending, and fraud. Razorpay, PhonePe, Paytm, and HDFC tech depth, reached through targeted outreach, not postings.
Brief to signed offer. 6 weeks.
Brief and calibration
Week 1
Interview and close
Weeks 4 to 6
India vs New York salary benchmarks.
2026 cash salary benchmarks at funded product and fintech companies. Not IT services rates. Total compensation with ESOPs adds 15 to 40%.
The India GCC Hiring Playbook: compensation, cities, and models compared →
Three hiring models for NYC companies.
We help you choose the right one.
Senior and leadership hires where a mis-hire costs 6 months
One search partner, defined timeline, technically evaluated shortlist. 4 to 8 weeks to signed offer. Fee: 20 to 25% of first-year CTC.
1 to 15 engineers, no entity, you manage the team
The EOR handles payroll and compliance in India. You own the work. 2 to 4 weeks after candidate identified. $200 to $500/month per employee plus salary.
20+ engineers, long-term presence, full control
Register a subsidiary. Full HR, payroll, benefits. 3 to 6 months setup. Makes economic sense after the team model is proven at scale.
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India engineering or product leadership, fintech domain specialist searches, senior data engineering leads. Written intelligence briefs, motivation interview, EST-compatible process.
Fintech or enterprise SaaS team builds from zero. City selection (Mumbai for leadership, Bengaluru/Pune for engineering), employer brand, leadership-first sequence.
For NYC companies scaling India teams to 10+ engineers with multiple concurrent roles. EST-aligned weekly reporting, pipeline management, and assessed shortlists.
Tell us the role, team size, and what you have tried. A founder responds directly.
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Frequently asked questions.
6 questionsHow long does it take to hire an engineer in India from New York?
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Resources for New York companies hiring in India.
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The data on outcomes for senior India hires.
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City comparison for global companies.
India Team Build
Managing India Notice Periods Without Losing the Hire
Why offers slip at 60 to 90 days, and how to hold them.
New York company.
India mandate.
If you are a New York City company hiring in India, share the brief, role, company stage, and what has already been tried. Talhive will assess mandate fit and what the India market looks like for your specific profile.
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