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Hookstep: hire India-based AI and software engineers

Hook In. Step Up. Get Hired.

A hiring platform and job board for AI/ML, full stack, data, DevOps & QA roles. Publish roles and manage applicants, or ask HookStep for India-based engineers on contract or permanent placement.

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Structured Applications

Each application arrives with the candidate's profile, resume and the job it is for, so your team reviews the same information for every applicant.

Clear Statuses

Move each application through Applied, Shortlisted, Interview, Hired or Rejected. Candidates are emailed when it changes to Shortlisted, Interview, Hired or Rejected.

Interviews on the Record

Schedule an interview from the Interviews page. The time is saved on the application and included in the email the candidate receives.

One Profile for Candidates

Candidates keep one profile and resume, apply to any active listing, and track their applications from their own dashboard.

Dashboard at a Glance

See your active jobs, candidates, applications and interviews on one dashboard.

Team Workspace

Invite colleagues to your company workspace so jobs and applications stay in one place.

Engineers we supply

AI / ML engineersFull stack developersData engineersDevOps engineersQA engineers

Leadership

Meet the founders behind HookStep

The people shaping how companies discover and hire exceptional tech talent.

Saraswati

Saraswati

CEO

Visionary CEO guiding HookStep's mission to connect world-class talent with AI-native companies.

Mohan

Mohan

COO

Operations leader scaling HookStep's hiring engine—process, partnerships, and delivery excellence.

Sakshi

Sakshi

Head of Sales

Building lasting client relationships and helping companies hire exceptional tech talent, fast.

What the platform does

Four parts of the product, as they work today.

Every role gets a public page that shows its location, employment type, skills and experience range up front.

Public job pages

Candidates keep one profile and resume and attach it to every application, instead of re-entering it for each company.

One candidate profile

Each application sits against its job in one dashboard, from Applied through Shortlisted and Interview to Hired or Rejected.

Application tracking

Candidates are emailed when an application is shortlisted, moved to interview, hired or rejected.

Status emails

Need Engineers, Not Just Applicants?

Tell us the role and HookStep will send profiles matched to it: AI/ML, full stack, data, DevOps and QA engineers based in India. You interview them yourself. See IT staff augmentation in India, hiring AI engineers or every role we supply.

Two Ways to Hire

Use the platform to publish roles and manage applicants yourself, or share a brief and let HookStep put forward India-based engineers on contract, contract-to-hire or permanent placement. Read how it works, the FAQ or the hiring guide. For research, admin, content and marketing work, see our AI-skilled virtual assistants.

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