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What India's top AI engineers want

Global companies are racing to hire AI talent in India. This survey asks what would actually make you say yes — the pay, the equity, the remote setup, and the work itself.

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The clearest picture yet of what India's AI talent wants

As more global companies hire in India without setting up an office, the report maps what engineers expect in return — from compensation and equity to remote work, the kind of AI problems worth solving, and what it takes to trust an employer with no local presence. Built entirely from your responses.

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Who should participate

If you build with AI, we want your take

  • ML Engineers
  • AI & Research Engineers
  • Data Scientists
  • MLOps & AI Infrastructure Engineers
  • Software Engineers building AI-powered products

Based in India and doing real AI/ML work? Then you're exactly who we want to hear from. A short screener at the start confirms the fit.

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