AI Engineer (RAG / RL)
₹15L - ₹30L per year
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Trusted by 20+ companies across SF, NYC, and Bangalore
Hire like FAANG.
Pay like FAANG.
Pay one‑quarter.
5–10
Profiles to review per role (vs 1,000s elsewhere)
30+
Openings filled with top talent
5%
+ small retainer, vs 10–20% legacy fee
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Why TechKareer
Unbeatable quality.
Honest pricing.
Three things every hiring manager asks for, and almost never gets at the same time. We built our entire model around delivering them on every search.
01 / Signal
Only top 1% applicants for you to review.
Most clients review 5–10 profiles per opening, not 1,000s. We do the filtering so your team can do the hiring.
~50× less screening time02 / Depth
Engineers measured on more than a CV.
Work-experience quality, real personal projects, open-source contributions, hackathon wins, and shipped products. Every signal counts.
5 evaluation axes03 / Price
The lowest rates we've ever seen quoted.
Traditional recruiters charge 10–20% of first-year salary per hire. We charge a small retainer plus a flat 5%. That's it.
~¼ legacy costLegacy recruiter
10–20% of salary
- Per-hire commission, charged on every successful close
- Quantity-first sourcing. Review 1,000s to find one
- Replacement guarantees buried in fine print
- Rare technical screening; CVs forwarded as-is
TechKareer
5% + small retainer
- Predictable retainer, capped success fee
- Quality-first shortlist of 5–10 hand-evaluated candidates
- Replacement built in. We don't get paid until you do
- Multi-axis evaluation: projects, OSS, hackathons, work history
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Case Studies
Trusted by a fresh
generation of teams.
From SF AI labs to Polygon-backed Web3 founders. Case studies on the searches we ran, the candidates we placed, and the teams they're now building.
View moreRifflix
SF-based AI startup, founded by Anirudh Reddy, a serial entrepreneur and Stanford grad, building a generative video pipeline.
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FereAI
Vibe-trading platform from serial entrepreneurs Akshaya Aron and Pranav Prakash. Staffed two backend specialists in three weeks.
Read case studyEnpointe
Fast-growing logistics startup building out their full-stack engineering bench. Both engineers shipped to prod in week one.
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Dodo Payments
Merchant-of-Record startup from Rishabh (LBS) and Aman (IIT). Placed a full-stack growth lead in their second month after raise.
Read case studySpaceharpoon
Polygon-backed Web3 startup from Sid (ex Polygon Labs Head of DA) and Shubham (ex DappCamp founding SWE).
Read case studyAEOS Labs
AI lab partnering with Amazon and Zerodha, founded by Varun Mayya, serial entrepreneur. Sourced a generalist engineer in eleven days.
Read case studyHow it works
From kickoff call
to signed offer.
No mass-market sourcing, no spam pipelines. Four clean steps. Most clients close their first hire inside two weeks.
01
Kickoff & calibration
30-min call to align on must-haves, comp band, and the sharp edges of the role. We leave with a written rubric.
Day 002
Hand-evaluated shortlist
5–10 candidates, scored on five axes: work history, projects, OSS, hackathons, depth. No keyword matchers.
By day 503
You interview, we coordinate
We handle scheduling, take-homes, and feedback loops. Your team only spends time on the people you'll seriously consider.
Days 6–1004
Offer & onboard
We help close, support negotiation, and stay on through onboarding. Replacement guarantee if it doesn't work out.
By day 14Ready to hire
top talent?
Get started today and find your next engineer within a week. We'll send a written rubric within 24 hours of the kickoff call.