For Sydney & Australia Companies
Atlassian built one of the largest
Australian company India GCCs.
Sydney's tech ecosystem is following.
Engineering, AI, and leadership talent. Placed right.
For Sydney and Australian companies hiring in India, Atlassian's Bengaluru engineering operation, Canva's India presence, Afterpay (Block), and SafetyCulture have established the Australia-India engineering team build as a proven model. Sydney's technology ecosystem, B2B SaaS, marketplace, and fintech, is now making the same move at Series A through Series D, with the Atlassian template as the clearest reference point. See how US companies hire in India.
COMPANIES WE HAVE PLACED FOR
The searches that failed before us
had three things in common.
Most Sydney teams that reach Talhive have already tried. Posted on LinkedIn and got applications with no signal. Used a contingent agency and got volume CVs with no technical depth. Tried to run the search without anyone who understands India's notice periods, competing offers, and motivation structures. 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 who are not actively looking but would move for the right mandate.
Offer-stage dropouts are a motivation problem, not a compensation one. The process never surfaced what matters.
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 Sydney companies.
Backend, API, and platform engineers for Australian enterprise SaaS companies
Atlassian-adjacent companies, B2B SaaS, developer tools, enterprise collaboration, have engineering mandates well-matched to India's enterprise SaaS alumni in Bengaluru and Pune. Strong depth, accessible through targeted outreach. View role profile
Engineers for Afterpay, SafetyCulture, and consumer marketplace companies
Australian consumer technology companies, payments, insurance tech, marketplace, have India engineering mandates that map to Bengaluru's consumer engineering alumni. The domain analogy is less direct than Singapore but the talent pool is accessible. View role profile
First 1–5 India engineers who set the quality ceiling
Australian companies at Series A–C making their first India hire need founding engineers assessed for autonomy, product ownership, and async discipline. These are the profiles most likely to define the India team's reputation for the next 5 years. View role profile
Brief to signed offer. 6 weeks.
India vs Sydney salary benchmarks.
2026 cash salary benchmarks at funded product 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 Sydney 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. How retained search works →
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. EOR vs entity →
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.
Ready to build your India team?
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India engineering lead, founding engineers, VP Engineering. AEDT-compatible process, written synopses async, calibration calls in the Sydney/Bengaluru overlap window.
GCC from zero for Australian companies entering India. City analysis (Bengaluru for most; Pune for cost efficiency), leadership-first sequence, employer brand design.
Scale hiring for Sydney companies with multiple concurrent India roles. AEDT-aligned weekly reporting.
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Frequently asked questions.
5 questionsHow long does it take to hire an engineer in India from Sydney?
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Resources for Sydney companies hiring in India.
Executive Search
Retained vs Contingent: When Each Model Works
The data on outcomes for senior India hires.
India Team Build
Bangalore vs Pune vs Hyderabad: Where to Build
City comparison for global companies.
India Team Build
Managing India Notice Periods Without Losing the Hire
Why offers slip at 60 to 90 days.
Sydney company.
India engineering team.
If you are a Sydney or Australian company hiring in India, share the brief. Talhive will tell you what the India market looks like, what city fits your mandate, and whether the current approach is likely to work.
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