Hire software developers in India, without opening an entity
Need software developers who will stay with your product for years? Kaamwork’s Tech EOR platform and local HR support let you build a full-time software team in India overnight. You own hiring, salaries, and day-to-day management. We handle payroll, compliance, and retention.
How to hire software developers
in India
“Software developer” covers a lot of ground: back end, front end, mobile, data. Most companies do not need a narrow framework specialist as much as they need good engineers who learn their stack and stick around. That is the gap Kaamwork fills.
US companies that hire software developers from India through Kaamwork get full-time engineers matched to their stack, at a fraction of US cost, with no outsourcing layer in between. Kaamwork makes that possible in India without a legal entity or a local recruiting team. Your dedicated software developer works as your employee, and typically costs around a third of an equivalent US salary.
When you hire software developers in India through Kaamwork, you get:
Developers across back end, front end, mobile, and data
Salary savings of up to 65% compared with an equivalent hire in the US
Time zone overlap arranged around your working hours, not against them
Scale from one dedicated software developer to a full team
Full-time employees who work as an extension of your team, not a vendor bench
What does a software developer do?
A software developer designs, builds, tests, and maintains the code behind your product, whether that is a web app, a mobile app, or internal systems. Here is what a full-time software developer on a Kaamwork team typically owns.
Feature development
Turns specs and tickets into working, shipped features.
APIs and services
Builds the back-end logic and APIs your product runs on.
Front-end work
Builds and updates the screens your users see.
Databases
Designs schemas and writes queries that stay fast as data grows.
Code reviews
Reviews teammates’ code and keeps standards consistent.
Testing
Writes unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
Maintenance
Fixes bugs and pays down tech debt before it slows the team.
Deployments
Ships code to production through your CI/CD pipeline.
Why hire software developers in India
India has one of the largest pools of software engineers in the world, across every major language and platform.
Deepest talent pool
India produces the highest number of STEM graduates each year, and a young, remote-ready workforce across every major language, framework, and platform.
Material savings
Comparable software talent typically costs about a third of an equivalent US salary. And you skip the overhead of your own legal entity, which runs about 35% on top of total salary cost.
Risk, handled
Time zone overlap, local tax and labor-law compliance, and retention are the usual friction points. Kaamwork’s EOR and local HR model takes them off your plate.
How to hire a software developer through Kaamwork
Five steps from job requirement to an onboarded, full-time software developer in India.
Share your software requirement
- Your stack, the kind of work (back end, front end, mobile, data), seniority, and time zone overlap.
Source and shortlist
- Kaamwork’s network of proven recruiters can share relevant software developer profiles within 24 hours, matched to the stack and seniority you asked for.
Interview and decide
- You run the interviews and make the offer. The hiring call is always yours.
Onboard in days
- Kaamwork’s Tech EOR platform onboards your new hire with your negotiated salary and title. No entity, no months of setup.
Payroll, benefits, retention
- Cross-border payroll, benefits, and local HR support run in the background, so your new hire feels like part of your team, not a vendor’s.
You keep 100% of the hiring decision. Kaamwork carries the entity, the compliance, and the local HR relationship.
Software developer cost to hire
How much does it cost to hire a software developer in India? With Kaamwork, you pay the developer’s salary plus a flat monthly EOR fee. No entity, no setup bill.
Here is how that compares with opening your own Indian entity. Salary depends on seniority and stack and specialization, so talk to us for a benchmark on your specific role.
Add-ons such as laptops, medical insurance, benefits, offsites, and detailed background checks are charged at actual cost, with no markup, on top of salary and the monthly fee.
Kaamwork next to the alternatives
Read the detail on how we compare with a legal owned entity, vanilla EORs, and alternate hiring models.
Why hire software developers through Kaamwork
With Kaamwork, your new hires join your team as full-time employees, not contractors on loan from a vendor. You keep full control over who you hire and how they work. We handle payroll, compliance, benefits, and the local HR support that keeps people around. And since there is no entity to set up, most hires start within days, not months.
What our clients say
Key insights at a glance
100%
Control over hiring decisions. Kaamwork sources and shortlists, but never picks your developer for you.
65%
Typical salary savings on a software developer employed in India rather than the United States.
5%
Attrition across Kaamwork teams stays under five per cent, supported by local HR on the ground.
$599
Flat fee per employee per month. EOR service, payroll, compliance, your branding, and 24/7 support included.
What to look for in a software developer’s stack
The tools and frameworks a strong software developer in India typically works across. Use it as a checklist when you shortlist and interview.
| Category | Technologies |
|---|---|
| Languages | JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, C#, Go, PHP |
| Front-end | React, Next.js, Angular, Vue.js |
| Back-end | Node.js, Spring Boot, Django, FastAPI, ASP.NET Core, Laravel |
| Mobile | Swift, Kotlin, React Native, Flutter |
| Database | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis |
| APIs | REST, GraphQL, gRPC |
| Testing | Jest, pytest, JUnit, Playwright, Cypress |
| DevOps | Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Terraform |
| Cloud | AWS, Azure, GCP |
| Version control | Git (GitFlow) |
| Project management | Jira, Trello, Slack |
Questions worth asking before you hire
More ways to build your team in India
Hire Full-Stack Developers in India
One developer who owns features from API to interface. See the full-stack hiring guide.
Hire Dedicated Developers in India
Developers who work only on your product, full-time. See the dedicated developer hiring guide.
Hire Backend Developers in India
Specialists for APIs, data, and the systems behind your app. See the backend hiring guide.
Build your software team in India,
overnight
Talk to us. No entity required, no gated pricing.
Tell us the stack, the seniority, and the overlap you need, and we will come back with salary benchmarks for your requirement and a first shortlist of software developers.