Two audiences. One discipline.
We help product startups build their first team, and we help global companies build their India team. The work is different. The standard is the same.
Product startups building their core team
- Who
- Founders and CTOs of pre-seed to Series C product companies in India, including AI-first startups and Web3 teams.
- What we do
- Founding-engineer hires, core engineering team builds, senior IC roles, and the first engineering leadership hires (CTO, VP Engineering, Head of Product).
- Why they pick us
- Founders do not want to interview 40 mediocre candidates per role. We send 3 to 5 calibrated profiles and stay close until the hire joins.
Global companies setting up or scaling India teams
- Who
- Product MNCs, scale-ups, and global companies establishing or growing their India presence — Global Capability Centres (GCCs), R&D centres, India offices, and engineering hubs.
- What we do
- Everything from the first hire to a scaled team — Site Lead / India MD search, founding engineering team builds, sustained IC hiring as the team grows, and senior leadership hires for established GCCs.
- Why they pick us
- Our founders have placed talent for global product MNCs, ride-sharing platforms, e-commerce leaders, mobile ad-tech companies, and India-based product unicorns.
India team build
From first hire to scaled team.
- First 1 to 10 hires
India entry
Site Lead / India MD search, founding engineers, anchor hires for credibility. The most consequential phase — these hires define how the rest of the team sees the India operation.
- 10 to 50 hires
Core team build
Engineering Managers, senior ICs, and the first specialised roles (DevOps, Data, Security). Volume picks up but quality bar stays constant.
- 50+ hires
Scaled hiring
Sustained IC hiring across stacks, Engineering Manager and Senior Engineering Manager additions, and replacement / backfill for attrition. We become the dedicated India hiring partner.
- Ongoing
Leadership additions
As the India team matures, we run searches for senior leadership additions — VP Engineering, Director-level, and functional heads. Often confidential.
Note: D4hire focuses on the hiring side of India team setup. For legal entity setup, payroll, and compliance, we work alongside specialist partners and can introduce them.
Sectors
Where we go deep.
AI companies
AI-first startups and product companies building AI capabilities. ML engineers, AI researchers, applied scientists, MLOps engineers — and the leadership to manage them.
Web3 startups
Blockchain protocols, DeFi platforms, and Web3 product companies. Smart-contract engineers, full-stack engineers with Web3 experience, security specialists, founding-team builds.
Product SaaS
B2B and B2C SaaS companies hiring across the engineering stack — from founding engineers to senior IC and leadership roles.
Consumer tech & marketplaces
E-commerce, ride-sharing, fintech, and consumer mobile companies. Scale-grade engineering hires for high-traffic, high-stakes systems.
Honest disclosure
Who we are not for.
Equally important to say. We are not the right partner if you:
- Need bulk staffing of 50+ engineers per month at scale (look at large staffing firms instead)
- Need contract or temp staffing (we focus on permanent hires)
- Want the cheapest possible recruiter (we will lose on price; we win on quality of shortlist)
- Hire only non-IT roles (we are tech-focused)
The next step
Ready to hire?
Book a 30-minute call with the founders. No pitch deck, no junior account manager — just a conversation about what you are building and whether we are the right partner.