Built in public from Rajkot, India
Land a remote developer job from India — without the guesswork.
Most Indian devs apply into the void. ForgeHQ is the exact path: build proof, find roles that hire from India, pass the interview, get paid in USD.
The playbook
Eight stages, end-to-end.
Foundations
Get skill-ready
The honest filter on certs, courses, DSA, system design, and AI engineering.
Build your proof
Ship what makes recruiters notice
Portfolio projects, GitHub profile, MCP servers, and the contribute-to-hire playbook.
Application assets
Package yourself
ATS-optimized resume, LinkedIn FDE positioning, cover letters, and the Forward Deployed Engineer archetype.
Find the jobs
Where remote roles hire from India
YC, Wellfound, We Work Remotely, Toptal, HN — and how to filter for India-eligible roles.
Apply & reach out
Cold DMs, referrals, cadence
The 2-a-day cold DM system, warm intros, and the blog posts that make you look senior.
Interview & close
DSA, system design, AI-native screens
LeetCode patterns, system design rounds, take-homes, behavioral, and offer negotiation.
Get paid (India-specific)
Contractor logistics, FIRC, taxes
Deel, Wise, FIRC, taxes, equipment, and negotiating in INR vs USD.
Do it free with AI
Skip Jobscan/Rezi — use AI free
How to ATS-optimize your resume, generate READMEs, tailor your CV, and build portfolios — without paying for tools.
Real work, not advice from someone who's never shipped.
I'm a remote dev from Rajkot, India who's done the exact thing you're trying to do. Here's the proof, all publicly verifiable.
PR #16618 merged into Google Lighthouse
The tool inside Chrome DevTools. Direct contribution to a Google-owned, billions-of-users codebase.
5M+ data points/day
Real-time analytics for a multinational restaurant chain across India and Indonesia. Stripe digital-goods store with paying customers. WebRTC telehealth with Razorpay.
phonepe-mcp
MCP server for PhonePe Payments API — TypeScript, OAuth, webhook crypto.
TypeScriptupi-agent
Minimal agent loop driving MCP tools with Llama 3.3 70B.
TypeScriptupi-mcp
Offline UPI link builder + QR. Zero deps.
JavaScriptCurated directory
Repos that actually hire from India.
Hand-picked open-source projects whose maintainers hire from India — with live star counts, good-first-issue links, and notes on how to land an offer through a merged PR.
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